Spring day!

What a gorgeous day today! Sunshine, cherry blossoms in full bloom, a perfect day for a long walk around the neighborhood. We checked out baby bike seats at the local bike store since I am so wanting to put Sabrina on the back of my bike. Need to just make sure my little vintage bike can take the additional weight. :). 

Hope this is the beginning of spring?

Let the mess begin!

The long awaited day had finally arrived... solid food!!! Boy was she ready. She loves everything presented so far, especially peas and yams! Funny girl but am very happy she loves her veggies. Sippy cup with water is a big hit as well. Both big sisters are amazed one little girl can get that much food on herself in one sitting... :)

Awesome bib ordered online at Snuglo!

Kotipalapeli style!

I am head over heels in love with a blog. That hasn't happened to me for some time. But here I am. I have a major crush on Rilla's Finnish blog Kotipalapeli (roughly translates to homepuzzle). I love her home (the blog chronicles their home renovations), her children, her knitting, her sewing, and I could go on but that would be embarrassing. The photos speak for themselves. Go see... :)

Sabrina's "room"

This is Sabrina's "room". More like her "corner" actually.... Since we live in the smallest townhouse ever a corner in our bedroom is all the space we had left... A couple of coats of brown paint and some sewing and crocheting of bedding and she has a cozy spot. Tiny but cozy.

Yellow birthday!

My sweet now middle daughter turned 14 today! Happy birthday Anastasia! What a sweet, smart, and beautiful girl you are. 

I have been wanting to make tissue paper pompoms forever and now was the perfect opportunity. Bright yellow, grey and black. I used the Martha Stewart tutorials. Not hard to make but the 'fluffing' of each pompom is annoying for someone with patience issues. They really did turn out fantastic though and were worth the late night of fluffing. Presents were wrapped with fluo pink plastic string. Awesome. 

Love you Annie and hope you had the best birthday!!

Knitting Milos...

Best little vest pattern ever. It is a pattern by Georgie Hallam called Milo and available on Ravelry. It is knitted in the round from the top down so no seams to sew up! I made a bunch of mods and used the pattern as a base only. The purple one received an embroidered heart while the grey version incorporates a lace stitch. My third Milo is almost finished, this one with a bright orange embroidered star! Sooo cute with tights and a diaper bum sticking out... :)

Baby blankets

I may not have been blogging but I have been busy sewing, knitting, and crocheting baby things. Of course it started with blankets and has now progressed into little dresses and sweaters.

Love my vintage fabric patchwork quilt in Sabrina's crib. I crocheted 2 granny square blankets, a dark blue one for the pram and a big orange and brown one for the crib. (Her corner of our bedroom is now a 70's brown) Sooo cozy. The knitted cream blanket was knitted up in one night, starting with one stitch then increasing and decreasing on the diagonal. That one may be Sabrina's favorite...

Sisters

Where, oh where does time go? These pictures were taken just before Christmas and I am just getting to them now. I just love the picture with big sister Annie... so really wanted to post them, old or not. Sabrina has grown much since then of course...

Back to serious blogging soon. Enough of this piddling around! :)

Seven weeks old...

Sabrina has been with us for seven weeks now... we are getting into some kind of schedule and rhythm. I am finally starting to feel some creativity creep back in, thank goodness since I thought my brain would continue to feel like mush forever. I have no idea how other women do it, looking after babies and toddlers while continuing to create and inspire as well as share and blog about it... I am in awe of these women (and there are so many of them). I honestly still have those days where I can barely manage to take a shower... let alone finish a knitting project. (or post to my blog) :)

But one newly crooked smile makes it all worthwhile... and is there anything better than kissing those now dimply arms and legs? We are all so in love with this new little person...

Thanks everyone for the sweet congratulations and welcome backs!

Welcome to the world baby Sabrina!

Talk about complete abandonment of blog... for 7 months no less. Why? Well, I found out I was pregnant... Yes, pregnant in my mid forties... eek! To say I needed 7 months to adjust to the idea is an understatement, haha.

So here we are with a very special addition to the family, yes, another girl, baby Sabrina. She was born September 16 and is now 2 weeks old exactly.

The big girls adore her...

Welcome to the world baby Sabrina! You are so very precious...

Is there anything better than knitting for baby? Nope. I loved knitting the Pickles Darling dress for Sabrina...

Snowday!

To say the late snow caught us off guard is an understatement... but what a wonderful surprise to wake up to! We all decided to take a snow day off... is there anything better when it happens so rarely and won't again for at least another year?