Home Sweet Home

Well we are home and I guess the fun begins.

Amelia has spent the last few days taking our blood pressure and checking our ears with her new Dr's set (a gift from Baden on his arrival) and playing in her home corner with her new doll and every once in a while stopping to peek at Baden and ask questions. Baden is a very content baby and a joy to care for (after having had Amelia suffer with lung and breathing issues at birth it has started off by being a completely different experience)

It sounds charmed, doesn't it? It is. Don't get me wrong - Tim and I haven't had much sleep, we have a little man who seems to have his days and nights mixed up. We did our first trip into town today and almost left Baden at home in his basinette. Thank goodness for Mum (who is staying for four more weeks - in an attempt for me to get my head around everything) who was sitting in the back seat and said "Where's Baden?"...but, mostly, our life is relatively calm. We have so very much to be thankful for. And as Tim keeps reminding me, we were still in hospital with Amelia at this point!

And while I'm at it, I want to say thank you to every one of you who has dropped by to wish us well. I've been tickled to get all of your comments, and meet the new visitors. It's been a happy week - a sleepless one - but a happy one, too.

We're all recuperating and crafting and sewing will resume shortly... I have an outfit for Amelia and I that I would like to make for Mr B's Baptism (hmmm - I have two weeks!) And knitting to do for Mr B who's arms are already too long for his size000 jump suits!

So until I get back, have fun, and I do promise not to neglect this little blog!

Welcome to the World Little Man!

Baden Nicholas William
10.45am
Friday 25th January
8lb
51cm

Big Sister...

No, not yet. But any day now , or maybe any minute! And I think that I am ready (I cringe at the thought of typing those words - as they are rather famous aren't they)

My "to do" list is now on the back burner (although it is relatively smaller) The cot is up and the room is all set up. My hospital bag is packed, I have my Babywise in hand (this was my saving grace with Amelia - if you are pregnant or just had a little one, do yourself a favour and get yourself a copy)

So really all we need now is the baby - Ok, yep, I am ready, bring on the chaos, there is sure to be some, Right?

A Big Sister. I wonder if Amelia truely understands what is about to happen? If only she could get as excited as I am about the gift she's about to receive. Her little brother. No one else can say that. I've been trying to prepare her. We've read a few baby books including "Theres a House inside my Mummy" and I have ordered "big sister now"

She knows there's a baby in my stomach. She knows and understands the term "baby" But I guess the rest she'll just have to experience and discover for herself. The sharing. The fighting and hair-pulling and arguing. The loving and hating and and jealousy and protectiveness. All of which I shared with my brothers (of which I have two!)

Like all relationships, I know theirs will be unique - different than what I share with Daniel and Shannon. But I hope in some ways its the same. I hope theirs is a refuge. A sense of belonging to each other like they belong to no one else, and a comfort that someone else is in the same boat when things get hectic.

Hobby Love from the Op Shop

Amelia and I visited the op shop late last week. I was busy looking through the patterns and Amelia went off to check out the toy section. She came back with a hobby horse. He is in fantastic condition and how could I say NO! I also came home with a Holly Hobby Single Bed Cover (not sure what it will become yet - but I could not leave it there!)

Tag - Mess! Mess! Who has the biggest Mess?

Oh I have got to be there in that category. I seem to have SO many things started and little piles of bits everywhere.

Anyone would think that I would be in nesting mode - but unfortunately for Tim - my nesting this time around seems to be in the crafting way (with Amelia I was scrubbing floors and making chess patterns in the tiles - Mad!)

So, while checking out a few blogs today I came across a little game on Sister's Choice Quilts. To see who has the messiest work space!

Can you spy 15 things on my table - sure you all say!

1. Sewing Machine

2. Laptop

3. Three balls of wool

4. Random needles

5. Half finished stuffy dog

6. Pins in a lid

7. Bottle of Buttons

8. Tim's Akubra (who knows)

9. Who's nose and toes - one of Miss A's books

10. Empty Glass

11. Teddy (another who know)

12. Sissors

13. Knitting Pattern

14. Random pattern pieces that need putting away

15. Paper, half finished projects and more stuff that really should not be there!

Wow - where oh where do I work in what I like to call 'organised chaos'? I must be kidding myself.

So if you want to play let Nicole know that you have posted a photo and the eye spy game on your little blog - oh and let me know too so I can go and check out your photos.

I am now off to clean it up! How embarrassing

One Little Fat Quarter...

This is what one little fat 1/4 became today... A Jewelery Roll; a little make up case and a tissue keeper!

I used this tute for the little zippered little case and this one for the tissue keeper

I actually originally gave this piece of material to my dear friend Rhonda - who promptly gave it back to me and said "I will have a jewellery roll please, with a thing for my rings and..."

And as part of the challenge I had to show what I had left over - it equals to approx 5x9inches in left over 'useless scraps' (although the piece on the left will become the feature of a card (once I find my pinking shears!)And put your hand up if you have sewn with that plastic stuff before. I take my hat off to you Jennie (Jennie is a lovely friend with four lovely bubbly children and she sews by night to stock her shop - check her bags out over here (although she is on a little bit of a moving holiday at the moment - got to love being an ARMY wife!)

Anyway - Tim came home from work today and I said - "this stuff is hard to work with - it is sticky and clings, I have no idea how Jennie made all of those bags when she was in Darwin" (now just to let you know that I was using a walking foot and it did make it alot easier) And do you know what my cheeky husbands response was (Jennie - swallow your coffee before you read on) He said "You are a mere emitor - You need to use baby powder!" Humm... Is he right? I thought that the mess that I would create - or rather Amelia would create when she emptied the bottle over the floor would be more of a hassle - It may just be the fiddly little case that I made though!

A finished project and some WIP's

A doll's quilt for Amelia (this will be a gift from the baby!) Made using two fat quarters and some scraps. I really like how it has turned out and I am in love with the Strawberry Short Cake Material. I have always had a thing for Strawberry Shortcake and am very lucky that my Mum kept mine (as I am not into the new 'bratz' inspired ones with there oversized heads)
And here is a sneak peak at what I am using as part of the January Challenge over at Crafty Mama's. The theme is 'Use it up'