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Hello all! :)  Life is trucking along around here.. First, Jerek got a different job (again). He's driving again. So far, so good.  Second, I found another place to donate! The hospital in Rice Lake, WI. :) I took them this package of lovelies: I should take them some more on Friday as Jerek plans to take us over there again. We shall see. My knitting efforts are quite all over the place right now.  The small humans continue to grow at an alarming rate. Tiri went on her first field trip a week or so ago. It was just t the library, but still, it meant she got to ride on the school bus. She's been quite obsessed with riding the bus for about the last 2 years. Fritz can walk farther and farther unassisted. He'll be 1 next month. ::sob:: Last weekend we went to Govin's Berry Farm to see the baby animals (they have an open house type event for several weekends each spring for this purpose. Tiri held a lamb and went on a pony ride. Fritz just watche...

Have you ever had one of those days when you look at where you are in life and think how on earth did that happen?? Having one of those moments now. I was rereading some of my past blog posts, mostly from 2014. I found the one I wrote when Tiri was turning three years old. I looked at the photos, thought of her, her name, her personality, and how long I've been her mother. And I wondered HOW CAN I HAVE A KID? Well, three kids, but I was thinking of Tiri at that point. Three kids. Tiri: Freddy: Fritzy: And of course, I have a husband too! :) I don't know how I ended up here so fast, but I'm glad.

I learned a new thing.  www.picmonkey.com  is a way to make neat photo collages for free (there is also a paid upgrade version.) Here is what I have so far. :-D There is teeny Tiri, and there is pregnant Rachel! :) Also Rocker Chick Tiri. Teehee.

Tiri had her six month check-up today, she has grown so much!! She's 16 1/2 pounds now, and she's 26 inches long. She started out at 5lbs and 19 inches. Here she is not too long after birth: She also had shots today. I nursed her through them... up until the first needle went in, anyway. I always feel so bad, she stops and thinks about it for a second, and then she cries sooooo hard. I want to cry with her, but that wouldn't do her any good. At least at her next one in June she won't have any shots. :-) I finished her sunhat today while we were waiting. The pattern I found on Ravelry, it was free, which my favorite kind! Here is a pattern link: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/flared-shell-brimmed-hat This pattern seems extremely versitile. I eyeballed it to her size, which was very simple, and there are instructions in the pattern for altering the size too. I plan to make more, some for her and some for the folks on Pine Ridge Reservation. I made...