Merritt's Quilt

Landon's Grandma Hilda makes a quilt for every grandchild.  It has become a rite of passage for my children to be photographed on their quilt.  You may remember that I posted about Zetta's quilt here. [though the pics are down temporarily, sorry].  This was the first time that I gave Grandma advance notice about the gender of our baby- because we didn't find out with Hale and Zetta!  Grandma chose the pattern and the material and surprised us after Merritt was born.  Grandma is incredibly skilled with a needle (she was recognized with an award of excellence at the NWWA Fair this year) and she also has a wonderful eye for colors. Grandma makes careful selections and always makes a pattern look its very best!

Merritt is over seven months now.  At seven months it felt like she was "awakened" to the regular operations of the rest of the family.  For example, she is usually looking at whoever is speaking in the room. If Hale and Zetta break into giggles, she giggles too.  She gets jealous if we are eating and we don't feed her.  It's been really fun to see her interact with the family dynamic.  

She is working on her top two teeth right now so sleeping has been a little rough this week.  She is starting to push up onto all fours- so I'm sure she'll be crawling before we know it!

See Merritt's two teeth?