Nesting

This is my new project...not this exact sweater as the one I am making for Jackson is a brown/green/blue yarn. But how cute is this?? A friend at work was making it in a pale yellow for her sister and I fell in love with it. And, what better time to start a nesting project than in my 3rd trimester!! I may have bitten off more than I can chew as I have not knitted anything but scarves and this is requiring me to actually watch knitting videos to learn how to cast on extra, bind off in the middle of a row, the yarn over method, and other new stitches! I will take a photo once it starts to resemble a sweater!

Jackson has sure been making his presence known in the past 4 weeks. Today's kicks and movements were felt on both sides of my belly, like he was sideways in there! Totally weird sensation!! And sometimes it takes my breath away or even tickles my sides. At my doctor visit yesterday I learned I have a very long torso with a low pelvis which means I will just carry my babies low. I also lost 1 pound!! So I have a total weight gain of only 7 pounds in nearly 7 months which thrills me!! All the easier to come off in the end and has made this pregnancy pretty easy to manage as far as aches, pains, heart burn, and so forth. Although if you were to ask me to guess how much weight I have gained it feels like 40!! The entire 7 lbs. are just so not evenly distributed...all in front which has thrown off my balance more than once. It is also harder and harder to sit up or use my stomach muscles to do much of anything. I gave up on the 'abs of steel' a long time ago!! My core exercise consists of the numerous trips to the bathroom in the middle of the night! I have a new appreciation for those childhood toys The Rollie Pollies.

~crystal