A LONG post!

I keep needing to post and then I get busy!
We are gearing up here for Landon's first birthday :( I cant even believe he's going to be 1! I dont want to think about it!
Anyhow, the theme is barnyard animals :) And I had some pants knit for him before I started knitting, they are coming this week! And I am making him a matching top and 1st b-day banner!

On top of that I'm
Knitting socks
Knitting some longies
making a pillow for Cassi's son (this is almost done)
making a custom tee
knitting another headband because I'm in LOVE with mine

Think I'm an ADD crafter? Yeah I am LOL

Here's my crafts I finished this month!



My longies finally finished



A sneaky peek for Cassi--the shorts still need a drawsting!



Andrew is learning to draw people and things--it's totally cute! He plays with his magnadoodle A LOT these days!
Here's some pics of his drawings!



this was "dinosaur"


A car--I can totally see it


and a monster

I'm so impressed with how well he does the eyes! And he can now draw the letters L, C, A and O! I am working on him trying to do his name so maybe that will be soon! He's also starting to "read"--mainly he memorizes things that I read to him I think but hey, it's a step! I think I will get hooked on phonics to work with him on.
We signed up for next year's preschool class! I'm super excited, they do a ton of "sit down" work next year and it's more like school than his 2 yr old class (even though he's 3) is this year! They also asked me if I wanted to work there--L would be 18 mo and go to school there too but I'm just not sure! We kind of wanted to have another baby so I guess I will see where we are with that! It's probably a great opportunity for both boys, and I love that i'd be RIGHT there all day--I know I'm a hovering parent LOL

Here's Landon pimpin the computer and cell phone like mommy!


Posting to a message board I'm sure "that biatch said WHAT about my mama!?!" (he's all about the drama)





He's saying more words---he now says:
Dada
Mama (his recent fav again!)
baba (which I thought was mama but apparently not he says both now--I think it's bottle--which officially was tubby's first word then LOL)
get me
tractor
Apollo
bye bye
my daddy
cat (I have NO idea, but I did read him a cat book once)


And he walks across the living room occasionally---I cant believe he's taking so long to full on walk, he's driving me insane! He's been standing on his own and taking steps since like 9 mo old now! He just doesnt pick up his feet, he's getting better daily though!

New longies!

Fast post right now as I'm about to run out the door to pick Andrew up from school! Almost done with my first pair of longies!! I dyed this wool (see older post) and now it's getting knit up! I'm really enjoying the way it looks!! I hope i dont run out of yarn so I can make them pants. It's going to be close!
This is time #2 knitting it, I had to take it all out the first time because they were too small, but now they are just right!

My first pair of knit shorts!

YAY!!!
I'm so excited I finally finished these! Well it actually didnt take me that long but I worked CONSTANTLY on them! I am so excited! He will have a little matching bunny top to go with them too! They match the colors from the book Guess How Much I Love You! Not too too shabby for my first pair! Already cast on another pair that HOPEFULLY I can finish soon, I have a few other customs to do though!
Still needs a drawsting and then they are completely done!


And in other yummy wool news, Landon got these ADORABLE mosaic moon longies in the mail today--they are TDF cute seriously. And they smell OH SO GOOD. She used Bare Naked wool wash from Ewe Need It and I HAVE to order like a TUB of it and spray it all over my house it smells SO SO GOOD! No really it smells great LOL
And they are REALLY cute and a great fit on him! Great for today since it was pretty cold taking Andrew to school!

Just keep knitting just keep knitting...

Almost done!! I think they are going to be shorts, I dont have enough yarn for pants and I'm tired of them already! Want to move on to Cassi's b-day shorts for Korben and our ooga booga/tropical whatever yarn I dyed a few weeks ago shorts! YAY!!

Bored so I stole this from Allison :)

Thanks for stealing this so I could steal it Allison! LOL

I really should be doing something but here I sit--not wanting to do a darn thing, because Andrew is at school, landon is sleeping, it's cold and i'm warm here on the couch!

Outside my window… sunny but cold, go figure. Cant we at least get some SNOW!

I am thinking… I probably need to be taking pictures of ebay things.

From the learning rooms… ok I honestly have no idea what a learning room is HA

I am thankful for… A loving supportive husband and 2 beautiful healthy boys

From the kitchen….disaster, need to wash the bottles, and the dishwasher just got done running so I need to unload and already need to reload. never ends.

I am wearing… Gap jeans, AE tee and Navy AE hoodie

I am reading... Nora Roberts The Pagan Stone...I love her trilogies, even though they are so predictable I love them anyhow

I am hoping… a fairy will swoop in and clean my house, and take my ebay pictures

I am creating… a pair of pants for my son

I am hearing… SILENCE, it's so nice!

Around the house… I have tons to do!

One of my favorite things… is saturday mornings when the kids wake up and either we all play in our bed together or we go get breakfast and all eat. I love Sat mornings. Too bad my DH is about to RUIN them with his softball playing (I'm bitter LOL)

A few plans for the rest of the week… Oh gosh, taking Andrew to school, taking the school some things we no longer play with, need to return some things to Joannes, knit knit knit, sew sew sew, take ebay pics, clean out garage...fun huh?

Here is a picture thought I am sharing with you… these are the pants I'm making, I took this picture yesterday, it's just the start of them. So far I'm pretty far into them! I dont know if they will fit, they look awful small but I HOPE so!

A hat and the boys!!

Finished a scrappy hat I started last week! I LOVE it, I think it's the first thing I've made so far that i truly LOVE--it fits ME and Andrew LOL Yeah I have a small head.
I am working on a pair of pants for Landon so I will post those as I make some progress hopefully SOON!

And in rare fashion, my kids took pics today for me--sort of. Impromptu pics, but at least he wanted to take pics with him so I was all for it! Sorry they arent the best but the kids are pretty darn cute if you ask me!

The hat!


The boys--Landon was like LET ME GO! LOL

Last night...i Dyed

LOL Literally I wanted to dye everything in my house. But instead I settled for some bamboo velour, some prefolds for Rachael and a skein of yarn.

Turned out pretty good---now if I could figure out what to make with them..hmmmm

These will be prefitteds I'm making for rachael: the newborn ones are SO TEENY! So cute!


Yarn: not sure if I like it but I dyed it so I better huh? :)


1 1/2 yds of bamboo velour SO YUMMY--cant wait to make something with this!



Landon is in teethng hell or something---I'm afraid he may have an ear infection, but no other signs of being sick. Except the CONSTANT WHINING! It's keeling me!
But he was pretty cute yesterday! It was cold so we broke out the sweater --yes ONE sweater we have! And the hat I think is too small darnit! I love that hat!
And the shoes are too small now too--he's between a 4 and a 5 I think! BIG FOOT!

Not happy mom!


last week :( When he was still happy :(



Andrew has been watching me take pictures and apparently this is what's wrong with my photographer--OH you're not supposed to put your hand on the lens! that's right! OOPS!

A knit headband!

I think it turned out pretty neat! I originally just wanted something to knit and I really like it! Now I'm going to make a blue one with some yummy yarn Cassi got me and and red/blue/white/green one with some yarn I bought tonight--Addicted? YES! I am also starting on some wool pants (pics coming for those soon!)