Gracie's 9th Birthday

Nine already?!? It can't be so. My baby is growing up. She is maturing so quickly. She is our perfectionist and worry wart and we love her SO much! She has always been so darling and I am proud to be her mama.

Another pirate party!

I made this shirt for her to wear. She loves it!

This is a necklace she wanted off Etsy. She was really thrilled that I actually
remembered and bought it! 

Pin the patch on the pirate! Of course it couldn't just be a generic pirate
it had to be the infamous Jack Sparrow!

Freeze dance! Emmy (girl in blue) won every time. She is great at
stopping on a dime!

Constipation maybe?!?

Kenzie (on right) is just about to sneeze.

In the middle of saying "CUUUUTE!"

Gracie and her friend Gracee....adopted from Guatemala. She is such a character!
I always enjoy having her over.

Gracie got a new outfit for her favorite baby  Alissa.
I am NOT allowed to call Gracie and Ava's babies "dolls." 

L-R : Leah, Kenzie, Gracie, Emma, Gracee
Jesse and Ava too!

Monsters and Cupcakes

I have been working frantically trying to get this monster quilt done for my new nephew Learick! We got to go down on Friday and meet him. He is dark and ADORABLE! He is half Columbian and 1/8 Mexican. Love it!

Ava and I had a great time combining a few different appliques to make
her a little monster girly. Gracie even pitched in and decided we could
use a whale spout for the pony tail.

Learick Samuel Webber

This is little Learick Samuel. Yes I'm looking divine aren't I? Hunchback don't have nothin' on me!

The lady that sales the appliques names them. This is Humphrey. 

This is Spike.

This is Chunk the Cave Monster. He started out with two arms but wouldn't fit
 so I had to perform surgery and get rid of one. It is tedious work sewing around every eye,
tooth, mouth etc... but it gives me time to just zone out and think.

 I made the quilt below for a darling girl that was just recently adopted from Bulgaria. I contacted her mom and she said she would adore having a little rag quilt for her. You can read about her story here. You can also find more of the adorable applique patterns here.

Christmas Part 2

I just wanted to finish my thoughts on our 2012 Christmas holiday! 

The girls spent the evening dancing to their shuffles and twirling their twirly-ma-gig things that Santa bought. Ryan and I sat on the couch and humored them, although he was playing Angry Birds on his phone most of the time. ;-)

Ryan made an afternoon meal of ham, potatoes and gravy, rolls, salad, and raspberry crunch!

YUM! Love that crunch!

After the boys were in bed, Ry and the girls started the book Who Was Walt Disney?