The Bullet

I have tons of pictures to post and updates about life, but I will start with Cap's bullet. He is a champ at putting it back in his mouth finally, even while sleeping. Here are a few hilarious pics of how it sometimes looks in. The last 2 are when he had just woken up in the morning if you can't tell!!! Be back soon!

Central Time

Cap and I are in Texas! We are enjoying being here and I think his Pops and Grandma (name not yet determined) are LOVING it! We are in San Angelo till next Friday. I hopefully will take more pictures than I did the last time we came to Texas. So far, we are not off to a great start!!

The Big Red Ball

We had another crazy LEAF weekend! Our good friend Hannah stayed with us which is always the best part of Leaf. I can't say that I am sad another one has come and gone. I will enjoy the beginning of our very slow off season at our sweet little Farmhouse.

Cap's first tooth sprouted last Thursday. Then the next day, he decided it was time to do some crawling! We all know now how this little guy is though. He conquers something and moves on very quickly. He will be off roaming the floors when he is in the mood again. I am confident of that!

Here are some newer pics. Enjoy!

We eat a lot of popcorn in this house and

Cap is starting to want to be part of the action!

He have a new/found red ball in our living room.

He loves it!

Cap for Cap

One more recently handmade goody for the boy. Sweet Pea Pilot Cap from Meg over at Sew Liberated. You can find her at http://sewliberated.com/ . She has an inspiring blog and 2 cute boys if you want to check it out sometime. Enjoy!

Goodies

Most people who know me, know a big part of my heart is in boys. I know that could have changed with the announcement of "It's a girl", but right now I do have a handsome little boy named Cap. I am so thankful for the two great guys I have in my life!

The thing about having a boy though, being a 'stitch maker' and all, what kind of cute and practical things can you make for them??? Well, my search has begun! I guess it began a long time ago, but now I have enough energy and some time here and there to do it. So hopefully sprinkled in this little blog of mine you will find some homemade goodies for your little man too!

First up is the long sleeve raglan tee. The pattern comes out of the book "Sewing for Boys" 24 Projects to Create a Handmade Wardrobe. It is a great book! I look forward to experimenting with several of the patterns in this one. It was relatively easy to make. A very unfinished look to it which I LOVE! I used lost and found shirts from camp. I plan on making a few more once I gather up some more old t-shirts. You could probably make a few in one afternoon once you figure it out. I am terrible at instructions and patterns, so if you are good at it you could make them much faster. Enjoy!

7 Months and some change

7 months

For some reason, 7 months seems so old to me. 6 months was a big one since we started to introduce foods then, but this one seems different. This has been a great month. Filled with enjoying each other, learning more about "us", exploring and observing, sleeping, spinning and 360s. So these are some things to remember:

- wears 12-18 month clothes, at least 18 month if it is a onsie

- sleeps in his own room now

- has added yogurt and a plum to his eating list but still devours his sweet potatoes

- gives me great hugs

- waves goodbye (to himself that is, he has no idea what it means)

- gets on all fours and is thinking about crawling...may be??

- no teeth

- still LOVES to stand

- fascinated with the blinds in the living room

- looks up or out the window when he hears the geese flying by

- loves to be swung

- great whole body laugh and smile

- tries to pull himself up on just about everything, only successful once I think?

- loves animals right now

- thinks the pillows on our bed are hilarious right before bedtime

- likes to rub his feet on the ground outside

- fascinated with reflections

- really watches the little bit of sign language we have introduced to him

- knows when I say 1...2...3 something awesome is about to happen

- ticklish feet

- if he is on his belly and want to get to you he tries to swim over instead of crawl, and I mean swims hard!

- can sit and play with the wood stove in the living room by himself for a very long time, likes the rug he sits on equally well, thanks ma!

- sings very loud at an evening service we have been going to

I know there is much more! Looking forward to another month with my family of 3!

Enjoy the first thing in the morning pics...he was not that into it!

these are actually in reverse order, oh well

this one is a sneak peak of my next post

i took these first thing in the morning

i don't think i will do that again!

seriously, he is huge right!!!

look at those sleep morning eyes

he is waving bye to himself:)

Kate's Quilt

A week after camp ended, I somehow found some extra time to make my good friend Erin a blanket for her newest little one Kate. This is only the second one I have made. The first one is Cap's that I made right before we got pregnant. It was fairly simple to make. My own design using the fabrics I already had. I thought it turned out great looking. I am hoping it will last through some good wear and tear and many many washes! You can see this cute little girl and her handsome brother at http://themenschfamily.blogspot.com/ . Enjoy!