Christopher is baby Jesus

My little guy will be playing the part of Baby Jesus in a play at Church this sunday (12/16) My niece will be portraying an angel (an adorable one if I do say so myself)

You are all invite!!

10 AM Church of the Savior
420 Maplewood Ave
Ambridge

Hope you can make it

my Christmas tree

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Photos -a- Plenty

First, Natural Stitches ROCKS!!! (Go Martha!) Here are all the GOODIES I got the day the store opened!
A Sock book and, naturally yarn to go with (Mini Raggi)!

A winter hat that I am making for myself (will start tonight) the yarn is Berroco Comfort in ivory, green and blue

And really cute felted coasters and bowls with the yarn of the rainbow wall Cascade 220!
Lastly, a Chibi with 2 darning needles.

Oh and I bought the patterns there too just FYI.

For your photo entertainment, Christopher as a monkey on Halloween



Last 2 pictures from tonight, Christopher and I (and Nana) put up his VERY FIRST EVER Christmas tree and the 2 of us put the star on together! (daddy did not allow Christmas trees so this is my first tree in 7 years) So I'm VERY excited about the tree! And Christopher OOOO and AHHHH the whole time!

Cool project

Hi all!
I just wanted to let you all know what's up and What Christopher and I are up to. We are both doing wonderful, Christopher has learned to dance and is starting to stand a little on his own (it seems that he is going to figure out how walking works and then do it, he stands and marches his feet while holding on so we'll see). At his birthday (some of you know this) we asked people to bring something for our adopted soldier in Iraq rather than (or in addition to) gifts (THANKS to you who came to the party or brought something for our box) well it turns out that the soldier we had previously been sending boxes too is now home (safe thank god). So, I requested a new soldier to get our box. The place we went thru has adopted out all of their soldiers, but directed me to this awesome site (which they endorse as a true honest non-profit) www.anysoldier.com.

So, now we basically have adopted a whole Marine troop (18 men and 4 women) this troop have just recently arrived in Iraq and are expecting to be there until May 2008. They are for the most part first timers in Iraq and haven't gotten much contact from their families (some of which are from CA and are safe from the fires) so the morale is low with this troop. There is a small letter from the contact person on their site that you can check out (this is where I have gotten the bit of info I am including here) You can go to the site and click "where to send" and look for his name

Sgt. Paul J. Beaudrie

So the deal is what I send will be given to whoever needs/requested it within this troop. Below is a list of what was needed as well as requested and as I receive contact back from them I can let anyone who is interested in sending along with us know. (Just email me if you want to know what's needed for this group, otherwise this will be the only email you get from me about it). I am excited to have a good amount to send from Christopher's party and I am going to send some pictures as well. This is something I really have a heart for because I want Christopher to understand how much these men and women are doing for his future and I know I'm not just sitting at home expecting them to keep me safe with nothing in return. Regardless of how I or anyone else feels about this war ( I will keep my opinion to myself lol) it's still our families that are risking their lives 24/7 to keep my little man safe!

So, off my soapbox, lol, here's the list of stuff (let me know if you want/have anything you want to send and I will make sure it gets sent. There is also I list on the USPS website with specifics if you want more ideas) MOST IMPORTANT: Letters from the states! Letters are the most requested thing from all soldiers.

NEEDS: All personal care items (both male and female) , disposable schick and mach 3 razors, Brown and Black cotton boot socks, kool-aid packets, hand sanitizer, nutter butters, nutty bars, pringles (I think it's cute that the last 3 things were listed under needs rather than wants but we all know how that goes right)

WANTS: A Zune power cord (anyone know what that is?), magazines, playing cards, maxwell house coffee, MP3 players, BLACK sunglasses, blue/green monster drinks (like Red Bull but called Monster), music and iPods.

They have trailors that have 210v electricity that fit 2 per trailor. as well as a microwave available to them. I am told as well that troops give out beanie babies (and similar size stuffed things) to the kids, so if you have any lying around feel free to send that as well.



Thanks!

a real man (not like a daddy I know)

He looks so cute but is NOT a fan of hats as you can see.




