Thursday, September 29, 2011

"I would like to see Montana.."

"Then I will live in Montana. I will marry a round American woman, I will raise rabbits and she will cook them for me. And I will have a pickup truck."

Well, here we are in Montana, and I have never been this round in my entire life. I don't think our landlord would look favorably on us raising rabbits, and the Jetta will just have to do for now. But we are so pleased to be here! Lewistown is a pretty small little place in the middle of the state, frankly in the middle of no where.

Abram is really enjoying his work as a Deputy Public Defender. He has a great boss and gets to travel around to various locations in the surrounding counties. His office is right downtown, about a 5 minute walk from our apartment.

The Bank Electric Building. Abram's office is on the 4th (top) floor.

Probably the coolest building in town, the courthouse/county building. Abram goes here frequently for hearings and the like.

Main Street and the beautiful mountains. :)

Anyhoo, we're still settling in and of course getting ready for the (hopefully) soon arrival of Little Miss. I've been to the hospital a few times to meet with my new doctor. It's a great little facility. The OB department was so excited to meet me and they gave me a little tour of their labor and delivery rooms. (Yeah, there are TWO!!)

Our ward here is WONDERFUL! They came the very first night we were here to help us move in, and the sisters are insisting on throwing me a little baby shower. We're very happy to be here and to get to know the area and the people better. I'll try to do my best to keep posting to let everyone know what we're up to. Needless to say, the next big thing will of course be Little Miss. She's practically here!!! :) Miss you all!

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Onesies

So I've designed a few embroidery patterns for Onesies. I've finished two so far.


No explanation needed here, really. ;)

Abram (and I have to say I agree) has insisted that no Cougar fan can wear a pink Y on anything. So I did this one for game day. :)





Monday, August 1, 2011

Carrier Cover

This was a fun little project I picked up at the Sew 'N Save with Mom. It should be called Sew 'N Spend, but oh well. I love how it turned out!

The top layer is a cream with a cute paisley pattern, and green rick rack trim.

The underside is a cute pink polka dot.

I couldn't resist these cute buttons!!!

Little Miss will be traveling in style! :)

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Baby Quilt

"Daddy! Daddy! My woobie ripped!!"
"Kenny, maybe it's time to get rid of the woobie"
"No! No! No!!!!!!!!!!!"

Mom and I made made this adorable little quilt for Little Miss on Thursday. We couldn't resist these super cute fabrics!! YAY!!! Thanks Mom!

We didn't actually piece the top ourselves. Oh well! No one needs to know....

Detail of the squares. We especially like the fuzzy pink squares.

And yellow with polka dots on the back. HOORAY!!

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Purple Quilt

So I took a few days off from making baby stuff and made something for me! I'm especially glad that Mom helped (did more than 50% of the work for sure). It was also nice that she has super nice quilt frames! We're certainly beginners, but this flannel wonder is all about snuggle appeal!! Thanks again and again Mom! (And Dad for being our cabana boy by bringing us drinks and attending to our every need)

With flash...(note the awesome green quilt behind that Mom did for our wedding!)


Without flash, not sure which looks better.





Sunday, July 17, 2011

About 27-28 Weeks

And about 12 more to go!!
"So much time and so little to do!"

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Baby Crafties

So I don't usually cross-stitch, but I thought I'd do a little for the baby room. Don't get too excited, I didn't do all three of these this past week, just the middle one, haha. A good friend of mine gave me a vintage Strawberry Shortcake pattern book 8 or 9 years ago. It was back then that I completed Strawberry herself. About 3 years ago I started Almond Tea, who was always my favorite, after Strawberry of course. I finished that one about a year ago. I decided to add the "Cutie Pie" to complete a cute little ensemble for baby's wall. Please forgive all the wrinkles. I haven't bothered to iron yet. Now back to crocheting her blessing dress! :)


Almond Tea & Marza Panda
I modified this pattern from one in the book. I took out the characters and added the strawberries.
Strawberry Shortcake & Custard