a bill from a psychologist.

Mom, it rides up in the back!

He had just taken his bath and was running around naked with his grocery cart. I said all he needed was a Walmart bag and he could be on People of Walmart.com.  A Walmart bag just happened to appear. He was much happier naked so the bag stayed on long enough for three pictures.

All of you who have been there know what I’m talking about. You ladies who have had to deal with people with pregnancy brain get it to. Well, it’s settling in fast and hard this time. Gee, four weeks in and I can barely speak or spell. So, this is my disclaimer for the next 9 months…

WARNING:  This blog is under the operation of someone who is carrying a rapidly growing internal parasite which causes a shortage of blood to the brain. Common resulting symptoms from this affliction include:  typos, hearing something completely different than what was said, thinking you have said/typed one thing, only to find out later that you said/typed something completely (and usually ridiculously crazy) different, i/e typing dogs when  you meant to type doc’s. Please feel free to laugh out loud at such instances, although attempting to correct me may result in violent behaviour, tears, uncontrollable laughter, or all three at once. There is no known cure for this affliction, but it is only temporary, usually lasting from between 40-42 weeks. Unfortunately, it is soon after replaced by “Mommy Brain”.

Apparently nursing AND building a baby require some serious calories because all of a sudden I am really, really hungry. As in, eat a full meal and then an hour later feel as though I haven’t eaten anything. So far, I have been making good choices as to what I am eating, trying to get lots of protein and I’ve been craving dark leafy greens. So, I am making a pot of rhappini today with lots of garlic, mmmm.

On the knitting front, I feel awful for apparently not knitting a whole lot for Finn so I am doing what any expecting knitting mother would do. Knitting for the baby that’s alreayd here. I have been perusing Ravelry for the perfect little v neck sweater vest and the perfect split neck pullover.

Also, my feet are always cold so I have taken it upon myself to do something about it. I am knitting socks for me. And berets too, I am on a beret kick. Pictures will follow when I am not so tired. I have also decided I am taking this Christmas off, I am not knitting any Christmas presents this year. It always ends badly. I say that now, please remind me of that in November.

Do you ever feel overwhelmed when there isn’t anything immediately distressing going on? I’m feeling a bit like that these days. I wish life would just calm down for a few minutes so I could catch my breath. Is anyone dying from a terminal disease? No. My husband still has a good job. Check. My teenager is a good kid, mildly obnoxious at times, but a good kid. I just feel a little like I’m being bowled over by the little things lately, like I can’t get it together. Hmmm, perhaps this is why…

Yep, that is a positive alright.

Finnigan is going to be a big brother, and Big Izzy is going to be a big sister again,  sometime late next June. We are excited, well, we pretend we are, it’s so early and so new that it hasn’t really sunk in yet. I don’t even feel pregnant yet…well, except the near  comatose exhaustion. It’s funny, I have to keep reminding myself, “Hey, you’re pregnant!” “No second cup of coffee, you’re pregnant.” Hee, I’m sure once my crazy pregnancy hormones are in full swing it will hit me like a brick wall and I will be giddy as all get out. Until then…I just want a nap.

In other news, I got to attend a homebirth last weekend. I am feeling as though God is calling me into midwifery, this is something that has been tugging at my heart for sometime now and He keeps making that path clearer and clearer to me. A very dear friend let me attend one of her clients births and let me tell you. It’s a whole other ball game on this end. It was just beyond amazing watching the mother laboring and incredible watching my friend do what she does best. It is a memory I will treasure forever.

Cancer touches us all in one way or another, often times leaving us feeling helpless, like we can’t do anything to help. It’s time to fight back, there are so many things that we can do and my good friend Dave is doing just that. In honor of my good friend Dave who is doing something wonderful for someone else, I am giving away a $20 gift certificate to The Loopy Ewe. Dave is participating in the Team In Training Baltimore Marathon and raising money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. How do you win this gift certificate? Easy, just make a donation to Dave’s Team In Training site and let me know in a comment that you did so and I will enter your name in the drawing. I will be closing this contest next Tuesday at midnight eastern time. Let’s help Dave help others out.

I have been sucked in. Harry Potter Ravelers…if you have not heard of the HPKCHC don’t bother looking. You will be sucked in and the flames will fan your knitting mojo and you won’t know what hit your stash. Seriously.

HPKCHC, aka Harry Potter Knitting/Crochet House Cup, works just like it sounds. You are sorted into houses (you get to choose, Ravenclaws, good luck, it’s the most popular house). Then you get to knit your assignments for Potions, Herbology, Care of Magical Creatures, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Charms, & Transfiguration. You can even sign up to do OWLS. All of which earn you points and there are real prizes awarded, plus someone’s gotta get the cup at the end of the term. It’s awesome. I can’t put my needles down.

For Potions we had to knit something warm for someone we know (you know, due to the shortage of Pepperup Potion). I chose to knit a pair of socks for the local house elf…who is walking by the way. As soon as I put them on him, he sat down so he could yank them off.

Whoo Hoo! Mama made me new socks!

Alright! That's enough of that...

My dear friend has kindly given me a loaner camera, and that is just one of the many, many reasons she is a good friend. It is a very nice camera too.

In my last post I mentioned amigurumi. Well, made one, and I feel I may have to make more, many more. It was fun, quick, and addicting. Here is, Finn saw him and said, “BumBum!” so that’s his name. Ladies and Gents, meet BumBum the bubble leg monster.

Finny's BumBum

This is bad folks…real bad. I don’t even know how to type it without tearing up. My camera is dead. It’s was killed in a pickling accident last weekend at the Annual Family Clam Bake. For some reason it got packed into a plastic bag with my cell phone, some candy, and a leaky jar of pickled brussel sprouts…and spent the night there. Seriously? I don’t know how this happened or what, but I’m ready to cry. Not good.

Please don’t tell the blog police that I am blogging without a camera. I’m really bummed because I finally finished Finny’s Elefante for his birthday…can’t post it or ravel it. I also joined the Ravelry group Harry Potter Knit & Crochet House Cup. Can’t blog or ravel any of those upcoming projects. AND what’s worse, is despite my abject loathing of crochet I am finishing my very first amigurumi tonight and he’s…well freakin’ adorable! Please, please Lord! Don’t let the extended warranty be up on our camera! Have mercy!

Here is a darling gratuitous Finny shot to bridge the gap until I am with camera again.

I'm so cute, so cute, so cute. Yeah!

and one more…

Ooooh, say can you seeee...

We went to my husband’s cousin’s Sweet 16 birthday party tonight. It was a Luau theme. I was terrified. There were too.many.giggling.teenage. girls. Too many! Seriously, it was frightening, the high pitched twittering giggles. The boy talk, the points of view, the giggling, the silliness, the giggling. Youths! I was really scared, I asked my husband to hold my hand. It hit me…we are only three years away from this nonsense ourselves. Three years people! Don’t anybody blink or it will be here already!

P.S. I actually had a delightful time. The birthday girls mother has a gift for party planning and decorating.

I feel terrible that this is going up on my blog so late, but anyway, you really need to check this out!

A blogathon (think telethon with the auctions, etc. only these are great items you acutally want) for the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center. Auctions end this Monday so get clickin’ ladies and pass the word. This is for a great cause!

The deats are here: Blogathon for BARCC