23 Weeks and Other News

Well, I am past the half-way point now! Incredible! Now that I am not working, I am busy making a few preparations for the baby and getting the house in order!

First, I finished the baby blanket :)

I made the giraffe first and the blanket to match. I think they turned out perfect! The blanket is thin with lots of breathable holes and is a teddy bear pattern. Of course, for Honduras, I didn't want a super thick blanket!

 
 October 17, Loyda had her baby! His name is David and he weighed 6 lbs and 2 oz. She was a week overdue and ended up having a c-section, but he was born healthy and she is recovering very well.

My next project: I had been wanting to do this for awhile and finally decided to just go or it! Here is the before and below is the after: 

it would not load the right direction!!! but, there it is. I had problems getting the oven door to stay upright but for the most part it turned out the way I wanted! Leyla has been busy making cakes :) Now the next project will be to make her some felt food! Her birthday is on Monday so I will post about that next!

Crochet Baby Blanket....Done!

I am so excited because this weekend, I finished Leyla's blanket! I can't say exactly how much it cost or how long it took, but it definitely took awhile. I think I bought the yarn in May. But I didn't work on it steadily until June-July. And I think I spent aroung 1500-2000 lps!! That's aroung $100. Yikes. But it's a one-of-a-kind and something she will have forever....hopefully she won't drag it in the dirt or spill chlorox on it...


169 flower squares, 13x13, and for the border, 676 stiches all the way around, and somewhere around 160 shells. Whew.

Crochet

So, I decided to make a baby blanket for Leyla, and this is the pattern I found. I found it on a blog, and it was actually pillows. I loved the flower pattern so I decided to make it into a blanket. I am using pinks, green, and yellow to make the flowers. I think I will do 9 large squares with a green border.

So far I have 2 squares completed - 28 granny squares - which means I need 7 more squares, or 72 granny squares left! (I think). Well, anyway, it's a lot of squares to go...but I am excited about the finished product. I think it will be very pretty and Leyla will love it!