3rd Finished Quilt

I have a 3rd finished quilt finally. This is one that my mom and I started doing at the same time. She had found the pattern in the Moda Bake Shop, and thought it would be fun if we both had the same project to work on. We started it before Christmas last year. She did the quilting on it (really cool snowflakes) and it sat waiting to be bound for most of this year. At one point, I had gotten it out and done most of the binding then life caught up with me and it got put on hold again. When I got back to it, I found that I had less than 3 feet of binding to finish. Half an hour later I was proud to say I have officially finished 3 quilts.

Etsy Picture Day

 I love that I always have a little helper for everything. He is also fascinated by some of the simplest things. I had managed to accumulate a large number of things that were just waiting for the photo day that was required to get them posted to Etsy. For my rat cages I actually have a small cube that I use specifically for pictures. Nate was fascinated with the chains that hung down (and he would make them swing back and forth.

He did a really good job staying out of the line of the camera (just playing beside me on the table, but at one point one of the toys got away from him and he had to go get it. It was too cute a picture not to share somewhere.

Measuring Tape Necklace

One of Nate's favorite toys in my craft room is the measuring tape. He wears it as a necklace, wraps it around his waist, or just unrolls it (and asks me to roll it back up for him). I've even carried it in my purse for a few of my errands because I knew it would keep him quiet for quite a while.

Nate's Big Boy Bed

Around the time of Nate's Birthday, we got him a new big boy bed. He was not getting naps because he was more interested in climbing in and out of his crib. He's actually done a good job from the beginning sleeping in his big boy bed. Some days he will take a while before he crawls into bed, but he almost always makes it back to bed before he falls asleep.