Feeling Crafty!

Lately, I have been in the crafty mood.  I had made Penny another owl hat because I wasn't entirely satisfied with the first one.  I also made a felt Halloween wreath and a complete crocheted outfit for baby sister.  I am feeling a little burned out for now.  My hands have started to cramp from all the crochet and cutting, but I felt like it was all worth it.  I was pretty proud of my projects. 

Here is the outfit I made for our new little girl. The hat was fairly simple but, I had to do the dress over 5 times because I didn't understand the pattern.  It wasn't written very well and eventually I just figured it out.  I hope this little girls feet are little and dainty because the little booties are quite small.  These were the second pair I made and I think they turned out really cute.  The dress is mostly done in shell stitches, which I think makes it look quite delicate.  All of these were done with a much heavier thread than what I was supposed to use. But I wanted it to be deep red and even though the pictures look more tomato red, it is much more cranberry dark red. 

 Front

 Back

 Here is my Halloween felt wreath.  I like it ok...  It still doesn't look quite like I imagined.  I got the pattern from tatertotsandjello.com  She has some super cute wreaths on there.  She used grey felt but I wanted to make it more Halloween with the black and orange, but I am afraid it made it look much more elementary craft.  I should have stuck with the grey because it looks a lot cleaner but overall Halloween is a fun holiday and I think this wreath was fun too.

 Of course Penny has to be in the post!  She has really been such a character lately.  She has been calling Chuck and I, Honey.  Whenever we walk down the stairs she says, "careful honey!"  It is so funny.  When she goes to bed she tells me, "Bye Bye Honey!"  I don't even think Chuck or I call her honey very often!  Every morning she tells me when she wants to get into the tub by stripping from the waist down.  She can't get her shirt off so she stopped trying. This morning I slapped her little bum.  This is what she said.

Penny: "HEY! My bum bum!" 

Me:  "But it is just so CUTE! 

Penny: "Oh... Thank you."

Haha oh Penny you are just the cutest, (most times:)  She has been having some serious tantrums which hopefully simmer a little before Dec.  She gets really mad when she can't find her makeup (her lip gloss).  It is like the end of the world, along when she can't find her stupid binky.  I hate binkies!  So tired of looking for them. 

Chuck started his OB rotation this month.  I think it will give him some good practice before this baby comes.  He has yet to deliver a baby, but has to deliver 10 sometime in the next 3 weeks!  Hopefully that will happen:) As for myself,  I am getting bigger.... The END!  haha

Hello Third Trimester!

Today I am officially 28 weeks!  Yay!  This post is going to be pretty uneventful.  I have been really bad at documenting this pregnancy, but I was really bad with Penny too:(  Oh well...such is life.   Here is my belly in all its glory.  I feel like I look bigger at 28 weeks than I did at 36 weeks with Penny.  Lets compare...

This was taken today:

This was 36 weeks with Penny:


Ok, so maybe not quite as big but seriously getting there.  In case you are wondering this was a week and couple of days before giving birth.  The good thing about this pregnancy is I don't feel I look like I exploded as much.  I only gained 5 lbs last month, which for me was a huge surprise and I gave myself a good pat on the back.  The 'bummers' about this pregnancy is HEARTBURN!  I feel like my throat is a volcano.  It is always hot and I am always burping... not pleasant.  Other than that, pregnancy is pregnancy.  You become immobile, get out of breath walking to the bathroom (if you can make it before you sneeze:)), and wadling like you are a duck.  All in all I am feeling pretty good most days!
       Lately, I have been trying to get Penny to say sister and for some reason she keeps thinking I am saying Stacey, which she does know Stacey's name, but refuses to say and instead says, "funny".  So I guess to her Stacey and her little sister are both Funny...  Silly girl.  Chuck has been working hard.  I hear a lot of complaints of other residents wives saying they never get to see their husbands.  I think I must have prepared myself fairly well because I still feel like I get in OK time with him.  Notice, it is just OK because yes I still don't seem him as much as I would like.  I think I had a very over glorified schedule of the ER in my mind that he would be gone all hours of the night.  But the most wondorous thing about ER is you have a schedule and then you get to come home.  Leave work at work:)  Chuck got some new glasses that I really like on him.  He will be mad I posted this picture but I thought it was funny because he and Penny both are terrible posers for the camera when I want to take a picture.  This is the face of someone who really doesn't want to go to work.

And when I try to get a picture of Penny I get this:

A chin and nostrils... Penny would rather be the one taking pictures. 
Speaking of Penny, she is a runt.  I took her to her new pediatrician and she weighed
25lbs and was 34 in tall,  10% for both. I didn't get the head measurement but I am sure it is somewhere in the 90%.   We sometimes call Penny little lady, and she really is a little lady.  She is shaped like a lollipop but she is much sweeter than one:)