Disappearing Act

Hi y'all!  
Oh my goodness so much has happened since our baby girl Jade has joined our family!  I couldn't even begin to go into all the details.   I will say that it has been hectic, fun, life changing, endearing,  filled with giggles, hugs and kisses.  Jade is a very good baby!  She started sleeping through the night at 3 months old.  The girl smiles ALL the time and has the most heart melting giggle.  Mornings are her time to shine!  Ayden is the definition of a fantastic big brother.  He helps when not even asked.  Simply put, he truly adores her;) 

With 2 kids things have gotten a bit more interesting.   Time for blogging is in the back seat.  Instagram is in the drivers seat.  The easy access and ease of usage has drawn me in indefinitely.   I can get an answer to a question quickly and learn about others lives quickly through their pics.  I ♡ it!  If you look at my sidebar---> you will see my IG feed.  My IG username is living4himjoshayden if you care to join me over there.   I'm going to try to blog more.  It is, in my opinion, not user friendly when it comes to adding pics from IG to blogger.  So I am giving this app on my phone a try for the time being.  I can type away while nursing Jade.  Kill two birds with one stone.

Time for some sewing lingo!  As most of you know, an APQ magazine QAL started up ages ago or maybe at the beginning of the year; )  12 blocks have been completed thus far.  My color palette is peach, yellow, pink with touches of blue and black and white low volume prints.  I like how easy these are to piece together and then to complete the whole block.   I am looking foward to creating the peach blocks next and then sewing my borders.  Don't know who the recipient will be quite yet.  It finishes at twin size so I am leaning toward this one going to Jade;) 

A few pieces of clothing have been added to Jade's wardrobe as well. 
A skirt from
 danamadeit.com 
Dress
 sewmuchado.com 
Strawberry skirt
 crazylittleprojects.com 
This little girl is pushing her mama into new sewing territory.   Loving it! 

Summer has been treating us well.  Adventures in swimming, Ayden learning to ride his bike without training wheels,  reading, math, picking fruit at local farms, cooking and so on has kept us on our toes. 

I have missed y'all.   Seriously missed talking to y'all through emails and sharing my life with you!  I know there are some that are not on IG so I have felt the need to be reconnected with those individuals specifically.   I am going to try my darndest to make it work otherwise you can always bug me in an email or sneak up on me on IG ha!

Hugs!!

Sara

Ode to October

A LOT has been going on this last month.....

First off, we found out that we are indeed having a GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!  So there is that;)  Many ideas have been brewing in my head for her lately.  Her name has been picked out for some time now. 5 years to be exact...before Ayden even entered the world.  Our baby girl will be Jade.  With the thought of little Jade in all of our heads to include Ayden's especially, he, specifically, has been hugging and kissing my belly regularly and is very anxious to meet his sister!  It is really sweet.

While we wait for our little one to arrive,the world has been moving steadily along.  We have had some festivities at Ayden's school to include a trip to the pumpkin farm with his class.

Kindergarteners live the good life!!  They take it ALL in and then some!

The next day we went to the school's Fall Festival.  Our kindergarten class had a Pumpkin Bean Bag toss game there  that two of us manned for a few hrs.  Then Ayden and I wet around and played quite a few games and Ayden had his face painted like a puppy.

 Happy day!

 These are the bean bags I sewed up for our game.


Halloween has been here and gone.....

My hubby made both these costumes...siths from Star Wars.  See the red arm bands.  I contributed those and did some hemming to the sleeves and bottom of each of the cloaks they wore proudly.  It was a riot walking around with my two guys in the neighborhood.  Everyone smiled and LOVED them!

Here is the Halloween trick or treat bag I made for Ayden, THAT used to be filled with candy;)  I used Ellison Lane Quilts tutorial for this.  It was really straightforward and quick.  I give it 4 stars!!


We also had a small celebration with Ayden's class that a couple of other room mom's myself included put together.  There was eyeball and worm punch,ghost rice krispie treats, cupcakes and Halloween cookies.  Each child also received a goody bag and some stickers.  Very special!  Also, they watch Charlie Brown's Great Pumpkin and were read Halloween stories.  I had a blast with them!!

I was also able to bring these pillows in for Ayden's teacher per her request for her students to be comfy on when they were silent reading throughout the week.  She needed pillows?  I can do that with the trusty Ginger Monkey's, Katy pillow tutorial!  I already had the fabric on hand from a previous quilt I made for Ayden as a Christmas present last year.

There was a day last week that I decided to make Ayden some new PJ's.  Well usually when the mood strikes, the fabric I really could use for the project is nowhere to be found lol......nonetheless I had to fulfill the urge:)  I had some bright, very busy fish fabric that has been lying around since I started quilting almost 6 yrs ago.  Ah what the heck!  I went for it and this is what came of it using this tutorial.

Crazy pants for my fun,energetic Ayden!  Hey they are PJ's right?!  Not leaving the house anytime soon with them on.  Promise. 

He can beat me up when he gets older for it!  Ha!


All the while,  I had the next block for my Lucky Stars BOM on my computer just waiting to be devoured.  I did it!  Lookie...

 Could very well be my favorite of all the blocks for the year!  The solids really speak to me and are saying, "YES thank you,thank you for choosing me!  I will cooperate with the prints!"    Elizabeth created a fabulous block here!  I have fallen for it hard:):):)

Two more blocks to go and the year's BOM will be CONQUERED!  Ha!

Did I ever show ya'll the finished commission quilt for a good friend of mine?!

Here it is....

 the back...

My friend's quilt label is in the center which came out gorgeous:)  This quilt is safe and sound in its new home and I am very pleased it was a success.


THERE YOU HAVE IT!  My whole month of October!  Lots of sewing and boogieing around in my neck of the woods!!   I have been enjoying every minute and now that we are in full swing for the fall season---I am one happy girl.  Fall is my peace and joy!!


OH my, well I hope I didn't leave anything out.  This pregnant lady can be very forgetful from one moment to the next!

Hugs to all and here's to hoping your month of November is full of joy,love and a chance to enjoy every minute of it!

P.S. I am enjoying Jade kicking me as I type away right now;)


Sara