Nine Months Old

Emma is nine months old today.  She weighs nearly 20 pounds, is 72 cm and fits the 75% profile perfectly.  All healthy and normal growth.  Except for the two ear infections that is.  No wonder she's needed to be held, been sleepy and generally a bit grumpy for the last week.  Poor thing.  I am not a mother who runs to the doctor at the first sniffle.  But I'm glad she was seen today.  This is the third (and fourth?) ear infection.  Poor thing just has a stuffy system.  At least her little gut it working.  That was giving her trouble from day one.  But it is finally settling out.  This picture is a few weeks old, but basically that's just what she looks like.  

I've started in on Ari's stocking.  And I'm putting together a "spring line".  In other words, things I'd like to put up on etsy at the end of February (through say April) including some things for Easter.   I'm going to have to get started of course if I want anything to be ready by then.  But I'm going to begin with some crocheted hats and things that I already have the yarn for and go from there.  Aloha Knits carries some of the big name "eco" lines, so I'll be able to work from there for the beginning of it.  And hopefully be able to work in new yarns.  I know that I previously said I needed a business plan etc - but I'm going to see how things go for the next three to four weeks.  If I cannot get work done, then I will put this line off until next year and have the planning parts done.