Life in Color — a scrappy Log Cabin quilt block pieced in pink and green prints.
  • Little Tuesday has had her first real sickness this week. A cold that gave her a really stuffed up nose, a low grade temperature and really gross diapers. We've been spending a lot of time here:
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    Which has led to lots of knitting time for me, in spurts, with a baby on my lap. Which led to a finished object:
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    The Copy Cat Blanket (rav link). Tuesday was feeling better yesterday afternoon so we did a little mini photo shoot.
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    I still got lots of the blank sick stares:
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    Poor little bean.
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    About the blanket: finished it measures about 32" square. I used almost two full skeins of Socks that Rock Medium weight, plus a quarter skein more for the garter edge (so the blanket won't curl). This has to be the easiest thing I've ever knit, but it's not perfect. It's sort of wonky and puffy in the middle, and I'm not quite sure why. I think I might be able to fix it with blocking, but the blanket is already in rotation, so I'll just try and stretch it when I wash it. It is supremely tasty (apparently):
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    and:
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    Knit blankets are great for swaddling. We still swaddle her at night, but in a blanket with Velcro, because she can get out of these kind pretty quick. She thought this was a funny game though. And I figured I should get a few more shots of the little miss all wrapped up while I still can:
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    And after lots of nursing and humidifier action and grandma snuggles:
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    we're feeling lots lots better.

    *Your eyes do not deceive you – while she was sick she took a pacifier. It must have made her feel better, because usually she shoots them across the room.

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  • What are you doing mama? Why are you just sitting there on the computer?
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    Oh you're trying to blog or get something else done?
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    Listen I let you look online while you nurse me on your iPhone. Is that not good enough now you want a whole ten minutes to yourself? Are you crazy? Okay I'll play by myself for a little bit
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    Just kidding I'm going to start whining now.
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    And maybe poop a little to keep you on your toes. And I know you love me so much you'll just have to pick me up and play with me. Right?

    Right. So that's what I've been doing. And you know what? I love it. She is so awesome. Blogging you are now number two.

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  • My sweet Tutu has been so adorable lately. Funny. And learning to do lots of new things. I love her so much!
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    Playing with her hands.
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    And standing up with a little help. I had Sciarrino dress her – such a cute outfit. Glad I dug out the size 6 months shirts!!!
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    I have a whole series of these, they might be my favorite shots yet.
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    She wasn't actually pouting, just caught her in the middle of her fun with tongue time.
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    Playing with her feet.

    Today Lachlan and Tracy came over:
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    Oh yes, Bj wanted me to put her in her monster outfit at least one more time (we were going through her clothes last night):
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    He was very excited to cuddle the little monster:
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    She also had a cute onsie on under there. We tried to get the two babies together:
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    Sparkle Pants was not cooperative (don't worry a little nursing soon fixed the situation).

    The next post will be craft related… I have way more projects going than time, you'll see.

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