Cooing to commence

1. Actual knitting content will resume on this blog just as soon as there is actual knitting to report.

2. Pregnancy amnesia must be a very powerful thing indeed, judging by the comments on my recent post. And it's good to have pregnancy buddies to commiserate with. Why yes, I am still throwing up in the morning... why do you ask? (Please don't stop leaving comments, but I'm finding it hard to convince myself that I'll feel better soon while my head is actually in the toilet. And I'm past the first trimester. Well past it, which makes me worry that I might just keep this up for the whole nine months. I'll let you know when things change.)

3. In the meantime, enjoy this. And if you want to come over and coo with me, just let me know.

The good things post

Alright, I haven't posted in a while, it's true. But I was trying to spare all of you from what surely would have been a long, boring, depressing, whine about how sucky I feel. I'm not in the glowing-pregnancy stage yet, it's still more the how-many-symptoms-can-I-have-at-once stage. So far I'm up to first plus second, and a few third thrown in!

BUT, some good things have happened recently that I thought I could come up with a whole post without too much complaining. Here goes:

1. The Yarn Harlot came to Virginia! And I went, along with some of my friends! (These pictures are stolen from Paula because I didn't take a camera - thanks, Paula!):

a bunch of yarn harlots!

That's Chelsea, Paula, Stephanie, me, and Lara. We had a great time knitting and hanging out while waiting for the talk, and then while waiting for the signings. I met some knitters (like Jodi and blogless Jane) who recognized me from my blog - thanks for saying hi! Stephanie was hilarious, and I was crying from laughter (and crying from happiness, too - damn hormones).

Happy knitbuddies!

Stephanie asked how many of us in the audience felt like we had more friends due to knitting, and I know I raised my hand! I finished up that hat during Stephanie's talk and donated it to the hat lady.
I had eaten a snack before going, and again after getting there (a very tasty marshmallow rice krispy treat!), but I still wound up feeling dizzy from lack of food when we were waiting for our autographs. I had to go sit down while my lovely friends saved me a spot in line. It's times like these that I wish it was a little more obvious that I was preggers, like a nice belly - I still just look a little chubby (in a hey-you-might-want-to-lay-off-the-ice-cream sort of way). While none of the other knitters in line said anything (or even looked at me funny) when I rejoined the line, I still felt guilty.

2. Out of town friends. Knitty Meetup on Wednesday was like homecoming, with two of our former participants, Chelsea and Amy, who sadly moved out of the area, came back to the DC area and hung out with us! It was also probably our biggest gathering ever - we welcomed old and (relatively) new folks alike.

3. I made my hotel reservations for Rhinebeck! I think Dan and I are driving up on Friday. Then he's going to explore something on Saturday while I pal around with some knit buds, and join me at the festival on Sunday. I'm trying to finish up my Cardigan for Arwen to wear (only half of one sleeve left to knit, then the seaming!) and I'm trying to spin up some of the fiber I bought last year so that I won't feel so guilty about buying some more!

4. My hair and nails are growing better than ever before in my life. This is one of the few positive side effects of pregnancy that I've experienced so far... energy, please come back soon! Oops, slipped into whine there for a bit. Guess it's time to sign off!

More Pictures

Thanks so much for all of your congratulations and well-wishes! There will be plenty of updates in the future (I'll try not to let the baby-stuff completely take over the knitting!) but for now here are some pictures I promised...

George Clooney, 2007 Venice Film Festival

Up close and personal!

Looking earnest

Laughing at a joke

Speaking Italiano

Having fun with the crowd

Hard to believe but true... he's every bit as gorgeous in person as he always looks in photos and movies. Maybe even better - you have to love the gray hairs, laugh lines and crow feet. He also held up the opening of his film (Michael Clayton) by about 45 minutes so that he could sign autographs for a lot of the crowd. Very classy.

And of course, his costar, Tilda Swinton:

Tilda

Who is really tall, and really nice, and signed an autograph for me that reads "Happy Birthday Sarah - Tilda Swinton." Also signed autographs for much of the crowd, so gets big points in my book for that.

I wish we could have stayed for a few more days to see The Darjeeling Limited, not to mention Brad Pitt on the red carpet, but I really think that George was a high point. Definitely the best birthday present ever!

(although I also got a Namaste Jetsetter bag as a present from my sweetie so I have something a little more concrete to remember my birthday by!)

I'll try and have some more trip photos up soon - I want to do a nice travelogue post a la Lolly's.

A picture.

I know that I promised George Clooney and Tilda Swinton pictures. They're coming, I swear. But I have a photo that I want to share today of someone even cuter...

11 weeks, 6 days

Yep, it's true - there's a Snarglet(te) on the way! My Labor Day will be on or about March 21, 2008... making me pregnancy buddies with the very cool Ms. January One.

We had our 12-week sonogram (nuchal screening) and check-up today, and everything was, in the words of one of the doctors, "perfectly normal." Just what we wanted to hear!

I'm nauseous, puking, and tired all the time, and I really can't wait for the end of this trimester! But really, Dan and I are both excited, nervous, and still slightly in shock... we can't wait to see what the next 7 months (and beyond) will bring!