here's our little monkey in his pants that i knitted him,which i didn't think he'd get a chance to wear as i finished them a little late in the season..it's almost summer for us.. but we did have a cool day last week.

I also made a pair for his friend matthias, in mint (or is it green tea ice cream green?) and chocolate and started a striped vest/tank too.

they are going to meet each other in 5 weeks!! and matthias lives in the northern hemisphere and he should get some good use out of his pants.

And i had to included a pic of monkey in his french swim suit. we 've been going to swimming classes- or more like introduction to water classes. it's a salt water pool which has been great for his eczema!

knitting pants for Kainamu , these are my first attempt- wool .., stars can do with some improvement.... but not too bad for a first attempt.

these are definitely for next year as it's finally getting warm and they are too big anyway.

I added a drawstring to them, but haven't taken a pic of that yet.

My next project is a pair for Matthias and pair of merino sewn pants for both of the munchkins- kainamu and matthias --

SPRING IS HERE!! ( in New Zealand)

it was the first day of Spring - yesterday and we had fun taking these pictures.

I think we have his eczema fairly under control -he still has flare ups every week.

He got his first cold last week , had his first bites of solids-I fed him poi. And he started rolling over all by himself!!

I can't get over how quickly time is going by and he is already growing so fast!

Knitting wise- I am knitting a pair of orange pants with green stars- I guess it will be for next winter - or for a smaller friend -if they are too small . I am also knitting a great little sweater with a bamboo yarn that is soo cool, and I am going to try and make a little periwinkle romper thing to go with it. I 'll post pics of that later.

WOW -it's been hectic.

we have had uncle jonathan visiting for a week ,which was awesome!!! he helped us discoverRJ licorice from LEvin. uncle jonathan is THE master swaddler...he knows how to administer the tightest inescapable swaddle in all of Aotearoa.

Kainamu also has had severe eczema, which has really sucked.. it started around the time jonathan was here and hit it's pinnacle when tasha arrived. it's under control ( i think , hope ) now. Aunty TAsha has been here for 3 weeks and is leaving on THursday.

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this is kainamu's friend ELOISE , this is the first time they met.

They were born 5 days apart and weighed almost the same!

coooooool!!!!!

my friend Chaney made Kainamu this awesome recycled cashmere blanket--it's sooooooooooo warm and soft- i wish i could fit under it !!!

and uncle jonathan knitted this big seed stitch boarder with alternating knit and pearl squares blanket!! and made this super cool WELCOME KAINAMU glitter bat!!!

SOOOO COOL!!!

I am really enjoying being a mom - its the best thing !! i am so lucky .. i am blessed to have such wonderful friends , family and a healthy happy wee one!!

kainamu is growing so fast- he is over 12 pounds now and is going through getting cradle crap cap and hormonal rashes ( mine i guess ?)

it 's winter here now, and is skin is adjusitng and getting dry.....

he is coo-ing and smiling !!

i am still obssessing on cloth diapers and keeping him warm..

I bought some merino wool jersey and i am going to make him some sleeping gowns and long shirt singlets..

i hgve a coverstitch machine that i haven't used for a few years- and i spent over an hour threading it and re-threading today-- piece -o -crap , i think .. i should have bought a better brand.. and i also lost the instruction manual -s that doesn't help.. anyway- hopefully- i can get that machine working so i can make a bunch of things for kainamu.

i have some new obs sessions:

1. www.rubygloomtv.net

"THE BRIGHT SIDE OF THE DARK SIDE"

this is the cutest cartoon I've ever seen-it's Goth, cute, funny and witty ....

go here to look at some clips

http://www.rubygloomtv.com/media.asp

2. cloth diapers - i bought this whole cloth nappy "system" and I've been waiting for him to grow enough to try them out and i am not pleased, they are really bulky and kainamu doesn't seem too happy either --the cloth diapers are bigger than his head!!!!and they are heavy .. i might have to wait til he grows a tad more-- but in the meantime..... i am bent on finding something that works and i am determined to use CLOTH.

