The Botanical Knits e-book giveaway winner is….. Charlotte!! Congrats, Charlotte!! I find it pretty neat that  knitter from Paris, France won, since I was there so recently. Oh random number generator, you are funny.

I feel like I’m having a bit of a difficult slog lately. Feeling a little burnt out, more than a little run down. And I have hesitated to ‘go public’ on the blog, but we’re all friends, right? Let’s say that you came over to my place, and we’re sitting in the living room having some tea or coffee. After we got a bit caught up, I’d curl my hands around my mug, and I’d tell you what’s really on my mind…..

Before we went away on our trip, Lila was diagnosed as having a brain lesion, which I guess is only a partial diagnosis- they still have to figure out what sort of brain lesion it is, but I’m not aware of any ‘good’ brain lesions. It started out when she was about 5 months old and I noticed that she had a twitchy eye. I mentioned it to our GP, who referred us to a specialist, who referred us to a paediatric ophthalmology clinic, who referred us for an MRI…. which revealed a small brain lesion in the area of her brain that is likely causing the eye twitching. We have since been referred to the neurosurgery department of Sick Kids hospital here in Toronto. As Lila is still meeting all her development milestones, the doctors are adopting a ‘wait and see’ approach, which makes sense. She will have another MRI in 6 months, and they’ll monitor it. Which is good news, really. Better than a lot of the alternatives.

I’ve got a few weeks left on my maternity leave (I have a full time day job, fellow knitters often seem surprised to know that), and then we’ll be adjusting to Lila going to daycare that has a great baby care division. I think she’s going to love it, she is always really happy when we go to playgroups and she has other babies to interact with.

And for some really good news- today is our wedding anniversary. Guy and I were married four years ago today.

Happy anniversary, Guy! It’s so incredible to see what an amazing dad you are, it makes me fall in love with you all over again. Any challenges thrown our way are nothing compare to what we have. I’m the luckiest woman ever.