so here i am, back at my desk at work. it feels very strange. strange indeed. it was emotional for me this morning to look at my peanut and say good-bye, see ya later! at least KP is home for the month of august to take care of her. then we need to figure out what we'll do.
again with the hat!
she must have known that i was going back to work today and needed the sleep because for the first time in over a month, she slept well. we put her down for bed at 7:30PM with one arm out of the swaddle and her new blankie and we didn't hear from her until 3AM. i actually woke up at 2:30AM and thought, "is she alive?" i had to go look at her on the video monitor to make sure she was still breathing! for the past month she had been waking up at 11PM, 12AM, 3AM, 4AM, 5AM, and then around 6:30AM. it was grueling doing that every night. i wanted to cry every morning when i realized that i got a total of 4 hours of sleep and not even in a row. maybe she's turned a corner? i hope it's not a fluke.
tummy time
we've been trying to give her as much activity time as she can handle every day and tummy time is my favorite. why are they so darn cute during tummy time? she's rolled over once on her own and i think that it surprised her because i started cheering so loudly. she hasn't done it since.
mommy and peanut
she's my girl and i already miss her! (before anyone comments on how i look, please know that i photoshopped myself heavily. today is the first time i've worn makeup in a long time. what you see in the photo is .. let's say it's a digital fib.)
more photos in this flickr set. and of course, it wouldn't be a peanut-related post without a little video.
more darn cute videos on vimeo.
ok, on to the knitting! i now have 10 miters complete. i know, big deal, right? 10 miters. but the good news is that i already wove in the ends on them. yep. i'm industrious.
miters on the couch
i keep them in a pile on the couch and just add to them as i go along. i start miter #11 tonight and when i'm done with #12 i'm going to decide how big to make this thing all together. i'm thinking 3 large miter blocks across and 4 large miter blocks in length for a total of 48 miters. i need to look at my colors and decide if that's the best approach.
and i'm making progress on my charade socks. i knit on them on the ride into work this morning. wow, i forgot how much knitting i can get done on the train! notice how they are sitting on my 25th anniversary VK? the "collector's edition" that the post office decided to mangle? yeah. i hate our post office. bunch of lazy bastards. the same lazy bastards that delivered my harry potter book at 5PM on the day of its release. man was i in a bad mood that day!
there are other pictures i need to post of the spiders' bbq but that'll have to wait. gotta get back in the swing of things here. ugh. so many changes in the five months i was gone!
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