nov and april

Mr. joe is 6 months! wow how time flies. i had this pic taken while james was out of town as a surprise.

i received this flower arrangment at the hospital from my friends linda and christy when mr. joe was born. i just found it on the computer or i would have posted it before.

august and october

in august james' dad, aunt and uncle came to visit for 3 days. i found this pic in a weird place on the computer, i like it so i'm sharing it.

mom and i would take walks in the evenings. i'd take Mr. Joe along to get him to take a nap. when it started getting really windy in october i'd bundle him up real tight and clamp his blankets to the stroller using baby links.

almost 6 months

this pic was taken labor day weekend in OHIO, incase u couldn't tell by the hat. pops loaned him his hat.
mr joe 2 weeks ago smiling at his great aunt.

mr. joe with pops! I don't remember when the pic was taken but with in the last month. he still has funky hair where it fell out and is slowly growing back.

Ivy quilt

i have had this quilt in a box for a very long time. I hand pieced the 9 patches and machine pieced the border. i had creative stitch longarm the quilt. It took a few hours for 4 days to get the binding on. this quilt is 88 X 104.

macymade giveaway

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cute bag full of goodies!

Mr. Joe

Mr. Joe was born mid April. i thought i didn't have time for anything before, now when i say it it is true. we had family pics taken mid may when he was almost 4 weeks old.
this is his debut photo. such a sweetheart.

i'm so excited! about 7 weeks have flown by. Went through 13 packs of newborn diapers in 6 weeks. we go through 1 carton of formula a week! Mr. Joe has had 2 rounds of antibiotics in his short life time. first for his umbilical cord and second for his right big toe. it can only get better from here! :)

my asparagus and rhubarb died. i prefer dried out to rotten! i got my garden in with help. then my mom came home with 2 flats of flowers. got those planted and went back for a few more. we came home with 3 flats of flowers, 3 yellow squash and 8 dill plants. i've never been told before that i've had to many plants in a flat but i guess i jammed them in.

had help saturday putting in 15 butterfly bushes, 9-11 blue spruce and 2 buckeye trees. they were planted in the rhubarb and asparagus bed.

check!

sigh
fed the animals
2 1/2 loads of laundry
the bedrooms and bathrooms upstairs
dishwasher
Garden:
4 types of peppers
3 types of tomatoes (forgot about the yellow pears :( )
3 rows of corn for my sister
white onions
red onions
chives
5 strawberry plants
(only took me 4 mornings this week)

still on the list:
plan a menu for this weekend
vacuum
de-clutter(always and forever)
mom and James are mowing the lawn
plant a new flower bed, asparagus bed, rhubarb and zucchini
pick up family pics
wash kitchen cabinets
scrapbook 400+ pics from the last 2 years

8 days

What can i get done in 8 days that is really important?
pick up clutter
make 6 trade cards for my club
wash newborn clothes from my friends
purchase a video camera
sort more items from su! for sale
take the cat and dog to the vet
take back the incorrect pj's FashionBug sent to me

to long

it's been so long i forgot my password. so much has been going on and so little at the same time. i want to plant a small garden this year because i don't want to spend lots of time canning. 6 tomato plants, some pea plants if i ever get out there and get them in the ground. 2 zuchini plants and maybe 12 kalrabi plants. i tried peas and kalrabi last year and something ate them off before they grew.

i'd like to plant 2 necturine trees, 2 apricot trees and maybe something else but i'm not really sure yet.

i hope to find bartlett pears to can this summer but no more peaches! next summer i'll want to put up more apple sauce and possibly jams.

quilts

I made james a king cleveland browns quilt for christmas. I had it quilted or it never would have gotten done.

the other 2 are baby quilts i finished within the past week. sorry, i haven't figured out how to rotate a picture after it is uploaded.