Pumpkin Carving!

We weren't sure we were going to get to carving our pumpkins this year but Lexi and I tackled them tonight. Here are our works of art! Lexi's is on the right.

My First Blog!

Here it is, my first blog! I created this blog to share what our family has been up to and show some of the projects I have been working on. I have been working back at the lawfirm in Minneapolis and crocheting up a storm. And, as many of you know, I'm expecting - just 5 weeks to go! Bridget is debuting around November 29th. Shane finished our deck this summer and has been out to the golfcourse a few times (not as much as he would like though). Lexi is keeping busy by coloring, playing on the computer, destroying her bedroom... :) She is really into art and dance. She wakes up every morning and asks us if today is the day she goes to dance. She has really come a long way in dance and gymnastics (the class is half dance, half gymnastics) - this year she is actually listening to the teacher.

This is my belly at 35 weeks (not the best picture but I took it with my cellphone).



On to some crochet projects! The puff stitch blocks afghan was the first project I crocheted and I just finished it this fall - I started it over 2 1/2 years ago! Sewing blocks together isn't much fun! The blue ripple afghan was donated to the United Way fundraiser at work.



These are two projects I completed for the baby. One is a jumper/sleeper blanket (my own pattern!) and a bobble afghan. The bobbles go from really big to smaller at the top. And then a picture of Lexi and Joey showing off the afghan...such a ham!





Here is a hat that I made Lexi out of my stash. I have just enough left to make her a matching scarf.



This is an afghan that I started on our vacation up north this past June. I started making the little squares and then just decided to do one big square. It was a lot easier to just keep crocheting the big square and not have so many ends to weave in when it was done.



I'm currently working on an afghan for Lexi (although she seems to think that everything I make is for her!). This is called the sideways stitch (or crazy stitch or brick stitch...a stitch from 1899!). I found it in the 365 Perpetual Calendar of Crochet Stitches book. I plan on crocheting some butterflies to put on the alternating stripes and then crochet a loopy edge around...we'll see!



I think that is it for projects for now. I'm going to try to get a couple little things in before Christmas but with the baby coming...I'm not too sure that will happen.