Arh...its already 2011

Where has the time gone! Its already nearing the middle of the fourth month, and has it been busy!

Grant is now 9months old, Miles is in grade 1 and William is 2 and finally starting to talk. Winter is approaching fast with the weather turning nasty with only a days notice. I think it is time to start knitting and crocheting some items to keep the cool weather at bay or atleast look good for this winter.

Some items I have planned are beanies, scarves, socks and shawls, maybe a cardigan or jumper too. I have the yarn, just got to widdle down the patterns and start work on them.

Slytherin came in last this term...so next term I am going to have to work harder and hope that we come in first again. So, I must do an OWL or two. I have a few things in mind, so it will be interesting to see, if I am able to push myself to completing them in 3months.

Photos of items I have finished can be seen on my ravelry page or in my flickr account.

well time to be creative...I am thinking about designing a knitting pattern, so must work out a bit about knitting and if it is possible to make up. (^_^) Wish me luck!

Oh, we also added 2 dogs to our family as well, they are rescue dogs from the local pound, and are lovely, (the Jack Russell, is a bit of a trouble maker, but hopefully he will grow out of it!)

Well the baby finally arrived

After a short, less then 3 hour labour, little Grant came into this world at 1.44am on Friday the 25th of June. All is going well and he is going great. The boys love him a lot.

a new blog

I have started a new blog that deals with our attempt at gardening. We started on Saturday to get it ready for this winter period. I am going to try and keep daily posts on the progress of the project.
You can visit the blog here.

Countdown begins

With only a few weeks left...lets face it, the weeks are currently flying by. I have 13 weeks to the official due date, but I think that he might come early, so anywhere in from 9 weeks to 13 weeks, he is coming out. I cannot see him going over. The first one was overdue, the second one was 2 weeks early, so anything is possible.

At the moment, the baby is very active. Tossing and turning and giving me a kick whenever he feels like it.

I think I will have another healthy 3kg+ baby.

I have a few more hospital and doctors appoinments to do until then. Tomorrow, I think I will go and get the glucose test out of the way. Need to stock up on water before hand, as finding my veins is becoming harder as I age. I dont understand why they go into hiding when the needle comes out, as I am not afraid of needles...just bee and wasp stings! They can be potental killers.

Nesting stage has started to really set in...I had to re-arrange the lounge room yesterday, I just had too. I like how the room looks too, it looks bigger! Have been working on the kids room as well, but that is still a demo site. Just got to fix the cot, change table, and the clothing! I want to get rid of some of the boys toys too. But they arent being very helpful with giving up their toys. But it will get done, sooner or later. Fingers crossed it will be sooner. Will be starting William in his own bed tonight, it is going to be a bit of a shock for him, when he wakes up in the morning and sees that he is able to escape from the bed, as the cot he couldnt get out and roam about the room. Not going to be too happy about that part, especially if I am sleeping, but it will be better for him in the long run, and for me with getting the cot ready for the baby.

I am a little concerned about the crying waking the boys up, but I dont know what this baby's routine is going to be. I am hoping that it will be a good 4 hour stretch between feeds. I just hope that the baby crying doesnt disturb the boys too much. Miles is already excited about the new one arriving soon, and William is still not sure what is going on, but he knows that there is a baby coming and that mummy has a big tummy. He thinks it is from eating my dinner, but I know that isnt the case.

Still craving Japanese food, and candy corn. But I can wait until I get some. I really love my sushi and sashimi but not whilst pregnant. Hopefully when holidays come about, I will be able to eat as much as I want when I want. Can only hope and dream.

Its going to be a....

BOY!!!

Yep, boy #3 is on the way. Due anytime in late June or early July. Another winter baby for me. So I am going to have to locate and find all the small baby clothes, rewash and fold them and get bags packed and all that done...before he arrives.
We are still having troubles with naming of this little one.
So far, we have come up with Grant only, but that doesnt seem to be going well with the family, so we are open to suggestions.
Although, Miles would like to change William's name to Jamie, and the baby to Adam...why, you ask? Because he is in awe of Jamie and Adam from Mythbusters. He loves them a lot, a little more then Ben 10.

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I have changed my settings for the comments...so tired of deleting comments from Anon. with all that crap in it...

18 weeks and counting

Next week I go for an ultra sound to check on the development of the baby and hopefully find out if it is a boy or a girl. This is so exciting, because hubby is going to be coming with me this time, and he hasnt seen an ultrasound before. Due to having to work at the time, but he managed to get the day off from work so that he can come along with us.

Its amazing to think, that I am already at the half-way point of the pregnancy. There is still a lot to do and prepare before baby #3 arrives in late June or early July.

We have already decided on a girls name....we chose it over 5 years ago when I first got pregnant. But we are having a hard time thinking of a boys name. I am sure that if it is a boy, that something will come to our minds.

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I had a bit of a slump in Nov/Dec, and have just started to get back into crocheting. I have a few items that I have to finish soon, I have only a few weeks before my cousins wife is due with her girl, so I want to make her something for the baby, and a doily for my exchange partner who has been waiting since Nov/Dec for it. I am a bit slack, but i am hoping to get it over and done with in a few weeks.

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Miles has started school. He loved his first day at Prep and has been enjoying himself with all his friends. It is good to see him having fun and learning new things.

