It's a Girl!!!!

I don't have all the details, but she's healthy & beautiful. ~T woke up in labor (that's harsh) at 1:20am, went to the hospital, and delivered her at 2:45! Another quick one! Her midwife was already there, having just delivered her 3rd baby of the night. As I write this, BDE (uh oh, will she have to change her code name??), Dimples, & Mowgli have arrived, brought by Zeus & Hera (Herc's parents, of course) to see their new sister.

Let me thank Next Door Neighbor Chick, who heeded the call & watched the kids when they went to the hospital. When it's ~t, you can't take your time, you have to just go! :)

Congrats to all!

I'll see you in 3 weeks!

Proud Neenee Strikes Again

Here's the new family--

Doesn't this look like Dimples' faux-hawk??

Proud Cissy! This is about 1/2 hour after he was born.

I think he's smiling too :)

Mama Juju & Baby having a heart to heart moment.

Juju loves the matching hair!

His going home outfit --

Getting ready to leave the hospital --

Coming home for the first time --

Baby's 1st visit to Neenee & Poppy's. We're watching the Colts & the Chargers. What a game that was!

Well, it was a great weekend! The new family went home about 28 hours after the baby was born. It was lunchtime, so Poppy went to KFC. Gotta love those biscuits. Juju & Bwin & baby had a quiet afternoon to themselves, then came over to our house (also gotta love November here --the weather is not a problem when you're taking a new baby home) for dinner. It got late, so they all stayed overnight. It was kind of like a half-way house between the hospital & their own home. Baby slept well for only his second night.

Yes, they have named the baby! I will have to check with Juju before I reveal anything (I also like the privacy of code names). Here's a code for those former CLS students or faculty who will be reading this.

Take the 1st & 3rd letters of the subject Mrs. Nelson taught.

Add the initials (just 1st & last name) of the math teacher. (The one Juju had)

Add the 1st letter of the subject taught by Mrs. Blount.

Finally, add the first initial of Nani's first name.

There are 2 middle names, one being her dad's name. (No, not Poppy, that would be silly). He was very moved.

Well, I hope you've enjoyed all these photos! Nothing like technology when you're a new grandparent! I hope ~t will have someone posting or emailing for her when she has a new bundle of joy!

You have new Picture Mail!

Dad and son.

It's a Boy!!

Yes, I know we all knew that already, but he's here! I don't know his name for sure yet, but here are the other stats:

8lbs, 12 oz, 20 1/2 inches. He looks like Juju as a baby but with lighter, curly hair.

He was born at 6:46am after less than 1/2 hour pushing. Juju & Bwin went to the hospital at 1:30am, she got an epidural as soon as she could, and at 5:45am she was at 9 cm, at 6:05 she was told she could push when the doctor got there. Doctors and nurses were all great. She was the only mom in labor, so that was an answer to prayer.

More to come later, I'm going back to the hospital :)

Just for fun :)

4 Generations:

Love, neenee

Quilt Show, Part Deux

Here is the second installment of the quilt show pix. I hope you enjoy them.

This is a log cabin quilt in a barn-raising pattern --

The center of this quilt is all hand appliqued. A brilliant quilter (and a very nice lady) designed this herself. It is also hand-quilted.

For those who like the bright primary colors --

This is another done for a fabric company's quilt challenge (not from our guild) --

A couple more very pretty quilts --

This was very bright--- green & purple!

Another green quilt --

This was really beautful in person --

This was done by a lady who just celebrated her 50th wedding anniversary this summer. I did some finishing work for her, so I'm taking a tiny bit of credit for how well it turned out :)

This was last year's Block of the Month done by our guild --

The next one was not in the show. Cissy wanted me to post a picture of Mumble's quilt. I really love it too, and maybe I'll make another just to put in the next show (2009).



And last, but not least, is one of Poppy's favorites, made for Happy's new baby --

Well, I hope you've enjoyed this virtual quilt show!

For my next blog, I hope to have pix of my new grandchildren :) Especially considering how frequently (by frequently I mean seldom) I blog ! If I really get ambitious, maybe I'll be able to get some pictures of our new hobby -- outrigger canoeing. The problem with that is, that you realy can't take any pictures while you're paddling, and you DO get wet while you're out there. Here are some photos from the group's website. The first one is the double-hulled canoe (there's a better word, but I don't know it yet).

This is a practice run on the lake. And there are even clouds!!

I've also joined the local running club, and they're kicking my butt. I don't mind when they're younger than my kids, but when the 69 y/o open heart surgery patient and marathon runner beats you...

Another Quilt Blog

Well, we've been pretty busy around here! Our bi-annual quilt show was last weekend, so the quilts finally got done! Just in time, too! Reminiscent of my 4-H days, when we would be sewing hems and clipping threads on our sewing exhibits as Mom or Dad would drive us to the fair, I was cutting threads as I got a phone call -- "Are you still bringing your quilts in? They are due today." "Today? I thought it was tomorrow!" Oopsie poopsie! When I got there and saw the other beautiful quilts, I almost turned around and left! What an incredible display! Not that I was unhappy with my turtles, but my word! So many of the quilters use a professional machine quilter now and the results are really stunning (haven't used that word much since my days working at a hoity-toity women's clothing store). I'm really a beginner compared to these ladies (and gentlemen). Anyway, here are a few photos. They do NO justice at all to the display. I was really in awe! I will post some more pix later. You can tell me which one you like the best (besides my turtles, of course!!).

Here are my Baby Honu quilts on display --

This is a quilt that I have the book for. Cissy gave it to me and now I really need to get going on it!

This is made all by hand. They made little "yo-yo's" out of fabric and sewed them together.

This one is all fabric. It was not made by my quilt guild, it's part of a traveling exhibit by a fabric company.

This is a miniature. I'm working on one like this now. It's a block-of-the-month being done by my guild. The blocks are all symbolic of the underground railroad.

This next one is all hand-quilted. On the right is a close-up of her work.

These are from a pattern called French Braid. They learned it at a quilters' retreat last year. The one on top was made by a friend of mine from the guild.


The one below is made from 30's reproduction fabrics and has an appliquéd border.

I like basket blocks.

Isn't this one gorgeous?

I liked this one too --

Let me know which one(s) you like.

Isn't this frivolous, considering the fact that Happy just gave birth Friday (yay!!!!!) and my 2 daughters are due anytime now? (Yes, ~T~, I can hear your favorite English teacher say "frivolous nonsense.")