everlasting project

Chris was a concert junkie as a teen. And with that came many concert tees. After many wears and washes, they were tucked away into a rubbermaid bin and forgotten about. When Chris started talking about making the basement into a hockey haven, I thought it would be a perfect chance to pull those t-shirts out of storage and create a quilt with them. The original plan was to make a queen size for a guest bed, but when Chris changed the layout of the basement we decided on two throws.

This was Christmas of 2009, when I found directions and got to work. But soon, life got in the way. We were soon preoccupied with bathroom renovations, preparing a nursery, preparing US for a baby, and on and on. Meanwhile, the t-shirts sat underneath a guest bed waiting for me to revisit them.

Lately I have found the time and motivation to continue with my quilting quest. I recently finished ironing the fusable interfacing on the back of the 36(!) selected shirts. Now, onto trimming and picking out the denim material I want to use for sashing and the border. To be continued…and finished.

i created a reader!

I have been reading to Cam before he could hold his head up and through the days where chewing on pages was more exciting than looking at them. As I would struggle to turn the slobber-soaked pages I wondered if he was really absorbing much. But everyone says to keep at it, so keep at it I did. 

All of a sudden Cam wants to read all day. The same books. Here are some of his favorites.

One of my favorites from when I was a kid.

Every time he through our office, he grabs this book.

Cute photos, great rhymes by Rachel Hale.

 Lots to touch and feel, even more to pull and tug.

Great rhythmic reading.

This has to be his favorite. It’s a must before each bedtime, and is often repeated five times. Cam loves it when I point out his fingers and toes along with the book.

Good thing I enjoy reading, and enjoy these books. I know there is a lot more of them in my future.

hot fun in the summertime

We severely cut down on outside play time lately due to the suffocating heat in St. Louis lately. But we broke out the water mat this weekend for some outdoor fun.

Who is growing molars???

And we’re done!

couple steps closer

Cam is slowly getting more confidant in his walking abilities, and his balance is getting better.

So how long do you think it will be until crawling will be so passé?

baby racing

Take your bets on who makes it to the top first!

What you’re missing is we did this race around seven times. They both enjoyed climbing to the top just to wait for me to grab them both at the same time and hop down the stairs. So it was more of a race to make me perform for them again and again.

Which I gladly obliged.