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My computer's power cord is malfunctioning. Again. Fuck. I do not understand why I keep going through them so fast. I don't yank them around, I don't store them poorly... I keep the computer plugged in nearly 24/7 and I know dozens of others who do the same who have never had this problem. I cannot afford this problem: the cord replacements are $100 each time and there's no cheap alternatives. FUCK.

I finally put aside some time at 3am to post some of the photos I've been meaning to.

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Tempest's birthday party is tomorrow. This is what I'm giving her:



Giant Totoro (AKA. "King of the Forest"), 21" tall and 15" wide not including the arms. It took me one month to finish it, after multiple - increasingly frustrating - attempts to get the head decreases right due to a really obnoxious error in the pattern regarding the marker placements. It was a free pattern, at least (unlike Helldress), and once I sat down and worked it all out it wasn't that hard to get around. Kind of.





I winged the face, because I really didn't like the way this author did the eyes. I'm much happier with how these ones came out.
It's supposed to be very pillow-like, at least my version is anyway, so I only stuffed it with about 24oz of polyfill instead of the recommended 50oz. It's beautifully huggable and soft, in spite of being made with cheap-ass Red Heart and Phentex yarns. I love it so much. I cannot wait to see how Tempest feels about it tomorrow when I give it to her.

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iPhone pics, for non Twitter people who missed them -

Tempest gives Z bunny ears. Where do kids get this? It's her newest thing to do for photos, and she finds it hilarious.






Mad baby.


A baby who should be sleepy.


M'awe.


Fatness!


Since the weather has been nicer lately, we've had quite a few beach and waterpark days.





Eating the fries and onion rings by the sea is inviting a murder.




Xan crosses the rocks looking for little crabs.


My newest obsession: so delicious!


And for something completely different... the eyeballs I got in the mail.


It's very hard to find amigurumi safety eyes locally, in fact there's none sold anywhere anymore. I've resorted to buying off Etsy: the shipping takes forever but the prices and selection can't be beat!

2.
Point-and-shoot camera pictures -

Zephyra taking her last salad bowl bath just prior to outgrowing it completely. She chubbed up fast.





3.
Nice camera pictures -

The kids have been obsessed with this new game they found online called "Sushi Cat", they play it all the time and talk about it whenever they aren't playing with it. I hate giving them so much screen time during the day, but it's also one of the only times they ever get along these days, so I tolerate the obsession.




Plus, they let me take their pictures, which is the first time I've been able to do so in months.














...Unfortunately with Xan that still means I can't get a normal, nice photo of him. The above examples are after 15 minutes of cajoling, "Can I have a nice photo? Can you smile nicely? I refuse to show you the image if you don't smile nicely." I have so few nice pictures of him these days.

A kiss goodnight.




Babywearing in the fleece pouch.




I'm loving her eyelashes lately.




Baby in the tub with Curtis.










And her two month "portraits", a photographic project holdover from my pregnancy pictures. I plan to keep doing this once a month for her entire first year.

Two out-takes




Portraits with me.








Srs bb is srs.