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Darn, I wish it were Friday today… My allergies are still kind of kicking my butt, but I’m on meds now. I need to watch it as she also prescribed some steroids to get it under control and she said if after a few days I wasn’t doing a bit better I should get that Rx filled and go through that first to jump start getting stuff under control.

Anyway, the good stuff… Yesterday we had a very lovely baby shower for S from my water aerobics class. It was a salad potluck at the home of our instructor. The food was amazing. I think my favorites were T’s German potato salad and D’s tabouleh. My Mexican two bean salad was a huge hit and I came home with an empty bowl. There was even German chocolate cake and ice cream to wash down all the salads. I just took a tiny sliver as I’m not a huge coconut fan, but it was quite good.

S was told by her doctor that he would be surprised if she made it through the weekend. Here is a photo of the 16-mo soon to be big brother checking out the citrus hats I knit for the twins. He didn’t get left out though. I brought him a small stuffed lion that was incredibly cute. He gave it a bit hug and put it back in the bag, LOL! Poor S is going to have three in diapers for a while - yikes! The twins were a big surprise as I guess they had had fertility issues with R. The twins are girls, but they are waiting to share the names until they are born. S calls into the pool every day we have water aerobics to let us know that she hasn’t had them yet.

Here is a slightly better look at them. I’m afraid I didn’t have time to show them off real well as I was running late getting out of the house and diagonally across town for the shower so the photos were taken in a bit of a rush.

I had lost my notes on the shaping at the top as they were on my hard drive that crash back in March. I knit the lime first and that doesn’t have much of a nub on the top, but then I held it next to a lime we had and it was about right for limes it seemed. I think the lemon shaping is cuter though.

Pattern: My Own
Yarn: Bernat Cottontots, small amounts of Sugar & Cream for the stem and leaves
Needles: US 5s and US3s, sets of 5 DPNs
Gauge: ~5 sts/in
Size: 15-inch Circumference
Recipient: S’s soon to be here twins

I have been told that there will be a modeled shot to share later, but I won’t count on it as I’m sure she’ll be much too busy for a while. Plus, I knit them a little on the large size so they can wear them when the weather gets colder. But, should I at some point get a photo of the twins wearing the hats I will surely share it with you all.

I was a bit surprised at how quickly I was able to turn these out. I thought it would take me longer since they are cotton, but it seems all the MDK warshrags had trained me for marathon, race-to-the-finish cotton knitting. Thanks Ann and Kay!