B's Quilt

Well, there's all kinds of drama going on with court dates/MOWA letters right now all of which could delay our court date, plus we are still waiting for our fingerprinting appointment from USCIS (we are going to start phone stalking them on Monday to see what is going on), so we figured we'd post about B's quilt instead:-) Plus we got 4 new pics of him today, showing off a sassy personality, grinning from ear to ear, and wearing a cheerful yellow shirt with a dinosaur!

We've bought a lot of necessary items for B, mostly from craigslist, ebay, half.com, and other discount places (though I do have a soft spot for Amazon sales, especially since I now have Amazon prime:-) We got an awesome crib for B that converts to a toddler bed since he still sleeps in a crib at the transition home, but he'll probably be close to 3 by the time he comes home...and we hope that B will have younger siblings at some point down the road so it should get more use as a crib then...the crib has some scratches on the dark wood that Ababa is going to cover-up with some non-toxic stain, but we got it for about 1/3 the retail price, so we're not complaining:-)

Here's B's crib/bed it's the Babyletto Mercer:

So, we wanted to get something special for him, something new, something custom made just for B, and something that would fit in the mod vibe we decided to go with in his room.  I had fallen in love with Tanneicasey on Etsy's windowpane quilts right after we got married and decided I wanted to get one for our future child.  I also fell in love with the Michael Miller Zoology fabric. So, I was thrilled that Tannei could work with me to incorporate fabrics that we really wanted for B's room.  I picked all the fabrics in the quilt except for one that she picked. She did the layout, picked which fabric to use for the edging, and had the genius idea to do the backing in dark grey.  The first quilt she made had some of the same fabric squares next to each other which looked a little out of whack.  She realized this before posting it for our purchase and emailed us offering to make another one. Usually we would have just chalked it up to being homemade and bought the first one, but we wanted this quilt to be really special for B.

And WOW is it!  We love this quilt and can't wait for B to wrap himself up in it!  It looks awesome in his room.  Reversing it gives a completely different look and a special inset tag on the back with his whole name embroidered on it makes it so special.  I hope that we'll get to spend many many years snuggled up with B under this blanket--reading books, talking, laughing, cuddling, and loving our son!!!

So, here are some more pics--most of the fabrics are by Michael Miller.  In a few weeks, or maybe months, we'll post pics of his whole room.  It's starting to come together and look really cute!!!

Hmmm...blogger seems to be not dealing with pics very well.  here's a link to the Etsy posting if that works better: B's quilt: