Yesterday

Yesterday I made a cake.  And since now that cake is half eaten in a tupperware on the kitchen counter after we took it up the canyon for family night and devoured it while the mosquitoes devoured us, and nobody will ever know/care that it once was cute, it needs a picture on the blog.


It was a giant cupcake cake mold that my mom bought me at the Williams Sonoma Outlet in Vegas. The recipe on the back was dense and yummmmmy.

Oh, and Crew sleeps like this: Except usually his head is scooted as far into the corner as it will go.  And sometimes he has double thumbs in his mouth. I see this and it's hard to not pick him up!

My Wicked Quilt

I've been working on this project for about 4 years. Off and On.  And last week someone randomly asked me if I ever finished it and if I had pictures of it. It's been at this stage for about 2 years.  I need to finish the binding so I can say I am DONE.  But here it is,  we (my momma and I) designed it - made patterns from coloring books and other quilt patterns....

(this isn't the quilt obviously, but isn't Crew cute in his Bumbo chair? He sat in it right next to the piano and stared up at my voice student completely fascinated with the warm-ups, sooooo cute.) 

Oh and yesterday: 

You'd THINK this was a baby fascinated by his brightly colored toy. But back up and....

It's a baby completely fascinated with Shark Week on TV with his Uncle Andrew. 

Back to the Quilt: 

The Beach

We got to go to Newport for a week with my family, and it was so fun to take Crew swimming and to the beach! Katie flew out from DC to be with us, and Scott got to come for half of the week, thank goodness for the Pioneer Day Holiday school break.  One of the many things I love about Utah:) Everything seems fun with a baby - The world suddenly seems new again because you get to watch the baby discover it!  Even if the baby is a little too young to really get it - I find myself getting excited about things and narrating them to Crew, only to realize he is probably way too little to really get it (look Crew!!! A Rainbow!! A BIG Rainbow!!! See all those pretty colors?) But who knows maybe some of it soaks in.  The beach was sooo fun with Crew, he LOVED the sound of the ocean and turned his head all around to see where the sound was coming from and then just stared at it.  He bounced his little feet in the wet sand when we held him over it, and he pulled his feet up if they touched cold water.  And I have to say he looked dang cute in his little sunglasses! 


Oh and I have to mention that the "Lucky" song by Jason Mraz and Colbie Callait got played about 300 times on this trip and I am NOT exaggerating.  We have it on our phones, and if Crew fussed, someone would whip the song out.  As soon as he heard the intro, he would stop, get big eyes and just listen intently.  Amazing.  And I used to love that song :) !