This is Keith taking a picture of himself in his new hat I knitted for him. I wasn’t sure about the color but it’s what he picked out at Hobby Lobby so I went with it.
It’s beautiful. It works on his sweet face. I adapted some other patterns to make it a sportweight, double thick stocking hat – exactly what he ordered.
Grandma and Grandpa can’t wait to meet this little guy……
Last night, Danielle had an ultrasound. Here’s the excited couple in the waiting room before the ultrasound.
HE is a beautiful baby boy (no more wondering what to call “it”). He has a skull and a brain – we saw that.
He currently weighs 12 oz. and Danielle is twenty weeks along – same as the original estimate. Sue (Danielle’s mom) and I both got to go in with Corey and Danielle during the ultrasound. It was very special. Neither of us had ultrasounds for our babies so it was nice to see our grandson.
Here’s a picture of the happy family…Mommy, Daddy and their son…..
Click here Baby’s heartbeat – 12_15_09 for audio of his heartbeat at Danielle’s doctor appointment in December.
This blanket was made for the new star of the family – the upcoming grandchild (or son or daughter or niece or nephew or great-grandchild depending on who you talk to). The yarn is Bernat Softee Baby.
Here’s a close-up of the little labels tied on with ribbon…
Danielle loves all things stars hence the star blanket. I was working on the blanket and Justin asked how to crochet. I had him make a double crochet and then we thought how cool if each of us crocheted a stitch for this child…so we did. Corey and Danielle loved it. Danielle said she doesn’t want to take the labels off.
This is the picture from a book that we sent to Corey of a bench we wanted built as a Christmas gift for us.
This is his finished project!
He even finished the inside – he made an insert and covered it with fabric and it has a handle on it to pull it out for cleaning. He put felt around the lid to cushion when the lid closes.
Corey made this in high school. Yes, he’s now twenty-four. I have had it hanging but finally got around to framing it. I took him to my craft room to show him and can you guess what happened next? He said “oh……..I want that”. I gave it to him. He wants to hang it in the baby’s room – who could resist that?
I’m way behind in posting so it’s time to play catch-up. This is what we did on Thanksgiving after a big, wonderful dinner. We all made little gingerbread houses. It was so much fun. These kids are all so creative.
I should have used the digital camera instead of my iPhone because the lighting wasn’t so great and a flash would have really helped – but here’s a shot of all five of our gingerbread houses……
…..and here’s Keith with his…..
…..and Justin…..
….and Corey and Danielle, who chose to put their little picture that was at their table-setting instead of their sweet faces…..
…..and this reject is the one Mark and I made. We made a very pretty one last year so gosh only knows what happened here.
Today I will start the Noah’s Ark cross-stitch quilt for the baby. Last night, Mark and I sat on the bed and sorted the two bundles of thread and got it all organized and labeled. I always think the labeled/sorted thread looks pretty.
Somehow I forgot to post this picture when I finished this project. This was the purse I knitted for Danielle for their wedding. She loved it. The yarn is Sinfonia mercerized cotton and the pattern is from Knitting the Easy Way by Terry Kimbrough. I have the book with the blue cover but mostly I only see the book with the red cover – I’m unsure if both books have this pattern. There are two Beaded Wedding Purses in the book. Mine is adapted from the “traditional version”. It was a fun knit.
Inside of the purse, Mark and I put a picture of Corey as a baby. Mark wrote a sweet little poem. I’ll have to attach that to this post later.
It’s time to play a little catch-up with some great pics (for me anyway – because I love my family and sharing what’s important to them).
The first pic Corey e-mailed to me. He titled the e-mail “my house on a trailer”. It is all the old siding off of Corey and Danielle’s house, headed to the recycling center (being pulled by Mark’s joy, his Jeep). The house in the background is not theirs. I’ll post a pic of theirs with the new siding in another post.
This is a pic Keith e-mailed to me – it’s the ever-beautiful Molly in all her glory.
This is the computer that Corey built. In his e-mail, he calls it his “new UV reactive mod”. It’s really cool and he’s got some great artistic talent.
Keith sent an e-mail with this pic. He wrote: “This little guy was sitting on the sidewalk and was gracious enough to pose for a photo shoot”. Gracious indeed.
