Well, since it snowed today, I guess it was a good day to finish up all my summer projects. Since I was very pregnant this summer, rather than going on exotic vacations or running marathons like I would have liked to be doing, I spent my summer... sewing. I'm kidding, it wasn't bad, although I had never really sewn before in my life, I think I took on some pretty big projects considering.
This is a T-shirt quilt for Josh that has actually been on the back burner for years. For those who don't know, Josh was quite the athlete when he was in high school, and therefore, had A LOT of t-shirts from high school that were very special to him. He said something to me awhile ago about wanting to have them put in a quilt, and I stupidly :) volunteered. In my opinion, t-shirt quilts are not supposed to be that complicated, but I always have to make everything difficult. You may not be able to tell from the picture, but this quilt is huge. It takes up our whole front room, and therefore, when I was HAND quilting it, it took up our entire family room for a couple weeks. But I really wanted to get it done this summer, because I knew as soon as the baby came, it would be put back on the back burner. So with a lot of help from my mom, I finished it about the end of August. Someday, you'll have to ask Josh the significance of each of the t-shirts, because all that he accomplished in high school is pretty impressive.
This is a T-shirt quilt for Josh that has actually been on the back burner for years. For those who don't know, Josh was quite the athlete when he was in high school, and therefore, had A LOT of t-shirts from high school that were very special to him. He said something to me awhile ago about wanting to have them put in a quilt, and I stupidly :) volunteered. In my opinion, t-shirt quilts are not supposed to be that complicated, but I always have to make everything difficult. You may not be able to tell from the picture, but this quilt is huge. It takes up our whole front room, and therefore, when I was HAND quilting it, it took up our entire family room for a couple weeks. But I really wanted to get it done this summer, because I knew as soon as the baby came, it would be put back on the back burner. So with a lot of help from my mom, I finished it about the end of August. Someday, you'll have to ask Josh the significance of each of the t-shirts, because all that he accomplished in high school is pretty impressive. 
The quilt was quite the experience. I couldn't find any bed sets that I really liked, so I just kind of made up the pattern, and then adjusted things as I messed up different parts. So this was not the original pattern, but this is what it looks like now.
We didn't take a picture of my belly before we left our house, because at that point, I didn't care anymore. But I think you can see in this picture, that I was pretty big. Enough said.
These are pictures from our first week at home. I just had to get a picture of this, because from head to toe, this is paradise for Josh. Taking a nap on the Cuddle bag, watching a movie, in his sweats and Scooby Doo socks. Oh yes, and holding the most beautiful baby ON THE PLANET! I think Josh believes this is his most important job as a dad-taking naps with Meili. I have to admit-he's pretty good at it.
And I had to get a picture of this because she pulls her legs up like this every time we try to change her diaper. She's either really modest, or likes to make it a challenge. 
