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Tuesday, February 2

Oh Baby!, One Monthly Goal, & Wandering Camera

Happy Groundhog Day!  It looks like Spring will have no trouble in arriving this year.  Winter has been unusually mild here... knock on wood.

Jim and I are now officially Lolli & Poppa!  We became the grandparents of this little bundle of sweetness and joy on January 15th:


Eden James Ward - 8 lbs, 9 oz - photo taken by the hospital photographer

Kaitie and Eden and Zak are all doing well, for which we are very thankful to God!  They seem to be naturals at first time parenting.   

Kaitie and I have been playing with the camera and learning to take better pictures.   I hope you recognize the great restraint I'm using when posting only a few of them.  Heh heh yes, I'm going to be one of those grandmothers.  

Below are photos we took when Eden turned one week old.  Our whole family came to visit and meet her over a four day weekend.

Kaitie and Eden


Blecchh!  A boy bear... with cooties. :)
Kaitie & Eden with their surprise from Colleen

Thanks!

The last photo is of Kaitie opening a surprise gift, sent by my wonderful friend Colleen, who blogs at Fancy Foot Farm.  Colleen made the cuddliest bathtime apron from a towel and decorated it with woodland animal fabric, which was a real hit with Kaitie and with me too.  What a clever idea and wow do I wish we had these when our kids were little.  Thank you for the sweet gift Colleen! 

My sister-in-law Cindy crocheted the beautiful baby blanket you see in the photos.  She makes one for every new addition to the family.  Kaitie and Zak love the one she made for Eden.  Thanks Cindy!   


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More Thanks!

A few weeks ago, I was the lucky winner of a giveaway that Kaja held on her blog Sew Slowly.  I won a whole yard of fabric from the Vishruti Dev who has a beautiful Etsy shop called EcoFabricStore.  While looking at her shop, I could not help but order two more yards of Khadi handspun and handwoven fabrics.  The fabrics are simply gorgeous!  I'll let a picture speak for itself.  Thank you Kaja and Vishruti!  


All natural fabrics from EcoFabricStore


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One Monthly Goal


Well, it's time to write up my One Monthly Goal and link up to Heidi's party!  Last month I didn't make my goal of cleaning up my sewing space.  It's neater than it was, but I got a bit sidetracked, LOL.  It didn't help that we coughed out the contents of two closets into my sewing area.  

This month my one monthly goal is easy to choose.  I need to make a baby quilt for Eden!  Some grandmother I am, not having one made already.   These are the fabrics that I have pulled for that:  Tiger Lily, by Heather Ross.  I'm thinking of mixing in some Moda Grunge from my stash and making a stacked coins type quilt, but haven't decided yet.   



  
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Also starting this week, Soma is beginning her Wandering Camera Series, which will be the first Thursday of every month!  It's a chance to experiment with camera play and then join a party and share what you did every month.  Soma will also be sharing tutorials on photography and if you have seen her photos, you know this is very exciting!  We all take photos and we all would like to get better at it, no matter our skill level, so this is a fun way to advance our abilities and also to swap ideas and encouragement with others.     

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48 comments:

  1. Beautiful baby, but consider the source! You definitely earned a OMG pass for January!

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  2. Eden is absolutely beautiful Lara and so is your daughter! Your photography is wonderful and I'll be checking out Soma's Wandering Camera series also! Beautiful fabrics and I can't wait to see the baby quilt you'll make!

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  3. Love, love, love the photos of your beautiful girls! Love the one of Eden and the "icky" boy bear! Too cute. Looking forward to seeing your progress on Eden's baby quilt. Have fun with your photography!

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  4. I literally have happy grammy tears in my eyes for you!! Eden is just so beautiful and your daughter looks like a natural mommy. (FYI: My maiden name is Ward!) Oh Lara...congrats...thanks for sharing your grand baby with us. :)

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  5. Little Eden is so precious. I just want to pick her up and cuddle her. I'm sure she is getting plenty of that!! lol

    I'm looking forward to Soma's photo help as she takes the most gorgeous pictures.

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  6. How exciting. What a cutie! And such a pretty name, too.

    I really like the fabrics you have chosen for the future quilt.

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  7. Lucky you! Eden is perfectly beautiful and those photos are fabulous! I especially love the ones with the fair-colored bear. I look forward to being a grandmother someday...I just wish my kids would get married! Enjoy your new blessing, Lara!

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  8. What a beautiful series of photos. It is clear that Eden is going to be surrounded by a lot of love. :)

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  9. Grandmas are allowed, no, expected, to share lots and lots of pictures! Eden is beautiful.
    Thank you for the link to Soma's photography series. I'll definitely pop in there!

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  10. Congratulations! She is absolutely beautiful!

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  11. Congratulations on the new addition to your family. How fortunate that they live so close.

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  12. Congratulations and best wishes for the new blessing in your family! Thank you for sharing all these beautiful pictures, she is so precious!! Can't wait to see baby Eden's new quilt, great fabric choice! All the best.

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  13. Welcome, Eden! She's already making this big world a better place. You are such a talented photographer, capturing sweet moments. Can't wait to see what's coming up next!

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  14. Gorgeous photos of Katie and Eden, and I love the fabrics you have pulled for Eden's quilt.
    Thank you for letting us know about Somas photography series, I'll be over there to see what I can learn!
    Barbara xx

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  15. I love your fabric choice of tiger lily - will be gorgeous and are the photos of baby Eden and mum!

