Savvy Toddler Mom

It was a crazy week last week… and the week before… and the week before.  I think that “having a crazy week” has been my status quo for quite a while now.  Motherhood!

Things have been especially crazy lately with tons of family in town for the 4th and the pending birth of my latest niece.  Why is my niece’s birth affecting my schedule?  Well, mostly because I procrastinated getting her quilt done.  Yes, I made the horrible mistake of making a baby quilt for my first nephew and now I’m paying the price.  On the bright side, I’m getting pretty good!

As my sister-in-law is currently in labor at the hospital, I barely made the deadline.  I delivered little… hmmm… let’s call her “E”… little E’s quilt yesterday to her parents.  My sewing machine is still smoking.

Oh, to have a newborn!  With my sister-in-law on the precipice of motherhood, I can’t help but think back to the newborn days of my son and the wonder and amazement I felt.  Still feel.

I have this amazing, amazing photo my husband took of me holding the toot for the first time — umbilical cord still attached and everything.  He’s a lovely shade of lavendar (no, really).  My face is red and swollen and my eyes are overflowing with tears.  It’s the most beautiful thing in the world.

I’ve got my fingers crossed for my little sister-in-law… it’s not looking to be a short labor.  Hang in there!

I have two more sisters-in-law expecting little girls of their own (one in six weeks and the other six weeks after that!).  I am taking a break from quilts today, but tomorrow it is back to the sewing machine with me.

Here is a photo of my latest and greatest:

Each of my three new nieces will have a different polka dot fabric… E’s is the yellow with pink dots, the next is the red with pink dots and the third is the white with yellow dots.  All three will have one square of the other two (check them out in the center of the quilt).  Pretty clever, huh?

Now… since I know my two brothers and their wives will probably read this and wonder where THEIR kids’ quilts are… (this is a tradition I’ve been careful to maintain with my husband’s family, but not my own).  I’m sorry, guys.  You had the bad timing of having your kids within a year of the toot being born and it just didn’t happen.  The adjustment to parenthood was too overwhelming.  LOL

Maybe with your next child I will make two.  But only if you are really nice to me.