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Monday, April 22, 2013

Knitting & Sewing

So, this is a post I almost posted right before the baby came.  Now everyone wants to see pictures of the baby, but I'm going to post this anyway, so I can feel like I accomplished something.  On this blog, that is.  I'm accomplishing lots of diaper changes and things like that.

I finished my first knitting project:



...in the nick of time, of course.  It took me a long time, mostly because I didn't work on it very regularly.  All the times I thought I could work on it, like when Tim was reading to me in bed, I was so hungry that I had to eat instead.  (I finished this about two days before Gabey came.)

I think I will make some little booties next - that should go faster.  If I finish them before baby comes, of course.  (Hah!)

I also bought a sewing machine!!  It was a great deal on Amazon, including free shipping.  It's computerized and has lots of cool stitches and easy-to-use features.


I'm making baby wipes out of flannel and the machine is much-needed for hemming them.  (Yep, didn't finish those.)

Here's Tim doing one.  For his first ever time using a sewing machine, he made very straight stitches, I must say!



It's been nice to have some projects to enjoy while I'm sick (bad cold, ugh) and waiting for baby.  Here's a 40-weeks pregnant photo of me, trying not to look cold.  40 weeks is 9 months/full-term, for those who don't know.  (Baby came 6 days later.)



Downtown Minneapolis is in the background.

Here's some Minnesota ice formations in late February.  And houses have some serious icicles around here.


Here's how different everything looks now.  Ha.  Ha.  Ha.


Picture taken April 20th.  We're getting six more inches of snow tonight.  That should really be the last snow.  Really.  For real this time.  It's supposed to be in the 60s on Friday.

Okay.  A few recent pictures of Gabriel.


He loves to look out the windows in the sun room.


And sometimes he likes to sleep.


Sometimes he gets excited.


And sometimes he wears his Star Trek engineer shirt that Uncle Joseph gave him.


He's 7 & 1/2 weeks now, and growing fast.  Ta ta for now.

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Happy Easter!!

Happy Easter to all of our friends and family.

We made it to morning Mass, which was beautiful, and then had Easter dinner with our friends Michael, Colleen and baby Kathleen.  We seem to be wearing our coats for every picture we take in Minnesota, even though this one is inside!  Gabriel borrowed a hat for the walk home.


Gabriel has continued to have some problems with nursing, which has been hard.  I just took him for a cranio-sacral therapy appointment today as well as an appointment to address his tongue tie issue.  So we're hoping things will start to improve!

And now....more baby pictures.



Baby Gabriel with Grandpa Mariusz (Tim's Dad).  He stayed for 9 days and helped us so much! Especially with his wonderful cooking, which helped me get my appetite back, and his ninja baby skills.

Bulldog Baby




First Bath in His Own Tub

Chillin' with Daddy
Yes, there is still snow on the ground!  I think this was March 30th.

Chillin' with Daddy Close-up
He really seems to enjoy walks, at least judging by how well he sleeps through them.  (:

We're all doing well besides the nursing stuff.  Starting to catch up on sleep enough to feel human again!

Again, a Happy Easter Season to all.