Life has been busy lately! I switched from hospital service to newborn nursery at the beginning of September. The calls are more frequent-every third night instead of every fourth- but much more relaxed. I round on the babies in the well child nursery every morning and then take call for labor and delivery, meaning that if there are concerns that a baby is not going to do well/is not doing well during delivery I am there to provide any help that baby needs (stimulation, oxygen, intubation, etc). I do love being at deliveries-it's so exciting and there is nothing like being one of the first people to hold a newborn baby and to see them open their eyes! I also like counseling new parents on what to expect and answering their questions (even though I've never had a baby).
Anyway, enough of work. Here's a few things that have been going on at our house:TC is a mouser! Our cat caught his very first mouse in our house (which is a whole other story-can't wait to move.) Needless to say, we are so proud!
We visited the Minnesota State Fair, which is supposedly the second largest state fair in the country (first is Texas). We saw the requisite state fair things such as the state's largest boar (over 1300 lbs) and the state's largest watermelon (surrounded by the state's longest green beans)! We also ate a ridiculous amount of fried food including fried cheese curds (yum!), corn dogs, funnel cake and ice cream.I have also had a wealth of time to crochet this month. I am currently working on a certain someone's long overdue birthday gift that I ripped apart after getting halfway done with because I didn't like it (at the same time discovering that I was doing it wrong anyway.) I just finished a baby blanket and hat for Mom to give to someone at my home church (pictured below). I like it so much that I'm going to make it for another little boy that will be entering the world in a few short months! I am undecided on the "noodle" on the top of the hat-I think it's cute but am unsure if it's one of those things that only I think is cute and nobody else does! It is easy to remove (mom) if other's do not agree. I love the blanket because it is chunky and the stitch is very 3-dimensional. I have been feeling extra-crafty lately so I am trying to come up with a new sewing project. Any suggestions?
On call again tomorrow but am off on Saturday. Looking forward to it very much as we are planning to sleep in, watch football and do nothing all day! We haven't done that in awhile as the last several days I have been off we have been looking at houses and packing in all that we can do outside before it turns cold. We went canoeing in Cannon Falls last weekend which was a lot of fun and are planning to go camping (I know-I historically don't camp but I have finally given in with the promise of showers and an air mattress) sometime in October on the north shore of Lake Superior (supposedly looks like the ocean!) More pictures to come for sure!
Miss everyone!