Babette Frustration

I didn't like the way my babette was looking. I decided it needed to be blocked. I took it all apart.
and blocked it the other night, all nice and pretty, using rulers and even a yard stick. You would think it would be PERFECT, right?



So I go to stitch parts one and two together and they don't add up right?!?!?! ARGH. I put it aside for a few days. I am too disgruntled to try to work on it right now.

Praises!

I have such wonderful praises! Kaedra has been trying lots of different foods lately! Here is the list of food she has now tried and will regularly have:

• water
• milk
• juice
• broth
• peanut butter

This is SUCH A huge praise! She has tried the last four on the list in just the last week! Today she tried both broth AND peanut butter! And she didn't just try it, she had more and more! WOOHOO!! We are SO excited!!

Thank you SOOOO much Amanda, for getting us to where we are now!!

Here she is having milk for the first time!

My hubby's funny

Michael, my hubby, has been working overnights. He hasn't gotten a good sleep in weeks. This morning during breakfast Brittany was reading a book to us. Michael was done with eating and raised his hand to ask to leave the table. Instead of asking to be excused, though, he said, "May I please be exhausted?"

It took him a minute to realize what he had said, esp with all of us laughing!

I told him I didn't think he needed our permission. :-)

My nativity Collection

I love nativities. I have always loved them! I have kept one out in my living room since I have had my own house. I hate putting them away at Christmas time. I wanted to show off some of my collection:

(I apologize for the picture quality, I had to use my phone, we were out of batteries for our camera)


I got this blanket from Brandi for Christmas a few years ago. I love it! I put it on a wall this year to properly show it off. It is large, taking up the space underneath my stairway. (a perfect place so everyone can see it when they come in!)





These are also from Brandi. They are AMAZING! They are carved into wood -- very intricately with the outside ornament (an angel or star) and then the nativity in the center. The colors are beautiful and they are my favorite ornaments! The star is purple, too, which makes it even more special. :-) They are Jim Shore Designs. You can see more here. I love his style!



This is from Alaska! Sherria got it for me while she was there. It is just precious...very teeny. The baby Jesus is just larger than a grain of rice!



This is actually Brittany's. She gets a Snow Baby from me every year. I had to get her this one because it is a nativity. :-)





This one I bought at Hobby Lobby this year before Christmas. They were having a sale and I just loved it. It is rather large, taking up about 1/2 of our Mantle. I am keeping it out all year on top of one of my bookcases.




This is a sweet little nativity that my mom gave me this year. She was worried she wouldn't be able to get my Christmas present to me in time. (it did get to me in time)


This is obviously not my set! My set is packed away in boxes awaiting our (???) move. My mom got me part of the set last year (Mary, Joseph, Jesus, some animals and a shepherd) and this year she sent me the three wise men. I love this nativity! I have a shelf that I keep it out on all year long (except, of course, when it is packed up!) I also collect regular Willow Tree pieces and you can see them here.

I have a few other ones, including the very first one I owned, but they are packed away. I also have a snow globe with a nativity in it. (funny if you think about it)

Thanks for looking at my Nativities!

ABC's, Describing Me!

Can you believe there are only 26 letters in our entire alphabet? Only 26 letters that you can create thousands and thousands of words out of, and all those little words make up all sentences, paragraphs, articles, and books we read? Homeschool Memoirs put up this Meme:

This week use the ABC’s to describe your character, your life, your homeschool, and your family. Next to each letter of the alphabet put a word that describes you or has something to do with you. It was very amusing and a bit tricky. Once you actually get to a letter your mind goes blank!

So here is my try:
Adoring
Born-Again
Crocheter
Daughter
Entertaining
Fulfilled
Godly
Hopeful
Intelligent
JOYFUL!
Kids
Loving
Married
Ninny muggin, cotton-headed of course
Oklahoma
Peculiar
Quirky
Real
Steady
Tall
Unaffected
Victorious
Warm-hearted
XXXVIII
Yackety
Zany

If you want to join in, go here!

Ipod Hoodie

I saw this cute Ipod Hoodie on my friend Karen's list of to-dos. I knew right away that Brittany would LOVE it! I had Britty pick out here favorite yarn and then set to making it. She wanted some modifications: a strap so she could wear it around her neck and a pocket in the back so she could put her wires in it. It came out so cute! I love it! (and so does Britty!!)

Ravelry Addict

It's true. I haven't quit crocheting, I haven't quit posting my items, I have just started putting everything on Ravelry! Then it seems sort of redundant to post it here. Ravelry is AWESOME, for any of you who might be in to crocheting or knitting. Heather told me about it and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it. It is like Facebook for Crocheters and knitters.

If you are on there, my user name is Peculyr. Feel free to add me as a friend!

Okay, now I will add some of my newest projects. :-)

Come,
let us sing for joy to the LORD;
let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and extol him with music and song.
For the LORD is the great God,
the great King above all gods.
In his hand are the depths of the earth,
and the mountain peaks belong to him.
The sea is his, for he made it,
and his hands formed the dry land.
Come,
let us bow down in worship,
let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;
for he is our God
and we are the people of his pasture,
the flock under his care.
Today, if only you would hear his voice,
Psalm 95:1-7 TNIV

Pay It Forward, the Blog Edition

I am really excited about this. Cuddles on the Couch wrote about a Pay It Forward Idea with handmade gifts. What a wonderful idea!


How does it work?

• First, announce this in a post on my blog!
• Commit to making 3 handmade items and ship to 3 special readers.
• There is NO $ amount--It's the personal time and love that make the difference!
• The 1st 3 commentators who agree to also "Pay it Forward" will receive a Handmade gift in the mail from me.
  
• I have 365 days to make/ship my handmade goodie! (Although I promise it will be most likely much sooner!)
• The 3 commentators then post this challenge on their blog and we keep the "Pay it Forward" blessing going and going and going!

So please comment and let me know if you are interested in joining and I will make you a handmade gift! Just for you! :-)

Cry Holy