Another first...

I finally remembered to ask for a picture of the quilt I made for Joe's mom for Christmas. The idea to make the quilt started about a year ago and ended up with picking out fabric last March. My mom had made a few of the same pattern and provided lots of help (and I mean lots!). Got it finished around Thanksgiving when we headed to my parent's house to do the quilting. It's made with flannel fabrics (instead of cottons) and is so cozy I was tempted to keep it for ourselves! It's a lap size, though it is close to fitting on a twin size bed.



If you look closely, you might be able to see "Sarah Joe Kate" and "2008" quilted into it...happy searching!

Holiday recap and more

We had a wonderful Christmas with family and then fun on New Year's! Traveled south to my parent's house on Christmas Eve day. Nicki and Brian made it in by 5 pm (instead of late that night). Kate was adorable in her Christmas dress (I'll get pictures at some point). She also had a great time opening gifts Christmas morning. The paper is so much fun to pull! She also loved all the puppies and kitties at my parent's house (especially Juno the Samoyed aka big white fluff ball). Spent an afternoon with cousins and Kate is now loaded with Little People. Headed to Waverly on Monday to be with Joe's family. Pretty low key time with the Green's. Came back home on New Year's Eve day. Got home, unloaded the car, then loaded back up to head over to Tina, Chad, and Anna's house for a New Year's get together. Went sledding (well, Joe and Kate did) on the side hill. Kate loved it! She went down a few times with Anna, then a couple more times by herself. I saw one face plant from the window and thought that might be the end of sledding, but Joe said she was laughing and wanted to go again! To top it off, Kate got to stay up late (almost 10!).

Finally, if it didn't seem like get was already getting older, we moved her to a big bed yesterday. Nap time didn't go so well. She never settled down and finally fell asleep sitting up in Joe's lap a few hours later than normal. Bedtime went much better although it was later than usual. She did well and stayed in bed all night. Today was even better. Nice long nap (almost 3 hrs) and went to bed easily. Hopefully she stays in bed all night again!

To close, I'll add a story from a few weeks ago. Kate was sitting on my lap and I asked her "where's baby?" to which she responded by pointing to my stomach. I was surprised since we haven't really talked about the new baby. The next evening, I asked Kate "where's baby?" again. This time, she walked over to Joe and started to pat his stomach. Joe and I were laughing so hard Kate started crying a little. We have yet to ask again.