Snuggly soft stuff

A few weeks ago I was working on a quilt for my brothers baby that is coming soon. I couldn't post pictures though because we were having a surprise shower. Here are pictures of the quilt My brother is a huge sports fan
and also loved to dress up like a cowboy when he was little
This is the crib bumper, my mom just covered my nieces so now it can be used for her baby brother. I got the fabric and pieced the squares together then handed everything off to my mom. She hand quilted the quilt and bound it all in record time. Someday I hope to be as fast and efficient as her. I am still learning.

I also made a banner to match, but left my camera at home when I went to the shower so I will have to post more pictures later.
I will never have enough babies to make all the crib bedding I would love.

J'adore

I adore everything about this show, and I don't really watch TV. I keep thinking of the many things I could write as to why I love this show, but I won't. Just know I adore everything and can't wait until tomorrow night.

I owe a huge thank you to Connie for buying the first season so I could fall in love and be all caught up. Come over to our place if you want some pie. I am going to be working on pear and gruyere, I'll let you know how it turns out.

Twinkle toes, you mean wrinkle toes

Yesterday William was playing in the empty tub and Gracie was standing outside the tub watching him and squealing, so I decided to put some water in that tub and let them splash about. It must have been for awhile, I seemed to loose track of time playing with them, but when I was getting Gracie dressed this are the little wrinkled feet that greeted me. Nothing better than a clean baby on a clean bed with the sun shining through the window.

So yummy

A few days back I was not sure what to make for lunch and so I started pulling things out of the fridge and using what I had to make a yummy grilled cheese sandwich. Now I am going to make sure I always have this stuff to make it. The camera happened to be sitting next to me on the table so I picked it up to take a picture of this new found creation.
Here is how I remember making it:
chopped up about half a bunch of green onions
sliced 3 or 4 baby Bella mushrooms
and then I sauteed that in olive oil (I may haved minced garlic into the mixture)
then I diced two thick slices of a tomato and threw it in when I turned the heat off.
I stirred it around and then put some cheese on some bread and then added the vegetable mixture and then a little more cheese on top and then grilled it like I always do. Turned out very good and I can't wait to make it with some awesome soup.

Sticky Fingers

The other day at the Farmers Market William really wanted a sucker so I got one for Gracie too because I didn't want her to get sad. She got it all over her face and hands and loved every minute of it. She wasn't finished when we got home so I threw her in the high chair until she finished it. She was one sticky, happy girl.

I know, I know this girls hair is all over the place. I promise I do it sometimes.

Family Picures

You may have noticed that we have some new pictures of our family. That is all thanks to my good friends Elyse. She is a master photographer and I can't say enough about her work, I LOVE it. She usually does weddings and they are just magnificent. Anyway, when I found out I was pregnant I asked her if she could take pictures for us before I got sick and before I got big. Well, I ended up getting sick on this very day, but it wasn't too bad. I was also bigger that I would like to think I would be after one month of pregnancy. And since I had a miscarriage it was not quite so important that I get the pictures done then, but I didn't know that then. Part of me is bummed because I am not thrilled with my outfit and it was hot-hot-hot and Williams face got really red really fast. Both kids were cranky because of the heat, but Elyse still was able to get so many great pictures of us anyway. Thank you, thank you Elyse! Here are some of my favorites, enjoy!

I love getting family pictures done because I love my family and I love seeing pictures of us all together.

Funny, Very Funny

My cousin posted this little video on his blog and watched it and actually laughed out loud! Some of you may not know that I rarely laugh out loud, I am a silent laughter. I figure that is part of the reason Russ and I are so perfect together, he laughs enough for the both of us.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy this as much as I did. (Mimi, I am tempted to forbid you from watching this until I am with you, but you can if you promise to laugh just as hard when you watch it with me then it's okay)

If you are anything like me you will have a hard time getting this song out of your head.