quilt

This is the quilt that I started for Taylor long before she was born

The quilt that I made recently for our next child-hoping for a boy!

Today I finished the baby boy quilt that I have been making for the last few months.At first I was thinking that it might be a good baby gift but, I have decided now that I will keep it for when we have a son.The reason that I decided to keep it was all the work that I ended up putting into it.I hand traced and cut out all the pieces, hand sewed all the animals and the quilt edging, and my grandma, aunt, and myself hand quilted it-tons of work!

Next, I am planning on making a dress, skirt, and I am also working on a new quilt for my friend's baby that is coming in December.

busy life, busy wife

I have been so busy lately- I am just waiting for someone else to want me to do something.Now this is not technically a rant so I am not complaining .more like spilling my guts.

I told you before that my husband has a milk cow and 2 heifer calves.For his birthday my sister in law and I bought him a black baldy bull...he named him Torito (appropriately Spanish for little bull)..he is castarated now though and at 205 lb he is going to grow up to be our very own beef steer.We also have somewhere close to 45 chickens-don't worry they aren't all laying yet.


When my husband works I have to do a lot of the chores by myself. Besides the chores I have to take care of Taylor and clean house. On the side I have been watching my niece and nephew three days a week and on the side of that I have been tutoring my brother and sister 1 day a week. Since I have to do something fun too I have been hand quilting a blanket for when we have a boy in the future (I have high hopes ok).(side note:I am going to post pictures of the quilt soon-it is turning out really good.)

I can't believe that I actually have time to blog considering all this.I wanted to post pictures but, I can't find the camera chip.sad.

Have a Cow!

Today we bought a 2 year old jersey cow. Her name is Tilly!We bought her from an organic dairy-I am really excited! I think that it is going to take a while to break us in on the milking, it has been a hard trail so far.One of the most exciting things is that she is bred and is due to have a baby in December....so either we will have our own steer our another cow!

My husband is getting more adventurous-I love him-he really is amazing!

Click the link below to learn more about Jersey cows!

All about Jersey Cows

She is supposed to give us four gallons of milk a day.I am really looking forward to making my own cheese, butter, ice cream..and all things dairy. We are becoming regular dairy farmers now!

See how baby Taylor has grown!

Pondering?

I know that I have very poor blogging habits. I will admit it. I only blog when I am in the mood -why is that?

I guess that is one of the great questions of life?

The Other question is are men less judgmental and more forgiving than women? I seem to pick friends easily and other people turn into people that I don't want to hang out with just as easily.My husband has the qualities that I mentioned above-maybe I should try to be more like him?

Any thoughts?

Baby Taylor

baby is here

My little girl is here as of Wednesday and I seem to be healing nicely.She came with a full head of hair, one mouth, 2 beautiful eyes and is as precious as she is in the picture.More later...