What a lucky baby.

Tiny is so lucky to have so many carrying friends and family that are talented and want to make special gifts for him/her. I wanted to share a few of them with everyone

Quilt from my friend and boss Becky.

The colors are great and I love the contemporary stripy pattern. The color in the photo do not do it justice. It is well made and Becky shared that it's the first project to be completed in her new studio. Can't wait to see what else she creates!

Sweater knit by my Grandma McMullen and wooden rattle turned by Grandpa McMullen.

These are both sure to be family heirlooms. We love them and can't wait for Tiny to get his/her hands on that rattle.

Our super sweetheart neighbor- Christy- knit this little brown sweater.

It's so precious I can't even stand to put it in the dresser- I have to have it out at all times just in case I want to oohh and ahh at it.

The little socks are from Grandma Gustafson (My Mom).

Tiny and cute. The color is a statement about her prediction of the babies gender. It think she's probably correct- but still waiting to see.

(I included the rattle in this picture too- it just seemed to fit the scene.)

Our good friend Darin has 2 very special talents- he is a painter and he makes old tired things new again. He combined those skills and made Tiny this super adorable little chest of drawers. I should have included something in the picture for scale- it's less than a foot tall. Right now it's perfect for Tiny's socks- but I am sure that when Tiny gets older he/she will find all kinds of treasures to fill it with.

In addition to these great items Tiny's nursery includes a quilt by Grandma Gustafson, a wall hanging started by my Great Grandmother Mimi and a few other items I made. Check them out

in my December "Nursery Pictures" post (http://tinyguess.blogspot.com/2009/12/nursery-pictures.html)

What a lucky baby!

Tickle Whiskers

I wanted to share a very special gift Tiny received from my very special friend Molly Mclean.

This is a book that Molly wrote and illustrated. We are the very fortunate owners of a limited edition copy- someday when Molly goes big in the children's literature world we will get to brag about being some of the first parents to share "Tickle Whiskers" with our child.

Tickle Whiskers is particularly special because it is about based on the life of Bella- Molly and Shannon's very special cat who was a very good friend of mine. Bella passed on to the next world this last year and he is missed. We love you Bella!

Mom and Dad

Here are some picture of Mom and Dad-to-be.

December 27, 2009

Walk at McKinney Falls.

February 14, 2010

Hike at Wild Basin Preserve.

Thought we'd try to walk up some hills to get the baby out.

Jan 20, 2010.

On our way to our friends Audrey and Jakes Wedding.

Nursery Pictures

Here's the crib!

I made a bird mobile out of the extra fabric from Grandma Gustafson's quilt.

Quilt by Grandma Gustafson

Here's Tiny's baby quilt made with love by Grandma Gustafson.

I used some of the extra fabric to make soft blocks.

Wall Hanging for Nursery

I finished this wall hanging for the nursery last week. The embroidered animals where made by the Great Grandmother Mimi. We are not sure when she made them or who they were intended for, but I am honored to have them. My Grandmother had the large quilt top that included 24 embroidered images for quite a while. She passed it on to me I used 12 of the images to create this wall hanging. I'm still brainstorming about a good project for the other 12. The vintages fabrics are perfect with the other elements of Tiny's nursery.

boy?girl?

On a walk up South Congress today a large black man, who appeared to be homeless, stopped me to let me know that the baby is a boy. I asked him how he knew and he said he could tell the future. Hmmm? I'm always curious about people who can tell the future- but have to beg for money at a bus stop.

Other sources of prediction, such as dreams and intuition of non strangers point in different directions. My friend April is pretty confident you can rely on dreams- So far all the dreams I've had about the baby star a baby girl. Sheri, Sean's sister is guessing girl as well. My mom and grandma are predicting boy.

I'm not carrying particularly low or high, I haven't lost my curves or acquired extreme acne, all theories of indicators. Neither Sean or I have a confident sense about wether it's a him or a her- and we don't really have a preference- So I guess we'll just have to wait and see.