i bought one of these cool - german DISANA tie front organic cotton nappies to test out..

they tie in the front - no elastic

http://www.disana.de/engl/produkte/wickeln/index.html

and you use them with a wool over pant -which i thought was totally stupid-- but wool is fantastic !!! the moisture just evaporates!! so - i am obsessed with all this wool baby things- it's perfect for NZ and now that it's nearly winter.. i am going to knit some soakers -over pants

this Tiny birds site -is great

http://www.tinybirdsorganics.com/organiccotton/cloth-diapers.html

love the natural colored nappies - in brown!!! cool

and i am not obsessed compared to this lady.... and her diaper enthusiasm

http://diaperpages.com/soaker.php

and lastly --

http://milkscreen.com/how-does-it-work.php

so one can enjoy a glass or two of wine- that would be awesome - what a cool product!!

i wouldn't say that i'm obsessed with the milk screen -but i found it here--and this is a pretty cool site

http://www.theopinionatedparent.com/

i love looking at this beautiful boy- i've been taking pics almost everyday..

he is a month old and weighs 10 pounds.. and has started smiling alot.

we are still trying to get on a sleeping schedule..

wow - my friends erin and jan gave me the most bestest present ever-- a BREAST PUMP!!

this one is the so great!!!! and easy to use!!! i love it!!

auntie stacey bought kainamu this cool skull and crossbones sweater that is hand knitted and wool and really warm- i can't wait til he can wear it - i wish i could wear it!!!!!!-and limonge box- "first curl" HOW COOOOOOOOOOL is that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i have the greatest friends!!

my parents left on monday, that was really sad-they were such a support during the last 3 weeks- before , during and after baby's arrival . i can't imagine what it would have been like without them being here!

we are having alot of fun - getting on a schedule and actually i need to take a nap --RIGHT NOW!

not a lot of time for blogging

our baby kainamu was born - 3 April at 2:41 pm weighing 7 lbs 7.4 oz.. after a long long delivery - 20 hours... we went for a natural water birth at a birth centre and ened up delivering via vontuse at the hospital- which it was all worth it it for this beauty filled bundle of love!!!

13 days til our due date!! wonder if he'll be early or late?

mom and dad come on the 27th.

i am still at work -part time - the replacement hasn't started and there is so much that needs to be done. i am hoping to go in on wednesday and that's it - on friday they had a good bye lunch for me at work - it was really nice!! i got three pairs of PJS!! and a new bathroom!!!!

i have been going to pregnant yoga class which has been awesome!!!!!

i am really getting excited!! i can't wait to meet our little man!!!

my feet and toes are pregnant too... they are so swollen and fat.. I was painting my toe nails red- hence the yellow nail syndrome - but i can't reach - i can't reach comfortably enough to take off all the nail polish!! less than 4 weeks left... i am still at work for a few more days this week and a little bit next week- i am really wanting to be done..

and finally while i was taking pics of my fat feet - honey cat was being so cute- his little chin!!!

okay i am getting delirious!!

long time no blog--oops

it's been really busy at work and i've been really tired..not much crafting going on- just eating , sleeping and working...

paul has finished his doctorate -but is revising and revising..and also fractured his foot in three places last night at touch rugby.... i decided to take the day off- i have 2 weeks left of work and 5 weeks til baby is due.

we had our last prenatal class on Monday, and I'll be starting prenatal yoga on thursday,which is really cool and after baby arrives there is a special class for mom and babies on saturdays - too cool!! very excited that i found these classes..
better late than never. i've been swimming still, but only managing once a week.

this is one of my favorite cereals here in NZ, BUGS IN MUD - like coco kripsies.. with vanilla soy milk - yum

also, glennis from my work gave me somewhere around 100 old style nappy/diapers squares !!!! cool huh?? there are a million and one ways to fold these , this is a great site for that http://www.thenappylady.co.uk/Advice/Instructions.asp?InstructionID=2&index=4
and a ton of uses for them!! so that was great!!!

