My new project. I bought this yarn on Wednesday.

It's 30% corn and 70% acrylic. Who'd of thought of corn, huh? It feels really nice. I thought i'd go for another beret. This one turned out MUCH better. I LOVE it! I will actually wear it...although with the weather these days i probably don't need it. I crocheted it with a 4.5mm hook.

Lookie what i made. Nothing fancy but I kinda like it.

And one more for good measure. lol

Fun with fake facial hair

A pirate and Groucho Marx

Hitler or maybe Charlie Chaplin ??

Merv Hughes

Finally Daddy's boy.

Nicholas never used to really like his daddy. He was super attached to me. Still is. But since he was forced to spend 4 days straight with his daddy while I was in hospital with Lachlan, he discovered that daddy is kinda alright.

I've finished!!

My new beret. I'm not sure i'm really a beret person but i'll give it a go. It was a great project to work on.

Here it is! THE beret. I finished it and then had to undo half of it because it was wrong. There doesn't seem to be any decreases in the pattern when there should be. So i'm doing it again.

I LOVE the puff stitch.

I just found this photo i took of Lachlan a little while ago. Poor kid. Can't escape the trains. lol

I feel restless. Life is pretty good at the moment i guess but i still feel like there should be more. There should be more to life then housework and cleaning up after kids. More to life then the mundane routine. I read, i knit, i crochet, i sew, i talk to friends but it doesn't seem enough. I don't know why. I have a husband and 3 gorgeous boys. We spend time together and have fun. But it feels like something is missing. What? I don't know. I asked Graham this morning when we are going to Canberra. I need something to look forward to.

Another thing thats getting me down - my MOF board. Why does the actions of one person have to affect the whole group? It makes me so sad. I feel like my friends are slowly disconnecting themselves and it makes me want to do the same. It makes me want to leave. But can i leave my friends who have been there for me for 5 years? If i leave the board will anyone keep in touch with me? Am I a REAL friend? Can i really be friends with people i've never met? But at the same time i need friends. I need people i can talk to about anything and everything. I need the sisterhood that comes with that. I love my 'girls'. Sometimes they are the only thing that makes me do my housework.

On Saturday we went to Brisbane. I was supposed to go to the Temple but we got lost and by the time we found our way there we were too late. So instead we took some photos up on the Kangaroo Point cliffs. There is a stone gazeebo there that i thought would make a cool background. I've been looking for cool backgrounds now thanks to my friend Misty. :) Here's some pics that i took of Nicholas and Graham. Ethan didn't come with us so he missed out. And i have some new cute pics of Lachlan. He's 3 mths old now and growing up so fast. I may cry.

Brisbane Temple




View of the Brisbane River from the Kangaroo Point cliffs.




Nicholas and Graham





Nicholas and me

Doing what he does best. LOL

Lachlan

I'm feeling kinda homemakery today. I've stacked wood and made 3 different snacks for Ethan for school - rice bubble bars, brownies and ham and cheese muffins. Which are VERY yummy btw. I almost burnt the brownies. They are a little crispy on top but edible. lol

Lachlan has been so fussy today so i didn't get to cook or clean as much as i wanted too. The poor darling was in so much pain. He's fine now - he's been de-gassed so alls good. I think. He's whingin again. I think he's tired. And it's also time to get dinner cooking. I don't know what to make. I get so stuck for ideas. Seems like we have the same things alot. What i really want today though is something i can just chuck in the oven. I need to find more recipes.

I finished the leg warmers! I tried them on Nicholas and they look so cute. :) I hope my niece likes them.

Lincraft was having a sale on yarn so i went looking today. I bought some nice yarn to make a really nice coat.

I know this is a crappy pic but it's the white coat that i want to knit. I don't have a long casual coat so this will be good. Considering this is my first real challenge it should be interesting. lol

So i've ventured into the world of knitting. I've never been that good at it but i've decided that i'm going to knit until i get good at it. I need another hobby. Life is pretty boring and i need some distraction.

So.....my first project. Cute baby legwarmers for my niece. I'm doing this pattern -http://nevernotknitting.blogspot.com/2008/01/legwarmies.html Very cool blog. And i've got serious knitting envy.

And here's my work in progress -

Happy Anniversary!!!!

It's my 6th wedding anniversary today. And i'm pretty uninspired as to what to write. lol

37 weeks and counting.........



My belly needs it's own postcode. :(

So who wants to guess how big this baby will be?? lol

The baby has turned!!!!!!

That is all :)

Move baby, MOVE!!!!!!

