Ack! Beatrice is here!

Here she is on Monday, Dec. 13th: 0 days old.

8lb-10oz (whoa!). 20.5 inches long. Lots of brown hair! Hooray!

Done with Dots!

"What?" you say! Yes, Horst is still in there. Here we are at 40 weeks + 3 days.

Since I'm still just waiting around for her to show up, I had time to put the last few polka dots on the border of this quilt top. So it's done! I don't think I'll take up the quilting just yet, though. I don't feel quite mobile enough to set up the batting/backing sandwich; plus I have to think about the quilting pattern. That was a lot of applique!


Now I have two pretty big tops that need to be quilted plus a full-size quilt that's just tied that needs to have new batting and get quilted and bound too. I think that means I'm not allowed to start a new quilting project yet. Bummer.

Crafty

Sorry the photo is sideways! Here's the blanket I knitted. It's pretty uneven and the seams are ugly on the back. I'm just glad to be done with it. We can use it for whatever I guess, maybe in the stroller or on the floor.

I am more excited about finally learning to do quilt bindings properly. I took a class Tuesday night and here's my practice piece. I used a piece of practice hand-quilting and some leftover polka-dot fabric for the binding. Now what can I use this thing for?

Ready for Horst-Maria

My awesome mentor from my summer job at Lockheed Martin sent us these furry leopard Gap booties for Horst (temporary funny unborn baby name from Swiss-German book on pregnancy for expectant daddies...). I love them, they're so tiny and fun!

So now that we have these and the carseat is installed I guess we're ready! Time to take some brisk walks around the neighborhood to get things going :) Tuesdays and Thursdays are my usual swimming days - I think tomorrow will be my last swim. The due date is Dec. 8th, but I would feel just fine if she decided to come sooner!! Are you listening Horst?