First off I just wanted to give an update on Nate, and his tonsil surgery. We had thought this surgery was going to be a difficult one... But I am happy to report he is almost back to his normal self! Here he is in "his" rocking chair cuddled up in the blanket my Grandma Siercks made him for Christmas. He's adorable, I let him get away with murder!
Speaking of this blanket, it has a little story behind it. I bought this fabric to make a blanket for Nate the first Christmas he and I were together.... Well, I am not the best quilter, and it ended up sitting in my mom's hall closet in pieces for about two years. My Grandma and Grandpa Siercks came from Missouri to visit twice last year. When they came for the first time in June, my grandma took all the pieces home with her, and in October when they came back, she brought the finished quilt. What is funny, is I had no idea. In Novemeber, I had started to bug my mom, saying I wanted the quilt pieces so I could start working on it for a Valentines gift for Nate; she kept telling me she wasn't sure where the pieces were, and I kind of forgot all about it. Christmas morning, Nate had a gift that was from "A Very Special Christmas Elf"- he opened it, and I was shocked! It was absolutely beautiful, and I'll be honest, it made me cry! Grandma told my mom if I was going to quilt I needed to invest in some supplies, I guess the squares I cut were not so good! She had to pick out everything I had sewed together, and start from scratch. My grandma is so talented.... It is a great quilt, and Nate loves it! (When I let him use it!)
This picture was only taken about 10 minutes after the one of him in the rocking chair... He's adorable!
