Belly hiccups and sudden DIY.

Baby in my belly had hiccups for the first time last night just as I lay in bed (at least, the first hiccups I could FEEL).  It's so darn cute!  And just now, the second ones just ended.  I love the little perfectly timed movement.  It's just as reassuring as hearing the heartbeat.

Crafts.

We bought that nasty child bike trailer and I'm replacing the mesh windows.  I just received the mesh the other day, and last night I cut out the old windows and traced new ones on the new mesh.  Just need to sew in the new windows, and we're ready to go!  Also, we need to find Ava's helmet.  And then we're ready.

 

An example of our trailer.  If it were new.

My step-mom called to ask me for a project the other day.  My grandma - her mom - is in a nursing home, and is not mobile.  She's also mostly paralyzed on her left side from a stroke.  She gets cold in the home, and the nurses struggle putting sweaters on her.  She can be a little difficult.  It's hard enough to get her in her chair to take her to meals.  So, my step-mom asked if I could knit her a poncho so the nurses can just pull it over her head.  I told her a knitted one could be done in a month or so.  People sometimes don't realize how long knitting can take, and so we decided on a sewn poncho made of super warm fleece.

The pattern I'm using as a guide.  Making just the waist-length one.

It's going to be pretty awesome.  I have the fleece.  Now, I just have to cut it and sew it, and then, done.

I'm still not keen on the knitting.  But today I bought ultra-clearanced yarn.  As motivation.  Or something.