So after I worked out Will's bumpers (previous post) I began work on the curtains that will hang in the kids' room. Again, I had tons of left over material from my quilt, lots of it being yellow, and all of it being super colorful. I adore bright colors and think it's the perfect way to decorate a kids room. It took me many, many, many hours to cut all the squares, sewing them together, cut them into triangles, sew them together into the pinwheels, sew the pinwheels into strips, cut the white strips and finally attach them to the pinwheel strips. Oh, and I forgot all the ironing in between all of those steps. I tend to complain while I'm tediously bent over fabric trying to make precise cuts, but the fact is that I love it. I love how tedious it can be to cut hundreds of 3 inch squares perfectly. I love that I know how to do that. I love how my sewing looks after I've ironed open the seams so that they are crisp. And I especially love that I am able to come up with projects, figure out the measurements and execute the design WITHOUT needing a pattern (this applies to both the bumpers I'm working on and these curtains). I love feeling talented, and seeing the finished...or nearly finished...product gives me a huge sense of accomplishment, happiness, and makes me feel talented.
Ruth is also a big thing that helps me feel worthwhile. Of course we have our good days and bad days, but this girl is so cute that even when I'm frustrated with her, it's not for long. She's started to love being in a "cave." She sits under the side table between the couch and recliner to bang on her piano, climbs under my sewing desk while I'm working away so she can read books and sits under Brad's feet at the computer desk so she can play songs on her phone (we got new cell phones in November so Ruth's phone is Brad's old phone which has lots of funky ring tones that she likes to jam to). It's really funny when she attempts to get under the desk because she forgets that she's grown an inch or two in the past several weeks so when she tries to walk under the desk she hits her head on the edge. It's really funny because she gets all confused as to what just happened.
Recently she has started sticking her tummy out. She leans back really far and then pooches her belly out as hard as she can. I don't know what has prompted this but it's really funny, especially when she stands up and does it in the bath.
In Will news, the ultrasound went really well. He is developing well and everything looked "normal." So that's always happy news. Brad joked when the sonographer walked in that we'd get to see if the baby has legs coming out of strange places. The sonographer looked at me and asked if we have any genetic abnormalities in our families. I just laughed, because she was serious...and didn't get that Brad wasn't serious. Will weighs about a pound, is about a foot long and wiggles non stop. I am very much looking forward to his birth and having him as part of our every day lives.
