Avery...what else?

Life... it's all about Avery... what else is there? He is growing so fast. His mommy and I took him to have his first pic's made yesterday. He did amazingly well... so wide awake and precious. His Auntie April went too and we all had a great time together. He left with his mommy and daddy for his first beach trip yesterday afternoon. He will spend the rest of the week there with his other grandparents. This boy is going to be so rotten! He took his new play quilt that Grandma made with him. I hope the weather is gorgeous so that that he can feel sand on his little toes for the first time ever! You guys have fun and we love you!

Avery's Quilt

I finally finished Avery's little quilt. I want this to be his "anytime" quilt. His mom can throw it in the floor, on the ground, in the sand.... anywhere she wants to lay baby down to play. The only thing I need to do is embroider his name and date on the back corner, which I hope to do today. It was a pure joy making this little quilt for our baby.

L@@kie!

Look at who is growing up so fast! Little Avery is 5 weeks old and weighs 8 pounds 10 ounces. He is growing so fast. He has been over to visit Grandma's house a couple times. Grandma has an interesting time dealing with the curious dogs, but so far, so good. I'll be glad when Avery is big enough to show them who's boss! :o)

Gotta show you this fabric. This is actually a set of pajamas I saw at the thrift store yesterday. They caught my eye, but I really thought nothing of them.... until last night. For some reason, those pj's flashed into my head and I thought "what an awesome "boy" quilt". On my way to get my yearly mammogram done this morning (yay, me!) I stopped by the thrift store to get those pj's. The fabric is a nice quality flannel, pj's made by LL Bean. I sort of hate to cut them up, but that is the plan. Don't you just love this fabric? Don't you just love all my plans for "things to do"? I keep telling myself to stay away from Goodwill... I already have more projects than I will EVER complete. But something keeps drawing me inside the store.... addiction? It could be worse!

A Visit from Avery

This sweet little fellow is coming to Grandma's house for the first time ever.... tonight!!! He is three weeks old now. It will be interesting to see how the "fur" children will like him. They may end up in the garage tonight, if they don't behave. Can't wait! Don't you just love this picture? His mommy took it.... of course, if I had been there, I would have been pushing her out of the way and picking him up! LOL

Snow Day???

So, it's March 2nd... and we are expecting snow. Historically, NC gets some of its largest snow storms in March. The computer "models" can't seem to agree on how much, if any, we will get today. So today will be more like the days before sophisticated weather equipment, and we'll just wait, watch, and see! The good news is: I don't have to go to work today. Lately, I've been scheduled to work when all our snow storms came through. I had to worry about how to get to work. Not today though.... bring it on!!! I have food in the house and plenty of things to do! Sounds like a good sewing day to me. Happy Snow Day to you all!

Trash or Treasure?

I went "thrifting" today and paid $1 for this unopened embroidery kit. I was hoping it would be Raggedy Ann inside, but it was Andy, which is still very very cute. My first thought was to open it and stitch him up into a cute little hand puppet, as I really enjoy stitching. But then I started to wonder if it had any $value$... it was made in 1976 by Bobbs Merrill Company. I've researched online and cannot find anything. I can't decide if I will keep it or try to sell it on ebay. Any opinions?

Looking forward...

This picture was taken on a special day for us. This is the day we found out about our new grandson who would become a part of our family in a few months. This was also the day that we picked and put up the corn, that my son grew in a small garden on the edge of our property. We are hoping to have a much larger garden this year, and even though our new grandson, Avery, won't be a lot of help in the garden this year, we look forward to the coming years, of watching him learn and play, and get dirty in the garden with us. Life just keeps getting better and better!

Cowboy quilt

I'm having so much fun this week. I'm trying to finish up a baby quilt I'm making for my new grandson, Avery. Isn't this fabric adorable? I sewed for awhile last night, but was interrupted by American Idol. I, then, had to switch over to handmaking yo-yo's for another project I'm working on. Crazy to say, but I have a cable connection in my sewing room, but have failed to bring the tv back in here since we moved, and un-moved, back home. :o) This will definitely be on my weekend "to do" list for hubby. American Idol and sewing.... two wonderful past times. I held our grandbaby yesterday for a little while. He has gained 2 ounces since he came home from the hospital. He is now almost up to a whopping 6 pounds.... so little. I love him!

One More

Just one more??? Please look at my pretty grandson! Little Avery is so tiny.... so precious. He and his mommy came home from the hospital on Friday. Mommy, Daddy, and Baby are settling in and doing well! Isn't he adorable?

Grandma, Grandpa, and Baby Avery

We went back to the hospital to see our grandson this morning. This was the first time that Grandpa was able to hold him. It was truly an awesome experience for him....don't tell anybody, but when we were leaving, my husband had tears in his eyes. :o)

Baby Avery is Here!

Baby Avery arrived safely into this world last night. He was almost 37 weeks along and weighed 6 pounds 7 ounces. He is a little cutie!!! His mommy was amazing.... about 4-5 pushes and he was here! The doctors and nurses are working on getting Mommy's blood pressure back down now, and hopefully, the little family will come home sometime on Thursday. This Grandma will soon be going back to the hospital to hold her baby again today. What a blessing... he is absolutely wonderful!!!

Grandma Names

Our time is almost here... baby Avery is set to be delivered on Feb. 9, 2009. Mom is having some blood pressure issues, so he gets to arrive a little earlier than planned. A lot of people keep asking me "what are you going to have the baby call you?". Well, I always assumed I would just be "Grandma", but my friends are telling me that is not cool. (I think it is WAY cool) Some have suggested "Mimi" , some have suggested "Nana" (he already has a Nana), I have heard "Granny P, Baw Baw, Glam Gram, etc.".... I guess we'll let Avery decide what he wants to call me. I was thinking of dropping the "r" in Grandma and calling myself "Gandma".... my son says "no, when he gets older, that will sound stupid".... LOL. So, what do your grandchildren call you?