Tula Pink Quilt Along: Blocks 7, 8, & 9

Yesterday I took a part of  Nikolai's nap time to cut the fabrics for these three blocks. Today, I got to sew them together during his nap time. So much easier doing it that way! Though I feel I may have rushed the fabric selection a bit, I am fairly pleased with the way that they turned out! :)

Block 7

Block 8

Block 9

I think my favorite of this group is Block 8. I like the way the fabrics I chose worked out together. :)

These blocks are a part of what I am doing with the TulaPink City Sampler Quilt Along with  The Sew Along at SewSweetness!

Tula Pink Quilt Along: Blocks 4, 5, & 6

I have reached a point where I cannot make it through the day if I do not nap with Nikolai, or at least that is how it feels. So that means my creative 'me' time has dwindled down to almost nothing. That is, unless I get lucky, and that happened yesterday.

Nikolai grabbed me and pulled me to the craft room. He said, "sew, mommy. I watch?" Too cute! I managed to get in block 4! Then Nikolai lost interest, decided to try to 'fix' my machine then we needed to leave the room. But, later, Brandon took Nikolai out in his big truck and I was able to work on blocks 5 & 6 while dinner was in the oven! Yay!

I am so glad that these blocks are so easy and fast to put together!

Block 4

I think that so far this (block 4) is one of my favorite blocks! I am pretty proud of the piecing too! :)

Block 5

Block 6

I was not too fond of this last one. I thought the red was too much, but the more I look at it, it isn't too bad. :)

Here is all 6 together so far!

Blocks 1-6

I wonder if I will be able to get caught up at all on any of the other blocks in the next few days... Since The Sew Along at SewSweetness  are on 10, 11, and 12 this week! Oh well... Potty Training sure is fun though! LOL!

In case you wanted to see my blocks 1-3, you can go here...

These blocks are a part of what I am doing with the TulaPink City Sampler Quilt Along!

Happy Sewing!

36 Weeks and 5 (now 6) Days...

Yesterday was the ultrasound appointment to determine if Samara is in the head down position! About 2.5 years ago, in November 2010,  I had to undergo an External Cephalic Version in order to turn Nikolai from a breeched position ( I talk about that here, here and the actual Version here). I have to say that once the wand was showing what was in the pelvic region I was extremely...

relieved!

Potty Time!

It feels like it has been forever since we started trying to get Nikolai to use the potty. We tried naked, only to have him demand a diaper. We tried underwear, only to have him demand a diaper and accidents galore. (don't mind the yellow on the walls in the bathroom, we haven't decided what color to paint yet)

 

Then I started to tell him, as soon as the diapers are gone, you have to start using the potty. So then, after every diaper change we counted the number of diapers left and talked about when you wear underwear you have to tell mommy and daddy when you have to go potty...