Big news! Sewing for another (tiny) person!

Good morning everyone!  I have been away from here for so long, it took me two weeks to get it together enough to be able to write a decent post again.  I had forgotten the amount of work that goes into a post.  Making stuff, photographing it, writing about it intelligently. Well, sometimes. :)

If you follow me on Facebook, you know the past few months have been CRAZY busy.  I took a seasonal job in February and finished August 31.  That meant both my kids went to full day "preschool" for the first time, which they loved, but was so hard for me to share my kids so many hours.

During those months, we traveled to Virginia to see my bestest get married, went on a couple of camping trips, celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary, celebrated Mr. Tupelo's 30th birthday, celebrated the 3rd birthday of Mr. C and the 5th birthday of Mr. A....and sent summer out with a bang, early.

We found out in early July Mr. A got into a charter school that runs year round, and that started July 22. So I had just a few weeks to get ready for that and cope with my big boy getting bigger every year! Luckily, he loves his new school, and I LOVE not paying for full time child care for one kid.  Very happy with the arrangement so far.

To top all that off - BIG NEWS.

We found out in June we have another tiny person on the way! So on top of all the crazy of working full time and having kids, I've just been exhausted! So I hope you can at least somewhat excuse my absence.  Life is mad - but we're really excited to add to our family.  We're hoping we get to meet our new little person around Valentine's Day 2014!

As I've finally had some time to myself since work ended, I've been able to get more things done. Mostly, make sure we all eat better and have a cleaner house, but when I have the energy, I've been crafting again.  It's been a long time since I picked up a crochet hook or drug out the sewing machine of choice.  And I'm rusty, but so happy to be back.

First sewing project back? Minky/flannel baby blanket. I've been itching to make something for the new little one, but I haven't had the time or energy until recently.  Once I finished work, I dug through my stash and found some things to put together - and I am in love with the fabric and the combination of fabrics.  The flannel is a Michael Miller print called Zoology - it's still available online in some places.

I think it's adorable.  And honestly, I only HAVE to make adorable things for this baby - because we are still swimming in blankets from when the other two were tiny!

I made it on my much loved Goodwill Elna.  Still my best Goodwill find ever, and worth every cent I paid for her.  She's missed me though - and really deserves a good thorough cleaning and oiling.

I've missed blogging - I love sharing my successes and failures, our trips, our news...  and I'm thrilled to be back in some capacity.  It's going to take some time for me to get into a routine again, but I'm no longer dead to the world.  

Thanks for stopping in!