the nursery is done!!!

hey all, these are pictures of our nursery. we love it and can't wait to share it with our baby girl. hopefully she will come soon~
enjoy our pictures! don't have much more to say right now. i am a bit tired and legs are starting to feel like they are made of lead! alrighty. i am off! rest time, feet up for me!

Must post this for my husband's sake

The Pentagon announced TODAY the formation of a new 500-man elite fighting unit called the United States Redneck Special Forces (USRSF) These Alabama , Arkansas , Georgia , Illinois , Kentucky , Mississippi , West Virginia , Missouri , Oklahoma , Tennessee , and Texas boys will be dropped off into Iraq and have been given only the following facts about terrorists :
1. The season opened today.
2. There is no limit.
3. They taste just like chicken.
4. They don't like pickups, country music or Jesus.
5. They are directly responsible for the death of Dale Earnhardt.

The Pentagon expects the problem in Iraq to be over by Friday.

Little Laci

So I have been terrible lately at posting on here. I am sorry. I seem not to be able to catch up on anything before my body poops out on me! Woes of pregnancy i guess. But I am loving every minute of it except the few that she is pushing up on my ribs and making them ache and bruised...

Here is our little angel waking up in the ultrasound office. We finally got her to move and she started rubbing her eyes. How cute. I love her so much already! Never imagined that I could love someone so much before I even met them!Here she is playing with her fingers and toes... I love it

I love this little one so much. We are naming her Gwendolyn Laci. And will call her Laci. That is one of Toby's favorite names and I think it is pretty cute too. Perfect for sports cheering and such!

I am almost done with that bag i have been knitting to felt... I want that to be the "good looking" diaper bag for special occasions. or it may end up just being my large purse since purses seem to grow when you have kids.

Exciting News

Ok, SP9, I did receive my package, and was very excited to do so. Now to thank you entirely, i would like to post some pictures... and will do so as soon as i return home with my new digital camera from santa!!! I opened my package the day we left and just now got a chance to post.

So for initial purposes... THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
pictures to come and detailed thank yous soon.

Also, Today we had another ultrasound, and the baby is perfect and cute and it is a GIRL!!! so we are very excited about that.

I am sorry I have not posted lately, for i am very sick and hopefully get back up on my feet soon. As for now i am getting in to comfy clothes and laying on the couch making my hubby wait on me!

write again soon
:)

the marks of pregnancy...

GER
Last night as I was climbing into bed, I noticed three little lines on my belly to either side of my belly button...
So far all my stretchmarks have been on my hips, but now they have started on my tummy!!!
GER GER GER
Anyways, this definately shows I am Prego!!! 22 weeks today!

poor haley dog

so i get home from NY and haley has a scab on her chest. and yesterday morning she blew her scab which had absessed, and allowed her to start gushing blood. so i took her to the vet and at first look they thought she had been shot. she had a puncture wound about 5-6 inches deep but they didn't see anything in the xray. yeah it happened about 5 or 6 days ago cuz it had healed over, and got infected inside and gassy and what-not which blew her scab yesterday morning
they found the hair that had been ripped off her skin in about 2.5 inches. so they cleaned it all out, irrigated it. gave her lots of antibiotics and sent her home with an open wound so it could drain. and with rymadil and antibiotics
there was no bullet, so we have no clue what punctured her. the doc doesn't either but whatever it was, missed all organs and joints... by far. so she said haley was a lucky doggie
my beetle became a doggie ambulance! at least my car seats are leather, it was easily cleaned up... but toby's truck is all cloth... so that would be a pain. but even he said she would be worth it! he loves this dog so much.

I was so worried. the day after i get back, my baby goes to the doggie hospital. i missed her so much.

the big apple

So, currently i am in the Big Apple, wonderful NYC.

my mom and sister and two good friends are here for the weekend to go look at all the xmas windows and shopping and just visiting. thank god for moms!!!

I got something for my spoilee's next package. well actually for her daughter. i cant wait.
and tomorrow we are going to ground zero. i am getting ready to cry again. i came 3 years ago and it was still all garbled and trashed, but when we drove by last night it looked a lot more cleaned up. i will get pictures!

my tummy has been hurting lots lately... thanks kid for stretching me out... OUCH can i say!

well it is almost midnight here and i have been up since 730 am. going to let you go and will write you more soon!

