Lulu Carter

manic ticking over here

Hello! Thank you for your emails.Nothings happened yet- I've just been pacing myself. Fever pitch hit last week and the other day found myself dusting the top of cupboards (suuuch a cliche) and fossicking through the roof storage for throwouts and the like.

I am managing to get through the list a little, which is a relief.

So far:

A birthday present delivered and a happy little girl frocked up.

 

A top for me in my favourite Liberty print.

I finished the monster.

 

Tree skirt complete.

The all important pram chain.

Organised a bit of baby space.

A rattle snake -because babys need knitted goods of all kinds.

Outfits for the home journey.

 

Sling made and saddle bag adopted for baby usage.

The beach was rediscovered after the cold winter.

And bump is still here!

So with less than two weeks to go, I am well and truly at the end of the road and a newish path will begin.Wow.

I must say, I cannot wait to meet these great big feet that like to reach around my side and drive me crazy!

xxx

 

if you can stand it-some of yesterdays photo fun

There are some absolutely gorgeous photos of bumps and little people on Pinterest.If you need inspiration you will find it there!

Have a happy weekend!! I'm off to finish these monster sized quilt.

xxx

 

 

32 weeks and things have changed that may involve a graveyard dig

  

Before you ask-yep,that is toothpaste smudgy yuk on the bathroom mirror.I strongly suspect that is the nearly ten year olds toothpaste splatter as he talks while brushing.Noice.And yep-I failed to notice it as I was sooo busy trying to frame the tap out of shot anything on the mirror was invisible to me. Actually I was also trying to frame out the door handle behind me so....anyway...I was kind of splatter distracted.

Do you see that enormous thing up top?!?! Where did that come from? I have been tinkering along not too large and uncomfortable and then -within the last two weeks- exploded. Seriously.

And I'm sure it had nothing to do with donuts.....

In six weeks today this little boy will have maed his debut by now but I have been getting the most frightening feeling that he will make an early entrance like his brother. Shall I point out that we are not ready? Do you think I should send him a memo or something??

I hope to show you a finished quilt in the next few days and then I really must get onto the rest of that list.

*stocking for niece

*stocking for this one

*tree skirt (had happily removed this one as we werent going to be here but things have changed so its back on)

*paint bedroom walls white

*make mattress covers for moses basket and pram bassinet

*forage in attic for baby leftovers and wash those still ok

*cook stuff and shove it in the freezer

*in regards to above-who am I kidding-eat take away......

*put my desk in boys room so there is a scrap of wall to use as 'baby space'

*narrow down the names list

*find a bigger house (this one had been removed aswell but is now alarmingly back on)

*rob a bank so the above can be achieved

*rob that bank on a day that walking is not agony so I can run/waddle relatively fast to the getaway car

*nuke the headlice that seem to have again invaded oldest childs locks

*how does that HAPPEN???? really really disgusting little critters

*maybe shave that kids head and call it a day

 

Can somebody tell me which books to strategically place in front of nearly ten year old now that Harry Potter has all been read and nothing else quite measures up in his mind?

Electronic games are getting dangerously close to a midnight graveyard dig. We need more books.

Take care xxx

 

30 weeks

Getting there!

Have a gorgeous weekend.

xx

having too much fun

Of the itty bitty kind.

Pattern-Me

Pattern-Me 

Yarn-Koigu KPM #P538

Pattern-Maile Sweater   *I left off the bottom lace pattern as its for a baby boy.

Yarn-Debbie Bliss Cashmerino #340031

Pattern cardigan -Debbie Bliss Ribbed Baby Jacket

Pattern booties-  From the book "Purls of Wisdom" by Jenny Lord ( A fabulous book if you needed to add to your collection! )

Yarn-Morris and Sons Bamboo # Kingfisher

Pattern-Info on Ravelry

Yarn-Malabrigo worsted #Paris Night

Pattern-Milo Vest  *I left off the cable detail

And of course the crochet Baby Twister Blanket and I've made a baby ring sling in apple green linen which I'm hoping will not be too tricky to use and light enough to prevent us both from melting.

I ordered the rings from here.

 

Little bump is doing fabulously but his carrier is not doing quite so fabulously this week.It seems my pelvis is terribly unhappy and has become unstable.Lots of lying down for me.

This was one of the main reasons we never went back for a third baby after having Oliver as from 28 weeks he crashed downwards and I could not walk.For years afterwards I was paying the price too.The thought of revisiting that was frightening.

Thankfully I am not running around after a toddler this time and know what will happen if I don't pace myself.

I have even been banned from doing any yoga as that will make things worse for me.Absolutely rotten as yoga is my daily fix. It seems I suffer from this which is very impressive in a "palms on the ground legs straight" kind of competition but not so much when pregnancy hormones make you super flexible anyway.

But whatever it takes is what I will do so that both of us make it to the other end on one piece.

Even if that means walking like a little old lady which is about were I'm at by midday.

Until then ( oh my goodness ten weeks!!) there will be knitting and sewing and quilting as they are perfectly sofa friendly activities as we all know.

Take care xxxx

I spy with my little eye something beginning with "B"

Wow.So much to tell and yet I cant think where to begin. 

This is my bump.Our bump.

A much wanted, and yet left very late in the day, little bump.

Ok.

Not so little.

I am just shy of twenty eight weeks.We told the boys almost three weeks ago.This bump has been shocking people in the last week or two.There is a lot to be said for winter clothing.There is a lot to be said for much better tummy muscles than I thought I posessed!

But the pop has well and truly happened and yesterday I found myself doing the "waddle".

I will not let that happen again.

Why keep a secret soooo long? Well.We wanted to tell the boys before anybody else.We also didnt want it to drag on for them.

We then nearly lost him.Many weeks were spent thinking he still "might go" as the doctor put it.

Then I became so ill I did thought I might actually die.

I had to eat McDonalds.

That was bad.

I also had to eat chicken twisties.

Chicken twisties are horrific.

That was excrutiating.

Then we had tests.

Then we thought we would have a movie night with toffee popcorn and play the nineteen weeks dvd for the boys.

But we never got around to it.

I almost almost forgot I was pregnant.

Weird.

Then I became an Aunt to a precious little girl.

Then she had some serious complications.

Which turned out to be pretty much alright after some horrific weeks.

We had completely ran out of the "right time" to tell anyone.

Then I kept waiting for somebody, anybody to take some photos before I no longer have a bump.

Still waiting.

So I took one for you.

So little mister bump up there will arrive on the eleventh of November if he sticks to the plan.

Which, lets face it, is highly unlikely.

And my hair is getting thicker which is such a perfect side effect of being pregnant.

Until it all falls out after the birth.

Isnt life a twister!

xxxxxx