arts & crafts

Well, I'm officially at the beached whale stage.  

I just roll out of bed about 32 times a night to go to the bathroom and I am more than ready for this baby to come out.  With Noah, I was induced, and he was out at 37 weeks because of my high blood pressure, that's less than a week away!  My doc said she won't induce me this time though until 39 weeks since my blood pressure is stable.  bummer!  

(but we are thankful for a good blood pressure :) )

So, we just have to wait it out!  

We've been keeping busy; Preben has been busily writing away on his thesis....(we will be so happy when it's finished and out of our lives - it's like a rain cloud over our heads), and Noah and I have been crafting!

hmmm... which color to choose?

Hi Mom!  want to color with me?

We , I, got tired of sitting on the floor to color -it's hard when your as big as a whale! , so we bought a little art table from IKEA.

Noah loves it.

He puts all the markers away in their box before he gets out the crayons, and then puts all those away before he gets out the colored pencils.  He's tidy and organized like that.  :)

My 2 cute artists

yes, it took my breath away too.

I mean, what can I say, he's naturally a budding Van Gogh.  

This piece will be worth millions one day.

And here's where we spend most of our nights after Noah goes to bed.

This is our dinning/thesis-writing/sewing/craft/and stroller room!

I got a sewing machine a while ago, and I'm really loving it.  It's perfect at night while Preben is writing, and we can still "spend time together" if I'm in there sewing with him!

I've done some little projects, and I'll post some things I've made later, but here's my latest:
It's called a "gathered clutch".

How cute is that?!

I made this as a birthday gift for my sister Amy.

I'm still learning, but It's been fun!

If you want to make one too,  just go here, to this girl's cute website and follow the tutorial she made. 

She has other cute things that you can make from there too!

It was easier than I thought it would be, and to me the hardest part was measuring/cutting the fabric. 

(Again, not so easy for a pregnant girl to be on the floor doing anything except sitting)  

Thanks to Preben for helping me do this when he saw me struggling! :)

Well, that's what we've been up to!

I know you're jealous of our super exciting lives.  ;)

it's about to get really exciting after our little boy comes into this world!

We can't wait!

We aren't this pale/washed out in real life. :)