Belated Thanks

So, before I get any more tied up in cleaning and cooking and still unpacking, preparing for my in-laws to come for Thanksgiving, and since I have now given up being able to take pictures of my package from my secret pal, I am now writing a thank you to her! Sorry this is so late.

I received my package last thursday, and quickly ran to the post office to pick it up (since my hubby was too lazy to stand in the line for Post Office box package pickup.... well I had a feeling I knew who it was from so I ran to it trying hard to hold in my excitement... and I stood in a 30-45 minute line to get my package... but well worth it!

I received two skeins of very soft wonderful wool yarn in a burgandy color (maroon/burgandy one of my favorites... GO U of Puget Sound LOGGERS!!! MAROON AND WHITE!!!)
And with this yarn, i am to knit up a pair of fingerless gloves for myself (patern included from my lovely sp!)!!! how perfect! And a set of double point knitting needles to work the patern. Also some smaller stitch markers, which are much needed when working on smaller projects on smaller needles... and a gage ruler (something i have been planning on buying myself, but always forget when i am in the store).

Also, my secret pal didnt want my mind to go unstimulated since i finished my Harry Potter book and now am looking for more books to read... It will be my next read... "Magyk" by Septimus Heap. Well recommended by fellow Harry Potter lovers! I am excited to get through this other book (only about 30 pages left) that i read just so i had something to do, so i can get to this awsome book! I think i will be able to start it tomorrow!

Needless to say, the Digestive biscuts SP9 sent me have been more than half eaten as i sit and finish the book i am currently on, or knitting, or watching tv. I have had to hide them from my husband so he will not eat them!

And last but not least, My SP9 always comes through for my four-legged children... They all got treats from her in the package! However, i think i will save them for a Thanksgiving treat for them! hehehe~!!!

THANK YOU SP9, I AM ENJOYING MY PACKAGE SO MUCH!!! YOU ARE THE BEST!

snappy update~

So we have to wait another two weeks to find out what gender our baby is. Only a couple of the ultrasound machines were usable so we had to make an appointment to go in and find out what the baby is... good Thanksgiving Present eh?

We did get our results back for our CF, DS, Trisomy 18, and what ever else they tested for. All results were NEGATIVE!!!! WOO HOO! so for the top 32 most common markers for CF carrier, I am not! Great news!

I finished Harry Potter, it was great, I just wish it wasn't done! Now I don't know what to read HAHHAHA.

We went up to New Mexico this last weekend so Toby could hunt. He got his deer! and we now have plenty of venison in the freezer. Hopefully I will find that i enjoy venison!

I am almost done with the diaper bag. A few more rows and then the straps and then all I have to do is felt it!!!! Exciting exciting!

Got my flu shot yesterday, and now i have a huge welt on my arm... got to love those shots~

alright that is it for now. we are waiting on our movers to come pack. we are moving today and tomorrow to the other house... very exciting!

Royal Mail

Ok, so as I am writing this and bragging, know I am both packing up my house cuz we are moving onto base since it will be so much cheeper (our electric bill from last month was 500 bucks... OUCH) and taking pictures of my gifts with my cellphone because I can not find my digital camera... i may have to go buy another cheep one at target or walmart to do little things like this!

ok... here we go I GOT MY GIFT FROM MY SP9 TODAY!!! HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO ME!!!!

Haha so i got that news across if you couldn't tell from earlier in my post! haha..

sorry giddy here... i love getting packages.

So I open up my package and to my suprise I see Candy for me... Fruit Pastittes and a Cadbury Dairy Milk bar (my grandma's fav) (i love them too), and a treat for my 3 puppies!!! That is so cool my pal sent a treat for my little ones!!! Great Idea secret pal!!!

Then I find these really cool hard acrylic knitting needles. I love purple!!! and they are totally great! I know it isn't a great picture, but it came from my cellphone... it is the best I could do today!

I Continue to dig further into the package... and find some so very beautiful 100% wool!!! 4 Skeins of it!!! and my sp9 says it is suposed to be great for Felting!!! Hear that FELTING!!!!

