Happy Valentine's Day!

     This morning we decked the kids out in they're Valentine's Day apparel and set them up on the couch to open up their goodie bags. We had gotten a book, cookies, pretzels and chocolates for each of the kids and then had bought The Jungle Book for them to share. Froggie also got her new hat this morning because I finally had time to finish it!

The hat

Hugging her baby doll

opening their gifts

Froggie LOVED her book and Big Brother liked the movie

of course she got frog chocolate

Frog chocolate

Froggie wearing her hat

Big Brother all decked out

     Later this morning Hubby came into work for Big Brother's classroom party, which just so happened to be combined with my classroom for today. While we were waiting to start Hubby went in to say hi to Froggie and she didn't want him to put her down so he took her with him out to Big Brother's party. It was a lot of fun and I think Froggie had a lot of fun hanging out with Hubby and crashing the party.

Froggie sitting with Hubby

Big Brother showing off his shirt

Coloring

Froggie walking with Hubby

The kids hanging out with Hubby

     I'm not sure if we are doing anything tonight (other than watching The Jungle Book) and Hubby and I exchanged our gifts last night since he was impatient and couldn't wait for me to open my gift today.
     One year ago we had our first trip to Shriner's Hospital with Froggie. There were no sonograms or X-rays at that visit and we had just met Froggie's doctor. She was tiny (13 days old) and her doctor did the same hip check on her that the pediatrician's in the hospital and or family doctor had all done previously; he came to the same conclusion as her other doctor's - something was not right. So we scheduled an appointment for a sonogram and headed out, we were given a Valentine (her first!) that was made by a local elementary school student and a stuffed bear that was as big as she was! Little did I know that with that appointment began our journey towards her treatment, this blog and my desire to spread the word about Hip Dysplasia.

February 14, 2013                                  February 14 2014

New Hobby

     When I was pregnant with Froggie I started teaching myself to crochet. I had set it aside for awhile in the hustle and bustle of having a new baby and adjusting to being a parent of 2 with exception of a pair of leggings I had worked on when Froggie was still in her harness (you can read about those here).
     I recently picked the hobby back up and have been working daily on one project or another. I finally finished a new blanket for Froggie (because I wasn't happy with the one I made while I was a beginner) and made Big Brother a hat for his birthday. I have also made a few heart appliqués, two different types of crowns, and a cute little Valentines Day hat for Froggie.

Froggie's new blankie

Valentine's hat

Crown for little girls; pattern found here.

Crown for little boys; pattern found here.

     I picked up an awesome book of projects that can be completed with a single skein of yarn and I plan on working up a bunch of the projects in it. The Valentine's Day hat was actually modified a little from a pattern in the book.

Awesome new book

   Froggie has taken to my new hobby as well and seems very interested in my supplies.

Froggie approves of my new hobby