Progress

I'm still working away at the Spring Forward socks. I'm still only on the first sock, it's taking a while but hey at least I'm still knitting.




We were gone for a week up to my parent's house in Owen Sound. It was a crazy week because my mom looks after my sister's 2 kids while she goes to school for hairdressing and Rowan was really fussy the entire time too. It was still really good to see them though as always. I got a free hair cut out of the deal as well. :-) Paisley adores playing with her little cousin Reece who is almost 8 months now. I can't wait until Rowan's this age, Paisley will be great with her.

There hasn't been much going on these days though. It's hard to believe that Rowan's nearing two months old now and she's getting bigger every day. She looks alot like her daddy I think. That's about all for now but I'll leave you with a few pictures of Paisley & Rowan together and this damn bunny slippers that my sister gave me for Rowan that Reece outgrew. I think I'm obsessed with baby feet. *LOL*

Summer Days

We've been spending quite a bit of time outdoors these days. It's just so easy, Paisley plays with all of her friends and Rowan sleeps like a little baby in her stroller lounging in the shade.

I have been knitting a bit. I'm still working on the blanket for my friend although I haven't made much progress on it. I find blanket knitting hot in the summer. I also just had to cast-on for another pair of socks. The Spring foward socks from kitty are a real easy knit and I don't really think they'll take long to knit up.

This weekend Ron was home and Saturday we took Paisley to Ron's company picnic. She had a blast there. She got to swim, got her face painted and got some air bushed tattoos, went in the bouncers and even won a humongous watermelon the scavenger hunt. I was really quite impressed! Then on Sunday Ron took Paisley out to get her haircut. We had a rough week when I found lice in her hair and although she did not have them bad, we both agreed that it would be easier just to get her hair cut, plus she's not the biggest fan of having her hair brushed or done up all cute anyway and her hair was always hanging in her face because she wouldn't leave her barrettes in. I'm still not quite sure where she got them because none of the kids in the neighbourhood have them, but we have it under control now. Uggh, I was having a crappy week last week, well actually it's been quite the month. *LOL* I'm heading for Owen Sound this weekend for sometime away, I should be nice. I'd like to head up to Sauble Beach with my sister and the kiddies one of the days. It's about 20 minutes from Owen Sound. I'm really looking forward to going, I just have to get through this week first and it's going alot better than last week (so far)! :-)

Rowan is 1 month old

Wow! Today Rowan turned 1 month old! It's been a whirlwind month, that's for damn sure. We are all still adjusting to having a baby around the house, it's taking more time then I thought it would. Caring for two children is a challenge, but I'm sure I'll get the swing of things soon. I'm finding it hard delegating my time with them, especially with having a fussier baby. Kira, a good friend of mine that I worked with at Shoppers stopped by tonight for a visit. She's on mat leave right now as well. Her little guy Robbie is 6 months now but I guess he was also fussy baby and she said having a sling saved her life so she brought me one over because she happened to have 3 of them. I have Rowan in it as I type this post out, it's neat. I haven't been able to find my snugly yet, so this will do and is maybe a little easier to have on then the snugly anyway. It's called "the uppy guppy" and I love it so far, it's awesome. Despite her being very congested/wheezy today (we're actually going to the doctors tomorrow morning again after speaking with the on-call doctor tonight on the phone) she's out like a trout in it. Poor thing wouldn't sleep more then 10 minutes at a time all day today. Rhonda even took Paisley for a sleepover so I could have a break but I didn't even get a nap in. I sure hope this little cold passes soon, I feel so bad for my baby girl.

Well she seems settled enough now, I think it's time to get some sleep, I've lots of things to do tomorrow.

If your reading Kira...thanks a million, she seems to love it!! The onesie Rowan is wearing was a gift from Robyn at knit and purl mama, so I want to send out another thank-you to her as well, it's too cute!

