My Biggest Finished Object Yet

I know three weeks is a very long time to be absent in blog land, and while it’s not exactly knitting, I think you’ll forgive my when you see why.

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My third girl arrived January 16th, at the very large size of 10lbs 2oz (4.6 kg), and about 22 inches long. Shown here with my mother-in-law and her two older sisters.

I know it’s not a direct shot of the face, but trust me, she wasn’t that pretty the first few days. I think I referred to her as “hairy pond creature,” because my oldest informed one of our friends that that’s what babies look like at this age. I have some cuter pictures of her after she got over first 48 hours, where they tend to be so squashed.

I don’t think I realized how much the pregnancy was taking out of me in those last few weeks – although I’m not surprised now when I see how big she is. Some people have twins that add up to less than she weighed. I have this rush motivation now, even with a two week old a certain amount of sleep deprivation. I actually did a fair amount of knitting in the last two weeks, so I have some little things to catch up on, which is good since my main knitting is secret book project…