Baby Bear Hat

Another blog about something I made for little Zoe.  I saw this adorable little crochet hat on Pinterest and decided I had to try to make it.  I was a bit nervous that I wouldn't be able to do it.  The only things I've been able to successfully crochet are flowers which come from a book with a picture diagram, I have not been able to get a handle on the written instructions for crochet.  But, I decided to try to give this one a shot since it was so cute.  Some parts were quite confusing, but I finally got the hang of it!  I think it turned out very cute and I can't wait for little Zoe to wear it!  I made this hat to fit a newborn, but it gives instructions for sizes up to 36 months, so who knows, maybe I'll make her another one.

I really love the flower on this, it's unlike any I have made before.

Knit Squares

I have been working on a baby blanket for our little Wheat.  I bought the yarn before we knew if we were having a boy or a girl.  At that time, I really thought we were going to be having a little boy, so I tried to buy fairly gender neutral colors then if it was a girl I could put some flowers on it to make it more girly.  I do love the colors, especially since little Zoe will be born in the fall, the colors are perfect for that time of year.

So, I used 9 colors and made 9 rows of 9 squares per row.  It took a good bit of time to knit all the squares and then piece them all together, but I think it turned out great.  It is a pretty simply blanket, but since it has so many colors in it, it makes it look a lot more complex than it really is.  

Starting to piece together the squares

Crochet flowers on knit blanket

I didn't really get a picture of the whole blanket, but this is a good chunk of it.

25 Weeks!

22 Weeks

I found one from 22 weeks.

23 Weeks

I missed 22 weeks, but here's a picture of me and Zoe at 23 weeks.  Not really taking it as a belly pic, but you can see the belly in it pretty well so I guess it will work :)

20 Weeks

20 Weeks, we're halfway there!!

4D

We went to the doctor again yesterday to do a detailed ultrasound at 20 weeks.  I'm half way there!  It's hard to believe.  It was so great to get to see our little Wheat in such detail.  She was moving around so much while we were looking at her.  It was good because we were able to see many different parts of her, but it didn't bode well for trying to get a good 4D picture of her face.  Oh well, we were so glad to see her moving around.  She is above average in weight, but it's all length not width :)  I told the doctor we were trying to have the longest baby born in this country.  He said we had a good chance but there is a Danish couple who will probably be fighting us for the record.

So, it's not a great picture because she kept moving around, but here is her little head with her hand (with all five fingers) by her mouth.