Updates

Well the Harry Potter Knit/Crochet House Cup is finished for this term....and SLYTHERIN won!!! Great news for me, as I am a Slytherin. We won by a landslide. I still have a few projects to complete (so I am now in detention to finish them).

Master Two, will be one in a few weeks. Already he is walking some, he can manage about a metre before he falls or sits down. It wont be to long now before he is walking and getting himself into more trouble. He also has 5 teeth, the sixth one is starting to come through. I still dont know what I am going to be doing for his birthday, but it will be a small gathering of family and friends, some cake and that is about it for the moment.

Master One, is so ready for Prep. We will have an open day next week, and he is looking forward to that so much. I still have to explain that it will be next year before he can go to school. It is great to see that he is really excited about it. I cant wait for him to start, I am sure that he is going to excel there.

Hubby has been sick with the flu, he is so unlucky, as he has the one that lasts anywhere from 2-3 weeks. We are currently in week 2, and he is getting better but a fever ever now and then at night. I hope that it ends this week and he is back to normal. :) He is a good patient though.

Me, I have a lovely case of hayfever from my conifers as they have a lot of little flowers. I am also got a bug, the cleaning bug, so I have been doing a bit of cleaning and removing of items I dont need or use. It is great fun. I still have the lounge and spare rooms to do, as well as the kitchen, then I can hit the bedrooms. The boys room is in serious need of being clutter free.

Also, now my chances of having another baby has increased from "maybe not yet" to "damn it, got to go shopping and pick up a few things" and "this explains those pimples". Hubby is happy about having another set of feet about the place. So I am thinking it is going to be something like within the next 6 months....lol If so, I so want a baby girl. Just to make it clear, I am not pregs at the moment!!!

Tonight, I have cut out 42 little apples for Kindy. I did it all cos I am nice...lol and I asked if there was anything that needed to be done. Tomorrow I might help out a bit at kindy before coming home and doing some work. I cant go anywhere as my car has a bit of a leak. The water heating hose has a crack in it. So I am going to have to get that fixed before I can go anywhere! Its not fair!!!

Latte and Chino (our two kittens) are so cute! I will get some photos of them soon and put them up on here, they are just so much fun and the kids love them.

We also got 4 hens, fresh eggs everyday and they dont do to much damage to the gardens....what I am saying, they have uprooted my plants. I will have to go and replant them again tomorrow. The little shits, but they do give good eggs. So that just about makes up for their short comings. They are also very friendly and dont attack the kids, the cats are another story, as they kind of hunt after them.

broken....

My washing machine decided to kick the bucket and not tell me. After doing a few loads and noticing that they looked dirty still, and then mum coming over to do a load, as her machine died, I noticed it wasnt washing. Damn thing. I had to hand wash for 2 hours, and didnt make a dent in the pile. SO hubby says lets go to the laundry mat to do the washing. We did that, and it was horrible...lol
First didnt know what kind of change was needed for the machine. Got some, and started the wash. The first machine didnt do a good job on it, so I did it again. Then the first dryer I try, didnt work at all, and I wasted 10 minutes waiting for it to start...lol Even when I removed them and placed the clothes in another dryer, and after it completed its cycle, they werent dry. I dont get it. I thought the purpose of a dryer is to dry clothes, not make them warm and damp.
So this morning, I went and hung the clothes out on the line. I am just lucky that it is a nice sunny day outside and that they will be dry soon.

Willy is happy eating some rockmelon and cheese. Miles is at kindy, playing with his friends, and probably telling everyone about his day at the circus yesterday. Hubby is at work, skinning and cleaning cattle...lol Im sitting here, and wishing it was nice and warm, instead of cool and windy.

Crocheting is something I dont have time for at the moment...lol I wish there was more time in the day to do all that has to be done.
I have a few times that I am working on at the moment, as there is a lot of things that have to be done.

Updates

Well I started reading the Twilight series, already finished book one, and am about halfway through book 2. Interesting so far, but sometimes a little repetitive, but I can live with that.

Also, I am knitting. I am doing the Branching Out scarf. I am having a little trouble with the purl stitch, can you believe that I do it two ways and then get fussed. I will have to work out which one is suitable so I wont have to keep racking my brain as to what I am doing. I think I am doing the other stitches correctly, so I guess the proof will come in at the end of it.

I also have to start on a crocheted scarf for my father, as he is heading to Tasmania to be part of a painting event. The Mural Fest, if you go down the page, you will find my father's name listed there with his brother, Malcolm and Kerry Nicholson. So it looks like I have about 3 weeks to get it finished for him...lol

Both Mum and Jumpei are doing things for the Warwick Peace Festival, mum with her sculptors and pottery, and Jumpei with his music. Jumpei will play 4 gigs with Sunrise Road. I seem to be the only one not doing anything festive!

William, at 6 months, stood up for the first time and has been standing and practicing a few steps. I have a feeling that he is going to be walking in another month or so. At the moment he is almost 7 months! We are very excited about this, but it has made us close the lounge room door, as William now moves about so much.

Miles is being Miles, a little naughty at times, but he is still into Ben 10 and is loving it a lot. He watches it whenever he can.

So that is it. I am off to the movies with some other mothers and we are going to watch, He's Just Not That Interested in You. I hope it is good.

Doctors tomorrow, as William has something wrong with his big toes, I think it might be a fungal infestion, but I want to be certain. I do hope it isnt anything serious.