Also in colors I adore! (man she knows me well!!!)

And last photo but not least... there in that box sat two wonderfully smelling candles and this kit to make my own cards! They came with their own charms and ideas too!! I am going to have tons of fun! THANKS SO MUCH SECRET PAL!!!

By the way, the way you packaged and wrapped the box, it took me about 10 minutes to get into it. Granted I was attempting to multi task at the same time, but still.. I had to tear the box apart! Too bad i didn't have the mind to keep the box and take a picture of it before i threw it in the trash so you all could see, but that brown scotch tape for shipping is hard hard hard to get loose (mind you i did not have a knife, scisors, keys, or anything sharp! so that made entering the box a bit more difficult)

THANKS AGAIN!!! I can't wait to find a project to knit up and felt! You are awsome!!!

impatienly waiting

ps secret pal, i got your letter while i was gone in colorado!!! but just wanted to make sure you kenw i got your letter!!! i am so excited to see what the package is you have sent now. Impatiently waiting!!!

have no clue what to title this!

It has been a while. Wow.

So, I have been knitting away and now on the second half of my felted diaper bag. Very excited. Then i have to get started on the ACU diaper bag so that Toby doesn't feel so awekward carrying the colorful diaper bag.

So going home this past weekend was a real treat. And definately needed. I got to visit with my mom, my dad, and all my nieces and nephews and their parents (yes my loveable brothers and sis in laws). I needed to feel reconnected to my family again.

Also while i was home i got a couple books for my secret pal, and will be sending her a package soon!!! I am very excited because these are two of my favorite books. Now I just need to collect some other fun stuff to send her!!! I have some ideas, it is just taht they are not readily found around here... bummer.

Monday we go in for genetic testing adn then on november 8th we find out what our baby is. Very exciting.

Digestives

So i was looking over Shelby's blog and saw she got a cool package from a different exchange. My mouth started watering when i saw DIGESTIVES!!!! oh my god i love those things. my mom and i stock up every time we go to england or europe and bring them home... my favorites are the dark or pure chocolate ones, but fell in love with them all.

for those of you who don't know what a digestive is... it is this slightly sweetened biscut, with one side coated with chocolate!!! AMAZING! it is less sweet than the american cookies, but gives you just the right amount of goodies.

just had to dream of them for a minute or two!

Favorites List

List your favorite:
Actor - mathew maconahey
Actress - julia roberts
Animal - dogs!!!!
Band - Dave Mathews Band
Book - Harry Potter
Bubble Bath - Citris
Candy - Jolly Ranchers
Color - Blues
Drink- Milk
Flower - Fresia
Food - Mexican
Lip Balm - bert's bees
Lotion - palmers shea butter (pregnancy)
Movie - Pride and Prejudice
Place- Colorado
Song - chariots of fire
TV Show - ER
Yarn- wool, lamb's pride
Vacation Spot - Hawaii or europe

Pregnancy Fever

Is it normal to always feel hot during pregnancy? Because I do. And the worst part is that I am drinking enough fluids, but feel like i have a dehydration headache, and have a temperature... about 1.3 degrees higher than normal. For a normal person that is a 99.9 degree temp. See my body temperature is normally at 97.1 degrees. My book says call the doc or go to the ER (if I am less that 20 weeks prego) which I am, if you have a temperature of 100 degrees. Well I am feeling fine, just got the headache. I have tried frozen foods such as popsicles or frozen fruit (which are way healthy and tasty cold treat!) but nothing seems to work... or atleast if it does work, it is only temporary.

So for right now, I have an icepack on the base of my neck to see if I can cool myself down. Make me a bit more comfortable.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Moving back and forth

Within trying to pack various odds and ends up in order to help 'sell' the house to a new renter, Toby has packed up my directions to make the fingerless gloves i am making for a present. SO FRUSTRATING. But understandable mistke. So now i have a good excuse to call my mom and have her copy the copy i made her and send it to me!

Putting the fingerless gloves on hold for the time being, i will be getting back to the bag waiting to be finished so i can felt it!!! Exciting exciting.

