Sheesh, February...where does the time go?
So here we are, nearing the end of this particular journey known as my second pregnancy and I'm in that all too familiar holding pattern. I'm hoping this one doesn't last as long as it did with my first, who was a full two weeks overdue. I'm also keeping my fingers crossed that I can avoid another c-section. But it's all wait and see on both fronts. I'm healthy, my little ride along is healthy and for now we wait.
Here's what I've been able to accomplish over these past nine months;
I knit the little gaffer a baby blanket, details on Ravelry (I'm Marti there too, the Nova Scotia one). The pattern is a Hudson's Bay blanket inspired theme. It captured my imagination and seemed perfectly suited to a mushy pregnancy brain, as it was all garter stitch. I used Berocco Vintage yarn, which is 50% acrylic, although you'd never know it. It's so soft and squishy. It made a beautiful blanket, if I do say so myself. And a nice sized one at that. Something to grow with him.
I wasn't sure I was going to be able to, but I did manage to get a quilt made as well. Once I stopped over thinking the process and just decided to cut and sew, it came together in a weekend. I had been collecting fat quarters in the hopes of one day making myself an all blue quilt. No time like the present I suppose! I'm quite pleased with it. I even learned to do mitred corners...properly. I machine quilted it, just stitch in the ditch, and voila, a nice little baby quilt as well. I wanted to make sure that whatever I did for his big sister, I also finished for him. So done and done. Almost.
Remember all that talk of hand spun yarn? Well, I did manage to get it all finished (with another skein of white in there as well) and knit up into a little garter stitch cardi. I've been very big on garter stitch this pregnancy! The sweater is mostly improvised, and in truth, quite small. When I knit the one for my daughter, it was as tiny and delicate and dainty as possible, and she couldn't have been more the opposite when she was born (yet she is now...just a little might of a thing)! She was my little Easter ham weighing in at 10 lbs 2 oz and the sweater, which was only worn on the ride home from the hospital, looked like it was stretched over the shoulders of a linebacker. I'm not anticipating that our new arrival will be significantly smaller, but I do hope the sweater fits well enough for perhaps one other outing, other than just the ride home in the van. In any case, the real accomplishment is that I spun and knit it myself, of which I am quite proud. A meaningful keepsake for me at least.
As is this. I decided, after much hemming and hawing, to do a maternity photo shoot this time around. While I'm simply in love with every photo that the photographer took, this might be my absolute favourite. It just really means a lot to me.
In other significant events, someone around here turned 3 at the end of March.
The time has gone so fast it literally takes my breath away. I swear it was only yesterday that I was sitting here, waiting for her to make her appearance into my life. And now I can scarcely remember a time when she wasn't part of it. She is going to make one heck of a big sister. She's been such an amazing kid this entire pregnancy, even the days when all I seem to have been able to do is apologize for being slow, tired, cranky and just generally not a lot of fun to be around. It's been amazing to share this experience with her, to listen to her talk about and to the baby, to hear her make sense of it all in her own way. Of course, it's still very much an abstract concept. Mom has a big belly (and butt...she brought that up the other day...thanks for that kiddo ;), she's going to our friends house when the baby is born (totally pumped about that) and while we haven't discussed the topic as to how in any way shape or form, she's fairly certain that the baby is going rip my clothes when he's born, presumably popping straight out of my belly (which, in the case of a repeat c-section if it happens, really isn't far off the mark). I'm fine with just leaving it at that for now ;) She's funny, unbelievably smart, and kind. I tell her she's a triple threat. The world had better watch out when she hits the streets someday. This girl is going to knock your socks off!
So that's about it. I'm just trying to fill my days with things that keep my mind off of my two most prevalent thoughts, which are I HURT EVERYWHERE and GET OUT GET OUT GET OUT. I'm knitting socks...takes the edge off a bit! But my absolute favourite past time is sleeping. Sleep at night seems to be already precious and elusive, so I sneak a snooze whenever I can, especially on days when miss A still conks out for a good chunk of time. Thankfully I've done a great job of making her as lazy as I am, so even if she can curl up with a video while I get a few dozy z's, she's quite content. As I said, great kid. I owe her for that. I'll try to remember these things when she's a teenager, maybe cut her some slack one day.
Now that the topic of sleep as been brought up, it's starting to sound like a better idea all the time. I was going to attempt to sew, but that just seems foolish when there is a perfectly comfortable bed calling my name. Hey, I'm nearly 38 weeks pregnant. I'll take any nap I can get ;)
We'll see what transpires in the next few weeks. I'll be sure to introduce our little guy once he arrives.
Until later...
