Rebecca Danger

Worky, Worky

I'm proud to report Presley and I have been working all afternoon. I have been trying to get Mr P on more of a schedule than we have been on, and it seems to be working rather well. When Mr Danger went off to work this afternoon I decided Presley and I would go to work as well. Successfully he is zonked in his carrier, and has been for the last couple hours.

What am I working on you ask? Well, I'm excited to report I have started working on a second book! That's about all I'm saying for now.

Alright, we're headed out of the office now since it is time for someone to eat.

Vacation Knitting

I took the last couple weeks and did some fun me knitting. I actually got a surprising amount done, but I haven't gotten pictures done yet. So, thanks to the internet, I am going to "borrow" pictures from others for now just so you can see what projects I was working on.

I called this my "labor project." Yes, I decided I needed a project to work on while in labor. And amazingly enough, with the approximately 70 hours it took to get this baby here, I nearly completed my project while in labor and finished what was left up on Mother's day.

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It's the Summer Flies shawl from Holly and Ella Knits. I did mine in Patons Silk and Bamboo, which for a Joann's type yarn is awfully nice. Mine is a beautiful silvery gray color, and once it is blocked I will get a photo of it. I just need to figure out the new blocking set up at this house, since I had it nicely worked out at the old house, but we don't have the same sink here. I think I am going to get one of those Soak tubs.

I also made one of these:

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The Ping cowl. I did mine out of Weekend (I wanted to play with the yarn) in Blood Orange. Fun project, cool fabric, I think it will be highly wearable especially this summer.

And, I also finished this up, I just need to add buttons:

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The Mary-Swanson Cardi-Vest from Tot Toppers. I did mine in Berroco Remix, another yarn I wanted to play around with. I like it, it is surprisingly soft.

So there you go. Not my pictures, but it gives you at least a little idea of what I have been up to! Other than figuring out this whole mom thing that is.....

The Pug and the Baby Bouncer

This little guy has been home for nearly 3 weeks now and the pugs still don't know what to think of him. Every time he cries, Lucy the pug looks at me with a face that can only say, "Mom! Do something! Ack! Make it stop!" It is really quite funny. They think he is absolutely fascinating (although sometimes when Abbey looks at him I think she is mistaking him for something to eat.)

We had P in his bouncer (which has been his favorite thing the last 2 days for reasons I can't figure out) and Lucy came over to inspect him. First she put her head on the chair, which I think felt good since it vibrates:

Sorry bout the not-so-hot pictures!

And then she spent about 25 minutes trying to figure her way around the pug blockers I had put up.

We are trying to pretend we are back to "normal" around here. Last night we got P to sleep in two 5 hour chunks, which is one of the best nights we've had so far. Although, his crib has become a laundry containment system since he refuses to sleep in it.

Mr Danger went back to work today for a half-day shift, which leaves me by myself with P for the first time right now. I am not so sure how I feel about that, but I guess he has to go back at some point! And, it has definitely calmed down a bit and doesn't seem as overwhelming as it did a week ago. Every day I feel a little bit better, but having the c-section has really seemed to knock me out for longer than I was expecting. The worst part is between the lack of sleep, hormones, new baby, and the pain meds I was taking, my pregnant brain has turned into a vacant puddle of goo and I have no brain at all left. I've still got my fingers crossed that it will come back some day. I have started carrying around a note pad to write things down on because otherwise I can't remember a thing. 

I am back to work knitting this week so I am off to get a few stitches in while P is still asleep!

Just For Fun

I promised Mr Danger that he could take a picture of me barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen before Mr P was born. Sure enough, we made it until I was in labor to get it, but we got a great shot:

I thought you all would enjoy this, and it is nice for me to look at since every picture of me since I look AWFUL (no color, and more tired than I have ever seen myself look). Especially the ones in the hospital. Bleck.

I am feeling pretty great today. Mr Danger saw that I was starting to lose it from lack of sleep yesterday and he stayed up with Mr P all night so I could sleep. After getting me up only twice to feed him, I managed to get a good 8-10 hours of sleep in. Wasn't that just the nicest thing for him to do? He's a keeper.

