0 My Husband is Cool

My husband, Nick, is perfect for me. I really think he is the smartest, nicest, funnest person. Before he changed his major to City Planning he was an animation major. He is really good at design and drawing. He designed this quiet book and the temple print pictured above. 

He is good at everything. Like really. He cooks, he scrubs toilets (even though the first time he ever did was when we got married!), he reads, he babysits, he crafts, he works hard at school and work, and he still finds time to plan really fun dates. 

Like this weekend. He made me this dinner and took me miniature golfing. If you haven't ever made that chicken pasta, I highly recommend it. Even more, I highly recommend you make your husband make it for you. Mmmm, food just tastes so much better when you don't have to make it! 

I keep thinking how much I just love Nick and how excited I am about our future adventures together. I hope our little boy looks just like him and gets his personality-mellow,calm, and perfect. (Kenzie's personality is exactly like mine was at her age. Crazy,cute, and hyper). 

Yep, he's a keeper.

1 Guest Posting

I'll be over here today. Posting this pattern. 

3 Baby B's Blanket

I've been busy spring cleaning, finishing projects, crocheting like crazy, and getting ready for a boy to come into this family! I used this ripple pattern to make little b's blanket. I whipped it up in a little over a week and love the results. I'll also be making him a lego blanket and a million beanies. I just can't wait for my little smidge to come!

3 A Walk Down Memory Lane: Me as a Baby

The only fun part of organizing pictures is looking at some ridiculously funny ones of yourself. Please, enjoy.

I look like a a gorilla.

I hope our little boy inherits my chunkiness as a baby.

Kenzie inherited my crazy hair for sure.

My Easter Basket!

I've always been told that I have a really good memory of my childhood. I can thank my parents for taking so many pictures and videos of me when I was little. My absolute favorite thing is remembering things as a kid. How everything seemed so big, anything new was an adventure, staying up past your bedtime was the best, and running through the sprinklers all summer long was the greatest.

My earliest childhood memory was when I was 3 or 4 and my mom would ride her bike along the canal in Tempe, AZ. She had me in a bike seat and I would get so nervous and scared because I thought we were going to fall into the canal. What's your earliest memory?

1 Spring Cleaning

I woke up today, looked out the window, saw that it was snowing, and decided it was time for some major spring cleaning! I love going through old boxes and finding all kinds of things. I especially love going through my keepsakes. The cream colored crochet blanket was made by my great grandmother, and the outfit was made by my mother for me when I was a baby. So this crochet business is in my blood!  

I also pulled out all my old photo albums/year books. Look forward to some posts from the past this week.

0 Giveaway Winners!

1. WendiMar 13, 2012 12:50 PM

   I had one of these as a kid. I'd love to make some for my kids.
2. Kara @ Simplistically SassyMar 13, 2012 02:42 PM

   I would love this pattern!!
3. becktovintageMar 14, 2012 01:02 AM

   Dear my friend, I was already your blog follower as I like all your works. Thank you very much for your kindness. I was trying to make an easter bunny but your bunny is so so beautiful.. Best wishes..
4. LolachocoMar 14, 2012 09:20 PM

   I am joining this..LOVE the bunny :)I followed your blog :)
6. Q8.BAMar 16, 2012 04:26 PM

   it will be great to have Bunny Basket pattern .. iam try to do some one like this basket and have it as gift wil be great

   
   

   Congrats to all the winners of the Bunny Basket Pattern! Please send me your email addresses so I can send you the pattern! Alynnc17@gmail.com

7 New Yarn

As soon as we found out we were having a boy, I ran out to buy some yarn in boy colors! I'm so excited to make a baby boy blanket. I feel like most crochet blankets are geared towards girls, so I hope my pregnant brain can come up with some good ideas for a boy!

Don't forget about the giveaway. Last day to enter!

1 Crochet Newborn Football Beanie

I am just busting out the boy beanie's over here! Good thing it's almost summer. But really, I can't wait to put my little guy in this football beanie. You can find it in my Etsy shop.

I am so glad Nick will finally get a little sports fan to watch football, basketball, and soccer with. He's been feeling a bit outnumbered for awhile now, so I'm glad we'll be evening the male to female ratio in our home. Doesn't mean Kenzie and I won't stop getting our way though. 

I have major pregnancy brain right now and have been doing really stupid things lately. Like spilling the milk at breakfast, mixing up my words, and running into things. It's awesome. I don't know how I graduated from college pregnant. 

