more charlotte

Where do I begin? My life has changed so much since I last posted on here. We bought a house in Kingsburg in August 2009. I just recently turned 30, but Andrew beat me by three months in October. But the biggest change in our lives happened at 10:33pm on November 9, 2009, when Charlotte Yvonne Bunnell was born and joined our little family.

Having Charlotte has been the most amazing thing in my life. My life has been completely uprooted and will forever be different, but I wouldn't have it any other way. She's only been around for two and a half months, but it feels like she's been here much longer and my life before her seems a distant memory.

Don't get me wrong - being a mother has been very very challenging. I constantly feel like I have no idea what I'm doing and I'm scared and worried all the time. I cried most of the first week we brought her home, mostly because I wasn't sleeping and because I felt so overwhelmed. And I'm still not sleeping much, but I feel like I'm getting used to it.

But watching her change and grow everyday is amazing. Her first smile was the best thing I have ever seen and now she smiles and laughs and coos and I do everything I can to get her to do it.

Ok, ok, maybe I'm getting a little too sentimental here, so I'll stop. All I will say is that Charlotte is beautiful, perfect, and mine - which blows my mind. Also, the picture I'm posting of me and Charlotte is an earlier one. She was only a couple of weeks old. The other one is more recent and even though she looks silly, I love it because she is so happy!

And the facts... When she was born, she was 8lbs 6ozs and 21 inches. At her two month dr appt, she weighed 12lbs 15ozs and was 23 inches!

a slice of lynch

the day after tomorrow i will be at david lynch's wedding! I can barely contain my excitement!!

my bloody valentine

So, this post isn't related to crafty stuff, but I was so excited about the Valentine's Day dinner Andrew and I made last Sunday night, that I wanted to share. We had an all-red dinner with a raspberry and feta salad with raspberry vinagrette...

Grilled Red Shrimp with Roasted Red Pepper Coulis and Orzo...


...and Ruby Red Poached Pears with Vanilla Ice Cream.

The pears were cooked in red wine and cinnamon and sugar, which looked like blood, but was delicious. I think we might make this dessert again for Halloween. It was a nice Valentine's Day dinner. We did it the night after because Andrew had to play a show with Elvis on Sat. And we were housesitting for my brother so we had to take advantage of their fancy kitchen and hot tub.

some actual knitting... and some crocheted hats

i've knitted about a million scarves, but these are some of my favorites...

et encore

ipod cozys

I've been thinking about starting a blog for a long time, but I've been lazy about it, and I wasn't sure if my day-to-day stuff was interesting enough to write about. But I've decided that if nothing else, I want a place to document and share what I've been knitting/crocheting.

I've been knitting for quite a few years, but haven't progressed much past scarves and hats. I did make a sweater, once, but it was kind of a disaster. So this winter, I tried my hand at crocheting and found that it is much easier, at least for me, and that it's also much faster. I still love knitting and I'm determined to make a second attempt at knitting a sweater now that Xmas and all the crocheting that went with it is over.

I took pictures of these crocheted ipod cozys I made because I gave them away as Xmas gifts and I wanted to remember them, in case I never make any more.