Knitters block...

If you're anything like me, then you're always looking for something new and exciting to do. I'm not exactly sure why, since I don't have enough hours in the day as it is. Yesterday I happened to stumble across a very exciting and dangerous website: Ravelry. It is an awesome site if you enjoy to knit or crochet.

I was looking at baby props yesterday for my sister's photography business, and I was amazed at how much people can charge for the simplest things. One of the items that I clicked on just happened to be a pattern to make the item yourself. It wasn't too much longer before I was on Ravelry finding my first project to knit. And here it is:

 Such a simple and yet adorable little hammock. I decided that this weekend would be the perfect time to work on it, seeing as I'm about to venture on an extremely long car ride tomorrow. Since my sister was in town last night, I drug her with me to Joann's Fabrics to buy some yarn. We got there only 30 minutes before the store closed and it took us all of that time to decide on which yarn to buy. Too many choices!

Once I got the yarn home, we spent what felt like hours rolling it into balls. I'm very excited about how this will turn out. Check back for pictures of my finished project and for feedback on the pattern.

Along came Brynlee...

In my quest for inspiration for my blog yesterday, I just ended up wasting my time browsing through a mess of websites. I got so caught up in it, that before I knew it, I had run out of time. So today I'm simply going to start writing and see where it takes me.

I know I've slightly failed at being an excellent blogger and I always vow to do better the next time, but this time I really am going to try and blog at least once a week. So let me catch you up....

After months of anticipation, I found out that my sweet baby is a girl. You would not believe how excited I was to hear that news. Tears of joy poured from my eyes. Although I have a feeling that had I found out it was a boy,  I would've had the same reaction. I was just so happy to know what I had been carrying. The search for the perfect name then began.

Little did I know how difficult it would be for my husband and I to agree on a name and both be excited about it. But one thing that I've learned about my husband over the years, if he doesn't like it at first, give it some time and it'll grow on him. So I began throwing out all the names that I liked and watching his reaction on them. If there was even the slightest bit of interest, I'd keep using that name. After what seemed like forever, I finally got him to agree on a name with me, and somehow I think it just fits perfectly...

Brynlee Elizabeth Adams

I definitely didn't pick Brynlee for it's meaning. In fact, I didn't even know the meaning of it until I started doing some digging. I was slightly disappointed by what I found.

• The Welsh meaning of Brynlee is Hill Meadow
• The English meaning is Burnt Meadow

It honestly doesn't matter. I mean, who comes up with these meanings anyways. To me, Brynlee will mean my sweet angel. And that's all that matters. 

As for Elizabeth, she is being named after both my mother (who has always been my role model and my hero) and my husband's mother (who has taught him everything he knows and turned him into such a wonderful person). I think it's very special that she'll share that name with both of her grandmothers. 

Stay posted..... more to come!