I have come to realize that Justin’s quilt is going to take me a long time. I have made some great progress in the past couple of days but it almost feels like I’ve barely made a dent on the whole. I know that if I can pull it off it will all be worth it.

Cole helping me lay things out.

I’m not sure I can actually keep myself from showing this to Justin because I am thrilled with how it is coming out!

I think it’s about time I post some pics of the boy. He’s getting so big, 16 lbs 5 oz to be exact. With his 4 month doctor appointment out of the way he’ll be moving onto bigger milestones. He’s been a ton of fun to play with lately sporting smiles, giggles and squeals. He’s super strong and might be crawling before we know it…trouble. His new process for everything is

Grab: Eat : Drop
    

Thank you Gretchen, he loves this book.

He’s already teaching himself to read.

While Justin is away in Kansas (delivering 5 beautiful prints with frames to Park Place Gallery) I am taking advantage of the time to work on his quilt. Designing a quilt from scratch is a first for me, but I have laid the entire piece out in photoshop and love the way it looks. Hopefully I can make it a reality. It is a ton of work, especially to make it king size, but it will all be worth it if I can pull it off. I took some pictures of the pattern pieces I cut out…any guesses on what it is? I can’t show too much or else Justin will know what it is.

I actually finished knitting a scarf. I usually crochet, but I decided to do a little knitting this time. I’ve knit before, but tend to stay away from it because it takes a lot longer to make something. I had been trying to figure out this knitting pattern for a long time but couldn’t seem to get it right. Hence the reason I started a scarf that was drastically simple and ended up hating it. With the help of You Tube, of all places I was able to understand how to perform a Right Twist. And now with my scarf complete it accompanies my new ivory winter coat. So lovely!

Justin has upgraded which means so have I. New cameras for all. I now have a professional grade camera, seems weird but I lucked out. We ran out for just a quick evening shoot and here’s what I got.

One of my favorite things about our trip to Grand Lake were the horses. I grew up with a best friend who had horses and took lessons as a kid from a neighbor, so I’ve been around these beautiful creatures my entire life. They are quite extraordinary animals because they are extremely smart and each one holds their own unique personality. I feel badly for the people that haven’t ever had a chance to be close to horses, Justin being one of them. They can be somewhat frightening beasts if your are inexperienced with them. Most of them don’t mean any harm, but there are the occasional firecrackers. Example: Flame, a horse that I was going to lease down in Longmont to ride whenever I wanted, turned out to be a fellow who had received little positive attention in his life. Still a young horse who needed lots of exercise and a lot of work was an aggressive firecracker. After meeting him I wanted to help him and spend the time with him, to be a positive human in his life, but wasn’t sure I could justify paying a fee to basically rehabilitate an animal into working condition. I think he really freaked Justin out when we met him because it was obvious he didn’t like the woman from the stables and whenever she was trying to strap on his saddle or halter he would try to pin us against the railing. Needless to say I never leased him because we found out that Parker was coming and you shouldn’t be riding horses while pregnant. 

But in Grand Lake I had a grand time photographing and playing with the horses. The best surprise was the new baby foal that really loved Cole. Sometimes the horses were allowed to roam free about the property and this is when we first met the foal and her mother.

So to my disappointment, Parker is losing the hair he was born with. At birth he had long, dark locks, and a lot of it. Since then it has rubbed bald in a couple of spots, which is normal, but when you run your fingers through his hair now, clumps come out between your fingers. Oh well, I guess we’ll have to wait a little longer for “Baby’s first haircut”. The other news is that he’s going blonde. I thought I would post a “before and after” to prove it. He’s still cute either way.

Before                                          After

Actually Parker has a 50-50 chance with his eyes. Daddy needs glasses and mommy doesn’t. So far he has taken on my blue eye color, but that doesn’t mean much, so here’s a glimpse into the possible fate of Parker’s eyesight. I hope it gets a rise out of you because these pictures make me laugh so hard every time I look at them. Am I a bad mother for this? Hahahaa!

He’s really just so much fun because he takes everything in stride, and most of the time he gets a kick out of things too.