Here is Sean, at 17 weeks (just shy of 4 months old)

This one features his homeys, 2 of his friends that he likes to eat.  And, don’t ask me how I got them perfectly placed.  I’m not sure I could do it again if I tried!

This one looks better in person, a lighter color but oh so cute!

I love this one with the toes, he has just found them!

and just because he drools like crazy right now, I thought this one was most appropriate!

1) What yarn (that you don’t have/haven’t used) would make your stash “complete”?

Wow, what a question!  You know, I’ve wanted to try all kinds of yarn, and everything I’ve wanted to try I’ve bought.  I have handspun Alpaca from Alaska, I have Qiviut, I have camel, I have Tilli Thomas, I have cashmere, I have silk blends.  I have all kinds of brand names…  Rowan, Malabrigo, Noro, Blue Sky, Lornas Laces, Schaefer…  I buy what sounds interesting at the moment.  Honestly, I really like my stash.

I really like kettle dye type wools…  Things that aren’t so pricey that you don’t mind felting them.  You know know that I’m thinking about it, I purchased some Cascade Ecological Wool once, and I’ve lost it.  I wouldn’t mind having more of that.  And there are some sock yarns out there that look interesting, ie, Yarn Pirate and Scout, but I hate sock yarn.  I love the dye work and colors, but I don’t like the weight.

2) What yarn do you never want to be without?
Cascade 220 and Lamb’s Pride Bulky.  I like variegated colors best, really.

I knit this sweater (from a pattern that my SP11 sent me) (Hi Melissa!), it’s Mikey Liked It.  I thought I would take some pictures of things I have finished for him to wear…  I forgot to take pictures when he could actually wear them.

So the first picture is this cute sweater, and matching hat.  I’m so sad about this hat.  I remember him sleeping in it when he first came home from the hospital.  I had a hard time keeping it out of his eyes.  Now, I can barely get it on his head.  But, he is cute in the ensemble none the less, don’t you think.  More pictures to come later tonight, but I thought I’d get started with this one.

My son kissed me for the first time yesterday.  I have no idea if he knew what he was doing, but it made my day.  Opened mouth, lots of drool, but what a moment.  I cried.

As a kid, what did you look forward to most about summer vacation/break/holiday?

We went camping every summer, and I don’t have many memories of that…  But I do remember going to Girl Scout Camp the summer after I turned 12, I was really awkward at 12…  I was chubby and didn’t care much about hair/make-up and clothes.  Mom sent me to The Timbers to sailing camp.  I was the youngest girl in the group of 9 girls who were sailing.  We had 2 tents assigned to us, and I was the 5th one in the one tent, while the other had just four girls.  After one week, the girls in my tent decided that I should move into the other tent…  It was only fair, why should they get less space than the other girls.  I remember spending a lot of time at the infirmary.  My mom sent me a care package with the Judy Bloom book Forever in it, as well as something about Endless Love (I don’t remember quite what she sent, but it was something to be jealous of).  Endless Love was the hot movie that summer, if I remember correctly.  The thing I hated the most was that I spent 2 weeks wondering why those girls hated me.  I think it was normal teenage shit.

The next summer, I was sent again…  To sailing camp, I did not want to go, and threw a big fuss about it.  As it turned out, I was the most popular girl at sailing camp that summer, as I already knew how to sail.  I got to take the catamaran out by myself.  That was my LAST summer at Girl Scout camp.  I remember being really happy about that.

For your good thoughts about my mom.  Things are getting better, and I hope that she is healing.  I help change her bandages twice a day, and the redness seems to be getting better.  I’d take a picture, but, it’s pretty gross.

What is your favorite summer-time drink?

I’m really into Kool-aid right now…  Fruit Punch is my favorite.