Since we moved into this house, I have made a few mistakes. One being thinking that all dryers are as good as mine that currently lays lonely with its washing companion in storage. I washed and dried (on no heat dry setting) my husband's ACU's. The tops came out fine, but the bottoms? well that is a different story. They shrunk in length about 3 inches, and around the legs a bit too. I felt so bad, i went and replaced them today. And am very excited about what i am going to make out of the shrunk fabric. Since most guys don't like carrying around diaper bags that have Whinny the poo bears or flowers or other designs all over it. To fix this, i am going to patch together fabric to make a diaper bag out of ACU fabric so it matches Toby's uniform and such! I also like the green colors!

Pro of pregnancy, Everyone says you look so healthy and glowing.

Con of pregnancy, I have skin problems, pimples, dryness, oilyness, worse than when going through puberty. I have always had a clear complexion, now it is gone!

2nd 3rd has been reached!!

I am now in my 2nd day of my 2nd trimester. My new medicines have started to stablize, thank god. Because I was having worse morning/day sickness the last week than at any point in my first trimester. It sucked feeling icky and gross and blah, with nothing soothing my stomache or brain aches. But I am getting better.

I tried sleeping in the guest room last night (no I wasn't trying to give my husband hints that sleeping with him has been difficult lately) but rather the guest room as a delicious temperpedic matress topper on it that i used all through college to assist the pain in my back. Well now it helped releave the pressure points and sore spots on my left side when i try and be a good prego woman and sleep on that side.

We go back to the doctor on friday, so we will see what they have to say then.

SP 9 QUESTIONAIRE!!!

1. What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with? What fibers do you absolutely *not* like? I love knitting with wool, soft preferably, to felt and make scarves and gloves.

fun creative yarns are great, i only have a hard time with too much of them. I get overwhelmed with fuzzy frilly stuff, but enjoy them as an accent.

2. What do you use to store your needles/hooks in? nothing currently. They are in various places, wish i could find them all.

3. How long have you been knitting & how did you learn? Would you consider your skill level to be beginner, intermediate or advanced?
started when i was about 10, then didn't do it for quite a while... about 10 yrs. so i would have to say i am early intermediate. about 3 yrs continuously i have been knitting since i started again

4. Do you have an Amazon or other online wish list?
no

5. What's your favorite scent? (for candles, bath products, etc.) lavendar and vanilla and cinnimon, and other stuff.... oh grapefruit and peach!!!

6. Do you have a sweet tooth? Favorite candy? Jolly Ranchers

7. What other crafts or Do-It-Yourself things do you like to do? Do you spin? I love building things. But I have just learned how to needle felt, and am currently needle felting baby blocks for my coming little one. but i crochet, knit (of course), cross-stitch, sew, quilt, scrapbook.

8. What kind of music do you like? Can your computer/stereo play MP3s? (if your buddy wants to make you a CD) i love country, musicals (andrew loyd webber, and others), instrumentals, celtic. yes my comp and stereo play mp3's.

9. What's your favorite color(s)? Any colors you just can't stand? I am loving of all colors, just so long as it doesn't remind me of something being dingy or dirty. earth tones are great but not puke green, you know?

10. What is your family situation? Do you have any pets? I am married, with a baby on the way, with 2 house dogs, haley-black lab mix, and noah-boxer chow mix, and my husband's hunting dog Sophie - chocolate lab.

11. Do you wear scarves, hats, mittens or ponchos? yes, yes, yes, and yes. working on a poncho for myself, or at least trying. Not sure how cold it gets down here in texas during the winter, but when i go to my parent's or in-law's to visit i will defiantely use them.

12. What is/are your favorite item/s to knit? anything felting... and anything for baby right now.

13. What are you knitting right now? felted bag, fingerless gloves, scarf, hm, can't remember what else.

14. Do you like to receive handmade gifts? love receiving them. Hand made items are very very special.

15. Do you prefer straight or circular needles? Bamboo, aluminum, plastic? straight or circular, bamboo or aluminum. but not plastic, makes my hands sweat too much.

16. Do you own a yarn winder and/or swift? nope

17. How old is your oldest UFO? 2 yrs

18. What is your favorite holiday? hm, i love them all. I just love the holiday season because that means i get to see my family.

