May 21, 2008
10:30 PM - 6 AM
Does that count as the night? She still got us up before our alarm, but if we'd gone to bed when she did we would've gotten about 8 hours! (Of course, we didn't)
There have been a few developments around here - mostly baby-related. Raley had her 10-week checkup and was 10 lbs 9 oz and still about 21" long. She's healthy and pretty happy (at least sometimes!).
But still not breastfeeding. We went to visit another lactation consultant (our 5th!), who explained that several things about Raley's mouth make it very hard/uncomfortable for her to breastfeed - high palate, receeding chin, and, oh yeah, a posterior tongue tie. So, we made an appointment with an Ear, Nose and Throat doctor and Raley had a minor "procedure" on Tuesday to get the tongue tie clipped. A few seconds, a little snip, and no blood. She wasn't terribly happy, but it might have been more because we were holding her down than any pain from the frenectomy. No major improvements in breastfeeding yet, but we'll see... we'll keep working on it.
In other news, we're going to push our luck a bit and go for a trip. We're heading back to Indy to visit the family - my side, plus Dan's grandparents. As previously mentioned, Raley's not such a fan of sleeping in the car seat, so this 10-hour road trip should be very interesting! We're planning to take several breaks and maybe hit up some letterboxes enroute... a short walk with her in her carrier will at least give her a nap!
Anyway, she's fussing again, so that's all from here... here's my happy baby!
Hello!
May 12, 2008
Maryland Sheep & Wool 2008
Ah, Maryland Sheep and Wool. How I love you. As I told Dan, it's one of my favorite days (weekends) of the year, up there with Christmas.
This was my 4th MDS&W (2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008), and I must say that this Festival was the best demonstration I've had yet of the changes that come about with a baby - along with the fact that this post has taken me over a week to get up!
My first post-baby festival was quite interesting, indeed. Dan came with me (his first festival experience!) to help out, which was awesome - we did a tag team thing a lot. Basically, our schedule revolved around hers. We came late and left early, and took several breaks to get her out of her carseat (stroller) and have room to stretch (the sheepdogs were perfect!). We also got a lot of use out of the mei tai that Paula made for me (if that yarn-dyeing biz doesn't pan out, Paula's got a future in custom baby-wearing!) - while she likes to sit in the car seat and look around, she doesn't really like to sleep in it. But she will sleep snuggled up against my chest in the carrier. And she looked at the sheep:
Fuzzy, four legs, "Baa." Interesting.
I think I only went into two vendor barns and the Main hall. I didn't even make it to Brooks Fiber, but that's OK since I still have their yarns in my stash from previous festivals. Don't worry, I still managed to buy some yarn:
Yarny goodness!
Mostly from Tess... and mostly because every year I wonder "Why didn't I buy more from Tess?" Then I get their price sheet and I remember. But I did get some Superwash Merino for a sweater, and two skeins of the Super Sock & Baby (center bottom). I made the Monkey socks out of the skein I bought last year and I am really happy with them, so I went for a few more. The other sock yarn jumped out at me from the Cloverhill booth. (Can I just say how much I loved that booth? It was great having all of those indie dyers in one place!) The bottom right is Sanguine Gryphon (who I met at the Homespun Yarn Party), and the bottom left is Sushi Sock from the Unique Sheep. The roving is Gale's Art (one of the few bumps she had left on Saturday afternoon - her booth was pretty cleaned out!). And on the left is the Tilli Tomas "Sahara" kit that I won at the Ravelry party. I won a door prize, yippee! The yarn is gorgeous - the color of copper pennies:
Find a penny, pick it up!
Since Sahara is supposed to be a really fitted sweater, I'm going to wait a while to see what my proportions turn out to be (post-breastfeeding at least!), so you won't be seeing the finished product here on the blog any time soon, but it will have a very special place in my stash until then.
As always, the highlight of the fiber festival was the people - getting to hang out with all of these awesome folks in real life once or twice a year never seems to be enough.
Go Team Rav!
And of course I met up with many others at the Ravelry meetups and the party (thanks to Daddy for babysitting so I could hang out and have fun!) - friends from near and far... whose lives I keep up on by reading their blogs (and who I should comment more on!) - more pictures here. And to me, that's really the key of any great weekend - the fiber's just gravy! (OK, really good gravy, but bonus nevertheless).
Until next year! (Or until Rhinebeck in the fall!)