I finished knitting JustJohn's baby beanies today.  I had a couple already made but I decided that I didn't like them, so I made three new ones in the space of 12 hours. 

They are tiny.  Incredibly small.  I had some good sized apples in the fruit basket on the kitchen table, and I tried a beanie on a Golden Delicious for size - and it fit.  I wish I had the battery power to take a photo, but the kids have (as usual) run down the batteries in the camera and have used all the AA's and AAA's  for their technological bits and pieces.  I swear we should invest in some Energizer or Duracell stock; we use enough of them.  We tried the rechargable ones and were doing okay with them for a while, but then outlet space became and issue and someone unplugged the charger - and I haven't seen it since.

Anyway, the beanies for Chloe, Tabitha and Parrish are in an envelope, ready to get taken to the Post Office tomorrow and sent down to Shreveport where they'll be used to keep three little heads warm in the hospital whilst they're busy learning how to eat and breathe at the same time so they can go home with JJ and Mrs JJ - where they belong.

On another note, I'm thinking about attending a Doula workshop towards the end of the year.  A Doula is a woman who provides support during pregnancy, labor and birth - and sometimes in the post-partum period too.  I've said for ages that were I lucky enough to be able to have another child I'd want a Doula there with me, and seeing as how I can't have any more kids I'd like to try doing the Doula thing for other women.  I also think it'd be a fitting thing for me to take on - I'd be spending time helping people come in to the world as well as shuffle off of it.  A nice balance, in other words. 

In the meantime, I've started San Chon's Linux scarf and am about to the middle of Tux's belly.  If I carry on like this he might just get to wear it for Utah's last frost or for cooler spring days!

Ok, back to the needles I go....