Bazinga had a big week! On Monday she got her first non-cereal food: carrots. She made a lot of faces and figured that if she just left her mouth open, it would just run out with the drool. She eventually came around.

Yesterday she got a tiny sample of peas. She protested the same way, but she did just fine when I gave her a full serving today.

She's been working on two bottom teeth for a couple of weeks now. I checked her gums this morning and while they were taller, they still hadn't broken all the way through. I took her to visit her Granny this afternoon, and lo and behold, Bazinga had two little teeth poking out! I texted, "Guess who has two teeth," to my friend Ashley. She replied, "Did you finally get your dentures?" She meant that for someone else, but I think it was appropriate!

Look out world. Bazinga's well on the way to becoming mobile. She was throwing a fit last night, so Moses put her down on her tummy in her crib to cry it out. He thinks she can't take as deep a breath, so she's forced to calm down. I question the wisdom of this method in light of that reasoning, but oh, well. After a little bit, her screaming got noticibly louder. A little while later I went in to check on her and she was still screaming, but she was screaming on her back. So although neither of us have actually SEEN the child roll over, I'm pretty sure she did. She still hasn't rolled from back to front yet. She gets from back to side and back to her back just fine though. I think she just doesn't want to be on her belly.

Finally! A non-Bazinga knit! Although it is for a baby girl. Just not MY baby girl.

This is a seamless raglan cardigan with a garter-stitch border. I was given a bag full of baby yarn, so I got to shrink my stash just a little bit. I think this is Super Soft acrylic by Caron. It's sized for a 15-pound baby.

Bazinga is now four and a half months old. Last week she blew her first raspberry, and she's been working on making "m" sounds for a little while as well. She can roll from her back onto her side and back onto her back, but not all the way over onto her tummy yet. She started rice cereal last week and seems to like it. She opens her mouth when she sees the spoon coming. Norma stopped by today with a couple of spring dresses. One is a sailor dress, because Moses was in the Navy. The other is a pink floral dress that should be good for Easter if it still fits her in three weeks. She wore some 6-9 month overalls last weekend and they were just a little bit big on her.

This is the ducky blanket I made for the baby of one of Moses's Navy buddies. It's pretty simple to make. It's a 4-row garter stitch border. Each square is 32 stitches, and the duck shows up as the contrast between the knit & purl stitches. No need to sew up any squares either! I've made similar blankets before, and I've learned that you really do need to use two strands of yarn to make the contrast show up. Otherwise you end up with some faint blobby-shapped things. Also, this is the first time I've made this pattern using a design that's not symmetrical. That made it just a tad bit more difficult, but still do-able. The size of this blanket makes it good for carseat use, and the two-strand technique makes it thick & warm.

Here's the great thing about babies: they're easy to knit for. The projects work up very quickly. I made this little cabled hoodie for her in about two weeks. It features a cabled hem and sleeve cuffs. Then I cabled up the front center and up the hood. I stayed up extra late one night to finish it so that she could wear it the next day to her cousin's birthday party. I'm currently working on a similar one in gray for next winter.

Wow. It's been over a year since my last post. I've been busy. This is Bazinga, born in November 2010. She was 9lbs 7oz. She's now four months old and has decided that she'd rather not take her afternoon nap unless I'm holding her. Of course, she's more than happy to skip that nap, but that makes bedtime a horrendous affair. She laughed for the first time about a month ago, and it sounded like something straight out of Revenge of the Nerds. So we know she's definitely my child. :-)