Just Because...

The past month has been super great:

1. I went out to DC for two weeks to visit one my best friends, her husband, and her new little one: 

It was a really great visit and yes, baby is just as adorable awake as she is asleep. She is a really great baby with beautiful red hair. Friend is now in Brazil for the next two to three years. Husband and I are hoping to bring our own little one down next summer to visit with a possible Brazil/Machu Picchu adventure mix. 

2. We found out a few days after I got home from DC that we are having a little girl: 

Husband and I are both really excited about it. By all accounts she is super healthy, but a little small. Small seems to run in my family, though -- all of my sister's pregnancies measured small-- so we aren't worried. We even saw her suck her hand or thumb, it was adorable. 

3. I am going a little domestic and have started to crochet animals for the little gote: 

The bunny is a good size at about 18". I think that I am going to add a little smile to the face. I also really like his tail, mostly because I made it up and have no idea what I am doing. 

I purchased a pattern from Pica Pau on Etsy. I highly recommend taking a look at her blog/website: El Mundo De Pica Pau. I desperately want her book, but can't figure out how to get it here in the US. 

Sadly she only has two patterns on her Etsy page, otherwise I would purchase the entire book a pattern at a time. Also, two days ago when I went to purchase the two patterns she does have, she only had one, a donkey. I purchased it in hopes that I would be able to adjust the pattern ever so slightly so I could make the below blue bunnies from this really great curiosity shop. 

Not too bad, if I do say so myself. I was a little bit sad when I finished the first leg and realized that I had forgotten to add the little white dots of the pants, but I still like him. Next week I am going to try my hand at the little girl bunny. We shall see how the making of that little skirt goes. 

4. Hiking season has officially begun: 

For me, hiking season should always begin with a Stewart Falls hike. One summer Friend and I went to Stewart Falls, I swear, every Saturday morning. Well maybe not every Saturday, but a lot. In memory of such a great summer, I like Stewart to be the opening hike of the season. The falls were a little small as there is still a ton of snow all around (not pictured). We went with my sister's family and their four year old successfully hiked the whole thing on her own (well almost)! It was her first doin' it by herself hike and she was a trooper.