Happy Valentine's Day

A few weeks ago, Emilia and I took Leo for a walk.

While sipping our tea at Starbucks I mentioned that I wanted to do this photo shoot that I had seen on Pinterest.  Very wise Emilia said, let's call Cindy and see if she can do it right now!

We walked to Cindy's and laughed because we had no idea what kind of diaper Leo was wearing or if it would be clean! We had nothing with us to keep him happy besides us and the Ergo.

I'm pretty happy with the results!

The crazy part was after the photo shoot when we realized we would need to remove the lipstick!

And red lipstick is not easy to remove.

And Savannah is the type of mom who notices every mark on her kid.

And she doesn't use any crappy lotion on him either.

Oh boy, that was funny!

In our favor, Savannah and Spencer were sick while we did this 

and I guess too sick to notice some faded lipstick on Leo.

(Because this was all a secret valentine for them!)

Quilting Class

Last week I took my first quilting class. I was so excited for it and the class lived up to my excitement. In the first task I learned a neat trick to quilt straight lines and I was giddy with excitement. I told the teacher if this was the only thing I learned I'd leave happy. 

We had to make a small quilt before we came to class and we were going to learn free motion quilting. Each square of our quilt we learned a new stitch.  Free motion is quite artistic and there is room for individuality. It was cool to see how each of us students had a different look with the same concept.

 The photos above and below show all of the stitch patterns we practiced.

Flower or Rose stitch. This was one of my favorites

Pebble stitch, another of my favorites, but very time consuming.

 I promptly went back to my neighborhood quilt shop

and signed up for another class.

Next up:

Jelly Roll Quilt

And I can't wait!

 Mila's quilt top is done.

I need to do the backing and then baste it.

Then...I need to decide how I'm going to quilt it with my new skills :)

 This is the beginning of a fabric book I'm making for Mila.

I gathered notes from family before she was born

that will be printed in the book, along with photos.

 

I love the color scheme!

Mila Renee Alba has arrived

Mila made a quick and dramatic entry into the world on Friday morning, February 8, 2012, at 2:55 am. She weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long. Big sister, Cleo is in love! (As we all are).

Here's a little video I got of her sucking her thumb yesterday.