Wall-E

Rich showed me the trailers for this fab new film from Disney Pixar. And I have to admit I've fallen in love with the little guy and can't wait for the film to come out. George and Imogen have enjoyed watching clips from the website and I found this this morning.



George has drawn these from memory. I know I am biased but I think they are amazing - he is only five and the attention to detail is amazing. He's drawn the funniest bits from the clips he has seen. In case those of you reading have no idea who Wall-E is you can see him here Just be careful you don't fall in love with him too!

Improving

Katherine is getting better, we are still not 100 % sure what causes these intense periods of crying but she is getting them less and less. She does get very overtired, very quickly and also suffers with what seems to be a intense moro reflex. We are swaddling her for sleep and this does seem to help but still day time naps are sporadic and disturbed. Inbetween times though she is just gorgeous and it's lovely to have a little baby again.

I've been getting my hair chopped again. It was so long before I had Katherine and now it's just at my shoulders. Here's a little photo of the two of us, so you can see my hair and the little bundle that has turned our lives upside down!




And please don't comment on 1, how old I now look compared to my profile piccie and 2, how much weight I have put on, not that I am touchy about either of those two things!!!!

Between the Lines!

My garden is really and truly a mess, but truthfully I don't care. It will still be here tomorrow, next week and failing that next year! Last year I had lots of violas, which I lovingly let go to seed, what I hadn't expected was the seeds to take where they have. They look great, it's just a shame they aren't in the borders smothering the weeds!


The knitting continues at a snail's pace but we are getting there. The blanket, which started as a Big Bad Baby Blanket from the book Stitch and Bitch, is now a version of Louise Harding's Baby blanket from the Book Natural Knits for Babies and Moms. I don't have the book but have just looked at the projects on ravelry and come up with my version of it. I chose this because it's really easy to do and quick which I need right now! I am hoping once it is finished the edging will slacken a bit - the garter stitch is much tighter than the stocking stitch. I am hoping to get a bit more done this weekend, at least up to the next garter stitch band.



Katherine is really unsettled during the day at the moment, and has been for two weeks. We have no idea what is troubling her but she gets really upset, usually right after a feed, she goes rigid and cries really hard intermittently. She seems to be tired so we try to get her settled to sleep and every few minutes she wakes crying. Usually we can settle her with her dummy but sometimes she cries so much and is inconsolable she has to get a cuddle to calm her down. It's really frustrating as I've no idea at all what it is that is upsetting her. A nurse came out to see us yesterday to do some baby massage for colic, but we couldn't do it as Katherine got really upset. It did mean though that then nurse got to see her in action. She has suggested a few things and also referred us to the breast feeding counsellor to see if she can help and she is getting back in touch on Monday to see how the weekend has gone. We are taking a 'breastfeeding holiday' over the weekend as much as we can and I am to do lots of breastfeeding and not much else. I just want her to stop hurting and getting so upset.

Sunshine and Showers!

We've had a lovely weekend away at the coast. The weather was gorgeous on Saturday, the kids were off playing on the site, Katherine slept for most of the afternoon and I got really sunburnt! Today was a different story though, it has rained all morning and well into the afternoon, so we've been stuck in the caravan nearly all day. It finally dried out enough for the kids to go and play as we were getting ready to come home!

Here's George and Imogen playing on the beach.


And here is Katherine enjoying the sunshine! She went in her pram in the shade after her photograph!



I managed to get some knitting done over the weekend and I've even been making a card this evening for Imogen to give to her friend at nursery! It is a bit of a cheat though and it's a Papernation one, but it feels good to be creative with paper again!