I haven’t gotten swollen ankles or feet or whatever else that swells when you’re pregnant. Thank goodness! I hope that doesn’t happen to me. Well a week ago on Friday I made guacamole. I took the seeds out of the jalapeno by hand and made sure not to touch my face. I washed my hands twice afterwards and felt fine. But when I went to take a shower my hand started to get hot, like a burning feeling. And when I touched my face with my hand, my face started to feel warm. And then my hand was hurting and swollen. And I had to take off my wedding ring. *Double frowns* My hand hurt for hours.

Well my pointer finger and thumb felt weird for days. DAYS! Well, I made the guacamole again yesterday. And this time I made sure I didn’t touch the jalapeno pepper at all. But then after eating the guacamole I wasn’t feeling too great. I felt all uncomfortable and stretched. I thought I ate too much. Well today I had some more and again felt uncomfortable. And I knew I hadn’t eaten too much so it has to be the jalapeno right? I guess that means I’m allergic or something?

It’s been more then a week since I got ultrasound pictures of the baby girl. And that post has disappeared off of this front page. But me posting her picture again puts it up for another week. YAY!! And now I’ve changed my sidebar so I can click on that post and look at her picture to my heart’s content.

It’s a sad day today. It was a year ago today when we were at the hospital excited about being pregnant and then the disappointment and heartbreak of not being pregnant. And then the news about London. My thoughts are with them. Why does there have to be this kind of destruction out there? There is so much more joy in creating.

See…baby bootee: oooh aaah

This was knit up easily. (well after I deciphered what the directions were trying to tell me. With right side of yarn facing, rejoin yarn to the inside edge of the 10 stitches and pick up and knit… What?! Facing what? I didn’t quite get these instructions at first but figured it out eventually. Well at least I hope I figured it out correctly. I guess I’ll find out soon enough.) It was very fast to knit up. But I guess small baby things are fast. I haven’t worked on this for days and days so I picked it up today and the knitting was done quickly. Now just to seam it up.

Oh…and sea star, why don’t you leave your name when you comment? Sometimes I know it’s you and sometimes I’m thinking…is it you??

This is me trying to seam up the baby bootee.

I mentioned before I always have a hard time finishing items. I don’t know quite where to stick my needle. Well here it is all done.

Not that bad huh? Waaa laaa one finished baby bootee!

I’m getting bigger. When I walk my eyes are irresistibly drawn down to my belly. It’s mesmerizing. With my preoccupation with looking at my belly I hope I don’t walk into a wall. I feel like a beachball, all round and stretched except I have a baby inside and not ummmm…air.