Fatness and fancy...

I really love our nurses at the NICU. It's going to be strange to go home and not see them everyday. They have become such a part of our lives. Our primary nurse has been such a blessing. She has really fought for the twins and worked to make sure the best happens for them. It's nice to know that she has our back. Today she told J that she didn't think we were going to be home by our due date in 10 days. Doodle has a ways to go before she can go home. It's sort of like having really premature overdue babies. O_o Yes, as a family we are that cool. We are a collective enigma.

So, here's the question. Does this sweet little girl here,

Look anything like this one? I think she might actually have a little bit of her momma in there after all. Maybe? :)
I am surprised I don't have a pictures of Gracie making that face, I am pretty sure I have seen her make that face.

Today I was in the hall during shift change. We aren't allowed in the NICU during shift change. I could hear some of the nurses laughing and talking by the door they use to come in and out, a group came out. Our nurse must have seen I was out there because she popped her head back out holding Moonpie and said, "Mom, I am awake and I am hungry!"
One of the nurses looked at him, looked at me and said, "What have you done to him?"
I said, "What do you mean what have I done? I have been feeding him."
She said,"He is soooo fat! I have only been gone for a week."

He is 6 pounds 2 oz. It's so crazy to think he was once so so small. Doodle is tipping the scales at 5 pounds 2 oz. It's kind of weird to see how much difference just a pound makes on such a little person. They feel so different.

The doctor even mentioned his fatness today. So much so, he even lowered his calories. The babies have been getting supplemented calories in their milk to help them grow. I never knew I could be so happy to have a fat child. Of course, 6 pounds 2 oz is hardly fat but when you started out at 2 pounds 11 oz, it's a beautiful thing to be that fat.

In other news, I am completely obsessed with this British magazine that is expensive beyond all reason. Well, I guess not beyond all reason because if that were the case, I wouldn't now own 5 digital issues and one paper issue. Considering how cheap I am though, that should tell you of the awesomeness therein. I quite love it. It's brilliant, I would say if I were British.
Cute video that will make you want it here. Click me you know you want to!
It's got my creative juices flowing for sure. I like to tell myself that I will get my house cute and crafty in all my spare time. It could happen, right? Spare time I mean.
Oh, I crack myself up, but seriously, it's that cool.

Formula can refashion...

Because refashion sounds cool and exciting and super creative.

Soooo, A while back I came across a super cute store called darlybird. I bought the flying birds for The boy's room and they are awesome. I also went to her blog just to see what she was all about and found this awesome little bit of art that she was inspired to make from a french crafting magazine. Well, I loved it. I thought it was so fun and original, I decided to log it away for a future project.

*with reverb* The Future is NOW! ow ow ow ow....

You may also remember my Boy Can post

I took a formula can and made it into a handy dandy yarn holder for while you are crocheting. For those of you who don't crochet, yarn has a way of be-boppin all around the room and under the couch and tripping people and the cat attacks it and killer dust bunnies attack it and it's a mess. Soooooooo...

I took the formula can, and decopauged some paper over it. I am still too impatient to make it pefectly smooth and all. I am sure if I took more time it would be better. I printed out the kiddo's heads in black and white, Tati's was a little flat on top so she got to be on top. We have discussed my cropping problem.

So yeah, I bought some grommets and a grommet attacher thingy and put that through the top, viola! Yarn protection from cats and killer dust bunnies and all that yarn has to fear. Hopefully yarn is not afraid of the dark!

The bumbo, the boppy and the robot...

It is my considered opinion that things for babies need better names. Between the boppies and the bumbos and the binkies and the nuks, I am lost. Not only am I lost, I feel silly walking around going "where's the boppy?", not full knowing what I am looking for. Was it the boppy or the bumbo? Who knows? My spell check doesn't that's for sure.



Complete and total humiliation, and it's probably due to the fact that the word Bumbo is emblazoned across it.

Besides that though, he's doing awesome. He is sitting in his bumbo. He sleeps super awesome at night, making his mama a happy happy lady. To celebrate his sleeping victory, I made him a robot. It's pretty awesome if I do say so myself. We got loads of awesome going on over here.





I have been playing around in photoshop. I kind of just went rogue and started messing with things. Hopefully it pays off. Maybe I will learn something.



I love his face in this one, It's a face I probably ought to get used to seeing. "What we have to go?" Or just "What?" It makes me giggle.



This thing he is laying on is a boppy. Don't you feel educated?



Anyway, that's the story of a cute boy his cute robot and his very manly sea foam green bumbo, or was it boppy?

