The Baby Quilt.

Nobody got dressed yesterday. Well, I got dressed before work, and Tiegan changed into an adorable ladybug summer tank top and refused to put on pants, but other than that we had a lazy chill day yesterday. I decided to start on the upcoming nugget's quilt yesterday and the girls were so great at playing together and "helping" with the quilt, I accidentally did nothing else yesterday and finished it! This being the fourth round of baby quilts, I gotta say, sewing is a lot more fun the more competent you are. I didn't have any trouble with the bobbins, didn't break any needles, and no tears/curse words came out of me. I got caught up on conference, we watched movies and played Legos, and girls had a great time helping me decide which squares belonged where. It was fantastic. The quilt isn't perfect, but I love the little imperfections. And I love that the girls asked about their baby quilts and only felt minor stings when Claire complained that the new baby's blanket is better than hers. (Sorry kid. I guess that's the problem with being the oldest.)

Originally I had fallen in love with fabric at Hobby Lobby, but had to leave it to take Aoife to urgent care to get her head glued back together and after the scene I made I refuse to show my face there for a while. I ended up going to Jo-Ann's by myself one night and while a couple of the pieces I don't love AS much, I'm pretty pumped with how it turned out.

So baby girl, you have a blanket. And I'm really struggling to not set up your crib right this second and get it all ready. All she needs now is a name and an animal friend and about 10,000 headbands. But she has her blanket. Victory. Today I took the girls to each pick out an outfit for baby sister. While stressful and almost a disaster, we survived. And their selection suits their personalities. Claire went with a cat set. I was a little worried that Aoife would want a superhero costume, but she was determined to find a yellow dress in a newborn size. Tiegan was running around like a lunatic and collecting as many stuffed animals as her little arms could carry, so I chose a little sleeper for her. Tiegan will get to help Ross pick out the animal friend.

It's kind of weird getting things together. I'm going in more often for appointments with the normal doctor and still doing the injections every week, but I won't have to go to the hospital appointments that often anymore. One of the babe's kidneys was abnormal from the get-go. I love the specialist doctor. I saw her the whole time for Tiegan. The kidney issue could mean a number of different things ranging from no big deal to big deal, but there isn't a definite answer and probably won't be until she's born so doctor has helped keep a great attitude of we'll not worry until we need to. This week it turns out both kidneys are abnormal and acting up. We'll check on them again right before she's born to see if they've worked themselves out, and if not, we'll see what's going on after she's here. Other than that and settling in super low, she's great and we're excited to bring another little sister to the family! Hopefully she's tough and can handle all of the love from the three big sisters she's about to get.