Wherever I May Roam

Also the name of a Metallica song, this is usually the theme for Ethan when we are visiting his grandparents.

Days are spent running free, playing with the dogs and overseeing projects with his auntie and grandparents.

To quote the notable Tim Williams, "Life is good, especially today."

"Our" Farm

While we don't have space for all of the dogs/gardens/animals we'd like... my in-laws are so sweet to involve us in their adventures. It's the perfect antidote, and yes, I use the term "our" loosely. Here are the newest additions to "our" family farm:

I'm so glad they wanted to get them on a day we were visiting!
Ethan has a new word added to his growing vocabulary... "cuuuue!" (cute).
2 ducklings and 6 baby chicks, and it's true they are just too cute for words!
Ethan's in love...
...and so are we.

Burp cloths and Receiving blankets

There are a million of great tutorials online about making your own burp cloths or receiving blankets, so I can't point you to one specific way to make them, but here's the results of my first attempt: I still have more flannel to use and more cloth diapers, so I'll hopefully have the chance to make a few more before baby girl arrives.

Cute Car Seat Cover

Two problems:

1) My Infant carseat is silver and blue... not girly.

2) A summer baby... Hmm, how am I going to keep her cool, out of the sun, but also, out of the way from all of those strangers who feel the need to harass my baby!?

Thanks to this tutorial and this tutorial, I created my own removable car seat cover/sun shade:

The fabric is so so cute and girly, and is one of the fabrics in the blanket I made for our little girl. I also used some of the same yellow and raspberry tree print for the underside. I knew I wanted to use the yellow, but came up a little short, so while the pieced backing was not my original plan, I'm really happy with how it turned out.
Peek-a-boo! No baby in here yet!

Little Girl Goodness

Seeing that we're expecting a little girl in July, my spare time has been used making necessary (okay sometimes not-so-necessary) items in preparation for her arrival!

We have plenty of baby stuff, but are definitely lacking in the pink/frills/floral department.

So, here's the lightweight baby blanket I made for our baby girl:

The fabric is from Moda's It's a Hoot line. I love the cute little owls and the tree designs. I used a charm pack and some of their tree fabric in a bright raspberry color. The backing is a light blue flannel and I absolutely love the cheerful yellow for the binding, which was some fabric from my stash.

Next up on the to-do list was a coordinating carseat sun shade.

Lots of projects

I had these coffee tins sitting around and I realized I was putting off doing something with them because the stupid stickers were going to be hell to peel and clean.

So in a desperate effort to get them off my to-do list, I wrapped them in some cute papers. Voila! Done and done :) They turned out pretty cute, I think. The circular design now holds my loose leaf teas:
... and the floral ones went to my MIL's house, where I think they'll fit in quite nicely!

Stay tuned for more crafty projects that have been churned out lately... call it the 2nd trimester energy surge and pre-nesting stage.

Extreme Peek-a-boo

Sometimes the sillies just take over:

Lots of laughs, squeals, and full body slams...

Life is good.

Green Eggs and Ham!

We started our St. Paddy's Day week off right this morning with some better-than-the-traditional Green Eggs and Ham:

Avocado Bacon Scramble

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• Ingredients:
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• 4 eggs
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 medium ripe avocado, peeled and cubed
• 1 tablespoon butter or margarine
• 3 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled

Directions:

• In a bowl, beat eggs. Add milk, salt and pepper; stir in avocado.
• In a skillet over medium heat, melt butter or use nonstick spray. Add egg mixture; cook and stir gently until the eggs are completely set. Add bacon and stir to combine. (Serves 3 .)

Of course we also had to include some time with Dr. Seuss:

Does anyone else have any fun St. Patrick's Day traditions?

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17 months

A helper

I walked away from a quilting project, only to return to find birds camped out on my quilt top... nothing was disturbed, just two little birdies who decided to say hi.

But pretty soon there was walking
and lying down
and rolling
and hiding :)