Stacy is coming, Stacy is coming!

Seriously folks, I'm so excited. My BFF is flying into the KC today! Woohoo! I haven't seen her since March! I know it doesn't seem like a long time, but it is! I can't wait to see her, and hang out and have girly fun!

Also, Julian has to go to the dentist today!! Luckily Barry is going to take him, because I know I'd be all anxious about it!

I have a ton of updating to do with my craft blog, but I want to show you my new love. Seriously.
Meet Rusty

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February is passing me by!

In some ways, I LOVE that February is a short month! In others, it's the pits! Here we are, February 3rd. That means there are only 24 days until Gabriel's birthday, and 25 days until his party! (PS There's going to be a party at the Maple Grove Clubhouse, if I ever get around to calling!) I'm sitting here watching Ellen, and knitting Gabriel's birthday longies. I sort of wonder if I stopped knitting if he would somehow stop growing? I highly doubt it, but it's a tempting thought. If I stopped knitting though, I know that I would be so mad when his birthday comes, with or without me knitting his pants, and I didn't have anything for him to wear.

The boys have been interesting the past few weeks. Sometimes they both skip naps. Sometimes they both nap. It's very rare that one naps while the other doesn't, it's usually a two for one type of deal.

Well I had hopes of a long blog post, but I hear my little cranky boy crying upstairs :)

WOW WOW WOW!

So, as you know, I've been knitting like crazy, and a funny/crazy idea came upon me. So, I opened an Etsy shop! I'm selling my knitted goods, and might expand to my invites/announcements/Christmas cards eventually!! Right now I've just got two hats listed, as I'm focusing on knitting hats for the open house up in Washington. The address for my Etsy is www.lolacate.etsy.com . Check it out, see what I've got, and let me know what you think!

Also, I just found out that Tuesday, the 18th is Julian's Mother's Day at school, and I need to be there! Barry has an anatomy test that day, so he can't keep Gabriel, so if anyone could possibly watch Gabriel for 2 hours, I would REALLY appreciate it! I can sweeten the deal with a knit hat! (After I've knitted everything for the show, so like two weeks out)

My Hudson Hat!

So I bought yarn for a Hudson hat for me. Why should my kids reap all the benefits of my new knitting skills?! So I made on for me!
Warning, these pictures totally belong on myspace. They are of me, taken by me, and staring only me! Talk about dorky!
(please excuse my hair, I took them this morning)




Now I have to work on Barry's hat! He wanted a DARK blue, almost black, and white. I hope it turns out ok!

He's so stinking cute!

Julian is crying and so sad because he wants to go to Church, and play with Play-Doh, of course! We've told him that he will get to play with Play-Doh, but that Daddy can't go to church in his jammies! He got even more upset when I took off my shoes! Poor kid!

In other news. We bought Julian's Christmas present. He is getting this:


We bought it Saturday, and it's still in my trunk! I think, since we'll be in Washington for actual Christmas day, Barry will build the kitchen while we're up in Washington, take a picture of the kitchen in our house, and then bring said picture up to Washington. On Christmas morning, we will have Julian open a card or something, from Santa, that shows the kitchen in our house?! What do you think, cute or stupid?

And I have another question for you! One of my BFFs, Carly, in Washington, is also my hair dresser. So with my visit to Washingotn, I'm also going to get a haircut and color! Yay me!
This is my hair currently (well a week ago)


What do you think I should do? Keep it long, and just get a trim and color redone? cut it shorter? Remember I'm in a wedding in March, so I don't know if I want to cut it too short. Bangs? Seriously folks, I'm up for pretty much anything! Just give me your opinions.

In knitting news, I love it. Seriously I think I've found my hobby. I have struggled so many times to try a new hobby, only to fail miserably at it. I LOVE knitting, and I'm decent at it! I started Julian's "Hudson" hat yesterday. I'm not very far, but the good news is, his earflaps are on correctly! HOLLER :) I am currently trying to pick out some yarn colorways for my Hudson hat, and Barry's as well.

I still can't believe it's November already! I also can't believe that I will be 25 in a few days! Yikes! 25 feels SO old to me!

So Relieved and SO happy!

My MIL is coming home! Yay! And what's even better than that, she gets to bring my darling nephews with her! She can leave Utah any time after tomorrow! It's such a happy day. I'm so thankful that the custody battle is finally over, after almost 11 months! I'm so happy that they'll be home for Christmas, and can not wait to see them!!!

And in other, not related news, my friend/cousin Cheryl, opened up her yarn shop! If anybody is wondering what to get me for Christmas...uhm, anything from her site!!! Especially flurries and any worsted weight yarn!

Annie Amelia

Check it out! It's pretty much the best site EVER :)

My new project is called a hudson hat! I'm knitting it right now!

Knitting Club/Movie Time

So I had knitting last night. I was going to finish Barry's scarf, that was for his birthday...oops only a weekish late. Well, in my knitting bag, I had my 'candy corn' yarn. I showed Sandy, my knitting teacher, and she was confident that I could finish my hat in a week. Well I finished it last night. It turned out *SO* cute, but it's a little big.
Here it is:




We also watched a really good movie. It was called Iron Jawed Angels and it was about the suffrage movement, and seriously so moving. It's not a movie topic that I would typically watch, but I was pleasantly surprised and liked it a lot. (It didn't hurt that Patrick Dempsey, my boo, was in it ;)) For those of you in West Des Moines, they're going to show it again next Thursday!

I've got to get my little monkeys ready for the Maple Grove Halloween NO TREAT Party :)