Introducing Maeve

 Welcome Home Maeve! 

Griffin is very interested in all things Maeve, except her crying.

  

 Daddy and Maeve

Daddy and Maeve

A little smile

Snuggly

Soooooo tired

Lizzie visits!  She is so very good with Maeve, she loves to hold her.

39 weeks!

Here we are, 39 weeks and 2 days (but whose counting!) 

fun with collages

My sister, Emily, and I have been taking a photo class at Bangor photo the last couple of months.  It has been very informative and helpful, including inspiring me to get to know not only my camera better but also photoshop (elements 9). 

Grif was hanging out by the fire this morning, a favorite place of his....

Believe it or not, I had never made a throw pillow cover before this past week.  Something I had wanted to try out and finally got a chance too.  My favorite ended up being the simplest (and hardest to see in this collage) but is in the upper left photo - it is in a single fabric with an edge.  The others match quilts we have around the house.  I think these will come in handy with a new baby to cuddle with! 

Oh, the guide/pattern I used is here:  http://sew4home.com/projects/pillows-cushions/343-patio-party-sunny-toss-pillows

Happy New Year and 38 weeks!

New Years Day and Baby R is 38 weeks!  Here's hoping she comes sooner rather than later! (i am jinxing myself, for certain).

I typically use the new year as an opportunity to do some goal setting and reflection, but this year just don't seem to have the appetite for it.  Perhaps after the baby has arrived and we have settled in (say in 2018?) I will be able to get back to that.  

recent craft projects

I forgot to take photos of my 'made' gifts this year, but I did get some time this fall and winter to do some knitting and sewing for myself!  The knitting projects are from Knitting 24/7 and there are lots of other fun projects in the book I am looking forward to trying.

 Mittens in process:

Throw blanket I made and had quilted (totally worth it!). I thought it would be handy to have a new throw around for nursing and cuddling with baby rush.

And this is a duvet cover I am in the process of making for our bed.  I love having my craft room all set up, I have done more sewing this fall than I have the last few years combine!  So nice to leave projects and the sewing machine out and ready to go.

holiday fun 2010

Christmas Morning:  Lizzie LOVES candy canes!

 Trying out the new snowshoes

Check this out, it is a soap holder.  There is a magnet with a few teeth on it that sink into the soap and then hang from this wall mounted thingy.  Definitely a cool gadget that John found for me, straight from Japan!

This is what I opened for Christmas from John, which translated too.....

 This!  We had a great day yesterday chair hunting (well it was fun to spend the day together, but we could have done without visiting every furniture store in Maine).  In the end, we found this chair at Richard Parks in Ellsworth and it has all the features we wanted.  ie. the impossible chair.  We wanted a recliner, glider, swivel chair that was not over sized/over stuffed.  It is much harder than it sounds.  Thanks babe for the wonderful gift and your patience during the shopping process!

holiday house

Some pretty excited homeowners got one heck of a christmas present this past week, their home was delivered and set on Dec 23rd!