Once again, I have a long absence from blogging and crafting to explain. This time it will have to be short and sweet, as there is someone short and sweet demanding my attention.
The last few weeks of my pregnancy were filled with crocheting, partly because I was on bed rest for toxemia, and partly because I knew it would be my last chance to get much done for a long time. I finished a couple of bags from this pattern, and got started on a monkey blanket from Stitch and Bitch: The Happy Hooker. I was literally in the middle of making the squares for that blanket when I was told that today was the day, labor would be induced.
Sam was born at the end of May, and my life since then has included very, very little crafting. He was born with webbed fingers on his left hand, a smaller left hand and arm compared to his right side, and a left elbow contracture (it just didn't want to extend all the way.) In August he was diagnosed with Poland Sequence, a rare genetic disorder with no known cause. He doesn't have any other symptoms than what I mentioned above, and there is no mental component to the condition. For now, it just means a lot of occupational therapy to get his elbow working right, and surgery to separate his fingers once he's old enough (at least one year, possibly more.)
Almost all of my time is spent with him, doing the usual mommy things and stretching his elbow and arm. He is an absolute delight, but having a special needs kid means I've had no time even to finish that little monkey blanket. It also means I've postponed my return to school, at least until after his surgery.
I wanted to add a picture here, but it's just not working right. Here is the link.
He is pretty much the most fun thing ever.
So yeah, Sam time and a small injury to my right wrist as a result of a crappy IV have caused me to not craft at all over the last four months, but I do hope to get back to it soon. There are a few projects I'd like to finish up and a few things I'd like to make for Sam and his buddies before Christmas. I'd also like to try to sell off my remaining completed pieces, since without school loans and without unemployment or any other income, I'm not bringing any money in. Dan makes enough to make ends meet, and if he gets a new job he'll probably make more than enough, but I like to have a little spending money that's really "mine". So my Etsy shop will probably reopen soon.
