my Birthday! and yarn diet updates

I just had another birthday at the end of February. . . It was a good one. I didn't do anything terribly special, life went on, kids needed to be tended, the house needed to be maintained. . . Z had her 2 month check and the reports of her growth are all good. She does have reflux but for now it doesn't need medication. She also may have a dairy sensativity so I started a dairy free diet. It seems like when she has dairy she's more likely to have colicy periods, digestive tract upset, and irregular sleep. That wasn't good or great news, but it could have been worse and at least now there's a plan to deal with her irritability.
Rocky worked extra hard to be able to be home to take me out to dinner. That was nice, to not have to cook and get some yummy food. He, my parents, and his parents gave me money for my birthday. I was glad because I have been wanting/needing some goodies for my hobbies an this was a good time to get them.

Since I had money I have been shopping the local craft stores on their 40% and 50% off coupons for these books! I love, love, love books, they tie with gadgets in things I love to gather. I already have some new projects queued in Ravelry from these knitting books so this was perfect.
You will notice a jewlery making book. That's my latest persuit/hobby. I'm loving making things. I have some projects that I'm itching to do. I just need to have the time. . .
Janet got me these two yarns, two that I have never gotten before for myself, but have been wanting ever since I heard of them. I cannot wait to knit them up.
This is sock yarn by Noro and I LOVE Noro's color combinations. These are going to be some neato socks!

This is the softest, loveliest merino by Malabrigo that is going to be a soaker for Z, that is if I don't steal it for something soft and lovely for myself.

And now a word on my yarn diet. I started it a week or so ago. So far I've been able to resist purchasing new yarn, though I've been tempted. Getting money, being in 2 yarn shops and multiple craft stores, and just being online have been making it hard, but so far I've been good. I plan to stay on it and knit from my stash until I can fit my stash back into the storage I have for it.
You see right before Christmas time my lys, RaveKnits, closed it's doors. The shop owner had a mad crazy liquidation sale and during the sale time I got a ton of yarn, needles, tools, patterns, books, accessories for knitting, and even some of her fixtures for storage in my craft room.
Before this point I had adequate storage for my yarn stash, but since then, especially since I haven't rearranged and set up the new fixtures yet, I have more yarn than I had space for.
Also since Z has come along and started to get older my time for knitting or any crafting has severly decreased. The slower I knit the longer it takes to burn up the stash. . . so I guess I need to get to knitting!

What happens when your baby spits and you knit. . .

My baby spits. . .
Her brother did before her. . .
She has reflux. It's not so uncommon in babies. It's not so uncommon to me. Two of my three children have had reflux. I thought Zuri wasn't spitting excessivly at first since I was comparing her to Mardie and he had a severe case. I just ALWAYS have to make sure that I have a burp cloth close buy because there will always be something coming up. Sometimes it's a trickle, sometimes it's in waves, sometimes it's a gush. But there's always something. I love my spitting babies. I feel for them though as it must be horrible to have heartburn all of the time. It must be uncomfortable to be wet a lot too.
I finally decided to do something for Z.
Today I designed, knit and completed a whole project! I cannot believe it as normally I don't get to knit for periods of time since the reflux makes for a somewhat fussy baby.
I made this:

It's a bib top. Not an original design in that I've seen these before, but an original idea as I haven't seen them before solely for the purpose of being a bib. It's knit in very soft organic cotton in seed stitch. It's shaped at the bottom and gathered at the neckline.
I finished the top edge with an applied i-cord and then crocheted the back straps and sewed buttons on the ends.
(Z is also wearing Chicken Butt for the first time today! It's so soft, the gathers don't bother her at all and it's a great soaker to hold pee too!)

You can see the tiny buttons here peeking through the fabric on the side.
The soaker is an interlock CuddleWool one-size diaper cover. I'm loving these with my Cuddlebunz and other brand one-size fitted diapers.

Here's a back view of the little tiny straps.
I'm so happy to be able to start and finish a project in a day again, let's hope this lasts!
I'm going to be making her some more of these but they will probably be different designs and styles. The common denominators will be that they are 100% organic cotton, and bib tops.