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For Iris's first Halloween I dressed her up as Lambie, her lamb blankie that is also her best friend.  She clutches and carries him around all day (see top two photos).  It's very dear.  I designed the hat pattern myself, using Blue Sky Alpacas Brushed...

When I was pregnant I really enjoyed knitting baby things, imagining the sweet babes that would one day wear them.  So many of my long distance friends were pregnant at the same time as me, and the excitement of anticipation was magical.  Here's a tiny...

My friend Lisa created this sweet little baby bonnet for a class that she's teaching, and I took some photos of Iris wearing it.  It makes me want to start knitting and sewing again and taking photos and blogging.  Iris is almost 8 months old!  And I...

 
Iris will be 3 months old in a couple of days.  She looks a lot like I did as a baby, but there's definitely some Joe in there too.  She has brown eyes just like her dad.
Things guaranteed to make her smile: pretend fart noises (she inherited the Gordy sense of humor for sure), seeing dad when he gets home from work, and falsetto singing.  Seeing these two together melts my heart!...