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Princess Sparkly Pants get in her groove

February 2, 2009

Yesterday Tuesday did so great. My little bird, Bj and I went to my mom's to watch the Superbowl eat snacks and watch commercials. Bill, his mom and my step brother Taylor were also there so I had to take advantage of baby holding. It got a couple laughs but I brought the little sweater to block, because when else am I going to get to do it?

Hey she's going to be wearing her heart on her sleeve (look closely). Now a true Princess Sparkly Pants (Bj likes to call her this, among fifty other nicknames) must have a carriage:

Our family friend gave it to us to borrow for my mom to have at her house so Tuesday has something to nap in. It's metal and so awesome! Watch out because I foresee a zillion pictures in this thing (ohhh must take it out to the garden, must knit dress for future photos… the possibilities!). For now we just plopped her in it:

Ack the pants I knit her! Cuteness. All of that outfit is from one skein of Sundara Sock Yarn (more on sale tomorrow!) trimmed out with little bits of my handspun. I guess I didn't need to buy three skeins of pink sock yarn yesterday then… but I do have to start thinking ahead to when she is a bit bigger. And my mom has been doubling the strands of sock yarn with great (and quick) results, so I might have to try that too. Today she is equally cute in another handmade outfit:

Another onsie from the Aaron and Erin Etsy store… and just wait because I haven't put her in the robot one yet!

(Bj just came in to check on us – sissy is sleeping in her bassinet – and I turned down the Enya for a second and she started to squirm, silly baby. Okay, okay I'll turn it back up! I better make sure I have every song so I can get a nice rotation going).

Her eyes are changing again! The book I have says they can continue to change for six months! I'm obsessed with them, she is seriously killing me with her cuteness. Also killing me with cuteness:

Michele and V came to visit me today. Now if there is anything as cute as my daughter, it's my god-daughter. She has such a wonderful spirit, and is so gentle and lovely towards Tuesday (and is only two and a half!). She loves Bj (or Gee Bah as she calls him), and when Bj saw these pictures he was all, awe! I think the crush is mutual 🙂

Now in these last moment of Tuesday's nap I should start some thank you notes, put the dishes in the dishwasher, or rotate the laundry… but I think I might seam this sweater and do a little yarn trading on Ravlery. Oh and I really need to cast on for something new. I need mindless knitting for nursing, but interesting enough that I don't fall asleep… ideas? I should probably knit from my stash, but then, that shouldn't be a problem 🙂

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Enya Rocks?

January 31, 2009

Let's not talk about how this picture was taken at 2:30 a.m.

We had a letter to drop off at the post office so we thought we do it in the middle of the night… oh and she would not stop crying! I'd like to say this worked, but as soon as we laid her down she started peeping again. Luckily she did sleep around three and then slept until after ten (minus feedings, which are getting quicker and easier. And she goes down right after them no problem). So I think her days and nights are just messed up. I don't think it's anything else. I'm trying something new today. I downloaded this app. called Baby Tracker: Nursing and so far I love it. I'm nursing her every two hours no matter what (you're sleeping? WAKE UP!). So we'll see how that goes (note: I am not giving the Princess Sparkly Pants formula or pumping, we've decided we like nursing :). Oh that's right she's taking little naps today:

We realized in the car last night this morning that Tuesday majorly hearts Enya. I just happen to have a gigantic Enya playlist (major phase of my college life). So we're getting little naps here and there. Also daily walks have been re-instated… no matter how cold! Luckily she owns lots of knitware… I'm doing a layout about that right now:

That's right I've been scrapbooking! I have my cute little muse and the wonderful super power many women posses called MULTITASKING, can you dig it? Here are two from last weekend when Papa was watching her:

I'm loving this mustard colored paper… maybe because it's the first I can see on the little pull out Bj made me:

I'm going to put up more pictures of the craft den on my flickr page, with notes, so check it out later today. Here's another shot for now, Bj just moved over a few more things for me last night (the stamp shelf and hooks):

I'm actually really loving the space. It's nice to have my work space completely separate from my computer desk. The view kinda sucks, grr… I like nursing here, and there is enough floor space to play with the little lady. My favorite Tuesday layout so far:

It goes without saying these are straight in real life right? Sciarrino do you recognize the stickers? She stamped them all the day of our wedding to make closures for our candy bar bags. I've found a bunch of random things like that going through all my stuff and moving it over. I'm also going through things I don't think I need any more, as soon as I get that together I'm going to do a giveaway Paula style.

Things I can't give away because I want to roll around in their soft goodness:

Sundara yarn… enough for a sweater (for me!). I am so tempted to get more of this silky goodness. OMG it is so soft! And my Hello Yarn club fiber came:

When am I going to spin again? I don't know but I'm pretty sure this is close enough to art to collect.

Tomorrow we're going to grandma and grandpa's for the superbowl. Word on the street is there is a vintage European pram for us to check out. Do I sense a photo op? Me thinks so! Hmm… what to dress her in, I might have to bring a couple options.

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Be Happy.

January 30, 2009

Okay I don't really know what worked. It was probably a combination of things, but yesterday went well and last night was great. It's funny because I tell people she doesn't sleep, then have visitors and she sleeps! Yeah for visitors, keep them coming (if nothing else they can hold Tuesday so I can eat :). After our friend Beachwood went on a walk with us to lunch I fed Tuesday and then her, Bj and I took an hour and half long nap, it was glorious. I think this may have worked because I put her on her stomach (advice many of you gave). The little nut can already roll over (I freaking know!!! She started this trick at 13 days old) from front to back and has amazing head control so I think the odds of her suffocating this way are low.

After that nap we played and nursed and bounced (OMG she is so addicted to the bouncer. I kinda feel bad that she's in it so much but she loves it). At 11ish I put her down to sleep on her belly and she totally slept… for hours. I didn't wake her at one to nurse, I just couldn't bring myself to do it, in fact I let her dictate when she wanted to nurse last night and the sleeping periods were much longer. I think she's still gaining weight though… she out grew her first outfit! This cute little onsie Kay made her, I went to snap it and I couldn't. So I have to make sure and take more picture of her in all the cute outfits:

A onsie from Erin (see her cute hear onsies at her Etsy shop!)

I am learning so much with my little one. I've watched so many kids in my life, I lived for baby-sitting in high school (and after). I was constantly entertaining my little friends. I think one thing I'm realizing is that I can't feel terrible if I'm not dangling something in front of her every moment. It's okay to want her to sleep so I can blog and scrapbook and do a few things for myself. Of course she's the coolest little person so I want to be with her as much as possible. But hey I can always nurse and knit:

This mystery object is going to be awesome, just wait and see (ravelry link).

I am trusting my own instincts most of all, I think they are generally good ones. That's not to say I don't appreciate the advice, I just pick and choose what to take 🙂 Hopefully I won't look back in a few months and find these blog entries are all wonky because of my lack of sleep. I suppose they are different because of it, but that's okay. I know she can't sleep "through the night" anytime soon, and I don't want her to. I know she needs lots of milk to keep her getting big and strong, so that's what I'm going to keep giving her. There really is nothing like nursing my little baby in the middle of the night. Just me and her, I love it, sleeplessness and all!

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