Long time, no post!

So! I will be the first to admit it's been ages since I last posted...and boy, so many things have been going on!

1. Emmy began rolling over in late July and can now sit up on her own (you have to put her there but she can stay put for some time!)

2. We went to Daytona for three weeks and stayed with my parents and Gubby went to the beach for the first time!

3. Our dear friend Christa married her long time boyfriend, Eric (Gubby's godfather) and Gabriel was the ring bearer. Emily just made a bunch of raucous in the rear of the chapel :)

4. Since coming back to Tallahassee, Gabriel's vocabulary has grown by leaps and bounds! He even pieces two or three 'words' together to form sentences! Like "close door" or "more juice" (which sounds more like "moi jooce")

5. Things are getting busy with the charity needlework group I work with, we have a bunch of fundraising dates coming up and a huge community knitting project (November 5) as well.

6. Emily is set to be baptized on November 12 and we've chosen my uncle Steven as her godfather. Her godmother has yet to be chosen...hopefully soon, though!

I will post pictures to this entry shortly-gotta fix dinner and do some other chores first! Love you all!

Emily Shmemily

Rockin' Baby Hats

Ok-so I've been working very hard to make Gubby a hat for Christmas-first I made it WAY too small and it fit Emmy, then I made it a bit too small and it fit our friend Will, now I think I've got it down...and the best part, you ask? Because of my errors, the pattern below has directions for multiple sizes!!

Rockin' Baby Hats
sizes-0-3mo., 3-9mo., toddler, and youth

Style 1: Pom-pom punk rocker
Style 2: Mohawk metalhead

notions:
US 5 circular needles
US 8 circular needles
additional size 8 straight needle
variety of worsted weight yarn
blunt eyed needle
two open stitch markers

Using US 5 circs, CO 64 (72, 76, 84) sts in primary color. Join in round careful not to twist-place marker at beginning of row, and knit one round

Work k2, p2 ribbing around, placing marker after 32 sts (36, 38, 42)continue ribbing for 6 (6, 8, 8) rows.

Change to US 8 circs, work stockinette st for 6 (6.5, 7.5, 8.5) inches. Use this opportunity to do some neat color work or wording-you can also use fun fur/eyelash yarn along with your main color for a cool effect.

Pom-pom punk rocker:

Fold circs in half to prep for 3 needle cast off (can also turn inside out and use 3 needle cast off to create Kitchener stitch on exterior-i.e., no seam)

pom-poms: using multiple (at least 2 or 3) strands of yarn (from color work pattern or neat fun fur styles), wrap yarn around your knuckles approx. 20 times leaving 3 inch tail at beginning and four inch tail at end (past your hand...assure these tails are the same color as the primary color of the hat so they weave in blindly)-thread blunt eyed needle and wrap yarn perpendicular to pom pom (thread it through your middle finger and ring finger space a few times catching all the yarn you wrapped)tie tightly with 3 inch tail from beginning. Repeat twice for pom-pom punk rocker style and affix tightly to top seams of hat weaving in tails.

Mohawk metalhead:

Fold circs in half to prep for 3 needle cast off-use seam created to affix multiple pom-poms evenly across top of hat-you'll need at least 6 for the smallest size and 7 or 8 for each larger size depending on the 'girth' and length of your desired mohawk.

Sing a song of sixpence-or anything, really!

SO! I just found out there is a bunch of videos on our camcorder I never posted! And now for your viewing pleasure!!

Please note: though Emily did roll over on her own on July 22, the video didn't catch it-but you can see her giving it the 'ole college try!

They call me...Thumper

Why share a room when you can share a crib?

How 'bout them horses?