During church on Sunday, Greta fell asleep in my arms. For the whole of church (3 hours) she was a little angel. Playing sweetly, or cuddling up to me. And then, with a half hour left, she easily and quickly drifted off into sleep. She sat in my lap with my arms wrapped tightly around her, her arms wrapped tightly around her bunny, softly snoring. It's moments like that that make motherhood completely worth it. Soft, sweet moments that melt away the yelling and the frustration, the exhaustion and the unkept home. Motherhood is hard, but oh so worth it. I love who I am becoming because I am a mother.

The girls' had an empty little frame on their wall that needed filling. So, during a spare evening, I popped in a movie and embroidered little flowers on some white linen. It took me a couple hours, but I think it was worth it. I've enjoyed discovering embroidery, although I keep reminding myself, I can't embroider everything. Do you embroider? Do you like embroidery?

I began working on this quilt in March 2011 and I gave it to my sister-in-law, Elizabeth, for Christmas. It was a a really fun quilt to make, which is good, because I spent a lot of time making it! It turned out beautiful and was rather hard to give it away. Luckily the recipient is a quilter herself and therefore "got it." You know?

These first weeks of January have been very productive for me. I love it when I'm productive! I had two cord dresses cut out for the girls since November. Ah! This cord pattern takes no time to sew up, but again, Christmas... Anyways, finally sewed them up, put them on the girls and then Holly had an accident (plus a few more) and a rough morning altogether (I was the only one that attended church that day). But Greta looked really cute in hers! The cord is super soft and comfortable. Thanks to my mother-in-law for sending the fabric! I'll hopefully be able to snag some photos of Holly in her dress soon!

This is a delicious granola bar recipe! Conor was surprised at how tastey they are (he's not big on granola bars). I want to have more nutritious, yet still tasty snack options in our house. Slowly, I'd like to phase out certain sugars. The only sweeteners in this granola bar are the honey and chocolate chips. I bought these sweet little mini chocolate chips but I didn't let the mix cool enough before I stirred them in. Next time. I also added a half cup of craisins. Delicious!