I was tagged!

My friend Erika tagged me so I guess it's my turn. :)

Here's how it works:

1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Tag six people at the end of your post and link to them.
5. Let each person know they've been tagged and leave a comment on their blog.
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up.

Six Random things about me:

1. I'm a sucker for Starbucks Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate
2. I'm not a very good house keeper (crafty not tidy)
3. I love looking at projects that other people do because I can't seem to find cool stuff on my own. :P
4. I'm a phone person and spend a lot of time on it. *blush*
5. I'm also an internet junkie.
6. I love doing embroidery on my machine!

Now to tag six people in no specific order:

Monique
Jocele
Jessica
Heidi
Laurie
And Stacy

Falling Leaves are done!

I finished my falling leaves longies last weekend and just realized I had never posted them. Shame on me! Well here they are! All finished. :) And we LOVE them.

Inspired Birdy

So my wonderful and so very talented friend Erika did these incredible birds for her tree. I totally loved them as soon as I saw them and knew it would be the perfect thing to add to my bare (but getting more full!) Christmas tree! So naturally I HAD to make some. :) Mine aren't nearly as lovely as hers are because she had some rockin' fabrics... Sigh... I need to not be a cheapskate when it comes to fabric anymore. :P

Home Made Ornaments!

When we pulled out our Christmas tree to decorate I realized we lost a lot to toddler and infant hands last year so we needed more. Instead of running out and getting more that would eventually break I decided we would do what we could to actually make some this year.

Last night we made a few of these. They are called God's Eye.



Then tonight as a family project we made a few of these in an array of shapes and sizes.



Here's what they look like without the flash so you can get the light shine effect with the Christmas lights.

Mess maker...

Mess maker, mess maker, make me a mess.



Find some flour and have your fill. :P

Better late than never...

Well I dyed some yarn on Friday and fell in love with the way it came out. I'm also loving the way it's knitting up! It reminds me of looking at a hillside dotted with trees changing color. :) It's very fall though and we are almost into winter. :-/ *sigh* I guess I'll just have to do some uber winter ones next. :D Finished pictures hopefully by the end of the week...

Feeling the sweater Love <3

I've loved knitting sweaters from the top down. It's wonderful. I like the increasing way more than decreasing. :) I made a sweater for Will in less than 24 hours! It was so fun. I love the yarn. It's a rather unusual acrylic. The repeats were so long. I've never worked with a yarn with that long of a repeat E.V.E.R.

It's loosely based on the Wonderful Wallaby pattern. ;) It's one of my favorite patterns to knit.

More knitting and pictures finally!

Will likes to take off with my camera card. :P I've lost three of them in the past month. >:( Live and learn and then put your camera away! So anyway all this to say that I've been knitting more but not uploading pictures. Now I actually have some pictures to show!

First up is a hat for me because I just have some bad hair days now that my hair is super short. The pattern is Odessa. :D



And a pair of knucks that finally fit! Measuring is good. :)



Now I'm going to start on a pair of longies and a sweater for will. I'm excited about the sweater. I got some really nice yarn!

New Embroidered Ergo Contest!!

Who wouldn't want one of these. ;D

Win a Free Organic Embroidered Ergo Baby Carrier Hands Free System from Along for the Ride

Oh man...

What to say when you don't post much? Life is going great. We celebrated a 28th B'day for my hubby on Thursday. Mikey's is coming up on Wednesday! I find it hard to believe that he's going to be 9! I've been knitting like crazy but I don't have any pictures. It seems that Will enjoys walking off with my camera card and he's not giving it up. :-/

My birthday is coming soon too. :) I already actually know that I'm going to enjoy my birthday because it is on a Sunday. Not just any Sunday though. It happens to be the Sunday that Our Church does it's Christmas Broadcast so we will head down to church after dinner to watch it. ;)

Well I suppose that's all for right now. Hopefully I'll have some more fun and exciting news next time. Or at least some knitting pics. :P

Kids...

They are such a joy sometimes... Take some of the good with some of the bad right? Well all of my close friends and family know that my youngest daughter was diagnosed with Aural Atresia in a mild form but it was enough to affect her hearing and speech. In May just before her birthday she had surgery to correct her ears. She has come a LONG way in such a short amount of time! Tonight, she not only carried a tune but I could understand most of what she was saying when she was singing. It's been fun watching her learn and listening to her talk finally! Here's a video I captured tonight of her singing a song she learned.

Win a free beco!

Win a Beco Butterfly Baby Carrier and Beco Toy Carrier from Along for the Ride.

Win a free Ergo Baby Carrier!!

Win a Free Ergo Baby Carrier from Along for the Ride

Check it out! We'd love for a new ergo to come live with us. ;D

I'm a slacker!

Ugh! October was the last time I posted? That's horrible! It seems like having a baby around has just made a lot more things complicated. And with him catching just about every cold that floats around it seems like we are always running to the doctor!

I have however managed to get quite a bit of knitting done.

My favorite pieces?



This is the Baby cardigan from Knitting Pure and Simple.



Hybrid Rib Soaker from Little Turtle Knits
with a few modifications.



Longies I knit for a friend from my own pattern.



Peace Fleece Volgasippi Blue Longies done from Pamela's Faux Cable Collection



And some plain ol' green knucks for my hubby.

You know what they say...

appleside
Originally uploaded by fastknita

An apple a day keeps the doctor away. :)

I'm having way too much fun hooking fun little foods for little hands to play with.

Comes complete with Stem, Leaf, and butt...

I scream, You scream

WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM!!


My super duper friend has been hooking the cute little foods. She stopped by with her four awesome kids today and my little one was sad when she left with her carrot. LOL. I knew instantly I had to figure out a way to maker her some.

Anyone want some vanilla ice cream on a chocolate cone? What could be better?

Separation Anxiety?

So one of my dear friends (I truly think of her like a sister) is going to be gone all weekend and when she gets back she's going to want to read the new Harry Potter book that is coming out. I think I'm going to have separation anxiety. LOL. With any luck I will get some work done while she is gone. She is going to be sorely missed though!

Once again...

I've fallen into the trap of not being able to free my mind of someone's comments. Please if you are interested in Quixtar (not that you will know that's what it is when you are approached) please inform yourself with this video courtesy of Dateline. ;)

Also please don't leave me any messages about checking into a company before calling it a scam. I know what I'm talking about believe me when I say I've done my research. :-D

Ooh! A baby Carrier Contest??

I'm game! Totally. :-D

Check out this contest giving away a free carrier from Jenn at All Natural Mommies

I'll end this post with one of my favorite baby wearing pics of me and baby4.

Spam

I hate spam. Would you believe that someone would actually take the time to spam in my blog? I haven't logged in for a while but there were three very interesting comments which I chose not to approve.

Do you remember my post about That "glorified Amway business" that someone wanted me to join? I didn't name names as far as the company goes but it was Quickstar or Quixtar Someone actually took the time to post to me asking me if I knew the opportunity I missed with that company. My answer to you is why yes Mr. (or Mrs.) Anon I do. :) Thank you very much but I rather like my side of the fence away from the scams. ;)

So on to better and happier things. Baby #4 ended up being a boy. He came to join our family on February 12 weighing a whopping 10lbs 7.4oz. He's thriving on mommy made milk and sporting his lovely cloth diapers also made by mommy.