Stress explosion, 60's goodness and some critters...

Some of you are aware that my life has exploded in stress. It's good, but very taxing and I am ready for the end of this chapter. We are getting a baby! He could come any day now and I am soooooo very excited. Unfortunately there are a lot of stressful and bad situations surrounding the family he is coming to us from so I would ask that you keep them in your thoughts and prayers. I will probably be doing a special fast on Sunday and would ask that any who are willing join me in fasting for this family. Many of the problems they have been facing have been brought on by bad decisions but I do know this, she didn't abort her baby and she is trying to give him a good chance so that has to amount to some good right? I hope so. Hopefully he comes real soon, it would be helpful to her and to us. PRAY!

Anyway, as I spent the last couple of days zooming from Goodwill to Goodwill in search of suitcases for this family so they would have something to put their stuff in (and hopefully not be living in the streets.) I found something that brightened my day. It was DI, which also brightened my day for having the last of the suitcases I needed. Someday in a few year or so I am planning to throw my mom and 60's party for her 60th birthday which of course is far far far far off, but check it out!



I know! It's perfect, I can't wait for the party now! I am going to be so stylin'! Just need some white go go boots methinks.

Also, previous to the stress explosion I have been crocheting my little fingers off. I don't have pictures of all but thought I would share a few things I have made lately.



These pictures makes me miss my house. My pillow and my couch. I made this robot for Gunner and my friend Melissa got this dolly to keep her company while I was away. She misses me lots. Williams can be a lonely place. :(



And I made this Koala for my new baby boy, whenever he decides he is ready to get here and be mine.


I made this doll to try to sell at a craft fair, it was a no go. If anyone is interested in her make me an offer. I could use the extra cash to prepare for the baby, but if not, she is very cute and I am sure I could find her a home.



So the jist of the story is this, please pray lots for this family and for me to stay sane, and I love you all.
The end.

My yarny adventures...

I can't find all of my pictures, but I thought I would share what I could find.

I think crochet is really helping me not go insane. It's been good for me. When we move back to the valley (did you know we are moving back to the valley? We are, isn't that exciting?) Anyway, I think it would be fun to start some kind of crochet club or something. People can come learn and and get better etc. Assuming it involved tasty food I think it could be really awesome. I have to speak in church on Sunday. I was hoping for a nice light topic that would be low in tears shed, but alas, I was given Forgiveness by my husband. Thanks honey. That's a nice and light topic. Hopefully it comes together. It might help if I got off of the computer and stopped making things out of yarn. Oh well...



This is a monkey I made for my aide TC. She pretty much rocks and monkeys are her favorite.



I have made several pears, they are easy, but probably the cutest things I have ever seen.

And my latest and probably greatest, Ruby the pink peg leg pirate princess...



Do you see the peg leg? You MUST note the peg leg.

Inspiration:



Ruby is my cousins little girl. When her birthday was coming up, she was asked what she would like. Her reply was to ride in a hot air balloon or jump out of a plane with a parachute. For Halloween Ruby wanted to be a pink peg leg pirate. Of course, that just made me smile, so when I saw the pattern for this. I just had to make it and make it look like Ruby. I even tried to add glasses, but haven't figured that out yet. Maybe I will give it another try tonight.

I wrote a poem about Ruby the pink peg-leg pirate princess. I took it to school today with the doll and read it. One of my little girls decided I should write a poem about each of them and make them all a pirate. Ooops, I didn't think they would come up with that.

Ruby the Pink Peg-leg Pirate Princess

Ruby lou was a princess true,
Her parents were kind and loving too
They taught her exactly what was right to do

Ruby lou was a princess true,
But at night when the moon shone through
She had important work to do
She loved adventure, wouldn’t you?

She would carefully put on her leg of wood
Her eye patch that really fit her good
it was bejeweled (as an eye patch should)
She worel pink as a princess would.

She’d gather the crew salty and set
She always took her favorite pet
“We have work to do men, do not forget,
those who are tired and lonely and wet”.



On the high seas of fear and woe
Over the mountainous waves she would blow
And look for those who knew not where to go
She brought them back when the tide was low.

She made them laugh she made them smile
She’d let them pet her parrot Kyle
She shared she gave with every mile
She saved them from their sad sad style

Thank you thank you Ruby Lou!
You are a princess through and through
We didn’t know just what to do
Until you came and helped us too!

Ruby Lou was a princess true
Adventure was her favorite thing to do
She helped others, and always came through
Thank you, thank you Ruby Lou.



Pictures forthcoming: Greta and Octopi