Welcome to the World. . . Harmon Mark Bell

Matt, Caroline and Raquel before the BIG event!

And one more makes FOUR!  

(I have to comment on Raquel. . .what a beauty after all of that hard, long labor!!)

Look at that face of glee!

Harmon Mark Bell, 7/12/12, 7 lbs. 8 oz.

Can't wait to meet him in person!

(I learned how to copy pictures from other places and put them on my blog. . .too bad it took me so long to do that.  These pictures are all from Matt and Grandma Kremin!  Thanks!)

Quilts and such. . .

This is a quilt I made a few years ago, but had never had it quilted.

I took it to my quilter, Cindy, and magic! 

Here is a close up of the border with the double feather design

A larger view. . .

Close up of the main block

Close up of the plain fabric block. . . look what quilting can do!

I made this pillow for our new grandson to be, (hopefully tomorrow)  Raquel brought me the scraps from the quilt she had made for Harmon and here is the pillow that I made from them.  I will take it back to DC with me when I go to meet Harmon Mark Bell in a couple of weeks.

Close up of the embroidered 'h' for Harmon!

Here is the knitted blessing blanket for Harmon.  It's a very pale blue.

Here is my birdie quilt that I stitched last year.  I got the pattern from a blog called "Little Miss Shabby".   It was a free monthly download, and I finally got it together and quilted as well.  The little birdie has a theme for each month.  FUN!

Here is a close-up of the July block

And, another close-up of December

Cindy quilted darling details in each block. . .LOOK!

Here is a dear old friend, my summer quilt that I designed with my friend, Laureen.  

Those are peas from the garden and summer flowers

Carrots and a little chair for the porch

Gardening tools and a slice of watermelon

A bee and his hive and of course, the red, white and blue!

Hope you enjoy the day and get a chance to create!

Welcome to the world, Mr. Tyler James Bell, Jr!

Here are the happy and excited parents!  Amazing that you can be so free of pain during labor these days.  It is really an enjoyable experience!  Look at those faces, anticipating their first child!

Baby TJ is born!   June 21, 2012!  Here is a picture with Tyler, Ashley and their doctor, who by the way, was fabulous!  7 lbs. 14 oz. and 22 inches long!

Grandma Connie and Grandma Sherri

A handsome new son!

He was ready to eat from the minute he was born!  Amazing!

Uncle Mark came to visit!

Also,  Great-Grandma and Grandpa Harmon

Grandpa Bell

Resting after a hard nights' work of being born!

Two weeks later. . .a visit at our home!  His Tshirt says. . . 'my first fourth'

What a peaceful and happy little guy.  We even think he smiled several times at us!  Fun adventures ahead with TJ Bell!  With much love we welcome you!

And . . .this was the only picture of the quilt I made for him that I had from my ipod. . .Ashley chose such darling fabric and my quilter, Cindy Leon did a great job with the quilting, as usual.