Sitcom Chic-y-ness

Just in time, a new Sitcom Chic is done:



"Just in time?" you ask. Well, my well-worn original Sitcom Chic has sprung a leak:




We had an unwelcome visitor the other day - a bird made its way into our dryer vent, and all the way up the pipe to the dryer itself. We thought it was a mouse, so we called our Orkin guy, who sprays for critters a few times a year at our house anyway. Poor guy pulled the dryer away from the wall, and out flew a bird!! He managed to catch it in a box and released it outside...we thought that was that, but the next morning, around 7AM, we heard flapping. Thinking the bird was back in the vent, Chris went to check it out. Unfortunately, the Orkin guy didn't quite get the dryer pipe back into the dryer, so the stupid bird flew back through the vent, up the pipe, and right out into the house. We found him flapping around the dining room, trying to get out the window. Chris caught him in a sheet and tossed him outside. He hasn't been back since, so hopefully twice was enough for him.

Now some pictures!

We had an Easter egg hunt in our neighborhood over Easter...


Andra makes funny faces:

The first week

Andra has been home for a week now - things are going pretty well. She sleeps almost all the time, except for the 3-6AM slot. Then she either has 5 dirty diapers in a row, hiccups, gas, or everything combined. But, she's pretty cute:



My mom and brother left today, so this is our first day on our own. The house is clean (sort of), she's fed and clean, I'm clean and not bored yet, so I think we'll be just fine.

Except that a pair of woodpeckers have taken up residence in some trees behind our house, and enjoy pecking on our (metal) gutters for fun. At 4AM. This to me is not fun. One more reason I hate birds.

And there is knitting:

Sitcom Chic is almost done:


One Tofutsies sock is almost done:


And the Dale romper continues in endless stockinette...



Next time - some FO's (hopefully) and kid pictures (more than likely).

Baby baby baby

She's here!






Andra was born on April 4 - we're home from the hospital and everyone is doing well. She's a pretty big sleeper, which is fine for me! She's waking up about 3 times each night to eat, and I'm hoping that spaces out some, but she's also only 6 pounds, so she probably needs to eat more often. Or she just likes waking me up.

As far as knitting goes, I know I've done stuff since I last posted (forever ago). I finished the first of a pair of Fleece Artist socks, and started a new sock in Tofutsies - it's a weird wool/soysilk/cotton/chitin blend. Chitin is apparently ground up crabshells - weird! But it feels nice. I also started a baby romper from Dale (breaking already my moratorium on baby stuff), and another Sitcom Chic. Now we'll see if any of this gets done! I will also attempt to take pictures of these.