I'm 36 weeks! YAY! At the end of this week i'm considered full term. I can't tell you how much i love that. This is almost over. But not over without some drama. I went for my 36 week antenatal clinic appointment at the hospital. The Dr was really nice. Checked my last blood test and GCT - all perfect. BP -perfect. Time to feel the tummy. hmmmmmm that feels like a head up there ABOVE my belly button. Sure enough - baby is breech!!! NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Is Nicholas the only one of my children that has read the book and knows how he's supposed to sit in the womb??? If you didn't know, Ethan was a malpositioned baby and i had trouble birthing him. Now a breech baby?! *sigh* So i was given the option of going in to get him turned by the dr (done at 38 weeks) or i could just book in for an elective c section at 39 weeks. A c-section to me is a LAST resort so i opted to have him turned. Tomorrow i go in for an ultrasound to check how big he is (i bet he's gotta be 7lbs already ;) ) and to check fluid levels and some other stuff to see if turning him is a good option. The Dr thought i was the perfect candidate since my placenta is in the back and i've had babies before.....those stretched out muscles are good for something.

So since last wednesday when we found out i've been trying to get this baby to turn on his own. Which means i've spent alot of time with my bum in the air. I've played him music and shined the torch way down low to encourage him to 'come into the light'. Babies apparently like music and light ok, i'm not just weird! Graham and i have both been telling him he needs to move.

So tomorrow is the big day. I HOPE he's turned. He's been moving alot in the last couple of days and things feel different but that could just be wishful thinking on my part.

To be continued....

Woe is Me

Yeah, i know, i'm a complete whinger. But seriously, other then having the wonderful squishy baby at the end of it, why would anyone choose to be pregnant? And why am i doing this for the third time?? I must be crazy. As you can tell i don't exactly enjoy being pregnant. The 9 mths of sickness, the muscle pain, the constipation (yeah, that was pleasant), the varicose veins, the breathlessness, the dizziness, the restless legs, the insomnia, the exhaustion, the feeling-like-crap-all-day feeling, the backache, the tailbone ache, the sore hips, the swollen feet and last but not least the wonderful feeling that the baby is trying to claw his way out through my cervix.....with an ice pick.

But the good news is that i am 31 weeks today! I am counting down the next 6 weeks because at 37 weeks this baby get his eviction notice. At 37 weeks out comes the evening primrose oil, the clary sage oil, the accupressure and lots of walking and praying. Last time i did the shopping to try and help my contractions along. The check out woman thought i was going to have the baby right there! I had Nicholas the next day so i highly recommend going to Woolies when you need to get some contractions going. I have had both my boys early(39 weeks) so i'm hoping for the same result this time. And they were 9lbs and 9lbs 6.5oz so going overdue SCARES me!

I'm really looking forward to the actual birth. I wish i could have a home birth but Graham won't be in on it. I want to try and go as natural as possible this time...with maybe a little of the happy gas ;) Unfortunately my hospital only has showers so i don't get to have the waterbirth i would like but nevermind.

My boys are really looking forward to seeing the baby too. Ethan has felt the baby kick a few times now and he gets all excited. Nicholas LOVES babies and just wants to hold it now but i keep telling him that he needs to grow a bit bigger. lol I can't wait to see their faces when they come and visit for the first time at the hospital.

We have no idea what we are going to call this little munchkin. Ethan suggested Gate Opener but we have finally convinced him that that really isn't a proper name. I like 2 names but Graham doesn't like them and every other name doesn't seem to fit. I guess we will decide when we see him :)

Well, that's enough rambling for today. I'll leave you with my most recent belly shot. :)

And trust me, it's going to get a hell of a lot bigger! lol

Time goes so fast! Ethan is 5 today. So 5 years ago, right now, i was in pain. Alot of pain. lol I went into labour at 1.30am on the 17th of February 2004. He was born after a lot of hassel at 6.33pm. I think that was the longest day of my life. I was so glad he was out though, i cried when i saw him for the first time and he had my chin. Unfortunately i didn't get to hold him until the next day because he was in Special Care because they were worried about his breathing and he had a huge lump on his head because he had to be born with help of the vaccum. Even though he was 9lbs, he was so tiny.

It hasn't been an easy 5 years. We had a rough start Ethan and I but i'm so glad he's a part of our family. He can be such a good boy and is always making us laugh. :)

Me 8 mths pregnant. This is the only photo i have of me at the end of my pregnancy.

Ethan and daddy at the hospital


At home

And now some cute pics of him over the last 5 years. :)

Aunty Kiki made this hat :)

Ethan and my dad. This photo is special to me because my dad passed away not long after.

1st Birthday

2nd Birthday - also the day i found out i was pregnant with Nicholas :) I felt really sick but had to pretend not to be. lol

He got a chalk board off my mum.

3rd birthday - we had a bbq in the park

He couldn't decide between a Nemo cake or a train one so i made both! lol

4th Birthday - he had a Pirate Party. He was Captain Feathersword

First day of Prep! 27th January 2009. He was so excited. He's doing really well at school.

January 2009 - Underwater World

5th Birthday

They are just so cute together! I wish they didn't fight so much. lol