Passing as a blur

That's what the past week-and-a-half has done. The first week of school went great. I've felt better than I have in the past 7 weeks. Blair and I had a great weekend. We watched football and ran errands. We bought a glider rocker for the baby which I'm very excited about. I've been knitting a pair of socks and finished the first one. I have a good start on the second sock, so I'm hoping to avoid the dreaded second sock syndrome.

The weather here was cool and gray today. I'm so ready for autumn, and today really set that in my mind. Summer is so hot and miserable that autumn is a welcome relief. I'm ready for some autumn crafting of the knitting and sewing variety. I'll post pictures of my socks when I finish the second one.

Sorry this post is short and pictureless, but that's about all my brain can manage right now. Have a great week, everyone!

A second ultrasound

I went back to the doctor today for another ultrasound. This time I got to see the midwife, and she told me that my placenta previa is not complete (it's only a partial), and they are very optimistic that it will correct itself. I was able to watch the baby move alot today as measurements were taken. I got to see the heart, spine, and stomach. I go back in four weeks for an hour-long ultrasound where they will look at the baby's entire anatomy and tell us the gender.

These pictures show the legs, the head and an arm, and the whole baby.

A Busy Yesterday

Blair and I ran several errands yesterday, and when we got home I was in the mood to sew. I pulled out a large remnant I purchased a while ago and the leftovers of an old sheet and got to work. I made a new knitting bag, and new notions bag, and two cases for my dpn's. I actually still have two cases left to do for my circular needles, but it was getting late, and I was tired.

The only one I used a pattern for was the square bag. I pulled the pattern from Weekend Sewing by Heather Ross (which I've loved on here before). The pattern was simple to follow, but a little more time consuming than I really wanted last night. It turned out really nicely, however.

The knitting bag was made with the extra fabric that was leftover from the other items I cut out last night. I just took two rectangles and stitched them together and added handles. It worked well, though, because the square notions bag I made fits perfectly inside it.

These are the needles cases I made. I just folded the fabric into thirds, added a lining, and stitched pockets at the bottom. The circular needle cases I'm going to stitch will look very similar to these. Now, without measuring anything, I managed to make these to just the right size to fit perfectly inside my notions bag. How cool is that?!

A Lazy Summer Day

I did so much work in my classroom yesterday that I decided to stay home today and enjoy a little more summer break. We've been exceptionally lazy. We've watched Harry Potter und der Feuerkelch (the fourth movie in German). I'm knitting a shrug from the book Fitted Knits by Stephanie Japel. It's the second one of these I've made, and I really love the pattern. For those of you who are knitters, I highly recommend buying the book. After the thunder storm last night, it's been a dreary day...the perfect kind for staying in and knitting. I must say that I am exceptionally ready for autumn. For crisp mornings and sunny afternoons making bread. For tea (decaf this year) early in the morning and football in the afternoons (after the bread making, of course). Lots of football. And knitting. Lots of knitting. Lots of lazy autumn Saturday afternoons with football and knitting and the smell of homemade bread. Ah, I can't wait.

Meet Baby Chadwick!

We went to the doctor today for an ultrasound, physical, and blood work. The baby was a millimeter too short, however, to do the Down Syndrome test today, so I go back next Friday for another one and my physical and all my lab work. The ultrasound showed that I have a "complication" called placenta previa, which should fix itself in the next few weeks. If it doesn't by 28 weeks, they'll do something about it then. I was told not to worry about it, but anyone who knows me in the least will know how that goes. We saw the heart beating, and it's beating at 160 bpm, which is good. The ultrasound tech held the wand still so we could see the baby move, and it's a very wiggly baby!! I got some Zofran to help with sickness, and I hope this Rx works!! Blair was enamored with the ultrasound. He leaned all the way forward in his chair like a little kid that can't get close enough to the TV! He's going to miss the appointment on the 21 because he's going home (to TN) for his ten year high school reunion. I wish I had a friend or someone to go with me, but I guess I'll make the trek alone. I was a little disappointed that they didn't go ahead with the rest of the appointment today, because I had some questions, but next Friday isn't too far away.

Eleven-and-a-half weeks...and still sick

All day, all night. It doesn't stop or ease. But, I've read that the sicker you are, the more hormones you have, and that's good. We have a doctor's appointment Monday and our first ultrasound! We're both really looking forward to that, and I'm hoping they'll give me some different medicine for my queasiness. With school coming up, I'm a little concerned about getting through my mornings. Most of my start-of-school prep work is done, and I'm really excited about getting in there and getting started. I feel like this post is a little more discombobulated than usual, but that's pretty much how my brain is working right now. I have no way to end this, so I'm just going to say goodnight.