blankets.

this tradition started in our family because of a "friendly neighbor" that i had while pregnant with cullan. she was also pregnant and asked me  if i would be interested in making a blanket for him. i was all over the idea. i loved the thought of him having something i had made for him and it was fun to get to hang out with my friend while we worked on the blankets. 

so first came cullans.

 

I was so excited to wrap him up in this blanket. I have pictures of him in the hospital all cuddled up in his baby lamb blanket.

Then Kael's was next.

 

When I bought Kael's fabric I was not sure if we were having a boy or a girl. We had not had the ultrasound yet, however I love frogs. I used to collect them when I was younger and when I saw this I just feel in love. So I bought it and set it aside! Again my "friendly neighbor" and I worked on the blanket and she did the edging for me because I had no idea what I was doing!

next was Miss B's!

 it took me a while to decide what to do for her. i could not find anything that i was really falling in love with. i would go from fabric store to fabric store trying to find something that stuck out to me. finally I came across this and while it was not my dream fabric, i loved the idea of the soft pink on the blanket. it seemed so girly to me and since Briea was my first girl i decided it was going to work. it is hard to tell but it has patch work pink stars all over it. it is a sweet little pattern and I am glad that I went with it. (ps. by this time my "friendly neighbor" was not my neighbor anymore, so I had to drive out to their new house. it was totally worth it though. i always had fun hanging out working on this sort of thing)

Now for number 4!! 

this blanket, i went in a totally different direction. I looked through the baby section of fabric and saw nothing that i liked. since this baby is going to be a surprise i tried to pick something that could work either way. it is hard to see but this blanket has green, browns, orange, and two different shades of pink. the brown trim seems really dramatic in this picture for some reason.. maybe it is and it just looks different to me in real life.

i like that it is kind of funky and different. i am excited about putting our new little one it and wrapping them up. i was just telling garran today that once I get the blanket done, i know we are close. sadly i did not get to do this blanket with my friend. 3 out of 4 is not bad, but it would have been fun if we still lived closer to do this one together too! so now we just have to wait our 10 days, and we will have our new little babe to wrap up in it!!