My sleepy lads

Julian still sleeps in our bed. It was just going to be for a few weeks initially...until he could sleep through the night. Right! When he started sleep crawling we were really going to start putting him down in his own room...but we just weren't ready. Part of the reason is that we all love to sleep together and our bed is big enough that we don't get in each other's way. But mostly, it's because moments like this one happen nightly ;0)

This is how I found my boys several nights ago. I watched them sleep blissfully for a couple of hours while I knit away beside them...until I couldn't resist the cuteness any longer and willed myself out of bed in the cold world to find the camera and capture the moment forever ;0)

Of course, now we really have to get Julian to sleep in his own big boy bed since there's only 8-10 weeks until our little lemon drop is due and he'll need his mommy close to nurse throughout the night. I don't think Julian will have a hard time with the transition. He loves his new toddler room and has no trouble falling asleep and waking up alone in his big boy bed. Fingers crossed!

So here's what I've been working on these past few days...

It's a "very warm hat" from Elizabeth Zimmerman's "Knitting in the round". The idea is to knit one hat, pick up all the cast-on stitches and knit a second hat. The result: a very warm double layered and reversible hat. Cool! And since this is a stashbusting project, I figured it would use up twice as much stash as a less warm single hat!

I actually finished knitting it but forgot to take proper pics while the sun was still shining today so you'll have to wait and see ;0) I was hoping to use up what was left of the Peruvian Alpaca in my stash but alas it only used up 2 balls! So I started working on some fair-isle mitts with the leftovers.

Hopefully that'll be the end of that alpaca! To be continued...