Plath’s Adventures

Nothing like being sick and pregnant… Guess it’s better than sick and tired of BEING pregnant, which I’m certainly not (yet). I guess I was due, as I haven’t been sick in over a year, but I’ve been sick for the past week with a nasty cold. I’m sure the baby really appreciated all the coughing, but *finally* I’m feeling better. Everything’s going well with the pregnancy. I passed my glucose screening a few weeks ago, and now I’m just anticipating the group b strep check I have in 4 weeks. We have our last Bradley class tomorrow, will have the hospital tour next weekend, and then the breastfeeding class on March 3rd. Things are falling into place!

The baby shower in Ohio last weekend went well. It was small, with just family attending which was nice, and my mom and sister were amazing and got us the car seat and cloth diapers we needed! BUT, the best part of the shower?

The cake. I’m not a big cake fan, but mmmmmm…. from my favorite bakery of all time now called Ele Cake Company (was Woody’s baker in West Carrollton, then A Taste of Elegance in Miamisburg and now they’ve moved back to the former Woody’s location and are called Ele Cake Company). Sure, I gained 4 pounds in two weeks, which I largely attribute to the four pieces of cake I had last weekend (and the delicious Mexican food, Donatos pizza and the lunch buffet at Amar India), but it was worth it… drool… Here are the rest of the pictures from my shower in Ohio if you’re interested.

I’ve been working this past week on freezing a few meals before the baby gets here, so hopefully we’ll have a nicely stocked freezer come April. So far, I’ve frozen stuffed green peppers plus an extra bag of filling for another batch, 2 packages of cooked ground turkey to throw into spaghetti, a few cooked chicken breasts, and am planning on freezing a spinach pie and a broccoli quiche today. Also planned are more cooked ground turkey, sloppy joe filling, lasagna, turkey meatloaf, stroganoff casserole and shepherd’s pie. I found this site to be a great resource.

I even managed to get some knitting done. See?

Here they are finished, hanging out in the new car seat:

Shorties using the Picky Pants pattern, which Mountain Colors Twizzle. They’re a little floppy feeling, due to the silk content, I’m sure, but oh so yummy.

And once I cast off for those, I immediately cast on for another pair out of my Purewool that arrived. It’s the Grove colorway, and I love the way they turned out. I will definitely have to jump on another Purewool co-op, soon!

And, I also decided to knit up a Baby Surprise out of purewool, as well. Here is where I’m at so far:

Not too exciting to look at so far, but I’m about halfway through the pattern. Not sure how I feel about it yet, but I’m trying to get a size that the baby could wear at a year, since it’s not too cold here until pretty late in the season. We’ll see how it shapes up!

So far I’m really liking Lost this season… but Survivor, I’m not too sure about.

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Is everyone as excited as I am about Lost tonight? With this stupid writer’s strike I’m sick of Tivo only recording old episodes of Law & Order (which Jason has given the “thumbs up” to). Too bad I won’t be able to watch it until next Tuesday though! We have our Bradley class tonight, and I leave tomorrow morning until Monday for Ohio. My mom and sister are throwing me a small baby shower. Unless something unexpected arises, this will be my last trip until the baby is born!

I mentioned last post about knitting a pair of longies for the baby. Well, here they are:

I don’t like how the Paton’s Classic Merino pooled and then striped for the legs, but oh well. They were a good practice pair.

I’ve since finished another pair in newborn size

I used Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Worsted and really like how they turned out.

You can see we’re getting ready for baby’s arrival, too. That’s the co-sleeper my mom gave us at the shower last weekend, and I set it up the other day to see if we need to buy the leg extenders or not (we do). I wouldn’t say I’ve really started nesting yet (although I did just decide to wash the shower curtain this morning… does that count?), but it makes me feel relieved to know the baby will have somewhere to sleep! I do have lists everywhere though… of meals I want to freeze (spinach pie, lasagna, quiche– please baby don’t be lactose intolerant!), of things to pack in my hospital bag, of things we need to do (schedule an appointment with a ped, tour the hospital, etc), things we definitely need to purchase before baby arrives (a car seat, nursing bra and tanks, etc). Pretty soon I’m going to need a list of my lists just so I can keep it all sorted! LOL

Next on the needles? A pair of shorties from the Picky Pants pattern:

I’m using Mountain Colors Twizzle. I don’t know if wool/silk is a good choice for shorties or not, but they sure sound decadent to me and the yarn is so yummy. I’m currently waiting on a co-op order of Purewool, which I can’t wait to knit longies and shorties from!