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Sunday, December 30, 2007

New Home

My wonderful Prince Charming set me up with a new internet home. If you are redirected click here: And They Lived Happily Ever After Don't forget to change your bookmarks!

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Santa Came!


Santa Came!
Originally uploaded by Mommy2StaufferBabies
It was so much fun with the Santa thing this year. Christmas Eve was filled with much anticipation and activity to get ready for Santa! We made snickerdoodles with Grandma Sue and put out reindeer food in front of our house so the reindeer would see our house from the air. ;) We taped Santa's Magic Key to the door of the house so that he could get in to leave our presents since we had to cap off our chimney this fall. :) Then we set out milk, cookies, and carrots on our special Santa cookie plate. We got into our brand new Christmas Eve Pajammies and off to bed they went.

In the morning we woke up to this! Both girls were absolutely thrilled, and Magdalena was thoroughly impressed to find Santa's Magic Key hanging on the tree. (Since he used it to get in then left it on the tree so we could find it.) All together a very fun filled evening!

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Magdalena's Blanket Closeup


Magdalena's Blanket
Originally uploaded by Mommy2StaufferBabies

Magdalena's Blanket


Magdalena's Blanket
Originally uploaded by Mommy2StaufferBabies
Finally finished! I've been working on this off and on now for, well let's just say a long time! Glad to have it off the needles!

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Virtual Nurse IN

http://www.leagueofmaternaljustice.com/

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Anne Carson


Anne Carson
Originally uploaded by Mommy2StaufferBabies
20" waist
23" hips
21" rise
12.5 thigh
12" inseam

seed stitch cuff
elastic waistband

Knit with "Good Earth" on Beaverslide- dyed by A Time To Dye
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A Gift for Baby Alex

A gift for a sweet sweet Mama who has had a very rough pregnancy and will be bringing her little boy into this world on Tuesday.

Yarn donated by another sweet Mama, Lamar. :-)
Mommy Made Pajammies

First set of Pajammies. Two more pairs of pants and one more shirt to go. She likes them a lot. I like that they are nice and roomy. The sleeves and pant legs do have a bit of growing room cause she seems to be on a length spurt recently. But her hands actually come out of the arms, she's holding them up for some silly reason.

Friday, September 21, 2007

Custom Pilot Cap


Custom Pilot Cap
Originally uploaded by Mommy2StaufferBabies
Another hat made for another customer. I liked this hat a lot. :)

Friday, September 07, 2007

Pachebel Bedtime

So sweet!

http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=ab28k5yac4

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Pinwheel Sweater


Pinwheel Sweater
Originally uploaded by Mommy2StaufferBabies
I just finished up this sweater for Carmina. It's super cute and was relatively quick to knit. (Started Monday evening, worked a bit on Tuesday and finished up this morning.) I added a button to help close it.

It's also neat because if you flip it around, Magdalena can wear it "bolero" style. You can see pictures of that startig here:

http://flickr.com/photos/esfamily/1269626597/

Rag Quilt


Rag Quilt
Originally uploaded by Mommy2StaufferBabies
Christmas gift for MIL. It could use a bit more "ragging" but I'm not going to do it. I'm gonna put it in a box, wrap it up, and let it wait for Christmas. I feel so on top of things since I've finished a Christmas gift in August. :-P

Friday, August 24, 2007

Linus Finished!


Linus
Originally uploaded by Mommy2StaufferBabies
yay! I do need to add elastic in the waistband, wash them, and sew a size tag in, but other than that FINISHED! (Those things won't take long!)

Thursday, August 23, 2007

This Book Could be Addicting...



I left the girls with Erich and took off to the library for a few minutes this evening. WOW. I forgot how wonderful it is to browse through the books without someone going through and ripping all the books off the shelf while the other one screams "MOOOOM! She's taking all the books OFF!"

Anyway, I picked up this book today and wow, I could knit a lot of the stuff in here! Economical and fast! I've already seen several things that I like and will probably be doing. The only problem is that my to do list is already so long with knitting for work and for pleasure! We're trying to scale back Christmas and do only hand made stuff, which I did a lot of last year. THIS year though I'm getting smart and mixing it up. I'm not just doing knit stuff because, while knit is incredibly beautiful, it takes longer. I've got a mix of sewing, knitting, and crocheting on my list. I should really nail down the list and stop looking at books though and just stick to the plan! Only 3 months you know!

She's three and a HALF


http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1320/1216935198_b8e3ab43e8.jpg


Magdalena is SO much fun. And so frustrating. Three is definitely challenging, but also so fun. I love watching her learn and piece things together and develop this little personality, even if that personality is a wee bit, um, like me. If you ask her how old she is she's "three and a HALF" don't forget the half part. ;)

She's going to start a tumbling class next week. She is so excited about it and asks every single day if it's time to go to her "mumbling" class. She LOVES dinosaurs. She can write the letter A. She's good at recognizing them. She loves to dig in the sand and build rivers (taught by Daddy!). She can ride a trike pretty darn well at this point and still loves Sesame Street.

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Knitting to Fund My Knitting Habit


Linus 2
Originally uploaded by Mommy2StaufferBabies
I have a waiting list! After these I have to knit some dust mop pads, a hat, and 5 more pairs of pants!

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Linus


Linus
Originally uploaded by Mommy2StaufferBabies
Custom knit pants from my very own pattern. I'm knitting to fund my knitting habit. ;)

Summer is...

canning tomatoes.

Pumpkin Dreams


Pumpkin
Originally uploaded by Mommy2StaufferBabies
We pulled this out of the garden. It's the biggest pumpkin I've grown to date. :-) And this would be the only one that has ever turned orange. I'm going to make him into some muffins I do believe. Maybe can some with spices to make pies.

Larger Than Life Bag

Working on my own altered version of the larger than life bag. I'm gonna make it into a messenger style bag and make it a super diaper bag of my dreams! This would be my *2nd* crochet project btw.

Sunday, July 22, 2007

Cakes

I've been busy. Trying to be productive around the house and be with the girls too. I just finished up my second wedding cake for the month. I'm really enjoying it and the bit of extra $$$ it brings in is very nice. You can see the cakes I've been doing here:

Cakes

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