Generousity

Hi everybody,

I'm using the chance, that the twins are both asleep at the same time (does not happen often during the day and in the evening I'm just too tired to blog), to blog.

Things are getting better around here every day, might be, that I get used to the living with two twins, that need constant attention, might be my medication or the fact, that the twins have one turn at night, where they sleep between 3 and 4 hours after the last meal. So I get some more sleep too (still too little, but I take what I can get ;) )

I'm pretty overwhelmed with the generousity of you fellow knitters and sewists. THe twins have received so many lovely gifts. There are a couple I haven't shown, so I play a little catch up:

Anna made the twins lovely jackets with matching hats and socks. The socks are already too small and I manage to mess up every picture of the hats...


In the parcel were some sugar covered aniseed treats and some rusk. It seems that this is something that you eat in the Netherlands, if a child is born. I really like it but I like the tast of aniseed anyway (and it helps the baby if you are breastfeeding with the digestion...)



Isabelle send me a nice pattern book from Phildar with babypatterns (I need to finish my current WIPs before I move on to knitting for the babies though) and some lovely yarn:



I haven't taken a picture of the patternmagazine though...

Madhatter made the twins some cool hooded towels: (sorry for the lame picture...)

The twins really like them, they are used every week, when the kids take their bath :)

Asa made two lovely blankets with the cutest hippo-print on one side and some blue velour on the other side. The blankets are the perfect match to our stroller :) But somehow I managed to blur every picture again :( I will post one soon (the batteries are recharging at the moment)

Kerstin also sewed for the twins:
The bunting bags are waaaaay too big but the twins will grow into them I guess :) And better too big than too small ;)

Sarah went to Knit Nation in London, since I had the twins in July I had to cancel my trip but Sarah send me a lovely gift! I got some yarn, a signed copy of "The knitters book of wool" and some cool tote bags. Unfortunately I can't participate next year again :( It will be the twins first birthday and I guess, I should not miss that!


I have also been buying tons of yarn. I'm a little afraid to count my yardage at the beginning of October since there were 18 skeins of yarn last week alone (Sale at Aldi... I want to make a sweater for Heiko) but I will I guess anyway. I need to go cold sheep!

Parting shot:
Everything is in balance sometimes

2 months

Hi everybody,

thank you for your nice comments and emails. I have seen a specialist and I have gotten mediciation, so I'm a lot better. I will have to take my pills for a couple of weeks and will need help for some time. Heiko is good help too, I don't know what I would do without him. He is getting up at night and when he is at home, he is taking care of the twins (or at least of one of them).

The twins are doing really fine. They are nearly two months old now and have put on some weight. They are around 4 kg now. I think, they will make another "jump" in their development soon. Today was a day, that you better forget soon. They were pretty cranky all day long.

The last two months taught me a lot:

• I have the best family ever

• You can't plan life or with small twins, you can't plan tomorrow or even the afternoon

• I learned to be gratefull for small things like 10 ml mor formular drunk or a stinky diaper
  
  
• 64 divided by 4 is not 17 nor 18
  
  
• If I'm not well, I don't knit. If I don't knit, I'm not well
  
  
• If you are not well, seek help. Sometimes do need a specialist, so go see them. Everything is easier to cure, if you trat the illness early

I'm leaving you now. I hope to post again soon, as I have gotten tons of stuff in the mail (THANK YOU!) and I'm actually knitting again (plain vanilla, but still...)

Here's a picture of E & M :) Enjoy ;)

Thank you!

Thank you all for your kind comments and Emails (and parcels! Thanks Isabelle).
I'm way better today. I had an appointment with the specialist yesterday and I'm in good care. I slept for 6 hrs total tonight and that was awesome. I feel like a new person (still tired ;) ) and everything will be o.k. I guess. It just needs time! Thank you for hanging in here ( I even knitted 3 rows on my plain vanilla sock yesterday evening! So, that is a good sign!)