Photo Shoot, New Dress, Valentines

Well, that was a nice long break, wasn’t it?

I’ve not mentioned it before, but in November, I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism. We caught it because I thought I had some variation of post-partum depression. I basically felt like I wanted to take a nap all the time. Thank goodness for my awesome doctor (who, I think, wanted to high-five me when she figured out what it was), but we’re still working on my treatment, so I have a few days here and there where all I want to do is sleep, so I spend pretty much all of my energy on the Bee and have none left for blogging. Hopefully everything is straightened out and that is all behind me, but do bear with me if I’m occasionally absent.

I’ve not had a wholly unproductive hiatus, though.

The weather cleared up, so we got to go outside! Hooray! It was awfully bright out, but Ada was so happy not to be housebound that she didn’t care one bit. She let me get some pretty gorgeous pictures of her, too!
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Yes, I know. She’s gorgeous. I’m still not entirely convinced she’s my child, though occasionally, her facial expressions make me think she might have a couple of my genes:

We also tried some new things. Ada had her first taste of blackberries (a big hit).

I made a dress (for myself – what?!):

I used Butterick 5243 (which is currently on clearance, if you like it), and the fabric was a $2 buy at a thrift store. I love this pattern! It’s got tons of sweet little gather details like this:

AND it was a perfect fit with only a single alteration at the shoulders near the neck (had to take about two and a half inches out of the yoke to get rid of a sort of weird gap). I’ll definitely be making it again!

Aside from that, I’ve just been working on my supersecret valentine for the First Milk Valentine Swap, but I can’t show you what I made until the recipient gets it. I’ll be mailing it out tomorrow or Saturday, so stay tuned to see what I sent (and what I got! Exciting!).

That’s all for now. I think this post has been long enough, don’t you?

Love,
C