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Ever since I got pregnant I've been in a crafty mood.  I figured I had calmer days ahead of me and Bryan was urging me to have a hobby.  So I bought a sewing machine in April last year and got to work.  But I didn't just do sewing.  I jump on Pinterest to get inspired.  Now, I am not a super crafty person.  I've done theatre and some of that has crafts, but I'm not too original in what I do.  I gotta get inspired by others.  With that said, I LOVE Pinterest.  I hear people saying that they never do stuff that they pin, but I ALWAYS do them.  I only cook the food I've pinned.  It's my virtual cookbook.  Bryan says he loves it too.  Anyway....here are some of my creations.  

I love the 4th of July and I like having a patriotic shirt for the holiday.  But I was 6 months pregnant and didn't want to buy a new shirt that was expensive.  So Bryan and I found these shirts for $8 I think at Walmart. I  got a Large and created a maternity shirt from it using my sewing machine.  It was probably one of my favorite shirts!

This was actually my first sewing project that my mom helped me with.  It's a rag quilt.  I sewed all of the pieces together and sewed all the frogs on it too. Front and back.

Valentines Day:  I found this idea and had to use it.  I altered it and made our fingers into the "I Love You".  It was my Valentine to Bry.

Big Project:  I've always liked the "Chevron" design and wanted to figure out what to do with these pieces of material that I had picked up long ago.  I decided to jump on it and I love how it turned out.  They are all little triangles!  It was fun.  Then I "stitched the ditch" (yeah, I'm learning the lingo) through the zig zags.  My mom helped with the border.  I'm still learning.  But I love the way it turned out.  I had to get a picture of the back to see the zig zags.

I bought the letters for Riley's name and then covered them in "jungle" inspired paper.  Then put them above his crib.

I've got more crafts in the works.  I'll post when I'm done.  It's fun to have something to do when baby's sleeping.  I feel like such a crafty person.

Feb/March Updates

Here's my photo- journal of our adventures from February and March.  Sorry so many of them are just of Riley.  I'm trying to do more of all of us!

Riley at 4 months.  This onesie was given to me by one of my old students.  Whales? Hmm... they know me well!

He's so happy!

He's such a happy baby.  We had this little bear/coat for him and he looked so cute, but it doesn't fit anymore.

For President's Day weekend, Bryan and I needed to get out of the valley and in to the warm air!  So we headed down to St. George (along with everyone else).  We basked in the sun, laid low and went to the Parade of Homes!  It was amazing.  We found a house we want to move in to right now!

Snuggling with Daddy

St George Temple

Happy even when sleeping

This is my old roommate, Lindsey's daughter Charlotte.  They are only 3 weeks apart.  This is at dinner for Lindsey's birthday dinner.

Bathtime!  We didn't have his bath with us in St. George, so daddy put on his swim suit and got in the big tub with the bubba!  He LOVES the bath and he LOVES his daddy.

Cousin Callen (Nathan and Suzie's) and Riley investigate each other.  Can you believe all Callen's hair?  The two are only 4 months apart in age.

Love his expression!

One FHE Bryan and I headed up to the new store Scheels in Sandy.  It's a huge outfitters store with a full ferris wheel inside.  There were also figures around....this one was special for a special friend!  He actually was moving while talking.  This one's for you Haley!

 Big News for March:  Dave and Sarah surprised us all when they announced they were pregnant again!  Samantha's almost 6 so this little one is a little bit of a caboose!  She was born March 19 (16 year anniversary of Dave coming home from is mission!).  Her name is Scarlett Briella.

Riley looks so big next to her.  It felt so weird holding her.  Our baby was NEVER that small!

Thanks Nathan and Suzie for lending us the chair.  Riley loves it and is getting very good at sitting up on his own now.

Riley's grandparents spoil him so much.  He's always getting new outfits that are so cute.  While my mom came she got him a sweet outfit.  He's currently sporting the vest and khaki's.  SO CUTE!

Not only is this little guy happy because he's not wearing pants or looking at mommy, but he's also on his new blanket made by...ME!!  More on that to come.

Headed to BYU's Spring football game.  He's so cute.  The hat doesn't fit, but he wore it anyway!

It was a BEAUTIFUL day!!

5 months

I tried to capture the way he gets a toy and almost violently attacks it.  It's super funny.  This was the closest I came.

Well, that's not much in terms of stories, but hopefully you enjoy the pictures!