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.  

A Graduation and A Wedding!

Robert Morris Bell graduated from Emory University with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy on May 14, 2012!  Rob also was a speaker at his class graduation as he served as the president of the class for the last three years.  He did such a great job, his talk was funny, motivational and even sentimental.  Dan and I were so proud!  This is the only picture I have right now, borrowed from Schaefers' facebook.  I lost my camera on the way home from the trip and all my graduation pictures are only in my memory now!  :(

Here we are in front of the building where Rob spent most of his time while at Emory. (The School of Medicine) The day went well, after starting off a little wet!  The main graduation was outdoors and we sat under umbrellas the whole time, just getting soggy!

So. . .5 days later, May 19, 2012, Rob and Schaefer were sealed for eternity in the LDS Salt Lake Temple!  It was a beautiful day, a gorgeous bride and a handsome groom.  I joked that they could be on the cover of a magazine with this picture!

Rob, as he was leaving to pick Shaefer up to go to the temple!  What a smile!  I'd say there is one happy guy!

Schaefer and Rob just coming out of the temple after being married!

Bliss. . . 

Caroline with Rob and Schaefer

The whole family. . .trust me, this was the best one!

The Bell siblings. . .

Mark, Cami, Matt, Rob, Alyssa and Tyler

Dan. Me, Rob and Schaefer, Stephanie and Dennis

By the way, we immediately fell in LOVE with Shaefers' family!  What a blessing they are to us and Rob and Schaefer.  Now we know why Schaefer is so wonderful.

Bailey and Schaefer. . .sista's!

The Wonderful Women!

Raquel, Grandma Harmon, Cami, Stephanie, Bailey, Schaefer, Alyssa, me, Kim, Ashley and Grandma Abercrombie

The Macho Men. . .

Grandpa Wadewitz, Mark, Matt Rogers--Baileys' fiance, Dan, Grandpa Harmon, Rob, Dennis, Grandpa Abercrombie, Brett, Matt, Tyler

Caroline and Pa!

Brooklyn and Caroline

McKay and Jaxson

The grandchildren minus Brooklyn. . .

Caroline, McKay, Makenna, Connor Jaxson and Wyatt

Me and my daddy!

My nephew, Quinton and his wife Lyndsay, my sister Joyce and her husband, Bruce 

Caroline enjoying a sucker at the reception later that night!

Me and my Dan, dancing away!

And finally, no post is complete without some kind of sewing project!  Here is a picture of the quilt I made for Rob and Schaefer.  I also made pillow shams and extra pillows to decorate the bed.  Somehow we got it all back to Georgia!

Speaking of Georgia, we went the next week for the ring ceremony and reception there.  As I said before, my camera was lost, so I will post pictures from that party once I can get some.  It was such a beautiful setting.  We are so blessed to have added a new daughter to our family. . .

Schaefer Abercrombie Bell!

Grandkids, projects and such. . .

First, an update on Wyatt. . .he is doing well.  Another MRI to come to make sure all looks good in his little skull.  Speaking of skulls. . . .he likes to dress up as a super-hero most days, but this day he was a skeleton.

He is most often seen in his favorite color, GREEN, and always wears the green rubber boots 

Mark and Brooklyn

Jax and Wyatt playing games on the ipad

Girls night during Priesthood session of General conference.  From left to right:  Denise (Laureens' aunt), Laureen, Ashley, Me, Kim and Lindsay.  Kim brought us each a project to make from her store--Poppy Seed Projects  poppyseedprojects.com   

Here is the finished project:

In other news, Ashely and Tyler Bell are awaiting their first child, TJ Bell.  We had a shower for the new little one a few weeks ago.  Here is the cute expecting couple who will have their lives changed forever the middle of June 2012:

We gave them a new car seat, (which they have already installed), some cute outfits, a knitted blessing blanket and booties and a quilt.

Ashley did a great job choosing the fabric, don't you think?

  

Here is the finished project, the pattern was called Jack's Blocks

The next few photos are some projects that have been patiently waiting to have those last finishing touches put on.  Here is a baby blanket I made a couple of years ago.  I had no deadline to get it finished because it is intended to stay here in our baby crib for visiting little ones.  I wanted to make a scalloped border, but had never learned how to do it.  Thanks to some great blog tutorials, I now have finished this sweet little quilt.

Can you see the rose patterned quilting?  So girlie, now I need a boy quilt!

This is a small civil war lap quilt, the blocks are 6 inch blocks.

I finished the stitching on this corner block of the never-ending Vignette Mystery Quilt.

I also made these 4 pillows to match the Civil War Tribute Quilt and just quilted them with the cross hatch design

They make the bed ensemble a little more complete and inviting

These 'Bliss'ful Birdie Blocks were stitched each month throughout the year.  This was a free pattern from this website www.littlemissshabby.com  The fabric I used for my color inspiration and to sew around each one is called Bliss from Moda, by Bonnie and Camille

There are 12, one for each month, isn't the little birdie cute?

Here is a pillow that I also got on-line as a free pattern and finished recently.  I just loved the little 50s' lady sitting in her turquoise chair, wearing red shoes and stitching away!

And to totally change the subject. . . 

This bike is called Mr. Fuji, Dan's friend.  Dan loves to ride his bike, the faster the better.  He and Cami used to go about once a week.  Now that she has moved to Texas, he has found another group at work who he can ride with.  Dan has signed up for a hundred miler race in June, the Tour de Cure, for the Diabetes foundation.  Go, Dan the Man!