This is his new lady lol baby Maggie.





I am not encouraging a bottle at all but it was really cute and we had to show him what to do with it lol.

FIRST birthday pictures

WE DID IT!

WE MADE IT!!! Christopher will be a year old at 4:40 am Friday morning (10-19-2007) and we are still nursing despite all the set backs at the beginning!!!!!!!!!!!

We did it all premature birth, shields, pump, bottles, low supply, supplimental nurser (only a few times) stress, jaundice, baby weight loss, dehydration, unsupportive husband. . .

Sorry I haven't posted recently I am back to working at Sewickley hospital! I miss my wednesday knitting friends terribly :( and I am still trying to get back to the socks I started but I'm not really liking the sock thing. I will post again soon :)

Martha. . . . Can't wait to see the new shop!!! (especially now that I have a paycheck lol)

pictures

This is unrelated to knitting but they're cute and for those of you who are confused by the family pictures, No we are not back together but we are Christopher's family

Artsy Fartsy

Ok, so I haven't really done a whole lot of knitting this week (prescription narcotics and sock knitting do not a good team make) so I have no pictures to post.

On to the "artsy fartsy" I am going to the opening of an art exhibit on Saturday, I participated in this as a "subject". This is an awesome project. You can check out their site here. I don't believe my interview will be in this exhibit but it will eventually be online :)

some pictures/finished project

First a picture of the sock yarn:



And here is a picture of the furry stir-up covers I started yesterday (go me) for one of the Midwives who loves purple! I love making these.

Start first sock!

HI ALL! Christopher and I are doing great! (He weighs more than Gloria HA HA) I am about to start my first pair of socks but. . . . they are for the same guy who got the scarf and he wears a size 13 shoe. So I need to find a pattern that I know will fit. I looked on Lionbrand and knitting pattern central and didn't find anything that said would fit. Any suggestions? i got the yarn from Charissa and I got a BUNCH of new needles and I can't wait to get started!

Ebay

Hi all, The scarf did actually make it to the recipient who will be sending me a picture soon to post. In the meantime, I am selling some stuff on ebay, including plus size women, maternity and random stuff. And there will be more to come, some stuff from my mother-in-law.

STUPID POST OFFICE

The post office LOST the scarf!

MIA I have returned

I was MIA for a bit while I was in WV visiting family. While I was there I have finished the scarf.






It will be mailed off on monday!!!

A Day

Having a negative day, but on the bright side I did finally get pictures done with babe. They will be posted upon arrival.

more scarf

Here are 2 more pictures of the scarf this is end of first skein and it's 36" so I believe it will probably be long enough with just 2 skeins. The guy getting it is about 6' 4" and I want to make sure it's long enough so if you think that's not long enough PLEASE let me know. He's gotten 2 scarfs knit from other people and they were too short.

SOLD

The purple sling sold for 14.50 AWESOME!!!

blankets

Ok, so mom and I decided to make blankets for the laleche league conference this coming weekend. First is the material I chose.


and here is the one that I finished and packaged

Adopt a Soldier

Okay so this is not knitting related really but I am looking for a "knitting suggestion" So we watch Extreme makeover home edition and we saw this So, we (meaning me, mom, Christopher, Bubby, Dawn, Siouxann and William) are adopting a soldier. Any ideas of things I can knit to send??

6 months of nursing

This is totally unrelated to knitting but Christopher is 6 months old today and now we have our 6 month nursing ribbon. And I'm selling my first item on ebay, a purple ring sling

we have a favorite dinner in our family: pinto beans and cornbread and fried potatos. here is christopher's first taste HA

Chrstopher's Help

Christopher decided to help with the scarf today. He's softening it up.

Another scarf Update

Ok so I went to WV for the weekend, and boy is it nice to have NOTHING to do but knit when the baby sleeps and for 2.5 hours there and back.

Scarf update

The scarf is coming along!!! I'm so proud of this project I have no idea why I'm more proud of this than the others, but I'm so excited to give it to my friend.




This is the friend getting the scarf: