i love this time of the year...

Ever seen the movie "Fever Pitch"? it's a great movie. There a scene early on in the film where Jimmy Falon's character, Ben, is shown running out of an apartment building in a t-shirt and shorts. He runs to the UPS guy, grabs his box, hugs the guy, and runs back inside.
Call me Ben today... My season tickets arrived. I have been sitting at home waiting all morning for the phone to ring... then it happens. I throw on my slippers and sprint down the stairs to see the Fedex guy standing at the door. I'm grinning ear to ear and could just about kiss him. (last year i opened the door for the fedex guy and he says i hate this time of year, delivering tickets. Kind of killed my excitement.) He is very nice and was surprised that i was even home to sign for the package. He said he's been delivering tickets all morning and I was the first person home. I told him that i saw they were going to be delivered today so I planned to work at home to sign for them. He laughed at me. I don't care, I have my tickets.

Opening day is two weeks from Monday. I can't wait.

introducing Linnea...

How could i have forgotten to post this little cutie?

She was born back in December but i had to wait until February to meet her.

introducing Julia...

Welcome to the world Julia Leeo.

I can't wait to meet you.

4 ever...

Thanks! What a great career.

baseball

First spring training game for the Cubs today.
:)

Four weeks from today... VEGAS BABY!

Birthday

yup. That time of the year, birthday time. This year i moved into the next age bracket when you fill out surveys. how exciting.

Last Saturday we had a birthday party for my mom and myself. Her birthday was Monday. we shared the celebration and didn't get to open any of our presents. Anders was a little too excited about having presents around that weren't for him.

We had a performance...

was able to catch a super fast smiley axel...


played a game of peek-a-boo...

had a little bit too much fun with auntie amy...

and had some birthday cake for the birthday girls...

Christmas present

And the answer is...


pretty cool, huh?

knitting...

thanks to a little songbird I have become hooked on a web-site called riverly.com. It's a knit and crochet community. it's a lot of fun. You can post project you're working on, projects you've completed. You can see what other people are working on, you can look up patterns, see recommendations. I even typed in a yarn i'm working with , Paton's Pooch, to see other's reactions to the yarn. Most people agreed with me, hard to work with but fun final results. (I'm still working on the final results.) This has also inspired me to post a few more pictures of my knitting on my blog.

It's hard to believe this is going to be a sweater. I have two pieces like this and i'm getting ready to work on the sleeves.
This is the yarn I'm using, with the lighted needle. it's a lot of fun. I can knit while watching tv without turning on an extra light.

Last is a picture of some booties i made in blue. I recently made them in pink for Linnea but i forgot to take a picture of them.