5 We're having a.....

3 Happy Pi Day!

It's the only way to celebrate.

In other news we find out what we're having tomorrow!!

7 Pattern Giveaway!

I've added a bunch of new items in my Etsy shop so please check it out!

And to celebrate Easter coming up, I've decided to...

giveaway my Easter Bunny Basket pattern to 5 lucky winners!

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23 Crochet Owl Beanie Pattern

My friend just had a baby boy so I whipped this beanie up. I plan on making 4 more tonight seeing as how everyone I know is having a baby!

Materials

Hook: I (5.50mm)

Yarn: Lion Brand Vanna's Choice

Yarn needle

Newborn Owl Beanie Pattern

Start by making a magic ring with 6 stitches.

Row 1: sc 2 in each st around (12).

Row 2: sc in first st, sc 2 in next st, repeat around (18).

Row 3: sc in next 2 sts, sc 2 in next st, repeat around (24).

Row 4: sc in next 3 sts, sc 2 in next st, repeat around (30).

Row 5: sc in next 4 sts, sc 2 in next st, repeat around (36).

Row 6: sc in next 5 sts, sc 2 in next st, repeat around (42). 

Row 7-end: sc around until the beanie is about 5.5-6 inches in height.

Note: It is really easy to make this pattern bigger, just continue the pattern of increase after row 6 until the beanie is the right circumference size, then just sc around until it is the right height size.

Ear Flaps:

Row 1: sc 8 sts on one side of beanie

Row 2: ch. 1, turn sc in each st across (8).

Row 3: sc2tog, sc in next 4 sts, sc2tog (6).

Row 4: sc in each st across (6).

Row 5: sc2tog, sc in next 4 sts, sc2tog (4). 

Row 6: sc in each st across (4).

Row 7: sc2tog, sc2tog (2.)

Row 8: sc in each st across (2).

Row 9: sc2tog (1).

Row 10: sc in st (1).

Note: Make the other ear flap on the other side of the beanie.

White stitching around: sc evenly around the beanie with white.

Eyes:

(with the black yarn)

Row 1: sc 5 with magic ring (5).

(with the green yarn)

Row 2: sc 2 in each st around (10).

Row 3: sc in next st, sc 2 in next st, repeat around (15).

(with the white yarn)

Row 4: sc in next 2 sts, sc 2 in next st, repeat around (20).

Row 5: sc in next 3 sts, sc 2 in next st, repeat around (25).

Fasten off and leave long tail for weaving it on.

Nose:

chain 5

Row 1: sc in 2nd ch. from hook and in each st across (4). Ch. 1 and turn.

Row 2: sc in each st across (4).

Row 3: sc2tog, sc2tog (2). Ch. 1 and turn.

Row 4: sc2tog (1). Ch. 1 and turn.

Row 5: sc in st (1).

Fasten off and leave long tail for weaving it on.

Ears:

Cut twelve 6-inch strips of white, brown, and green yarn. Tie a knot in the middle and pull one side of the loose yarn through the beanie. Weave it in/tie knot on the inside so it stays. Cut the top part evenly.

*Because I am posting this pattern for free, this pattern is for personal use only. You may give the finished product away as a gift. You may not sell the pattern or finished product.*

3 Nesting

I know that nesting usually means for the baby that's coming, but I never got to nest with Kenzie. (I was too busy working and graduating from college). So this past weekend we went to one of my favorite places, Ikea. And we loaded up on things for Kenzie's room. She loves her bookshelves. And I love how she can reach the bottom one, and the top one is for her special books. (The ones we don't want her to destroy). 

Nick and I love books and I'm so happy that Kenzie loves them just as much. This morning when I got her from her crib the first thing she did was point to her books. She spends about 30 minutes a day flipping through her books and "reading" them. 

Here is a video of her when she was younger "reading" her books.

(she's sniffing it at the end because she had some scratch and sniff books and did it to all her books)

3 Crochet Easter Bunny Basket

Easter is my absolute favorite holiday. This is Kenzie's new Easter Bunny Basket, and I am so excited about how it turned out! It was a lot of work, but definitely worth it. I made this out of two skeins of yarn and a milk carton. I might start saving more of my recyclables to crochet them into nifty things like this. I'll have the pattern up in my Etsy shop soon, so stay tuned. Until then, save your milk cartons!