Today Hanna and I are making bread rolls with pumpkin, pumpkin bread, and sweet potato soup. Notice an ornage theme? She is making sure I follow the recipes from her observation post. This works great for her being awake, but not in the mood to be left under the toy gym, or in the swing.

This weekend I started getting her to nap in the swing. I am trying to respond lightning quick to her sleepy, time for nap signs. Like when she rubs her eyes. It's been less common that she takes a nap w/o fussing quite a bit first. It's been a while since we've been on a stroller ride too. Its been raining so much! I see the sun out there now, so maybe the next nap is via stroller. I need stuff from the store anyway for the soup. I love that we live in a walkable distance to a great indoor shopping area.

Hanna is 3-months today! And.. it's really getting easier. She's slept for long stretches at night 7-11 hours and so my quality of life is vastly improved with the removal of sleep deprivation.

I've also become a coffee drinker. Well, a picky one. I love a big almond mocha latte. We use a FrancisFrancis! espresso maker with pods from Starbucks.

Here are hanna's 3-month photos

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I managed to get time to put up my new artifical tree and decorate it in the time Hanna napped yesterday. I got a wreath for the wall so there is a little fir tree smell too.

Today I am trying to finish up a mass production of pumpkin pies, I made enough filling for 4 pies, but some pie pans are smaller, so I might get 6 pies. I'll freeze them and then will have them for when I need to bring a dessert to a party. This week I also made a double batch of chocolate chip cookie dough and froze it in rolls to slice into cookies.

Jesper is out walking Hanna in the stroller now so I can have some time to be on my own. I am so thankful that he is in tune to me needing that and I don't have to bug him to take Hanna for a while. He just loves being with her so it's no burden for him. Not falling into the stereotype dude role, that's my man!

Knitting has been light, but I am working on a lace dress for Hanna, it won't fit for a year at least, so no rush.

I haven't had time to update the blog, but am trying to keep up with my photo gallery of Hanna on Flickr. Here are month two photos.

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Hanna wearing some knitwear made by mama.

Hanna was born!

Our baby is quite content in her holding pattern. She's been lodged head down for a long time, months? So why not longer? It's so comfy in there and it's getting cold outside. What's the rush? Well, the Dr says if she doesn't show herself sooner, I'll be induced 6AM Saturday. It's great to have a target date now. I'm off work now, starting my maternity leave. It's doesn't feel like it for some reason though, probably because I just napped most of today and had thought I'd work today. But last night I had 5 hours of false labor pain which deprived me of sleep, as was also the case Friday.

Other news, we have a chicken that is being pecked at and is loosing valuable feathers for the winter. Not sure what to do, maybe Jesper will seperate them tomorrow. Otherwise, someone will be having chicken for dinner.

Tonight we made homemade pizza for dinner and I am making Glögg right now in preparation for the cold evenings ahead. The recipe is with the knitted wine bottle cover pattern I made last year if you are interested. I think tomorrow I'll make granola.

Finished knitting projects...
Aviatrix bonnet


Ruffled skirt soaker


and a pumpkin hat