Quilts, quilts, and more quilts.

For those who actually glance at this blog every once in a while will notice that I haven't written in a long time. This is because I have been working on my newest....love/hate relationship: quilts. In the past year or so I have made seven. I have fallen in love with Buggy Barn Quilt patterns. They are as easy as quilts get and they actually look like something, not just random shapes. For more of their patterns, click here.

This is the one I did for Cloie when she graduates from a crib.

This is the pillowcase that goes with it. It shows the flowers a little better too.

Here is the one I made for Jacob for Christmas. He refuses to let me take it off his bed.
The pattern said the brown stripe is meant to look like a dirt road. I messed up/got creative and made each road different.

And a close up of one of the dump trucks.

So, for those who have been wondering where I have been for month, the answer is I have been stuck behind a sewing machine. Hopefully I get better at posting on a regular basis.

explanation on long break

I know I haven't posted in a while. Between, kids, Scott's new job, and crafts I just haven't been able to find the time.

I have finished some projects though. I got my mother-in-law's quilt finished and also Cloie's bed set for when she gets out of a crib. I am currently thinking of making a diaper bag. If anyone has a good pattern/idea for one, I'm all ears.

Pictures of the quilts to come.

Cloie's Birthday

Well, we made it through Cloie's birthday party. She was such a good little girl for not having a clue about what was going on. We were planning on having a hotdog roast with family. That is, until the weather turned cold. We ended up having it inside. I made her cake (or should I say, cakes. One to eat and one for her to smash )the day before, and I must say, it turned out better than I thought. I got the cake idea from here:

http://www.parenting.com/gallery/30-amazing-birth

day-cake-designs?pnid=111745

Cloie has a pink teddy bear that she can't sleep without so I tri

ed to copy it.

Here is a picture of the birthday girl herself....pre-cake invasion

And here is her, her cake, and her snitch of a brother. I think he got every last bit of icing off of that poor bear's head.

New Pictures of the kids.

Jacob painting his pumpkin, and my pumpkin, and Cloie's, and Scott's, and.....

He didn't want to put the paints away, so he ran off with the plate that we used to put the paints on.

Jacob "helping" with my pumpkin.

Jacob, Gage and Chase (his cousins) at the pumpkin patch.

My little man feeding the horses behind Grandma and Grandpa Nay's home.

My two little skunks eating their lunch. Both of them a mess, as usual.
The slide a the new elementary school. Jacob had decided that he LOVES slides. We have a hard time getting him away from it.

Cloie trying to steal Doggie from Jacob. She is just as obsessed with that worn out thing as he is.
Cloie at Fish Lake. We went up and visited my parents when they were camping.

Here it is, October... Guess it's been a while. Things have kind of been crazy. Scott is still looking for a job, and the kids are loving it. Jacob loves having "mama" and "baba" (grandma and grandpa) around to play with everynight. They spoil him and Cloie rotten. He's going hate it when we move...there won't be half as many cookies or candies or treats for him to invade. He'll also have to go without his morning "prout" (Sprout. It's a TV channel of all kids shows.) You can tell what shows are on in the morning because he can sing the theme songs perfectly. Heaven forbid he remember his shapes or colors that I work on with him... sigh.

Jacob even got on TV the other day. Sprout has mini games online and one of them is what they call "Pic me." All that they do is transpose a kids face onto a cartoon "cutout" and has the kid be the star of the show. Jacob got to do a dance on national TV that way. He did it perfectly. I'm so proud of him.

Cloie is such a little cutie...other than she squeels....no, screams....no, that's not it....screeches at random times. It sounds like we're abusing her. It's also loud enough to make someone go deaf. She now tries to crawl. She hasn't figured it all out yet. She more or less gets up on all fours and lunges forward. I think it looks painful and she's knocked the wind out of herself a few times (which makes her screech) but she keeps doing it. All well. She'll figure it out sooner or later.

As for me, well.... I'm hating myself at the moment. I decided to make a quilt for Jacob's Christmas....before I knew it, I was making four for Christmas, one for my mother-in-law's birthday this spring and another one on the backburner for Cloie's second birthday. Yeah, I know she hasn't even had her first, but the pattern is for a twin bed. I've almost got all the four for Christmas done though.

Well, I think that's enough of an update for now.

Well, Cloie is now a full month old. We went and got pictures of her and Jacob the other day. The one picture I wanted did not happen. I wanted one of the two kids together. My sweetheart of a son though decided that he did NOT want a thing to do with Cloie though. He was fine when the pictures were of just her or just him, but as soon as we put the two of them together....not good. He started to scream and tried to shove her away and everything. The poor photographer....she ended up taking seperate pictures of the two of them and photoshopping them together. I don't get it. Jacob is always so protective of Cloie and always helping her out (giving her the bottle and pacifier...wanting to feed her...even hitting the doctor for making her cry). But he won't sit next to her for one picture.... frusterating.

Our first "family photo." Scott was the one with the Camera

One of those rare moments where she was actually sound asleep!