Project Baby Quilt {3}

After some pinteresting and gilmore girling, I decided it was again time to work on project baby quilt. I am excited to say that I have completed step 3 (I skipped step 2 because it involves cutting. I'll do that next time.) I had Gary capture some photos and he did such a good job. I even look half-way decent. In other news, we got three cards for Emma today. We weren't expecting any so it was such a nice surprise. It still hurts to know why we got the cards but the thoughts behind them are greatly appreciated. One was from a friend of ours - they donated a tribute of 15 trees to the Seminole State Forest in honor of Emma. That is so sweet. Gary and I will have to go visit someday.

Here are the photos!

Project Baby Quilt {2}

Today I finally mustered up the courage to do something. By doing something, I mean something besides laying down watching Gilmore Girls or playing sudoku, both of which are quite soothing :). The past few days have been really tough but I have yet to cry or feel especially sad. It's a good day. Even better,a slight bit of motivation has returned to me so I picked up my messes in the bedroom, made a brand new to-do list and started Emma's baby quilt.

It.is.going.to.be.sooooo.cute. Emma would have loved it!

Today's tasks? Ironing, cutting and a few minutes of sewing. I have always been a little nervous to cut fabric so mom helped me do that part. Thanks mom :)

Here are a few pictures of the progress:

...until next time...

Dear Emma

We miss you dearly.

Project Baby Quilt {1}

I had a few to-do items on my list this weekend. My list is actually 2-3 pages long but that's besides the point. Despite the rocky news from the doctor's appointment just the day before, we set off to complete some of those tasks. Besides boring stuff like going toilet-tree and grocery shopping, we actually did get some major tasks completed. Exciting, right?

Major Task 1: NEW PHONES! it's a bummer that there is yet another expense, but welcome to adulthood, Vanessa. Gary and I bought t-mobile plans and got the galaxy s 4g something or other. besides my internet not working, I love it. I've been bumming Gary's because he downloaded sudoku. Yes please. Luckily, t-mobile will replace phones within 14 days no questions asked but I'm pretty sure they'd replace it anyway because it wasn't my fault. Oh well. I am excited to use it the way it's supposed to work. I had internet on my last phone but it looks like the 4g models are better equipped for internet. and the camera - 8 megapixels. woah.

Major Task 2: Project Baby Quilt commenced. Mom and I set off to some quilt shop in Minneapolis to buy some fabric and such. Someone forgot to tell us that there was some huge art festival going on near the store so we ended up having to park 3-4 blocks again. But hey, it's exercise right? I suppose that's okay. The store was also packed with customers but that didn't stop me. I found an adorable quilt pattern and set off to find the necessary fabrics for a baby-sized quilt. Below are my findings :)

Quilt pattern.

Color blocks :)

Background.

Border/binding.

and the best part?












the BACK!

I'm a girl!

Gary and I had our first ultrasound last Thursday. Yes, there was some sad news but that's not why I'm blogging. I'm blogging because there is a sweet little munchkin in there, a sweet little girl to be exact. Apparently, three lines means "it" is a "she". Cute :) We've pretty much decided that her name is Emma but we haven't figured out a middle name yet. Emma Wiest. even more cute. Here are some sonograms from the ultrasound:

Profile of her face :)

Another profile, her mouth is closed in this one.

four fingers! Her hands were moving all over the place but don't worry, she's got five :)

A bicep. Little Emma is STRONG.

A foot. Her adorable feet measure 3.95cm.

A 3D picture of her face. Her arm is up near her face on the right side.

Emma is adorable. Hands down.