It is a rainy, dreary day here. I plan to do as little as possible. Mr P is zonked in his carrier. The pugs are zonked on the couch. Mr Danger is zonked in bed. I plan to get on the couch and knit all day and try to get some relaxing in. Oh, and give a baby a bath at some point since this little guy is starting to smell a little funky.

PS: Thanks for the great pattern release day yesterday! I am so glad you like both my Presleys.

 

Meet Presley the Monster!

Hey all! I managed to get it all together and get my pattern ready for today. Meet Presley Cash the Monster:

This is a very special pattern that I designed to celebrate the arrival of Mr P. When I was pregnant, Mr Danger and I thought it would be fun to have a monster specially made for our new little guy, so I got hard to work designing a monster that I would be proud to name after Presley, and this is what I came up with.

Since I sort of have had babies on the brain I also designed Presley the monster to be super baby friendly: he's got knitted teeth as opposed to my normal felt teeth, embroidered eyes that can't be chewed off, and his one long arm makes him perfect for little hands to grab and carry around (and perfect for adults to hang anywhere).

I hope you enjoy your new Presley the monster addition to your family as much as we are enjoying ours! He is up in the etsy shop now, and I am off to Ravelry to add him as well. Today is fun too because I have extra pictures to share. I had help and had a test knitter run through the pattern. She sent me photos, and this one was too cute not to share:

And then of course how could I resist a Presley and Presley pic?

Enjoy!

 

Figuring Things Out

Hey guys! We are all still here. It has been a long couple weeks attempting to get this little guy figured out on very little sleep. It seems like he does not like it so much when we disturb his schedule by doing things like leaving the house.....(he must be his mommy's child, she doesn't particularly like leaving the house either). Days at home, great. Days we go run errands, lots of crying.

I have so many fun things to share with you! I have gotten a surprising amount of knitting done, most of it fun personal knitting since I am considering myself "on vacation." There are fun things coming in the mail I can't wait to show you. There are more cute baby photos. And, I have a very special pattern I am planning to release this week. I am not promising anything, since I have been meaning to blog for days and it seems like every time I get up to the computer I have to leave it to take care of baby. You know, same thing goes for the whole shower thing as well. But, it is more or less ready to go and I think I can get it out on thursday. Exciting, huh?

Presley has now fallen asleep in his carrier while I have been typing so I am off to the couch to try and get a little nap in before he needs to eat again.

This Week I Am Loving.....

...alright, a little obvious, but hey, whatever. This week I am loving Presley. One of the big pluses of having to transfer to the hospital from the Birth Center was that they sent a professional photographer in and we got some great pictures (thanks again mom for buying them for us!). This post is to show off my new FO (uh, loved that comment....) and to make sure our family has access to these photos. Enjoy!

Isn't Mr Danger's hand giant?

This one is every one's favorite:

Thanks every one for all the wonderful comments, emails, and messages. It has been just a joy opening email the last week.

Yeah, Pictures!

Hey guys! We are home from the hospital and every one is doing great. It has been kind of a scary week, but we are so relieved to be home and healthy, that we are just focusing on our new life with little P.

As promised, I've got pictures! I tried not to go too overboard, but I can't help it, I'm a new parent.

This is the first picture we have of him. It is right after we came back to our room from the OR.

He's puffed out and filled in a little more here.

And here we are once we got home and we discovered our new favorite thing ever: the baby swing. Look at how goofy he looks!

Not the clearest photo ever, but I just love how he looks in it.

There you go! I am off now to put my feet back up and snuggle with a baby.

He's Here!

Hey all. I know I have been silent for a bit and wanted to let you know what is up. I went into labor at 4am on Saturday and it didn't go quite as planned but Presley Cash Danger was born at 1:34 am on May 3rd through an emergency c-section. He was 7 lbs 10 oz, 21 1/4" long, and a pretty danged good looking, healthy baby. I promise we will post a pictures as soon as we can, we are just finding ourselves unexpectedly in the hospital until at least tomorrow.