The things we create...

While Bean is God's creation, some of us who will love him and care for him, have been busy with needles of all sizes...

Cousin-aunt Sara is knitting mini-mittens and I can't wait to see them. I've been dropping hints that I want her to go into mass production since Bean is going to make his debut in the fall and will need something warm to keep his tiny hands cozy...she seems to be excited with the progress she is making, so maybe we'll talk her into a pair two and three...I'll get a picture of the mini-mittens on here when they arrive.

Meanwhile I've been busy alternating between sewing, knitting and quilting. While the quilt is slow going (I knew that when we started) each and every time that I take it out, I have to smile at those cows, goats and the flowers. My mother-in-law did such a good job with those. It's too cute and while Bean's nursery may be far from perfectly color-coordinated it will have a centerpiece that almost nothing can trump - at least in my mind.

The hats and the bears are the product of quilt-fatigue. Whenever I can't pick up the needle and make another tiny stitch I revert to making these little skull-toppers or another bear...the orange hat hopefully will be a perfect fit by Halloween - when we can take our very own pumpkin out for a goulish walk. The brown one I made for Bean when he is old enough to "hang with Dad" so he won't have to feel self-concious about being all pastelly around his brown-beige-Carhartt favoring Dad.

And while all this is going on, Granna is busy with a boppy pillow cover, a seat cushion for the high chair (the very one she once learned to eat in) and some other assorted projects...

We may lack the designer labels, but we got all haute-couture going here in expectation of Bean!