belly update- 33 weeks and feeling very huge and ready to pop- almost...
my parents sent a bunch of baby things, sooooo cool!! i am soooo lucky- I love all the carters stuff -they don't have that brand here ......
i have 3 more weeks of work left - which kind of scares me. i like working - it's makes the time go by faster..
my friend jesse called from California today- it was really good to catch up - I don't have alot of friends here.. and i really appreciate my old long time friends that I have..
today is Waitangi Day , we didn't do much...
i 'm getting more and more tired ..lately.........

another ultrasound - 31 weeks - which was taken few weeks ago.... the last 3/d ultrasound was 28 weeks- and they lost the images and forgot to send them to me on a disc..
so - they said they would do it over again for free!!! this time we got a DVD of baby moving and a CD of pics..unfortunately baby was hiding again in his placenta pillow and the sonographer spent 20 minutes trying to take his picture.. this is the best one - she said he was sucking his thumb-i can barely make it out.

he looks like my hubby to me-
7 weeks to go... not too much longer to go - it's all starting to go by quite quickly.
i am excited to meet our little fellow!!

I am such a lucky girl!!! i was craving LAU LAu for months- and today was my lucky day.. a woman came into my work to register for weaving class and she was from Hawai'i and we got to talking and of course we were talking about food- and local food that we both missed and food you can make here. and she brought up LAU LAU --which i have be craving!!!!!
she has found a local source for luau leaves ( which are taro leaves) and made lau lau and had some in her freezer and brought me some!!!!!!!! how cool is that!!!!!!!!!!!!

- i was suppose to go swimming after work - but those lau lau were calling me - i ate one - ONOOOOOOoooooooo and i might share with hubby or maybe not- I think the baby likes it more than hubby anyway--

my nesting-maternal thing is really kicked into high gear now- because why else would i get excited about diapers- or nappies as they call them here in NZ ........
by the way other baby words that are different here are:
diapers=nappies
binky=dummy
crib=cot
nipple=teat
stroller=pram
baby = bub

anyway- I have found the coolest baby stuff supplier here in NZ, Aroha at Plush baby ..
I got my cloth nappies,-real nappies" covers and a bunch of organic baby toiletries- Eco products from her . I didn't put the toiletries in the pics - like shampoo- lavender - massage oil - and soaps... and then i went out grocery shopping and bought all those other things in the pic- sterlising tabs, breast pads, newborn diapers for the first week, baby wipes-- i feel much better and more prepared - though i have tons of time.

and lastly - the other pic of my Aby- he caught a little friend - bird and was playing with him -not hurting the little bird for hours- I am pretty sure the bird could fly away as it did a few times ( well not fly away totally - but flew around and landed again) and then Honey came along - and ripped the bird to shreds-very sad- but i wasn't going to touch the bird either way--

oops - i missed a week posting---
getting back to the work groove was harder than i thought!

yesterday some little boys knocked on the doors with strawberries for sale -all these for only $5.... my belly is 38.5 inches - not growing too fast... some days he is more active than others

some good news - i am getting another 3/d ultra sound on monday- the ultrasound place lost the images that they were suppose to burn on a CD-- so i am happy i get an another chance to see him!!!

i finished the cashmere- cotton baby blanket that i started ages ago, kind of anti- climatic because it took so long!!!

i also made some gifts for my best friend jonathan- to aid his knitting obsession - i wouldn't say what all I made and got him type because he might read this before his box gets to him - i only mailed it 5 days ago.. he is the one that i made the skull and cross bones knitting bag-- so this is a case for this circular needles- but i didn't like the stitching in one place on this - so i kept this one for myself and made another for him with black stitching .. ..

i am also excited for my secret pal to get her gift-- she is an incredible spinner - she has spun mass amounts with only a drop hand spindle and has recently bought a spining wheel.. one of the things i got her- was a bunch of washed and combed wool sliver for her to spin from a small farm in Wairarapa NZ that raise a breed called , "Gotland " and the cool thing was - not only the story about the farm and the people that own it - but a pic of the actual sheep that the sliver that she'll spin came from !! the wool is a really pretty grey-- i hope she likes it - i thought was soo cool.