Happy Days And Exciting News Mixed With Cabin Fever

Life is good, I get to look at these faces all day. And when you have total social isolation you take a lot of pictures.





Cabin fever has long since set in so we have to be creative.





"HELPERS" Reading to Indie.



Little features. Please don't grow.



This is the exciting news. As most of you well know, my brother, Kris, and I are close. And this is a photo taken from my driveway with a circle around HIS LOT. Yep, he is moving like 1,2,3,4 lots away. At the end of the street. BOOOYYYAAA. (Isn't that what cool people say?)


And everything is better with tiny feet present. (Even if they are PRICKED TO DEATH.)

Indie Lou

Well, meet my little Mango. Whom we named Indie Lou. And luckily she was the size of a mango and not a watermelon as anticipated. And she is a sweet, but feisty little one.

I started having contractions at about 1:30 AM and she was born at 3:40 AM on April 19, (sharing a birthday with my brother Kris by her own choice. She must already like him.) And it was very painful, but luckily when I got to the hospital I was only a 7 instead of 8 1/2 like Beckett. So it was pretty smooth. Except for the fact that the lady doing my epidural literally just rolled out of bed and got hit by a train. Ok, maybe not the train part, but it looked to be so. And my doctor seemed half asleep as well. Thus the perks of delivery in the wee hours of the morning.

AND THEN THERE WERE THREE.



























And so my days are filled with sweet feet and sore boobs. And a whole new face to be infatuated with. All is well except for major sleep deprivation. But then again everything is easier than being pregnant. And I mean that. Those last few weeks were torture. Don't assume your baby will be two weeks early like the last! And luckily, Kara didn't beat me to it, or else I might have egged her house or something :)

And now I have three kids. (followed by evil laugh)

Posting Still Pregnant.

Two babies that were due after mine came. I will spare you my thoughts on still being pregnant, however, most of you know if you have talked to me..or watched me burst into tears or listened to my complaining. But in the mean time what have I been doing? Well making blankets of course! I am sort of a blanket freak. I believe it runs in my blood. My grandma loved blankets, my mom loves blankets, me and all my brothers and some of my cousins nussled our blankies (and maybe still do!). And now my kids go nowhere without their blankets. SO.. not being able to have too many blankets is a theory that runs in my blood :) I am not, however, near Jake's mom though. Although well on my way. It's kind of her fault though-for teaching me to sew and quilt and "helping" me make the plunge to buy my beloved Bernina.
Anyway.. on to the rest of the post.

Jen (my sister in law) had her SURPRISE baby that surprisingly to us all, was a girl! So I made Norah this.




My friend Kristen had hers last week. She got the remainder of my favorite lemon fabric that is a Joann's jem of mine. I can't love this fabric enough.



Here is Piper's bed quilt that matches the little Mango's (the stubborn thing inside of me that won't come out!)


And then I compiled all my remainder from the girl's blankets, plus the remainder from curtains I have made, pillows I have retired, and some other left over stuff and made this piecey mismatchy thing for me. THAT I LOVE.





And if this baby doesn't want to come out and lay on this buttery blanket-she is insane. I can't wait to make me one, which was the purpose of all the material I have been collecting for awhile, but desperate times call for desperate cutting.




So for the sanity of us all let's hope there are no more projects because that means that I had her, and all is right with the universe again. Until May, June, and July (yes July Lex, not August) rolls around and I am comforting you dear friends of mine who will be sitting in this seat I am in soon enough. Then the universe will have some recourse to do once again.

38 Weeks

Since I was out of my pajamas for once and ready to go have dinner with some friends, figured I better get in one more picture. THE LAST PICTURE. And yes, that is the happiest I can look. It's totally fake too-just so you know. But dinner was really fun. I had the luxury of being out with friends two nights in a row. Guess I am just getting ready for my dry spell :)

Searching For Sanity

Last week I was really miserable. I didn't feel well and swore I just had to be going into labor at any second. I didn't. And in the mean time so I didn't drive off a cliff, I made stuff. I made the baby a care package to take to the hospital: One quilt, two burp clothes, and a onesie. All matching, of course.
Don't worry, this week's project is half done. None of my theories about when I will have this baby, or any other theories that people suggest hold true. So in the meantime... keeping busy. It keeps me sane-don't judge. Don't mock. Or do-not like I'd know.






I owe this quilt to Talane for showing me the site where I copied it. And Britt and Joni for the burp rags I copied. What I meant to say was........ I am totally original and come up with stuff on my own :)

Good

Here's the kids opening Easter baskets. Beck in his new cowboy hat was just too cute.
It was a good day, good food, good relaxing with the family, good drive, and a wonderful conference experience. Always so good, I love conference. I wish I could feel that peaceful and resolved every moment.

Peep Hole

Here is a look into our windows.
And a little history and reason into our new house.
Since the price tag of a new house doesn't really leave room for my infamous expensive taste I have had to improvise. I tend to like things that are different and because of that-the most expensive. That's the great thing about sewing, you can make things that are you instead of having to shop around for exactly what you like which usually is the most expensive thing, in my case. So here is our house, as good as it's gonna get for awhile. There is still some bareness, empty walls, and uncurtained windows, but ya know.. what do you do.

Anyway.. here is the girls' room. We are ready for you baby. Doesn't that crib look more comfortable then my abdomen???????
That small chair was my grandma's when she was a little girl as well as Piper's bed. My mom used them as well.



I almost have Piper's semi matching quilt done for her bed. I have this theory that once I get both of their bed quilts done I can have the baby. It's the one thing that I "have" to have done before she comes. So.. I am going to quilt it and bind it tonight. And possibly stay up all night hand sewing it-just to test my theory.


Pictures I love and talked Piper into loving them. Love the skull on the girl's arm, you know me and skulls.



My first diaper cake!!! Made by Lexis. I love it.
Also note the knitted beanie and flower by Kim (who is having twins TOMORROW!)


Here's Beck's room. Empty picture frames waiting for great pictures to be found.


A wall waiting for some cool piece of furniture...
You can't see the curtains but they have road signs on them, and my mother in law is making a cute matching blanket with all these vintage looking cars, it's going to be cute.


Our bedroom is the least decorated.




My grandma's old dresser that matches the set :)





These are one of my favorite things to make, these rugs. So useful. This bench lived at my grandma's for my whole life. She would sit on it while she gave us baths and we'd use it to wash our hands and brush our teeth.






This mirror may or may not still have a savers tag on it. I'll go take it off now.


Another rug that Jake says looks like came from his grandma's house :)