Disclaimer: Lily did not sit in the snow all day, I promise. The above pictures were taken this morning before we had much on the ground. The following pictures were taken this afternoon while the neighbor boys were outside playing (she was squealing watching them out the window, so Benjamin insisted on taking her out to play):
But I did gasp a little when I saw this picture (Benjamin took these):
Poor little cold exposed neck! :(
Some Christmas decoration failures and frustrations. Lily is starting to take some steps. She is surprisingly cautious and deliberate so she's not really just taking off, more like slowly and carefully taking little steps and then freaking out and wanting to be held because she's not sure what's going on. Ah, changes...
Don't let the picture fool you (because she really looks like a walking girl!), she mostly just stands there, maybe takes one step, and then either gets down and crawls away as fast as she can or clings to my legs until I pick her up.
And I've been busy, busy, busy with more projects than I can handle right now. Here is a sweater vest for a friend's 4 1/2 year old daughter (i.e. huge and making me arthritic):
This is my first time knitting a cable pattern though so that part is fun. :) And some baby shoes! I've started making slippers out of old wool sweaters. I finished these the other day and they are super thick and squishy soft, with a nice black suede bottom:
And I may have made a little red pair for a certain someone:
Stay tuned for snow pics! We're in the middle of a mini-blizzard right now so once it settles down a bit we'll probably take Lily out for her first big snow experience.
Fortunately the wonderful kjk took Lily in for the evening and Benjamin and I were able to spend a couple hours at the party where I compulsively checked my phone for Lily updates, but still not as often as I thought I would.
Benjamin was mostly excited that they had sushi this year. Dave gave Kurt, Benjamin and I a tour of the new building. The highlight is definitely the conference room, complete with artwork projected onto the (textured) wall, lots of comfy lounge seating, awesome lighting, and some fancy high-dollar boxes in the floor that Benjamin would need to describe for you because I would just call them "outlets". Ha!
Anyway, none of the pictures quite do it justice because they were taken with our phones, but an update's an update, right? :) And Peanut played with Kelly, Joe, and Mama K all evening until she was absolutely wiped out. She was so zonked out on the car ride home that her sleepy face almost looked newborn to me again.
Sleepy Peanut...
I tried to hang some Lily-safe ornaments at the bottom of the tree. And thank you Gogo and Grandpa for the adorable nativity set. Baby Jesus had already gone missing for a few days and I was starting to get nervous. Fortunately I found him tonight in a drawer while Benjamin was giving Lily a bath. And I always appreciate an oppurtunity to yell "I found Jesus!"
