Rawr! Gender Neutral Crochet Baby Liot set

I can't wait to see the sugar-booger in this get-up! I made this over the course of a couple days before Christmas for the baby. I saw the multicolor yarn at the store and had to have it even though I didn't know what to make with it at the time... the idea quickly came to me after seeing a baby lion hat on etsy. I melted and had to have one for our baby. I made the hat first and decided it needed a diaper cover complete with a tail to make it a set. The hat is SO FLUFFEH.

I love it; it's bright, gender neutral and homemade just for our baby. Plus s/he can wear it right away because I made it newborn sized! And of course, the diaper cover has a tail!

The buttons are from my own collection of buttons once owned by many of our family and friends so they are extra special.

Of course if you need a set yourself or you know a lucky mommy or baby-to-be that could use some crochet love, email me or hit me up on etsy! I even have the pattern for sale now!!!

18 Weeks Pregnant

Even though baby is just the size of a yam like one you may have enjoyed at dinner yesterday, s/he still got me a Christmas gift: no morning sickness on Christmas!!! I really enjoyed it and had a wonderful day with our family.

Baby is roughly the size of a sweet potato or yam, totalling about 8 inches from head to feet. I can really feel movements and I even just saw a little kick poke out the front of my tummy for a second!
Baby is also getting more and more aware of what's outside my tummy and s/he LOVES to lay next to daddy and Peach, too! When I spoon Shawn at night the baby tries to kick at his back. When I hold Peach, she will sprawl across my belly (I suspect she can hear baby's heart beat now) and the baby kicks and then snuggles up to her as well (can baby hear Peach's heart?). I think Peach loves the baby and the baby loves her already, too.

Thursday the 3rd will be my 120th day of Pregnancy: a very special day in Kundalini Yoga teachings/Sikhism in which the baby's soul enters its body. More to come on how we will celebrate very soon!

Christmas Cake 2012

Happy Solstice!

It's officially winter and it sure looks like it here in Nebraska. We got over a foot of snow, I believe!
So Happy Solstice today to you all, and Merry Christmas this Tuesday!

Baby is a rolling stone today. S/he's only jabbed me a few times here and there but oy! is s/he ever moving around trying to get comfy. S/he was sleepy mostly yesterday but today I believe the activity is picking up. I hope s/he reserves some energy for daddy so he can feel his or her backside against my tummy later. S/he'll lay in the front so that I can tell the difference between the squish of my belly and the firmness of what has to be a baby-back! It's so awesome that baby has gone from being poppy-seed sized to being so large I can feel his or her body... amazing.

Oh, and I can still see all the way over my toes... for now.

17 Weeks Pregnant

I feel SO. DAMN. PREGNANT.

Baby is almost 5 inches long!

I can't imagine what 30 weeks will feel like; I think my waddle has already started.
Baby is kicking regularly now and forcing me to eat things I usually don't EVER eat (my Wendy's cheeseburger was delicious, thank you) just in order to get through the day. About 10 minutes after giving into my cravings baby does a happy dance in my belly to let me know that the craving has been sated.
I gave up on the guilt that came along with my cravings yesterday for once and for all after having Jimmy Johns (with heated meat) for the second day in a row. It comes down to feeling sick the entire day and possibly puking versus eating something that I didn't intend to eat and feeling fantastic the rest of the day. I'll take the latter... especially when I only gained 1 or 2 pounds in the last 5 weeks. I think I'm looking pretty good! And we've come a long way from me not being able to eat anything.

A side note that I think is adorable:
Last night I told Shawn that the baby can see light through his/her eyelids (which are shut now) and suggested we use a flashlight to play with baby while it was in there moving around and awake. The baby should reflexively roll away from the light... well, baby went crazy for the light and started kicking towards it and going crazy. Shawn put his hand on my belly and projected the light over his fingers and the baby just went NUTS. S/He definitely knows when daddy is home, talking or near it at all; this baby just loves daddy already. So cute.