FO: TYOKFM Noro Headband

I've declared that 2011 will be all about me and my family! This will mean lots of posts this year that reflect that goal. My first act is to institute The Year of Knitting for Myself (TYOKFM).

I started a bit early, finishing this in an afternoon in mid-December. I love wearing it now that my hair is *just* long enough to go in a pony tail, but still can end up with whispies without something holding it back. It's warm, too, for the 3 weeks of winter we have here in Atlanta!

Calorimetry

FO: Sock Monkey Pants!

I know I say it every time... but aren't these the cutest yet???

They are for my friend Whitney's 2nd baby boy, Max... who is now about 5 months old. Ooops!

Better late than never, eh? And I'm really hoping they fit right! They are 100% wool, so they can be used as a diaper cover, but they are so cute that they can hold their own with or without a cloth diaper underneath, I think!

Sock Monkey Pants

FO: Christmas Stocking #4

Auntie Debbie came to town for the holidays (more on that later), and even though I denied her request for a stocking of her own at first, I couldn't follow through on my grinchy ways. :) So she got her very own fair isle stocking! And ironically it's the only one that I finished 100% with lining... maybe that'll be next years' Christmas deadline project.

I was very sly and woke up at 5am to come out and put it on the mantle so that she wouldn't know and it'd be a surprise on Christmas morning. It worked - she was so sleepy that she didn't notice when I asked her to turn on the fire place, or for the first 20 minutes we were all out there! I had to ask her if she liked her surprise on the mantle before she realized!

Deb's stocking

The fantastic foursome!

What a Flirt!

We always knew that Joseph was a bit of a ladies' man, but he is really turning on the charm lately! Today we walked by a cute teen aged girl and he looked her straight in the eye and said "Hiiiiii". I just burst out laughing. The next guy walking by must have thought I was nuts.

8 Days Old, Already a Ladies' Man

Wassup, lady?

Here, I'm sharing my napkin with you! See how much you mean to me?

Chatter

Words are starting to come fast and furious! I've added a little area on the right of the blog to help keep track. I'll update there when I can.

Sweet Dreams

Joseph slept till 7:15 this morning! A first, and it was fabulous.

The end of a nap the other day on the couch with Mama

Nice!

Joseph has another word! Nice! He even uses it at appropriate times. I think he gets it from me. Time to start watching what I say. :)

What do you mean, what's the word? It really is nice!

Nice!

New Word!

It's been a long time since I could report a new word, but today T.J. and I both caught him asking for his bus! Pretty awesome. Hopefully this is the beginning of a word-splosion!

Oh Martha!

Oh Martha, watch out. I'm on my way to becoming you (hopefully without the stay in jail... though it'd give me lots of time to knit).

Yesterday I made melted snowman cookies for my mom's group cookie exchange. They turned out so great! I am not all that excited to eat them, as they are just sugar cookies with marshmallow and royal icing, but they are AWFULLY cute.




Basic idea:
1) bake sugar cookies
2) top (sloppily) with royal icing
3) soften marshmallow in microwave and plop them on cookie
4) decorate with colored icing
5) try not to crunch them all on delivery.

I can't put my arms down!

Maybe not quite that bad, but we were bundled up yesterday for our morning playground playdate! It was about 32 degrees, so I had Joseph in baby legs, pants, a shirt, heavy sweater, winter coat, two pairs of mittens, and a hat. Whew!

Sorry the photos aren't more exciting... Mama was trying to stay warm, too!

He's getting his very own coupe for Christmas from Grandma and Grandpa Monn - I think it'll be a hit!