Where I’ve been:

There are so many reasons I’ve been blog-absent for so long.  I can’t believe I thought that being home for 8 weeks would make me more post-prolific, and I’m sorry if I got anyone’s hopes up.  I’ve almost got my photos together and into Ravelry and Flickr, so I can have everything accessible to be able to blog “live”, as it were.

Now, where’ve I been and what have I been doing?

-I’ve been back to my surgeon.  He’s verified that the recently-fixed hernia is still closed, and healing quite nicely.  (Really, my scar could win a beauty contest!)  He still can’t find the new hernia but that’s just ‘cus there’s too much swelling, etc.  If he still can’t find it in September then I’ll go for a CT scan to find the sucker.

-I did a lot of playing with this guy:

and this guy

It sucked to not be able to lift them, but I could still look, and tickle, and get cuddles, so that was alright.

-I took photos of this

and this

so I could be able to show you progress after having nothing to do for the 8 weeks “off” but to knit.  (Ha!)

-I knit 2.5 pairs of socks, a baby sweater, the HABS doll prototype, designed and knit a shawl (1.5 times), finished a 26″ square cabled pillow cover and worked about 12 rounds in the next blue section of the Spidey blanket.  I also crocheted a pop culture figure for the 2nd time (though you haven’t even seen the first yet).

Sadly, I didn’t touch the Shoalwater Shawl (my honeymoon shawl).

-I had my midterm exam 2 weeks after the surgery.  Yannick got 70%.  I got 86%, doped on painkillers and wearing a nursing pillow to protect my stomach from leaning against the table.  🙂

-I spent more time with these guys

and worked my way up to being able to walk to the park.

Man hands!

-I took Henri back to the neurologist a few times, weaned him off his meds (that weren’t doing anything) and underwent more blood tests and an xray as we still try to diagnose him.  No luck yet.

-I baked and decorated 3 different, funky cakes; two with the help of my sister.  I also made a cool “treat” that was a big hit.

-I submitted to 2 different online knitting magazines.  I’ve heard back from one so far, and have been accepted.  Woo hoo!  (Though the pattern is due 2 weeks after my final exam- YIKES!

-I slept, a lot.  I did not read any of your blogs.  I’m sorry, and I plan to catch up.