Quilting

When we found out we were going to be getting a nephew I decided for a baby gift I wanted to try and make him a quilt.  I have to be honest I have not done much sewing so I really had no idea where to start.  I pretty much just winged the entire thing.  I went to JoAnn's and picked out some super cute fabric then procrastinated a while while I mustered up the courage to start cutting it all up.

 I started by cutting the solid colors into 10 X 10 inch squares.

 I embroidered his name on the middle square.

 Then I sewed al the squares together.

 For the outer border I cut strips out of the cute city scape fabric.

 I sewed them around the outside of the squares.

 Then for the back I used a grey minky fabric.  I wanted it to be a little padded so I used some quilting padding or whatever its called, lol.  I'm obviously not an expert at this whole quilting thing.  I used an adhesive spray to keep it in place then "quilted" around the outer area of the squares to hold it all together.  I used the excess of the backing as the binding around the whole thing.  I just folded it over and sewed it up.

It is by no means perfect but I hope Luke enjoys it and knows it was made with lots of love by his Aunt Holly!!

Baby Cousin Luke

We were so excited to welcome our precious nephew/cousin Luke Stephen into our family on March 21!!  I am so glad we were able to be in Texas to meet him right after his birth.  He is such a sweet baby and I CAN'T wait to watch Maddox, Addy and him grow up together!!  The kids were so sweet when we went to meet him.  Addy kept saying "baby" and wanted to look at him and was so gentle.  Maddox wanted to hold him and did such a great job.  We were sad Uncle Collin wasn't able to be there to meet him with us but we are looking forward to a trip with all 4 of us the second of May!  We can't wait to get more snuggles with sweet Luke then!!

Spring Trip to Texas

The second week of March the kids and I spent a week in Texas.  The main reason we were going was because our sweet nephew Luke was due to be born on March 14 (I will give him his own post though)!  We ended up taking a little mini-vacay with my family the first few days to San Antonio.  We went to Sea World, spent some time on the river walk, shopped at the outlets in San Marcos and spent a little time in Austin on the way home.  The kids had a blast and it was a great trip.

We spent the rest of our time loving on baby Luke and hanging out with family.  We went to the new Lego Land and the kids loved it!!

We had a great time but missed Collin while we were gone.  We always love our time in Texas but its also nice to get back home and back into our daily routine!