Attempting to knit

I attempted to knit a little bit this weekend. It didn't last long though....
It seems everytime I start something I am needed. *LOL* Infact, it's taken me all day to finish this post. :-) I'm forever making myself tea and not being able to drink it, everytime...without fail baby cries.
Awe, life with babies. You forget what it's like when you have a pretty self-sufficient 4 1/2 year old.
Ron was home this weekend, so on Friday we went out to Rhonda's for the afternoon for a visit and dinner then for the evening we planned to take Paisley to Niagara Falls for a fireworks display since Ron won't be home for Canada day. Rhonda watched Rowan for us and we had Paisley, Mommy & Daddy night. I think she had a really good time too! We bought her glow necklaces and bracelets at the dollar store and she was catching the attention of every kid there. It was a really nice time but fireworks are over way too quick. I was playing around with my camera settings on my point and shoot, so I have to post a few pictures of our evening. The falls are behind Paisley & Ron even though you can't actually see them. *LOL*I love the falls a night, they're always lit up and it's really pretty. I prefer to go in the evening when we do go. So that about summed up our weekend, we had a quite Sunday. We picked up a few groceries and did some laundry and then after supper we took Paisley to the park and her and Ron played with sparklers. It was nice having Daddy home, we sure do miss him a whole bunch when he's gone. :-)

20 Days

Rowan is 20 days old today! It hardly seems that long. We've been busy adjusting to life having a new baby. Paisley's been helping out as much as she can with baby but she's still getting used to having a sister as well but I do think it's getting better. My only real frusteration this time around is that Rowan is very clingy. Paisley was much more content after feedings and stuff, it makes it difficult to get anything done sometimes. She cries so much more then her big sister did but oh well I guess that's the life of having babies and I have to dig out my snuggly sling. I looked for it all last week but it was no where I could see so it's a good thing Ron's home for a few days because I'm going to get him to look for it. :-) He's sleeping right now because he did baby duty last night and I got to sleep, it was really nice and I feel so refreshed today.


We had our first girls road trip to Owen Sound to see my family this past weekend, it was nice to see everyone as I only saw them briefly when I was in the hospital. It was nice have extra hands too as Ron had been gone for about a week and a half. I only had to stop once on the way up for a feeding and washroom break. Paisley wanted some timbits and a juice too.

Well, we're off to a doctors appointment and it's also the last day of school today for Paisley, they're having a pizza party. How fun, I remember those days. :-) It should be an interesting summer! *LOL*, something's telling me that I will be looking forward to Septmember getting here.........

Introducing Rowan

Well, as some of you alreday know I finally had the baby. Rowan Gail Johnson was born Thursday June 5th, 2008 (right on my due date, talk about a punctual little one) weighing 5lbs 3oz. Yes...a tiny little thing! She's now a week old and doing great.

She was delivered via emergency c-section because apparently she did not like oxytocin, it was dropping her heartrate but in the end everything was perfect with her, we were able to go home on Sunday. :-)

We're just getting into the swing of things in our household with having a new baby. Paisley's adjusting...she's been a bit difiant as well though. As much as she loves her new little sister, I think she's feeling a little left out sometimes so we're trying to include her in everything. On Monday, she decided to call 911 10 time consecutively. I got a nice call back from the dispatcher. OMG, I was so mad and yesterday outside she threw a big fit and started hitting me. It's a slow go, but I'm sure everything will balance out eventually.

Ofcourse I have to put the going home outfit up on here too!

So all well and I'm on the road to recovery. I will post again really soon!

And hey...I have ankles again!!

Ewee, my narsty sandal tan. LOL

So, I'll leave you with some much cuter feet instead......

Still Waiting & Keeping Busy!

I'm still here all preggo. Just been knitting to pass the time. Besides, I've been told I have to relax because my blood pressure's been a bit higher then normal..so why not knit? I've been working on the Baby Yoda Sweater (a free Ravelry download) and another little cardi from a Sirdar book that Rhonda has, I'm just not quite sure what the pattern is called. On the Baby Yoda Sweater, I haven't woven in my ends yet, I'm undecided as to whether or not I'm going to rip out my sewing especially in the sleeves, I'm just not loving the sewing job I did. Other then that I thought it came out pretty cute. :-) I've also finished the back of the other little cardi. I love the argyle lacy pattern.


Earlier in the week when Ron was home, he and Paisley had "Daddy-Daughter Day" and built a fairy house together. I thought I would share because it is so cute and he's just too damn crafty for his own good, *LOL* He told Paisley that the fairies would come at night time and there is a possibility that they may leave her something from time to time. It hasn't happened yet though. They're also protecting the watermelon plants that they planted in the garden beside it.

