Under the Weather & Longies

Thursday marked the first day that I noticed Imogen getting a little under the weather. Thursday night was especially fun -- definitely our roughest night since the day we brought her home! We only got 2 hours of sleep. So, we decided to take her to the doctor on Friday to make sure she was A-okay. The doc checked her out and said, "no fever, no strep throat, no ear infection, no flu." It is just a little URI. She said to continue flushing her nose with saline and using the bulb syringe to keep it clear. Today she is feeling better (I think) -- her nose seems a little less stuffy and she slept well last night. We kept a low profile this weekend to reduce her being outside in the cold and exposed to germs. It was very nice to relax at home and give her some extra TLC.

All the time at home gave me more time to knit. I finished my first pair of 'longies' !! I am so happy with them. Longies are knitted pants that are made with wool yarn, which is a natural diaper cover over cloth diapers. They can be quite expensive if you buy them knitted up from someone else, which is one of the reasons I wanted to learn how to knit them myself. As you read before, my older sister, Lisa, taught me how to knit over Thanksgiving. Since then, I've knit Imogen two hats and then these pants! I just decided to dive into a pattern and figure it out as I went along -- and I think that was the best way for me :-) Here they are:

Longies Specs
Yarn Dyed By: Three Irish Girls
Yarn Type: Carys BFL
Colorway: Gwendolyn

Front:

Back:
My favorite way to look at them in pictures:

The only bad thing about them is that they are too small for Imogen. I followed the pattern for a medium size and later learned that the pattern runs small :( But that's okay! This was my tester pair anyways -- and we'll just save them for the next little Boyle! I have some pretty Valentine's Day yarn, so I'll be sure to post pictures of those pants when I'm completed.

Hope everyone had a safe and happy weekend!! Go Steelers!! Heading to the AFC Championship game...woot!!!!!!!!!