and this also happened....

in other news of time going way to fast, my baby is now 2 months old! 

of course that means immunizations.

the band-aids break my heart!

And also she wears green well (my favorite color)

And headbands are adorable on her little round head :)

Soooo, this happened.....

I am still not exactly sure how or why, but my boy started kindergarten this week!

Today is day 3, and I think it's going to be a great year for him :)

she's here!

Aubree Ruth Wigdahl

8 lbs

19 inches

June 23, 2014

hello... a year later.

so uh. whats up blog?
just gotta show something off real quick that i'm super proud of:

so, yes, we are having a baby this summer. and it is a girl.

i got a hand-me-down high chair from devin's daycare and the padding part was kind of... yucky. 

it would have worked fine but it also had a somewhat boyish design and i knew it could be better so this weekend I sewed up a new and improved pad! sooooo cute!! 

i wanted a more girly pattern and also i wanted to include blue since the tray and another part at the bottom have that blue writing on it i didn't want that all to stand out too much. I love it so much, the cherry blossoms are my favorite!

also, i know there are no holes for the belts & buckles to go through. i plan to add that later, i wasn't given the straps so I have to find buckle parts and straps that will work with it, shouldn't be any big deal and i have at least 6-ish months until it will be needed anyway :)

i'm going to have a hard time sticking the highchair back in the closet until we need it, i just love looking at it so much now!

WIP Wednesday - KAL edition

We are finishing week one for the luvinthemommyhood's tops, tanks, & tees knit along! This is exciting stuff people!

I was about to sit this one out because of lack of stash & funds, but it didn't feel right because I love this KAL, so I was about to cast on a sweater from my queue in acrylic craft store yarn just for the fun of joining in even though I felt I would not be able to love a cute summer top knit from acrylic. I still find myself thinking that I am knitting for practice... 3 whole years after learning my first stitches. So I thought I would knit a top for practice just to be a part of the group.

I mentioned my idea (of just doing the acrylic) in the ravelry group and a very kind & generous soul offered to help me with the yarn. Now I have this beautiful wonderful summery purpley linen cotton blend that I am extremely anxious to knit with! (another huge thank you!!)

How amazing is that!?

the pattern:

I was torn between three patterns: Gemini, Work+Shelter, and Cap Sleeve Lattice Top. There are far too many cute summer tops patterns on Ravelry and to narrow it down to three was tough. I eventually came to the conclusion that work+shelter has been in my queue the longest without being cut so that will be the one! Here's how it should look in the end:

and here's how it looks now:

I know, it's not much but i only just got my yarn yesterday and rib it is kind of a pain. I am on the last row of rib before I start into the lace pattern and then stockinette, which should fly!

Happy knitting!

random hi!

Is this my 2nd blog post for April?
sorry bout that lil blog!
It's gonna be a quickie so I don't think it counts LOL

It's been a busy month, another spring worrying about the river coming into our yard, it's close but they say it's backing off now.
I got to bring my bubba to the circus a few weeks ago. He seemed to think it was lame, maybe next year I go alone HA!

And I may be back here tomorrow because I've joined luvinthemommyhood's Spring tops, tanks & tees knit-a-long.

FO Friday. . . . crochet edition

yes a slipper & train/train tracks in the background
#reallife

before I get onto my first crochet FO, (seriously can't believe i finally learned!) i want to show you one awesome interview i read this week. so inspriring! I truly want my own yarn shop one day. Rob & I have already named our 'if we win the lottery we are buying a yarn shop' Yarn Barn. <33>
So anyways, Here's the interview. I love it! I want one of these too now!

It's a baby size blanket. I guess I don't know the dimensions but it matches up with Devin's baby blankets pretty well so it's basically a lap blanket & Devin has it in his room. I got these yarns for Christmas and it was 2 skeins of each color and all acrylic so I did what I thought was best for all of it. It's basically one big granny square and I love it, although by the end of working on it I was hating it LOL!

I also found a pic of a scarf I knit & gave away this fall :

I really loved this pattern and made myself a matching one in Malabrigo sock... I'll have to dig up the deets on that one and get a good photo because it is really pretty!