Pinata Baby Blanket

A few minutes ago, I finished another baby blanket... this one I call the pinata baby blanket. I think you can guess why. This blanket started out with a bunch of scrap yarn and my temper.

I was feeling very anxious a few days ago, so I decided to sit and crochet a little just to clear my mind. I used scrap yarns and decided to just do whatever I felt like doing, no matter what it looked like in the end. I expected it to come out pretty tacky (some of you may think I succeeded in that effort); but it grew on me as it grew. It's stitched in a simple half double crochet throughout. It's extremely thick and soft.

A Pink Jellybean!

As many of you may have heard by now, we're having a baby girl! We are so excited! We can't believe all the ways in which God has blessed our life together.


I've been waging an internal battle as to whether or not I would post an ultrasound video from this most recent one. After all, it's a little creepy posting a video of my insides on a public internet site. But since so many of you have been praying for this pregnancy, it only seems right to introduce you to Jellybean:



Jellybean, aka Sierra Lynn Clanton, weighed 12 oz and measured in the 76th percentile. The doctor checked her heart, kidneys, stomach, cord, crown, everything and it all looked healthy!

At this point I've gained a total of 6 1/2 pounds, which isn't too bad according to the books. (The average woman has gained 10-15 lbs by now, but I was a little overweight to begin with, so I should be under the average.)

I've been waging an internal war as to whether or not I would ever post pictures of myself here; given the exciting news of today, I'm giving in and posting a picture I took this afternoon. This is me at 19 1/2 weeks pregnant:

Today, Husband and my legal anniversary (we were married at the courthouse 2 days before our wedding for military documentation), we're feeling a little overwhelmed by all the directions God has taken our life in the last 5 years. What a way to celebrate our 5th anniversary!

Anticipation... and a few Projects

I'm sitting here in nervous anticipation, unable to focus on much, as I dream and wonder what tomorrow's ultrasound will tell us. I'm grateful that the appointment is decently early in the morning (9:50 a.m.), otherwise tomorrow would be a day wasted, if this evening is any indication.

------------------------------

I've been trying to get a few projects done this summer... Let me show and tell! This is a complicated doily I made for my coffee table. Unfortunately, it came out a little smaller than I wanted for the large table.


This is probably the most intricate doily I've ever made.


------------------------------

I had a little extra string from the above project, so I made a small doily for my bookshelf. Btw, these are creme, not white.


------------------------------

I also recently finished a baby blanket I've been working on for 2 years. Husband has been begging me to finish it before I start any others. It's actually sea foam green, not blue as it appears in this picture. It will look adorable on a boy or a girl.


It's a double-strand tight knit blanket on which I made more errors than I can possibly count... the typical result of working on a project intermittently over the course of 2 years when multiple-sized needles are required.

Surprise! ... Flowers and Saltines

Playing a little catch-up here... As most of you know, I found out I was pregnant while on my trip to California in April. We didn't want to tell the world at that point, so I refrained from blogging much during that time period (it was hard for me to talk about anything else!).

Unfortunately, Husband's spring break was at a different time than mine, so he didn't come with me on that trip. I had to call and tell him we were expecting. We were both stunned and excited.

A few days later, he picked me up from the airport with these: 2 dozen red and white roses (and a Costco-size box of saltines)!!

The Chicken's Are Laying!

We have our first official eggs straight from our own chickens!


The scrambled eggs on the left are fresh and darker yellow. The scrambled eggs on the right are store-bought and lighter colored.