blackmoondog

After we found out we were likely having a girl, I got started on making her a Baby Yoda Sweater in Lilac Mission Falls 1824 Cotton. It was a pretty easy knit but I lagged on putting all the pieces together until after Zoe was born. It is supposed to fit newborn to 6 months but it is slightly big on little Miss Windu now at nearly 3 months.

I also finished my first pair of socks before Zoe's birth and thought I took a pic but can't find it. I'll have to take another of the finished socks, the new socks in progress, and the gauge swatch for my "Dollar and a Half" sweater from the Winter 2007 issue of Interweave Knits.

We've had a bit of a rollercoaster this week but today and yesterday have been really good. So much that I start to think I'm getting the hang of this mommy thing. Today we have Pirate Baby!

I almost feel normal again. This week I have managed to do the following:

- get a haircut
- vacuum the house
- do most of the laundry
- get 5 hours of sleep in a row
- knit the bottom ribbing on my sweater
- clear the counter of the dirty dish backlog
- meet Mark for lunch at my favorite mediterranean cafe (Yay, gyros!)
- dye my hair
- arrange returning to work next month (20 hrs/week, from home, no set schedule)
- scrub the shower walls
- eat nachos (Zoe's almost 3 months so we're re-testing dairy)

Yeah, it's been a good week.

I think the crappy sleep we just hit was courtesy of the 11 week developmental spurt (according to The Wonder Weeks, I haven't actually *read* the book yet as Amazon has a *4-6 week* lead time on it). Zoe starts her 15th week today so her adjusted age would put her spot on for the 11 weeker.

The good news is that instead of being bright-eyed and bushy-tailed after the 3am feeding this morning, she finally hit the deep sleep that allows me to put her in the co-sleeper without her waking. She then slept from about 3:30am to nearly 9am. The next spurt is due around 19 weeks (23 weeks for Zoe, around mid-May) and is supposed to be a doozy.

I spent most of today trying to get Zoe to nap. Alas, the longest nap I could get out of her was 20 minutes at a time. Of course as soon as I gave her to papa, he put her in the bjorn and she slept for nearly 3 hours.

Ah, gotta go. My boobs are being paged. Pics will have to wait until next time.