Bella's mittens

So I found a pattern for Bella's mittens from Twilight.  Apparently I am not the only person who loves them.  I was almost done when Ben pulled out all my DPNs–on a cable row.  I put everything back on but I couldn't get one of the stitches that dropped down a few rows  back on.  It was too tight.  So I ripped back a couple of rows and now I am missing two stitches.  I don't know how this happened.  I am thinking of starting over and adding a few stitches to make them a little looser. 

Ben and I went to the beach with my mom this weekend.  We had a really good time but it was kind of hard with his nap the first day and I didn't think I would stay as long as I had planned.  He ended up doing really well the next day so we stayed.  

He is really into Madagascar and has named all of his lions Alex, all of his giraffes are Melman and all of the zebras he has are named Marty.  We don't have too many Hippos so he has named a plastic eggplant Gloria.  I think she is his favorite.