Hoping

Here's to hoping this:

becomse this:

And this:

becomes this:

Eli: 4 Months

Our sweet boy is growing so fast! He is such a joy and loves to interact with his family, especially his brother.

At his 4 month check up today Eli weighed in at 16lbs, 10ozs. (Daniel was 16lbs, 9oz at 9 months!) He is big and solid! Eli wears mostly 6 month clothes, some 9 month, and is in size 3 diapers when he's not in cloth.

Mini Finishes!

I am always in the middle of several things at once! Here are a few finishes from the past few months.

A little mug rug using some scraps and a verse from a sweet song/scripture.

Another mug rug featuring part of my favorite Bible verse, 1 Peter 1:6 (&7)

I made this for my sister-in-law. She cried when she opened it. She gets the award for consistently best reaction.

This was made for my niece. 

A crinkly, lovey Steggy for Eli.

My completed mini for the FWMQG wonky paint chip challenge.

A couple more mug rugs. Practicing some free motion quilting. Click to enlarge.

I regret not getting better pictures of this before sending it off. It's a pillow I made for a friend's soon expected baby!

Happy Easter

Here are a few pictures we snapped this past Easter Sunday.

Wordless Wednesday WIP

Finish: Merry Christmas!

This quilt was actually completed last fall, but posting about it had taken the backseat for too long! 

I love using embroidery for the labels. I printed off what I wanted to embroider in a fun font, then traced over it on the fabric with pencil. 100x better than using my own handwriting!

I made this as a door prize for my church's ladies retreat. Each woman had two slips of paper with her name and she got to place them a box out front of any two door prizes she was interested in. We drew one name from the box and awarded the winner. I was so flattered at how many women put their names in the box for this quilt, I wish I could have given each one their own!

I did a simple meander with a few little loops, always a classic.

I received this fabric courtesy of the Sew Mama Sew giveaway day almost two years ago at Diary of a Quilter. 

For the back I used some larger scraps leftover from my own Christmas quilt.

I now realize that I am behind on blogging about Daniel and Eli's quilts too! Daniel has been enjoying his for a few months now, and Eli's is finished except for sewing the label on the back!

Tower of the Americas

While we were down in San Antonio we took Daniel to visit the Tower of the Americas. It also happened to be Tommy's birthday!

It was a beautiful day, though pretty chilly and quite windy up at the top.

750 feet up in the air!

Super windy!

We decided not to bring Eli with us, and it was nice not to have to split my attention, but just to love on Daniel!

After several failed attempts at having Daniel take our picture, we asked a photographer setting up if he could snap a couple pictures. He did a great job!

Tommy and I at the tower 10 years ago!!

Eli: 2 Months

Eli is growing so quickly! At one month he weighed 11 lbs, and was 22.5 inches long.

At two months he weighs in at 13 lbs 13 ozs and 24.25 inches long!

Eli has been such a great baby. He is smiling and cooing and adores his big brother. Many nights he sleeps a seven hour stretch. His 3 month clothes are becoming too small already! What a blessing to get to love on him everyday!