Cormac the Squirrel

This is a quickie video by request of Cormac's strange new sound. It is usually a laugh, but now he does when he's tired too... sounds like the squirrels outside taunting the cats...

My Heroes

Since my knitting is moving at a rapid rate of two rows a week, I didn't want my blog to gather digital cobwebs so I commissioned another artist. My knitting hero, Mom! She's knitting so much I told her she could start producing stuff to sell. But, she has too many grandsons who need knitted items.

This one's for the D man. Super D Man. From Vickie Howell's New Knits On the Block book. This book is awesome! There are so many cool things in there for kids - things they would like. I've worn the book out. At 3 1/2 the D man is in a developmentally appropriate superhero fettish. So, every super hero needs a cape.

This one is going in the high school yearbook: Up, up and away....

Random update

The birds flew away before I could get another picture! It only took about a week from hatching to flying... I hope. Surely nothing could get up to the mailbox to get them.

This is a link to Michael's... a test for a friend.
http://www.theknackkids.com/LandingPage.aspx?cm_ven=2008HomePage&cm_ite=The+Knack

More babies!

Did I scare you? hee hee.

Not my babies... bird babies. A few days ago I went to get the mail and a bird flew out of the mailbox. Poor nervous mama bird was sitting on the 4 eggs she laid in our mailbox! We left a note for the mailman with a substitute mail box and check on the progress of our eggs.

Yesterday, the eggs were little pink blobs. If you can see in the picture here, they have beaks and big black eyes.

I don't like to disturb them much since I feel sorry for the mama bird. I know how it feels to be worried about your babies. But, we'll keep checking to watch them grow and eventually fly away. Poor mama bird...

These things are so much more fun with a preschooler in the house.

Smiles and Coos

And hiccups.

Welcome Cormac

One month old today! Time is flying... we get an inkling of a smile now and flashes of recognition, but the real fun is probably a few weeks away. He's gaining weight like a champ. An interesting fact, at least to his mom, at 2 weeks he was 9 lbs and looking back at Donovan's baby book he was 9 lbs at 2 months. Do we have a bigger little brother coming? Only time will tell. Happy and serious pictures from today... he was asleep most of the day so this is the best I can do. Apparently, this is what I would look like with Jim's hair!

So after everyone says, "look at all that hair!" the first question is "How's Donovan doing?" A picture's worth a thousand words. He brought all his Cars cars over to play on the mat with him, brought Shamrock and a blanket to snuggle up.

The answer is he's doing great. He loves "his baby" so much and just gets so excited he has to scream. We have to monitor the loving as in his usual exuberant way it can get a little out of hand, but so far it has only been sweet affection, no jealousy or aggression (I'm sure that will change when Cormac can take his toys) When Cormac cries he says, "don't worry baby, big brother is here." And the other day unprompted he said, "I love you very much, baby." So far, so good... remind me of this in a couple years and again in 2018 and 2023...

For the knitters... I'm learning to knit & nurse so I don't get too far behind!

Baby Blues

No baby yet.

According to my baby ticker, we have 6 days until the due date... life must be nice in my belly since no one is in a hurry to get out. There is a lot of ice cream and cookies going that way, so why leave?

I decided he/she was waiting on me to finish these baby jeans before arriving. Silly since these are 6-12 month size, but maybe Georgie knows it will be challenging for me to finish anything after his/her arrival.

The pattern "Blu" comes from Knitty.com, one of my favorite knitting web mags and source for free patterns. I wanted to make these for a while, but by the time I found them Donovan was too big. This denim yarn is so cool... fades and shrinks just like real denim.

The back label is one of my 'hand knit by' labels, which I think is much cuter and sized better than the felt label or real jean label the pattern suggests. I'm not much of an embroiderer so I'm afraid to put on a pocket or any other details. I may wait to see if Georgie is a girl or boy and detail accordingly. Aren't pocket-less high waist 80s style jeans coming back for the ladies? (ie: Mom jeans... ugh)

Here's all the 'helpful' advice I've received over the weekend to get this baby out:

• Walking (check)
• Eat Mexican food (check)
• Drink red wine (check)
• Jump up and down (hmm... no)
• Yoga squats (check)
• "Do what you did to get the baby there in the first place" (no comment, this is a family blog)
• Eat spicy gumbo (have the recipe, considering it)
• Castor Oil (did that with Donovan, not doing it again)
• Eat fig newtons and drive on a bumpy road (WHAT?)
  
• And the best advice I've received so far.... the only thing you can do is wait for those hormones to kick in. Thank you.
  

And just for fun, we had a great weekend enjoying the beautiful weather playing outside while Daddy did some much needed yard work. Here's the 'natural gardener' helping out. What is it with this kid?