One

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Storkbites.

Blackfly.

Belly!

Helping.

Knitter?

Cozy.

Souvenir.

Busy Daze

My new toy. I LOVE IT!!!! Yes, it is purple and yes, it is that good. The number of tumble furs around here have all but disappeared. Of course having Apollo shaved might have something to do with that, but all the fur he dropped before was gone within two passes of the carpets. My Bissel couldn't do that. Everyone who has tried it out now wants one. It's light, easy to use and the suction. Holy cyclonic action, Batman! The part that really makes me love it though is the thoughtful feature they added. You can take the brushes out of the powerhead and the mini power brush attachment to clean off the hair and or yarn that gets wrapped around them.

Even better, these are all the attachments that come with it. The mini power brush has been well worked already. My couches haven't been this fur-free since we got them. Happy, happy! It's the little things, really.

Girly's new toy. She spent most the day in there the day she got it, and then the rain started. Poor girl. Ah well. It has warmed up and the sun appeared yesterday and part of today so it got a tiny bit more action. She can't wait for all of her friends to come and play with her on it.

Of course the beach still gets top billing. Not for swimming, oh no. My Girly is not a water baby. She just loves to wade and slash.

T-Ball gets billing too. Girly is doing well and as long as she can get the ball at least once while out in field, still thinks it's loads of fun. I love watching her play and cringe every time the ball gets thrown at her. Kids this age don't always wait to see if the person is looking before they throw. Cute, but scary! She's still in soccer too, I just haven't remembered to get the camera out the few times she got to play. It's been cool to cold and rainy. Hopefully that's changing now.

Between the eating, pooping and spitting up, Boyo is growing fast. He's bright eyed and raring to snuggle most of the day. He's a sweet and patient little guy but, watch out once his patience is done. He talks up a storm to anyone willing to smile and talk to him. He does a Mama proud.

I've managed a stitch or two on this little sweater and on Boyo's other knit. Not much though. By the time the day is done and the odd household chore type thing is done, it's time for me to fall into bed and pass out for twenty winks.

Still not much in the noggin.

I am tired most of the time now and often just barely coherent. Apparently tired, nursing brain is worse than placenta brain. Absentminded doesn't quite do justice to my state of being right now. Thankfully this too shall pass. In a blur of barely remembered snippets of consciousness. Thank God for cameras.

Boyo is growing like crazy. He will be two months old next Wednesday and has already added two and a quarter inches to his length. He isn't a huge lot heavier than at birth due to some difficulty with breast feeding. We managed to get through it though and he has come around beautifully. I cannot stress enough that women should have someone check their baby's latch both at the start of breast feeding and if the initial pain isn't starting to ease by the end of the first week.

He loves just hanging around in the crook of Momma's arm while I do stuff.


Girly is still doing pretty well with him and he adores her. He watches her as soon as he can see her until she moves away from his view. He gives her his best smiles and yammerings.


Girly has a new pet. Her name is Grass and Girly loves her. She is a Virginia Ctenucha and she now lives at the school with some butterflies that the teacher ordered in and is trying to get to their adult stage. Hopefully they all live well together. Girly wanted to share her with her school friends as soon as we saw that Grass had made a furry cocoon.


I have managed a bit of knitting here and there. This is a Garter Stitch Baby Cardigan (Ravelry link). Simple yet interesting and in these colours (Black tweed is Paton's Classic Merino and I've forgotten what the red tweed is but it's in the box by the counter in the yarn store. The lovely nurse who caught Boyo's head was commenting on it recently if someone remembers what it was called.). I decided to use Stockinette Stitch instead of Garter to better show off the tweedy-ness of the yarn. I'm thinking once I've done this one, I'll upsize it and make one in the same colours for Girly too. Although I may change the contrast colour stitch pattern just a bit.


I also managed to finish this scarf. I've only had it on the needles for months. It was a bit embarrassing since I was nearly done with the Nashua and that was the yarn that determined the length. I used one ball of Nashua Creative Focus Worsted and most of two balls of Wisdom Yarns Poems. A very simple 1x1 rib with the colour changes every fourth row. It ended up being about 81" long. Just shy of 7'. Not bad at all and it feels quite nice. The Nashua gets better with wear too.


The Mallards are back again, but I think they forgot to bring summer with them. This was one of few warm and sunny days with little wind. It's been another cool and wet spring.


The Canada Geese are happy about this and so are the MNR's firefighters, but the rest of us miss warmth and sun.


More another time. I'm falling asleep at the keyboard. Hopefully it won't be this long before I can string together a few pictures and words.