this and that

In the last few days:

River started crawling.

I cut my hair.

I made River a shirt and pants (along with a lot of other sewing projects...)

River had a checkup with the cardiologist.

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At his appointment, the doctor was still able to hear River's loud murmur and assumes that everything is basically the same, which is good enough for now. She opted to not do another echocardiogram this time since he is at a really rough age for laying still for 45 minutes, and he seems otherwise very healthy. She was overly-pleased with his growth, development, and obvious enjoyment with table foods. Our next appointment is scheduled for a year from now.

On a whim, I cut my hair Tuesday afternoon. I love it. Liam keeps telling me it's funny. And Gabriel just keeps saying it's short.

He's right, but I am finding that short is good for this caring-for-little-people-all-day-long season.

And River figured out how to get from one place to another. He often scoots backwards, and is great at going from sitting to stomach and back to sitting again. And he pulls up on anything he can get his hands on, which, as of Tuesday, means he can now get into everything.

He's crawling the proper four-limbed crawl.

I'm working on getting a video of him in action...somethings are tricky to do with a rambunctious nearly-3 year old.

And his little blue sweater came off the knitting needles a few days ago. The yummy blue cotton yarn is hand-me-down from Gabriel's Aunt Dotha, and I reworked it into the toddler's playground shirt found on Ravelry. I am working on spring/summer wardrobes for the boys, and have been making lots of little pants from cast-off shirts and sweaters. That deserves a post all its own...