Baby blog updated

She had a birthday!

And there are also videos of her walking (with assistance).

An open letter to the kids outside

The streetlights are on. It's dark. My grumpy baby is sleeping.

Stop screaming.

You do this every night.

Where are your parents?

Exasperatedly,

Your (also grumpy, apparently) neighbor

My toes are froze and my nose is froze

I finally finished the quilt I made for Todd. He designed the pattern, and I think it looks great. Because I'm an uber-nerd, we made the pattern using Publisher (we even copy and pasted the fabric from JoAnn's site), but it was actually really fun and much easier to design it that way. I'm really pleased with how the quilt turned out, even if I did make several major mistakes ("opportunities for growth" Ü).

His two requirements were that it's warm and big. I put flannel at the bottom (my new favorite), and the quilt is the length of our couch. It dwarfs me, and it's so snuggly.

He even let me use this very cool paisley fabric as binding.

It's so sweet Todd encourages and supports my hobbies. I very much appreciate it.

Also, because we're getting into trying to warm ourselves, yesterday we bought me my first pair of boots. They're not at all what I thought I'd want, but I'm so excited about them and how practical they are; they're blasted warm (the inside is lined with fur). And they look cute with skirts, which was my goal.

These Things are good Things

At my mom's request, here's a teaser for Nani's Halloween costume. I'm excited that it's actually done already, and fairly proud of myself for making the whole thing (well, compiling it).