That's about all that is new for now. We are ready for baby, I'm just hoping she holds off until Wednesday or Thursday when Ron is home. I really need him, eeak! I'm actually getting a little nervous. Hope everyone has a great weekend! It's not supposed to be overly nice here in Hamilton...but hopefully it won't rain the whole weekend. :-)

My Fat Feet!

Well, It's May 22nd. I'm 38 weeks today and still hanging in there. I'm ready...my feet are totally swollen and I'm just ready to get this baby out!! Any day now, please. :-) Ignore my narsty flip flop tan, LOL

The wedding came and went this past weekend and I made it through. Valerie got a picture of me all preggo and in action, it's too funny. It was a really nice wedding and my girls (my sister and Paisley) looked so beautiful. It was nice to see my family as well. My parents, brother and his girlfriend came back to my house to stay with me Sunday night, we took Paisley to the fireworks but it turned out they were cancelled due to high winds. It was nice to have the company anyway and we ended up having a movie night.

Last night I also finished the second heart blanket, which is going to be a shower gift for a friend. It turned out great, I just need to wash and block it a bit. I also finished the Jaywalker ankle socks a few weeks ago but have yet to post about them. I love them but they bother my feet right now with them being so puffy and all. :-)

Happy 25th Birthday to my sister as well, her wish was for me to have the baby today but it looks like it's not happening. Te he. :-)

Getting Ready!

As of today, there is officially only 5 more weeks until Rowan Gail Johnson is expected into the world. I've been eagerly waiting to reveal the name on my blog and couldn't wait any longer. We've had the name picked out for months but I never spilled the beans on my blog. We wanted something different and nice like our Paisley May Johnson and it just stuck, believe it or not it was actually the first name I picked out of a baby name book I purchased from work and Ron and I both immediately like it. Hopefully the ultrasound techs were right when they said it was a girl, *LOL*.
I had a visit on Friday with my family doctor (who if all goes well will be delivering the baby) and then a visit with my OB on Monday and baby is head down and engaged and man I've been feeling it, I've been so achy down there. I've been spending some time yesterday packing my hospital bag and tonight I've been packing the baby bag. I'm doing up some baby laundry right now and it's kind of exciting because it's all clothes that have been given to me so when I bring them up to fold it will be a surprise. I don't have a dresser quite yet, so I'll put everything into the crib that Ron set up 2 weeks ago for me. Paisley's officially switched rooms as well, I can't remember if I mention it in a previous post or anything but we gave her a princess pink room (colour is called Cherry Blossom) and baby will be getting her old room which is canary yellow with bugs painted on the wall. She needed a big girl room and something a little less babyish.
:-) She absolutely loves her new room as well and I found Disney Princess wall stickers at the dollar store, so we just need a few more sheets to finish the room off.


Onto knitting...


I'm nearly finished my Jaywalker ankle socks and I've started a baby sweater for a baby shower that I've been invited to in June. I'm doing the Raglan Baby Sweater again and unfortunately it's coming out alot bigger then I expected so I may not be finishing it. I'm using knit picks shine DK, and it's super soft so it's kind of a bummer but perhaps I need to find different yarn, I'm undecided as for what to do just yet. I still really love that pattern though. I also want to do another heart blanket. My friend is having a boy, so it'll be some shade of blue, I just haven't decided on the yarn that I want to use for it yet. Come to think of it, she is my sister's really good friend and the one that is getting married on the 17th of this month and I'm taking the wedding pictures for her. It should be interesting since I will be 37 weeks preggo at the wedding. Good thing my sister-in-law Valerie is helping me out of the kindness of her heart (and I mean really thank goodness!!!)


So as you can see I've been keeping quite busy these days. We also just came back from a weekend up in Owen Sound visiting my family. Ron finally got to come with us and he was glad too because he hasn't seen my family since boxing day. It was a nice weekend and Ron had his new laptop to play with and his world of warcraft so he wasn't entirely bored when my sister, mom and I were doing stuff. My brother and him did some things too, so I think over all it was a good weekend for everyone. He even enticed my brother to purchase the same laptop this week. Ron's back on the road until next Thursday, but I can't wait for him to come home. There's some comfort and knowing he's around when I'm so close to having a baby, kind of scary. I sure hope he's home though because babies come when babies come, eaaak!!

*edit* Here is one garbage full of clothes that I have went through, there's still one more to go! Wow!!