Lots Done

Well, I had plans of getting a nice post on here for you, but then I don't remember what I did with my camera, so I think I'm going to make you wait another week.

I did actually get quite a bit done this last week (2 weeks since the last post). I basted more hexies for the big hexie project. I finally remembered that I wanted to get a pillow and make a cover for it, for sitting on, especially for at church where the chairs are hard for the classes. I blame the pregnancy hormones for making the bottom of my spine so owie. I managed to finish that this morning. I decided to try replicating my favorite tank top (with modifications) and that is mostly finished. I actually managed to clean almost every day this week. And I started on a little paper pieced lonestar that I thought might fit on my sit-upon pillow, but will have to become either a wall hanging or a center for another quilt.

As it stands, I promise to find my camera and get the pictures and posts ready to go at some point this week, so you can see some of the progress (and not just have to take my word on it). As for now, I think I will go try and see if I can find just a smidgeon of my sanity, so that I can actually manage that this week.

Until next time.

Birthday Fun

Monday was my Birthday. So on Sunday, we had one of my favorite meals with my best friend and her husband (and little girl) on Sunday night. I figured since I thought I looked really good that day that I needed to get more belly pictures. This is me at 21 weeks 6 days. I had also dressed Nate up nice for church and wanted some pictures with him.

 This picture turned out pretty good. We couldn't get him to give up his thumb for the pictures though. It really wasn't that surprising since it was after 5pm and he still hadn't had a nap all day (church starts at 1 which is right during naptime).

 I eventually forcefully removed the thumb. Then because I was being silly because I was on the high of it being my birthday weekend and stuck it in my mouth instead. I'm glad Marsha got that picture. Despite Nate laughing, that pose only lasted about 30 seconds.

The next day for the my actual birthday we headed up to the State Fair. We were joined by my best friend and her husband (and daughter) again. We also got to see his sister and brother-in-law. Nate was enamored with them for sure. He had won a little stuffed leopard at a choose-a-duck midway game, and they showed him, that the leopard could "attack" them. We got to ride a Merry go round and this year Nate didn't hold onto me at all. He is growing up so fast. It was a perfect birthday weekend. Maybe, just maybe, I might have another one next year.

Second Baby Blanket

As some of you may remember, at the beginning of the year, I committed to making baby blankets for several of the people I knew who were having babies. I have fallen a little behind on this goal. I had 6 people to complete the blankets for, and this is the second one I've managed to complete. All 6 of the babies have been born, and this will be going to a little girl who was born in February, so she is 6 months old already. I'm just glad I finished it.

Luckily I have a few baby blankets that had been made previously, to try the patterns, and a few of these will be given instead of making a whole new blanket. I had been holding on to them until I could find out what this baby would be, and pick one to keep.

 This pink one will be given to my husband's coworker, whose wife just had a little girl. We are super excited for them. This is the one I was holding onto in case I had a little girl. It was the second baby blanket I ever finished.



This blue one will be given to a friend at church, who had a little boy in May, I believe. This is the blanket I started when I found out Nate was going to be a boy. However, I didn't give it to him because I stopped halfway through when I remembered I had another one I had made years before for a little boy.

This yellow one is the one we are planning on giving to our little boy this time around. It will be nice and warm for him since it is made from cotton yarn. This was the second baby blanket I ever started.

Baby #2

Well. Here is the first baby bump picture for this pregnancy. Yes, I did get a shirt up picture, too, but I don't really like sharing those.

This picture is from 8/21 and puts me at 19 weeks and 2 days pregnant. I don't think I got any belly pictures with Nate before 20 weeks because I was worried it wasn't baby. This time, however, the baby has been insisting on being visible for several weeks already.

Now for the part, everyone wants to know about anyway. We have found out that Nate the Great will be getting a little brother in January. I was hoping for a little girl, but have known since I married my husband that girls would probably not be in our future (boys run on his side of the family). I will admit I am actually relieved to know that prepping for this baby will be nice and simple, since I already have boy things and know boy things. We are still discussing names. I have one picked out that I love, but I'm still working on getting Spencer from "It's high on the list" to "Yeah, that's his name." When we do have a name, I will share, I promise.