sunrisesister

Dear beautiful friends, wonderful family.

Yes, we know. Things are taking their time. And that’s ok, right? They say the best things take time. Like a good meal.. you know something that has been simmering for hours always tastes better than something microwaved for 2 minutes? Yeah. I pride myself on being a good cook.

But you know, the phonecalls, the SMS’s, the emails, the Facebook posts all asking where the baby is, really isn’t helping. I say that with love – we love you, and want you around us when baby is here and safe, but right now, the pressure is starting to cause cracks! Being asked ‘OMG ARE YOU GOING INTO HOSPITAL SOON?’ also causes issues. It’s pretty hurtful, actually. And pointless.. no one I know is sick – why do I need to visit them?

So I give you this:

Overdue

My baby’s not a library book
so she’s not overdue
My baby don’t take long to cook
coz she’s not veggie stew

My baby’s not an elephant
and I’m not fit to burst
The time and date aren’t relevant
we’re blessed with days, not cursed

My baby can’t read dates as yet
because she’s very new
So there’s no cause to fuss and fret
if she don’t come on cue

So stop your worry,
stop your asking,
There’s no hurry
we’re relaxing
In this golden pregnant time
this pause, which is just hers and mine.
You leave us be
we are just fine

Author unknown

And dont read into the ’she’ – NO, we dont know!

So till we have some real news to share.. sit tight and be patient. Be guaranteed that you will find out! It’s not like we wouldn’t be busting with pride and broadcasting it! You wont be left out! We just need to relax and sit tight in our little bubble, and get ready.

Happy new year to you! I hope 2010 brings you happiness, love, joy, fun, and success

A new year is always exciting.. so many prospects ahead, so much possibility. A whole set of seasons to work thru and enjoy, and of course, lots of creativity to plan for!

But first, it’s important to look back and reflect.. so here’s my contribution: A year of WIPs and FOs!

And of course, a few frogged items, a few non-starters, and things I just fell out of love with. But still, not a bad year! I also did some sewing, hand-dyeing, and some other new crafty things. Yes, a Flickr mosaic, not exactly original, and I am sure other blogging knitters’ efforts put mine to shame, but hey, I tried!

What are my creative goals for 2010?

* Cook something I’ve never cooked before, once a month. I have so many AMAZING cookbooks, why am I so scared to try things? It’s not like we are fussy eaters! For Christmas N gave me a copy of Food Safari (sbs series book) which really, I have been lusting after even before the thing was written. 180 recipes just waiting for me!

* Expand my sewing horizons. I’m going to be kidnapping my friend Shan for this – she’s a whizz even though she wont admit it.

* Magic loop socks. Why, why why does this intimidate me so? It would increase my sock knitting productivity two-fold!

I could add something sensible like ’spend more time knitting, less time stashing’ but really.. let’s be realistic!

So I made a boob. For educational purposes only, I swear. Well, that’s AFTER it got passed around at the SnB Christmas Party, squeezed, photographed and generally providing many giggles..

It’s very.. nipply. And tactile. You catch yourself squeezing it without realising..

Baby got spoilt..

A GORGEOUS green blankie from Christina, in squishy lovely cocoon.. it’s going to be bub’s first blankie! Plus a great singlet, and also a cute little crochet teddy/cuddle blankie from Sally. Teddy has Iona eyes and filling I’ll have you know.

ACDC Singlet, from Shan.. this combined with the other two singlets I scored lately mean that this bub is ready to ROCK!

Meet Sara the Stegosaurus. She’s named after the Steg in the Land Before Time. She’s cotton. She’s from Kat  

These wonderfully GENDER UNSPECIFIC goodies are from Lisa.. We went ’squeeeeeeee’!

A wonderful memory book from Shan. FINALLY I have somewhere to put our scan prints. Currently sitting folded in the radiology receipt.. eek! The big book was from another friend/client, and was used in our Blessingway ‘ritual’ as..

Everyone who came along wrote a message/poem/wish etc, and they are so beautiful Thank you all!