so done with winter

anyone else sick to death of the snow? it just keeps interrupting my plans and i'm beyond ready for spring. we got another 6" easy last nite...bah!!! anyway, i saw this on someone else's blog and hopefully i'm not offending anyone, but i gotta post it...









on a happier note, i'm knitting again - yay! was on a major hiatus when i wasn't feeling well, but now the morning sickness only strikes in some parts of the day, so i'm squeezing in some knitting here and there. working on a hat for the baby and hoping to finish it this weekend, along w/ a couple more to save for other bebes (found a super easy and sweet pattern for a newborn hat and some pretty soft baby yarn, so i might as well stockpile them, right?). feels so good to be at it again...didn't realize how much i missed it! hopefully i can post a pic next time. i'm also working on a baby blanket for the baby aka Lil Pumpkin, but my husband said it's the ugliest thing i've ever knit, so i'm reluctant to show anyone lol i figure that i'll get plenty of handknit blankets in baby/pastel colors, so i thought i would make one in the school colors for town we live in. thought it would be cute to use when we go for walks around town or to sporting events...why not let my baby show it's support, right? problem is, the school colors are purple and gold :) the yarn i bought was more like purple and yellow and it really is an ugly combination, but i still think i'll get compliments on it once it's in use. either that or i'll lie and say someone made it for me HA j/k...i would never. so maybe i'll post pics of that when i'm farther along.

here's a question...does it bother anyone that i refuse to use caps these days on my rambly posts? i realized that on the more thought out ones, i type correctly, but on the ones where i'm just rambling away with my thoughts, i can't be bothered. hope it's not too annoying. my other excuse is that i seem to have some arthritis in my right hand ring finger that has flared up again (dr thought maybe it was tendinitis, but i don't know) and it kinda hurts to type, so i'm lazy at the keyboard after typing all day at work.

ok, enough rambling. hey, at least it's some actual knitting content, right? hopefully pics next time, k? stay warm if you're in the snowy parts!

A Special Announcement!

So I wanted to explain why I've been missing in action for almost two months...lots of things have been taking place and keeping me from blogging. Well, just one big thing, really, but that big thing has lots of things that go along with it.

Ok, enough beating around the bush, right? ;)

My big news is that my hubby and I decided that we wanted to have a baby, started trying at Christmastime and got pregnant the next month!! I'm two months along and due on October 11th with our lil pumpkin! We couldn't be happier and I had my first ultrasound today, so we finally felt like it was time share our big news!

The doctor said the baby looks great and we even got to see the heartbeat (boy, does that make everything seem soooo real!)!

Here's the first picture of our child...




















Isn't that just the cutest lil bean ya ever seen? ;) The head is on the right marked by a "+1" and the doctor did confirm that there is only one lil bebe swimmin' around in there, so I guess the fact that my mom is a twin and it is said to skip generations will have to happen for one of my sisters :)

Anyway, I can't guarantee that the blogging will pick up from me just yet, but as I start to feel better (hopefully the all-day morning sickness I've been having for weeks will go away in the next month as I enter the second trimester), I hope to at least use this blog as a way to document/journal my pregnancy.

As for knitting, I haven't been doing any...hard to knit when you are dizzy and nauseous all the time lol However, I told myself that after my u/s, I would start a baby blanket, so I might get started on that soon, and then I'll have some knitting content to share.

Until then, hope all is well in your world!
xo,
Mamabear (as my dear friend Jill is calling me :) )