God Jul and Merry Christmas!

Week 36

Still getting bigger...

Reposting...

I wrote this post almost five years ago. it is very fitting now as I await my own baby to come into this world in January

Anticipate

to look forward to; expect... basically waiting for something. Have you ever thought about how much of our lives we are waiting for something? Waiting for a bus, waiting for a light to change, waiting for supper to be cooked, waiting for a bill to arrive in the mail, waiting for a card or letter from a friend, waiting for a cup of coffee in a coffee house, waiting for an engagement to be announced, waiting for a phone call whether it's someone you talk to every day or someone you've never spoken to before... it's all waiting and who really likes to wait? This Christmas season i did feel like i experienced advent in a whole new way. Not only was i waiting to celebrate the birth of Christ, I was waiting for my new nephew to be born. Even though there's a due date you really don't know when he's actually going to come. Fortunately for us and my sister, he arrived two days early. Oh the joy! oh the excitement when he finally came. A little less fanfare than angels singing but he made our hearts sing for joy.
The season of waiting, the season of advent, the counting down for the birth of a baby.
Remember in all the waiting and anticipation when it finally comes enjoy the moment, remember it, and keep it with you.

Shower

I didn't take any pictures at sweet pea's shower but here are a few with what we got. Good stuff!

32 Week...

Clothes are starting to get smaller at 32 weeks.

A few Halloween pictures...

Axel as Spiderman

Anders as Anakin

Band-Aids for dessert. yum!

Three cousins. Got to love them. :)

behind

Ok here are my two latest pictures. I thought I had posted 24 weeks but I guess I didn't.

24 Weeks

28 weeks
I'm getting quite big in the belly. Lots of room for sweet pea to fill-up.

21 weeks...

Stormy lake vistors...

Who do we have here....

Bald Eagle

Flying Squirrel

Cricket

Chipmunk

Loon

Bullhead catfish (which shouldn't be in the lake)

my husband, Steve

inside of me...

Steve says sweet pea is not going to be a quarterback, but more like a linebacker or a NASCAR driver would be ok too, or a hockey goalie...

20 weeks

The Sweet Pea belly is growing fast. It has really popped out in the last few days even. I can't believe it's already half way. Hopefully we'll have a new place to live before Sweet Pea arrives.

half way there...

belly

It's a little bit late but here's my 13 week belly shot. I'll have my latest shot taken soon. They say it's good to take these pictures because I'll treasure them later in life. Right now not a fan of profile pictures.

Season Ticket Family day at Wrigley Field

A few pictures from our day at Wrigley field. Steve was able to go with me for the first time. We walked through the locker room, took a couple swings at the batting cages. me...

and Steve...

We baked in the sun but it was too hot to spend too much time in the sun. For lunch we sat in the shade.

birds

Nuthatch

yellow finch

Purple finch

Robin

Hairy woodpecker

size...

a few things I have been working on this year...

I made these for Ann-Marie, i had already given her a matching hat and scarf.

I saw someone in church wearing a fun headband like this and started looking for a similar pattern. this is just one I found. I have two more to make.

I got some yarn from Joan and made two sweaters for the boys. there were a bit small, even though I made larger sizes and followed the pattern.

Now my job is to make the sweaters bigger. yikes! i've never done that before.

This is a variety of egg cozies and dish cloths that I made one week in February.

I'm also working on a couple other "top secret" projects. Details and pictures to follow...

mittens

A few years ago I made a scarf for Ann-Marie.

A couple years after that I made a hat to match.

So this year I adventured into mittens. i knit fingerless mittens but this was my first try with full-coverage mittens. I used two different patterns. Not bad for my first try.