19. Is there anything that you collect? beanie babies, and baby things now

20. Any books, yarns, needles or patterns out there you are dying to get your hands on? What knitting magazine subscriptions do you have? i have tried the addi turbo needles, fell in love, but they make me sweat when i look at their price. I don't have any subscriptions. there is one book i really want... hold on let me think.... Maran Illustrated Knitting and Crocheting (Maran Illustrated) (Paperback)

21. Are there any new techniques you'd like to learn? hm still workign on knittng in the round, and cabling. so at the moment, don't think so. but eventually, lacing

22. Are you a sock knitter? What are your foot measurements? Next thing i want to learn to do... food measurements? i am a size 8.5-9 womens american shoe.

23. When is your birthday? (mm/dd) 04/25 is my bday, and 04/15 is my duedate!!!! woo hoo! no i am not excited at all!

A Knitter in Transition

A Knitter in Transition

This is my secret pal!!! she has been great.

Through my morning sickness, my husband went to the post office the other day and brought me my package. I was so excited to get it but just haven't had time to blog about it yet.

I got three awsome packages in the last couple weeks. First i got the wonderful multi colored yarn. I can't wait to do something i can do with it. Then in the next two packages i got Cinimon yarn!! i love that color. Along wiht all the hooks i need to learn how to do cabling. I have so wanted to learn how to do cabling... I am so excited. Now that package my husband ended up opening since he thought it was a present sent to us for our wedding reception. He likes opening up packages. I wasn't suposed to open it until the last box came. well, the last one came yesterday, and i got lots of stuff... cool stuff!!! would i expect anything else from this wonderful SP?

She made it personal by sending a cute little rattle for the eventual baby! it is so cute. i wish i had a way to take pictures of everything but the webcam on my comp doesn't work anymore due to my wonderful sister-in-law's in attentiveness to her baby who just came up and practically ripped it off. oh well, to go on to what else i received.
A pill box/keychain thing which under great suggestion by Ashley (secret pal) will be amazing to hold the little row counters and place/stich holders that come wiht knitting. man this is so cool. I received 2 bamboo handles so i can make a purse, they are really cool. I am just afraid i am going to screw up the purse now since i have never done anything like this before.

Ashley did a great thing, she made me a CD that is titled "Jessica's Cable Tutorial" which has a cable tutorial with all i need to know about cables, a cable video with examples of cables to show you how, and a knit pics cabled purse pattern for me to knit!!! ooo i can't wait to get started! I found three rolls of fabric to put in my purse. they are really cool fabrics and I love the asian look.

Ashley also found that i love to scrap book, and sent me some beautiful origami paper that i can use as scrapbooking paper. Little did she know i lvoe making origami!!! so i may just have to put some of the paper aside so i can make my chinese lanterns and swans! and a note book which i will definately use when i need to write down all my stitches to keep track of. i have realized my memory has gone to the dogs lately.

another thing that continually makes me smile are the postits with the dog and bone on the front. they are so cute. and yes ashley i am so happy to finally have my dogs back. they just need to get used to the new house... which i am having a hard time getting used to. I miss my other one so much. I would give anything to move back there. but it is now on the market and probably will be sold soon. :'(
here is my house on the market website:

Sitting in an airport in austin texas

Hello all,
I know I have been truent on writing in my Blog. Since July 30th, my husband and I have been living in a camper at Fort Hood until we could find housing. Yesterday we put a deposit on a 3 bdrm, 2 bath, 2 car garage house with a nice back yard and plenty of storage space. The back yard will be great since we will be getting our dogs back next week from my inlaws!!!! I can't wait, let me tell you.

So we thought that we would be using the two spare rooms as a guest room and sewing/office. Well in about 8 months one is going to also have to be a nursery. Yep, I found out monday that I am 5.5 weeks along. How exciting eh? No morning sickness yet so no laughing.

I got another package from my wonderful spoiler in Japan!!! She sent me this wonderful earthtone and blue, purple, magenta, green yarn and some new knitting needles! which is great since my needles that size were used as a teething stick by the puppy before the move!

well our plane just got here, i will write more later. I am going to my parents house this weekend for our wedding reception... aprox 4.5 mo late... but this was the best time. i can't wait!
Toodles