HI! long post and lots of pictures!

I'm at Amber's right now, but she isn't.  She went out and I am doing laundry and hanging out with my husband and son.  He (Shea, that is) just got up from his nap a little bit ago (which took him about an hour to actually go to sleep - he figured out how to escape the pack and play!) and is now watching Toy Story 2.  Anyway, I happen to have some of my pictures of the projects I sewed on my thumb-drive, so I can share them!

These are the prints I made for a friend as a wedding gift. I am inspired to make some fun prints for Shea's room now that these were so easy to make!  I even printed them for free at the library, haha.  Have to get resourceful when you don't have any income :)

 

and this is the apron I made for them out of material I had laying around (I secretly wanted to keep this for myself!)

For the three-momma baby shower we just had for my sister's-in-law, I made this stuff:

Set of coveralls for Amy with matching sunhat,

and a little soft rattle.

For Chaussee, I made this little play blanket (they're naming the next one with an "E" name),

and a little taggy-play blanket and rattle.

 For Hanna's baby boy, I made this cool snuggler I found a pattern for,

a set of burp cloths, a soft rattle,

and a crocheted blanket I added a pom-pom trim to (can't really see) that I made forever ago (really just started it to use up some yarn, and it turned into a big blanket...another thing I wanted to keep for Shea).

Sunday we went to our old church's 50th anniversary and Shea had a BLAST playing on all of the blow up bouncy toys they had.  Afterward, my mom and most of my siblings came over to hang out at the house and have dinner.  It was fun to fill the house with people!  My brother and his wife ended up coming down with their two kids too, so the cousins got to play.  My brother is so sweet...he wanted to go out and get some more wine, so I went with him, and he made me let him buy us groceries!  Its funny, because he is questioning a lot spiritually these days (doesn't believe in God and hates christianity), but he is so compassionate.  It has been so good to be back in the area, because him and I have really been able to reconnect on a deeper level, and his wife and I are getting more comfortable around each other too (she's awesome, we just have never had much to talk about in the past, and its getting better the more we get to know each other).  Amber already knows this, but Jeremy had a job interview today at Lowes.  He has to go back for one more, basically as a formality, and looks like he'll have a couple of options of positions to take.  He also is supposed to have an interview with the Pastor down in Tacoma, but that hasn't happened yet - the Pastor has been super busy lately.

God is taking care of us, that's for sure - and I think He just might be answering my prayer (and the prayers of some others, I know) that I won't have to work and can have more BABIES hahaha.  Ok, or just be home with my current child, that would be worth it too.

Yesterday we were at the hospital because Jeremy's oldest sister, Amy, had her fourth baby and first boy!  He is sooo precious and I'm so happy for them to finally have a little boy.  I got to sit in the waiting room and hold Hanna's little one month old too, while he slept, so I was happy.  Keeps me content for now. :)

Oh, and I've worked out for about 5 days in a row now!  I am super motivated and inspired now too.  Been reading some really good parenting books, and somehow, they've inspired me to work out.  Don't know how that works, but I'll take it!

I think this was a long post.  Well that's what happens when I don't write that often.  Good thing my laundry is ready to fold, or I might keep going!