Happy New Year!!!!

If you are looking for the contest, go here.
The beauty of having kids who have no clue what day it is (let alone what is the difference between day and night) is that you can make your own calendar. We had our New Years last night by leaving the chitlins in the hands of grandparents [...]

Wanted: Baby Whisperer – A Blogiversary Contest

Check out these fibery FO goodies:

Otis thought his days in the fiber model biz were numbered until his agent was dumb enough to use a dk yarn to knit a raglan sweater for her son when he’s like 18.  But, you ask, isn’t Otis always up for a good sock modeling shoot and why isn’t [...]

The Holiday Post

There are so many other knitters out there writing and reflecting on their year with such eloquence and verbage and here I am in hubby’s pj bottoms, a pukey sweatshirt, ponytail, and a glass of wine trying to be eloquent and trying to find something to say that sums up the year with such grace [...]

First Evening….

Scrapster wasn’t sprung till Saturday…hospital politics…don’t get me started….
12 midnight – trying to get them on a a feeding schedule 30 minutes apart.  Status:  Total Failure.  Blood curdling screams erupt, dogs pace and whine, bottles warming, diapers changed, outfit change.  Gangles is constipated.  Scrapolator wonders where the chronic sounds of NICU bells and whistles are and [...]

Handknits for the Holidays

In the spirit of our first Christmas, I present to you more nugget and feet warmers by fellow knitters and bloggers:
Labeled a fiber snob in the NICU, Scrappy’s list of demands (as contracted in his medical record) include only angora socks and booties to touch his delicate feet.  Here is a pair knitted up by [...]

Newbie Lessons

Because so many have inquired and despite the fact that hubby threatens to call Child Protective Services if I post this picture, I present to you:
 
MR. GANGLES AND HIS AMAZING FINGER TOES!
These are some pretty sizable footsies for a 4 pounder and those toes have one serious vice grip! 
As part of my personal campaign to help new parents and those [...]

The First Call of Many to Come….

So last night, while hubbalicious and I sipped Pina Coladas and unwrapped handknit upon handknit upon handknit…..We received a late call from Scrappy’s nurse to inform us that “your son decided he wasn’t in agreement with the doctors plan to remove his breathing tube tomorrow and decided to rip it out himself.”  Mr. Scrapster in [...]

Home Minus One

First things first, a little eye candy Monday (it’s Monday right? ) for you…this photo was taken at the NICU the day that Gangles was sprung and one day before Scrappy was sent via ambulance with an entourage to U of M for his surgery..this was the first time the boys saw each other since in-utero and they [...]

Gangles and Scrappy – A New Chapter Begins….

And you thought my pregnancy and delivery were topsy turvey…have a seat my readers and I will spin a good yarn for ya…the first chapter of a new journey…the journey of Gangles and Scrappy…
Mr. Gerrit has limbs and fingers that are gangly and long…real long… and toes that are as strong and long as fingers (some [...]