Brothers

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It's so hard having a my newborn in the hospital but it's moments like these two that shine light on a dark situation. Glo bug stayed and watched Chris feed Dragonfly for like 3 minutes (Which is a LONG time for Glo bug). And Bee watched Dragonfly just like that for quite awhile too. He had bar marks on his face. 

It's so sweet to see these boys interested in their brother. It makes a mommy's heart beat with joy.

PS I had a huge long post about Dragonfly's story getting here and Blogger decided to eat it. I'm hoping that it will magically appear tomorrow. If not, it will be a few more days to hear the story.

Baby Edmond's baby quilt

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I tried a new pattern for my Bliss jelly roll before I had Mr. Dragonfly.

I brought it with to finish it.

It's a pattern on the Sweetwater blog. I can't find the link right now. I thought it was going to be ALOT bigger. But it's the perfect baby size quilt. Aimee is having a girl so I thought this would be perfect. It's a quilt as you go. I used alot of my fancy stitches on my machine. It was pretty fun to do!

If I was to do it again, I would double the length of each strip. So I would need 2 jelly rolls for an adult size quilt.

Anyway Aimee isn't due until the end of January so I have time to mail it but I better do it quick before the boys use it!!! :)

Side view of Mr. Dragonfly

Isn't he perfect?? I'm kinda a fan.

Chocolate Molten cake

I got out of the hospital Sunday morning. This has been the fastest and easiest recovery with all 3 boys. I was up and moving the morning after I had Dragonfly. Everything is healing nicely. (I'll have a girly post in a few, with details)

Christi and George Baker came up to see Dragonfly. They came Saturday. We made plans to go to Red Robin on Sunday for lunch! We don't have Red Robin anywhere near Alamogordo. This one up here is the closest. So it's a big deal to go when we go. Well the Baker's decided to go home early so we went to Chili's. (We have a Chili's in Alamo but it's not good....at all!)

So Chris and I have a tradition....we order our cake first! Our theory is we can take our entrees home and heat them up later but you can't take ice cream home and the chocolate doesn't heat up the same at home. So in celebration of having Dragonfly, getting out of the hospital and our probable last date night for quite a few, we got our cake!! Oh it was sooo delicious!

The pilgrims

We have this guys with us again! Chris' dad, Don, came down to watch the boys while we were up here having a baby. Before that, Courtney, Amy and Susie watched them for 5 days! I soooooooo owe them!!

Anyway, Don drove up Tuesday and brought the boys. I missed them soo much. I knew I was going to miss them but not to the actual hurt-in-my-heart miss them. 

It's not fun having them in a hotel but at least they are here. I just can't wait until we are ALL home. Sleeping in our own beds, doing our regular stuff, eating our regular food.

Glo bug has hurt his leg also. That has been fun too. He is doing better but for a few days he could barely walk. It doesn't seem to hurt in one spot, just his whole right leg. I'm thinking the boys were wrestling and it got twisted or something. If it's still drama on Monday, we will call Tricare. Having a whiny boy on top of this stress leaves me crying most every afternoon...then it's naptime and things seem a little better after a nap.

Dragonfly is doing great. He's eating well. Taking a bottle on half his feeds. He's gaining weight. Now we just have to wait until he eats all his food by bottle. We have no idea when that will be. It's up to the little guy.

Dragonfly is here!

Guess what I went and did??! I had a baby!

His name is Dragonfly (on here). He weighed 5lbs 3oz and 18.5 inches long. He was born Friday Sept 23 at 10:24pm. 

He was born with 96k platelets which was a huge miracle! And he comes with quite an arrival story too! But I will share later. For now, you can enjoy his first pictures. More to come soon!

Belly

This is my belly at 33weeks. This is the biggest I've ever been. It's seriously crazy to have a stretched belly button since I don't have a real belly button. Now I really don't!! Lol

Kitty quilt

I made this for the little quilt swap. You make a mini quilt, then post pictures. After the deadline, you go through the groups pictures and pick your favorites. Then wait. You see which one you get in the mail!

It's really fun and no pressure. If you don't finish, you can just play next round. I love that. So this is my quilt I added. It's new home is in Sweden. I hope it's loved!

Bee double spoon

I wish we could all eat ice cream this way!

I just don't have the talent to do it!!! And chopsticks... Not so much! I'm glad Bee did get that gene!

My quilt

I finished this quilt and I'm so proud. I can take something girly to the hospital now.

I baby stippled around the name and bird. I also quilted around a little birdie in one of the charm blocks on the bottom row. The rest of the quilt is quilted with loops. When I washed it, the big bird has fray around his edges. I totally forgot about that when I put it on, so that was a nice surprise. He looks fluffy!

I'm really happy with quilt. It makes me want to start another quilt.

But I've been having contractions already and have been barfing today so non quilting for me tonight. I'm really bummed but I qotta take it easy to keep this baby in there cooking.

I'll try and get better pictures soon.