Happy birthday to my boy

Today is Aaron's birthday.  He's 29 today.  He's my baby.  He'll always be my baby.  Seems like only yesterday when that very large nurse layed across my middle and pushed his 9 pound 9 ounce body out of me.  I don't remember it being a lot of fun, but Aaron has been LOADS of fun!  He has a wonderful sense of humor and keeps me laughing whenever I'm around him.  

Here's the latest picture I have of him (before and after his latest haircut), including photo bomb by his sister.

                                                               

Baby things

I got a text from my daughter a few days ago.  It seems that she has discovered that Baby Nola has inherited my long waist.  Her onesies are too short in the seat.  The outfit I got her for Christmas will only be worn one time.

MOM TO THE RESCUE!!!!

I inserted a little "extender" and replaced the buttons with velcro.  Who ever thought it was a good idea to put tiny buttons as fasteners in a onsie has never tried to dress a wiggly baby. 

I just happened to have fabric that was a close match.  Doesn't matter since it won't be seen under the overalls anyway.

Even with the "fix" I'm wondering if she will be able to wear it more than twice.  Her five month old body seems to be growing  at an incredible rate!

                                                               

I made these little shoes for her cute little curly toes and can hardly wait to try them on her when I see her later today.

                                                              

Dresden Plate

The first quarter of the center part of my quilt top is done.  I'm hand appliqueing it.  I have almost all of the big plates sewn together and ready to appliqué, too.  Progress is being made!

              

                                                                          

Winter

It's cold everywhere!  But here in Northeastern Oklahoma we made it into the 40’s today.  Our weather never seems to stick around for more than a few days at a time.  So one day it's around 0* and the next day it can be 40*.  I've heard the term "bipolar" given to our weather.  

After a "break" to take car of my grand kids, have Christmas,have company, etc., I spent a couple of hours working at The Cotton Patch this afternoon.  It's always good to be back surrounded by beautiful fabric and new books.

For those who may be wondering, my daughter has finally recovered from her 2 surgeries, 3 hospitalizations and 2 near death experiences.  After almost 7 weeks she went back to work as her sister's office manager (photography business) on Friday.  I'm grateful for all the prayers and kind words offered on her behalf.

Since the weather was bad and school was cancelled yesterday I had the three boys here.  I took them out for haircuts (it was really cold but the roads were clear).  Two of the boys let me take their pictures.  The nearly 14 year old will no longer pose for me.

 

I didn't get to see this little cherub today but her mom sent me this picture of her.  I got her the outfit for Christmas.  I may have gotten her a few outfits for Christmas......and for other days, too.

She followed in her mom's footsteps and got her first tooth at 4 months.

I'm sewing on my Dresden plates.  Pictures soon.

Christmas Projects......Part 3

I made this quilt for my son-in-law and gave it to him for Christmas.  He also finished his degree in accounting and computers (and my husband says "a minor in rushing his wife to the hospital").  So it's a "combination" quilt.  He literally took his last final a couple of hours after my daughter was released from the hospital.  It's taken him 5 years but he persisted and got it done while working a full time job and trying to keep up with the family.

Christmas Projects....Part 2

I made this quilt for my son Aaron.  It might be the first man sized quilt I've made for him.  I can't get used to him being a man!  It seems like he should still be a little boy.

His sister Calista made this "helmet hat" for him.  He loves it!

Christmas Projects

Before Christmas gets too far past, I want to show some of my projects......maybe a day at a time.

Daughter Andrea reminded me that little Nola didn't have a Christmas stocking.  At least 10 years ago I made lots and lots of stockings.  Everybody in the family has one, including my sister and her family.

Each time a baby is born in my immediate family I make a stocking.  So the last one I made was for Wesley 3 years ago.  I found the pattern and got to work.  I wanted to coordinate Nola's with her parents' stockings so the search was on to see if I had any of the fabric left. I found a very little piece of the blue with silver print.  

Here are Andrea and Patrick's stockimgs.

And here's Nola's.  Not bad, uh?

And here they are all together.