My First Mother’s Day

So this weekend was my first Mother’s Day and I had a lovely weekend. Allen’s mom and her husband came to visit us which was a nice treat. They had not seen Nathaniel since Christmas and needless to say he has changed greatly since that time. They really had a great time with him. On Saturday, they babysat while Allen and I went to the Melting Pot for dinner (Yum!!). My MIL just love spending as much time as she could with Nathaniel, so I had a ton of time to stitch. That was my main Mother’s Day gift:) Allen and I are also planning to buy ourselves a small video camera as our first Mother’s/Father’s Day gift.

So here are the fruits of my Mother’s Day stitching. First Deb’s RR. I finished the house and just need to do my little person/signature and tombstone. I am proud of how early I got it done this round

After I finished Deb’s House, I pulled out Nathaniel’s birth sampler. I haven’t worked on it in a while, but would like to finish it soon. I am about halfway finished at this point and really like how it is turning out. I think I am going to try and get at least one more band finished before moving on to something else and will probably rework my “rotation” and make this my focus piece for a while.

Allen wants me to blog about what he is doing. He is currently playing Grand Theft Auto IV and his character is taking a taxi ride through Star Square. He just got a girls number and is very proud of himself:) Allen is just a child in a 30-somethings body! I am so in for it when Nathaniel is old enough to start getting into trouble with daddy…and I wouldn’t trade it for anything:)

Finally some stitching

After several days of wanting to throw my camera and my home phone through a window, I have finally gotten at least the camera to cooperate. Unfortunately, my phone still breaks ever time someone calls it. Kind of defeats the purpose of having the phone, but our service provider doesn’t seem to understand that. AAAHHH how frustrating.

On to better things. After having a memory card error for almost a week, I was finally able to retrieve my pictures off my camera. While we were visiting Allen’s grandparents two weekends ago, I was able to do a bunch of stitching on Alchemical Romance. I am now almost to the halfway point on that piece. I love stitching on it as it feels like a bunch of tiny little finishes.

I have also been working on Deb’s RR. She really picked some pretty houses for us to stitch. This is one of the Morbid Pithies which you can find at theworkbasket.net. Deb also provided us with really pretty fabric to stitch on. I wish pictures did better justice to all the beautiful fabbies I have seen over the years.

Well, I should be off to try and get a bit of stitching in before bed…and maybe some ice cream too:) Bad Leslie!!

Can you believe it?

My “little” boy will be five months old on Monday (he really isn’t that little…he is a solid 19 pounds, but has grown alot in length, has lost at least two chins and has a neck now). The time has just flown by. Nathaniel is really thriving. Overall he is content and happy and already has his parents propensity to be curious and thoughtful. He is really having fun learning about how cause and effect works with his toys. Developmentally he is doing very well. He can consistently roll onto his side both from front to back and back to front. On three occasions he has rolled all the way over. His legs are amazingly strong as he is starting to support his weight with assistance and when on his tummy will push himself an inch or so across the floor. Nathaniel loves to hear his own voice, particularly at 6 in the morning, has a beautiful laugh and is just starting to try rice cereal. I am so proud of my sweet boy:) Take a look at some pictures we had done of him and of the three of us. They are the first formal pictures we have had done since Allen and I got married almost four years ago.

In other news, I have been stitching a bit. My time is so stretched with Nathaniel and the craze of fourth quarter of the school year at work. By the time Nathaniel goes to bed at 8, I am drained and don’t have much energy for anything. Work should start slowing down soon as we get closer to summer so I am hoping to get more stitching mojo. Currently, I am about half finished with Deb’s neighborhood RR and did four motifs on Alchemical Romance last weekend while visiting Allen’s grandparents. I hope to post pictures tomorrow, but it is contingent on my finding my little camera. It is still packed among all our stuff from the trip:) Traveling with a five month old is an adventure and seems to require a trailer:)