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  16. Congratulations on becoming a Lolli and Poppa!! Eden is a beautiful baby and your daughter is so pretty too. Love the photos you've provided ... you certainly have all the cute & pretty props for them. Love that fabric for the upcoming quilt. Enjoy spoiling your new granddaughter, I hope she lives close!
    Wendy

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  17. Lara, the pictures are absolutely beautiful! Eden is very blessed to have been born into your family :) Awww, that picture of her and that icky boy bear is just too precious!!

    The fabric you have picked for Eden's quilt is wonderful! Can't wait to see the first of what I am sure will be many Lolli made lovlies :)

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  18. This definitely needed a cuteness alert! Love all the wonderful photos you shared. Keep on clicking grandma. I can't wait to see what you come up with for Eden's quilt. Have fun and enjoy your grandma time!

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  19. I think it's your duty and right as a grandma (Lolli and Poppa is adorable) to take and post as many pictures as possible :) She's gorgeous and your pictures are beautiful.

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  20. Many blessings and warm congratulations and on the birth of your beautiful grandchild!

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  21. What a beautiful granddaughter and great photography!!

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  22. Congratulations and best wishes to all -- what an exciting time in your lives!

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  23. Oh Eden is gorgeous, and your Katie is all aglow! Your photos are so professional looking!! Wow! I am so impressed!!
    I can't wait to see Eden's quilt!
    Susie

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  24. So sweet to see some more pictures of Eden and Kaitie. Don't stop taking pictures and sharing them with us, she's so cute! A stacked coins quilt from Tiger Lily will be gorgeous, looking forward to your progress on that!

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  25. Oh my goodness. Those pictures of Eden are just too wonderful. LOVE your fabric pull for her quilt. I definitely wish I took better pictures -looking forward to wandering camera.

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  26. Congratulations Grandma! Eden looks so sweet. They grow up even faster than my own kids did though!!! My grandson is 8 years old already. Enjoy being a grandma.

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  27. Hello Sweet Eden! She is so adorable and Katie looks great.

    Congratulations on winning that pretty fabric and also on your sewing room organization.

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  28. Congrats again! Eden is just so darn cute! I love that you're using Tiger Lily. I haven't decided what to do with my yet so I look forward to seeing your quilt :) I will have to check out the camera post. I'm having a terrible time with my new camera. I was actually about to email you for any tips since we have the same one lol.

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  29. Lucky. lucky you! Eden is beautiful and I can say from experience that you will never be the same. Nothing in the world beats Grandma love. The baby quilt fabric is perfect - modern and sweet at the same time. Thanks for the photo link info, I so much want to improve my picture taking skills and this might help. Congrats again and who doesn't love baby pictures?

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  30. Your grand daughter is a cutie! Totally understanding that you chose to spend time with her rather than clean out a sewing room.

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  31. Beautiful. You are so blessed.

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  32. Eden is as gorgeous as her mama and her Lolli. How I love that Lara. Boy cooties! LOLOL. I love those natural fabrics, new to me, will check them out. As for the Wandering Camera, I follow Soma, so I know about that! I should start a Wandering Mind linky...bahaha! Actually I've been in the knife drawer this week, as my mum would say, pretty sharp! ;-) Enjoy every moment of that darling baby girl; I know you will..except for the moments you set aside to make her quilt!

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  33. What a wonderful goal. The photos of your daughter and Eden are gorgeous. Thanks for the reminder of the photography series.

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  34. Oh, isn't she beautiful! Congratulations, Lolli! It looks like you will have great fun practicing your photography skills on your new little grandgirl!

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  35. Oh goodness ! Eden took my memories 9 months ago ! That's just how fresh and cuddly my little baby girl looked :)

    Also thankyou so much for picturing my fabrics. You are the best :)

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  36. SO DARLING!!!!!!!! (That right there says it all.) ;)

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  37. She is a such sweet baby, so expressive, Lara! You are probably cuddling her all the time. Why would you want to clean your sewing room??!! You took beautiful photos with so much softness in them. I specially love the ones of Kaitie and Eden together. Thank you so much for mentioning the linky party in your post. Dare I say that with baby Eden around you are going to turn into a shutter-bug very soon :)

    -Soma xx

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  38. Your big girl and her small girl - both gorgeous! What a good time to be thinking about more photography: you have the perfect excuse to take loads and loads of photos (as if you needed one.) Now that you have met Eden you will be able to make exactly the right quilt for her.

    Your fabrics from Vishruti look very pretty too. :-)

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  39. What a cutie!! Those are great photos. You are entitled to show her off. LOL

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  40. Oh Lara! What a doll! I am so excited for you and your family!!! My husband and I had exactly one professional photo taken of each of our boys, at 8 months! I think you are off to an amazing start at wonderful pictures of sweet Eden! Our thought was, with ALL the photos we take(pre-digital, at that!) ! We can be,and are, happy with those! Congrats to your daughter and SIL!

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  41. Congratulations, dear Lara! How very wonderful! Such a darling little baby and your daughter is so pretty. I could have looked at a few more... :-)
    Amalia
    xo

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  42. Congrats, she's beautiful! I absolutely love the Tiger Lily fabric, it's a wonder I haven't bought any yet! It will make an wonderful baby quilt for your adorable granddaughter. :)

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  43. Eden is a little doll! You've got lots of great photos of her. Good luck with your February goal.

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  44. What a little sweetie. Loved all those photos.

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  45. Congratulations! She is adorable! You got some great photos. I love the one with Eden on her mom's shoulder.

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  46. Your pictures are beautiful, wow! Congratulations! Eden and your daughter are both gorgeous. Such a wonderful time for you all!

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  47. Such an adorable baby!!! Thank you for sharing all the pictures. And that fabric is just perfect.
    http://sewpreetiquilts.blogspot.com/

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  48. Cutenest overload! Beautiful baby! Congrats and all the best to the whole family!

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