Chaos!

It has been so long since I have been able to even SIT at my sewing machine, let alone actually ACCOMPLISH anything.... All I know is that it has been at least a week, and I can actually FEEL the difference :( I am not sure how other moms find the time! Of course, I am sure it gets easier as they get older and a bit more independent, but as it is they are both on completely different schedules, Cullen goes down for his nap and little miss Aubree decides thats a perfect time to be awake and trying out her lungs. And, of course, Shaine is able to do all his usual activities, and still find time to go out once or twice a week. It's hard not to get agitated! Even when he tries to be helpful, and offers to keep them occupied, it doesn't work because within 15 minutes, he is upstairs handing me the little one because she is hungry. *sigh* Oh, and my BM isn't regulated completely yet, so any time I miss a feeding it hurts. Ah well, I can't complain too much, I have already shed the baby weight and then some.

The irony of this, though is that Cullen JUST fell asleep, and Aubree is still sleeping in her swing. Hmmm time to go play with fabric until she wakes up!

And, since this post has been more of just a rant, I'll close it with some pictures that made me laugh this week:

Cullen trying on some snowboots!

And poor Aubree, this is how they fell asleep, her face in daddy's armpit after a day at work, and an evening cooking dinner on the grill!

A little preoccupied...

It is so hard to believe that it has already been TWO WEEKS since our little Aubree arrived.

Cullen has adapted quite well, and asks to hold her alot. I have to take lots of little "Mommy and Cullen" breaks throughout the day or he gets a little rambunctious, but I like that he now wants to be held and cuddled again!

I haven't gotten a whole lot of sewing done (obviously!), but I have ALMOST finished a quilt top for a Christmas lap quilt I am making, and a little dress for a friend's daughter who will be two in two weeks. Pictures will come soon!

Meanwhile, I am participating in the Brown Bag Quilt Contest, and I finally settled on my fabric choices to send off, so Monday I will be heading to the post office to mail it off to Canada :) How exciting :)

Welcome Aubree!

Well, Aubree Cadence is finally here, and although we have been home since yesterday afternoon I just haven't felt like being on the computer much. It was a rather quick and uneventful labor (in fact, I slept through most of it once they gave me some IV meds!) and she was born at 12:40pm on Friday.

Cullen didn't quite know what to think of her at first, resorting instead to being loud and rambunctious... He's still in a show-off mood most of the time, but he's very gentle and caring. If she fusses he goes over and says "Hey! Hey Baby! Shhh!" and pats her belly.

Although Shaine shrugged it off when I told him the other day she would have him wrapped around her finger, he is completely enamored with her.

She looks so much like Cullen did (only a bit chubbier) that all I can think of is how fast she is going to grow!

T-shirt Memory Quilt

This is the top I pieced together out of Shaine's old army t-shirts (and one of mine that snuck in there!), and some old uniforms that were torn:


When I first asked him for the shirts to make him a memory quilt, he said "What would we do with it?" And when I explained that it would be around the house and he could take it with him for training, and that it also serves as a show-off piece (the desert camouflage, for example, hasn't been issued for a long time, and shows that he deployed in the first waves, the jungle camouflage started getting phased out in 2005, and he has the digital ACUs as well), and then he really started getting into it! When I sketched it out as far as which squares would go where, he actually had input, and the uniforms were his idea and he chose where each one would go. I am going to applique a few of his more important patches onto it, and back it with some simple black flannel, and do some straight-line in the ditch quilting lines. Shouldn't take too long to finish! I love that he likes it so much!

Want a Go!?

Ryan has opened submissions for the Accuquilt GO! giveaway he is hosting.... You can have up to 5 chances for this one! Good luck!

Go HERE to enter!

Pincushion!

I took the scraps and selvages leftover from my table runner and made a cute little pincushion out of them:

It was my first time sewing selvages, and apparently I didn't overlap some of them far enough, as some came loose when I stuffed it. Oh well, just an excuse to make a second one, right!?
The first one measures about 5in square, and the second one a little smaller at 4in. I stuffed them with polyester fiber fill, because that's what I had. They're a little lightweight, but I like them. :)

Go! and enter this giveaway!

Sherri from A Quilting Life is hosting an Accuquilt Go! giveaway!! How amazing is that? It seems there are alot of these going on lately, Heather at A La Mode Fabric just ended hers, and Ryan (I'm just a guy who quilts) is opening his on Monday! As much as I love getting the extra chance by blogging, I also realize it could LOWER my chances as well, but I figure I don't have alot of followers (all THREE of you ♥), so it shouldn't hurt much! I spent about 20 minutes earlier showing Shaine youtube videos of how it works and why it would be a great tool to have, but at this point in my quilting, there is absolutely no way I could justify buying it! I wish I had a bunch of trustworthy friends that live close and quilt, so we could maybe all go in together! Ah well, maybe in a few years I will make some really good ones, get some commissions, and then I could convince Shaine I NEED one!

Anyway, this one is open until Sept 2nd, and the winner will be announced on the 3rd (The day my daughter is supposed to be born! Maybe it's a sign!), so head on over and try your luck!