Day 80...knitting adventures

Apr 9

My youngest niece is 1 year old today....sheesh, that year went by so fast! It's even stranger to think I wasn't even pregnant yet a year ago....almost though, I got pregnant at the end of April last year.

So today Martyn and I went with Mary Jane to her knitting club to visit all the ladies. I had a lot of fun showing off my boy. I always have fun showing him off, but especially when it is to people who specially request a visit from him, ha! All the ladies were so fun. I'm not a knitter, but I really enjoyed just talking with them all and watching them knit their little projects and take pictures of different ones holding Martyn.

He slept for a while when we first arrived, but then when he woke up he was very happy and alert, as usual. I seriously have the best baby ever! Well ok, perhaps I am just a bit on the biased side. (smile)

When we came back home, Eli and his dad were sitting at the table talking and having a beer. Now when I walked in the door I smelled the beer across the room. It wasn't like it was stinking or anything like that, I just really noticed it. I haven't had attack of the blood hound nose like that in a long time. It kind of reminded me of when I was first pregnant, we had gone grocery shopping one day and when we got to the produce section there were a bunch of grapefruits on the other side from where I was standing....probably 20 or 30 feet away. I smelled them before I saw them, and the smell was so strong that my mouth started salivating. I was like "whoa...maybe I should get some grapefruit?" I thought that was pretty funny though...and it was kind of like that with the beer tonight. Not that I wanted beer...I don't like the taste of beer, but I just really noticed the smell.

We all decided to go to Gustave's for dinner....for those of you who don't know what that is, it's a little branch off restaurant/pub from a German restaurant in Portland called The Rhienlanader....which is awesome, if you're ever in Portland I highly recommend having dinner there, it's a fun experience.

Gustave's is sort a branch that has been turned into a chain. Not quite the same experience as The Rhienlander, but a lot of the same food and a similar atmosphere for a nice dinner. I was excited because they serve Framboise there, which is a raspberry lambic beer that I actually do like. In fact, it's the only beer I like, and it has a very low alcohol content so I don't get all effed up from it. I had pumped last night, and put the bottle in the fridge instead of the freezer, so I decided I could have a Framboise and pump and dump when I got home and give Martyn the bottle for bed.

What a treat! I haven't had Framboise in over a year! The whole dinner was very tasty and we all enjoyed each other's company. They sat us in the family section and there were several other families with little babies near us. The table right next to ours had a little baby that was just about a couple weeks younger than Martyn. That was kind of fun too. I always love seeing babies and little kids around.

Mary Jane had made this really cute little sweater for Martyn (I think it was the first sweater she had knitted...I may be mistaken in that though) and it fits him so well...He looks like such a little gentlemen. It's made from the same yarn as the little hat she recently made for him too, so it matches. I thought he kind of looked like he should have been in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, totally adorable....yeah, that's my son...ha!

I am very pleased that I was able to put Martyn to bed quite successfully with the bottle for the first time tonight. I wasn't sure how he would do with it, since he enjoys nursing so much. He did great though. I did have to use the pacifier after the bottle, and I've had to go in twice in the last hour since I put him down, to put the pacifier back in his mouth, but other than that he's been perfect so far.

I'm planning on getting up with Eli in the morning, so as to start adjusting to early mornings for work after this coming week. We'll see how that goes....but for now, the plan is to get up with him, make something for dinner for him and put it in the fridge and then head down to Independence to spend the day with my sister....I think I may even just head down early enough to go to church with her since I'm going to be up. In that case, I better get to bed.