Six hours ago I had no gift for the baby shower tomorrow and I was freaking.  I had procrastinated and my schedule got busier and busier so I thought I was going to arrive with an IOU for one of my best college friends that is having a cute little boy…yes I already know he will be cute.  Beth would have understood but I wanted to have a gift.  I mean she is such a good friend.

Such great friends

So I got home from dropping Hunni off for his weekend of meetings and got to work.  I picked a pattern, cut it out and sewed until my pants were covered in thread and my neck was sore…but I got it done.  And it is adorable and perfect for her if I do say so myself.

Notice it is green like we are wearing above.  Unfortunately the picture doesn’t do the front justice.  She picked a green theme so it is variations of green that look so cute…and Hunni picked Curious George for the back when I dragged him to the fabric store.



I was amazed that I got it done so quickly and I’m pleased that it turned out much better than I hoped.  And it made me realize I love quilting and need to get working on all the other quilts I have to finish.  I have three wedding quilts and a few baby quilts too



The thing that really shocked the heck out of me was the fact that Hunni also made a gift.  He had seen something on TV about a diaper cake for a baby shower and said he wanted to make one.  I totally thought he was kidding and was shocked when I got back from my work weekend in North Conway and he had it 90% done.  Apparently he wasn’t kidding.  He actually Googled How to Make a Diaper Cake to get the instructions and followed them to a T.  I helped him decorate it last week and he was so proud of the final product.

He did it!

I had doubted he would even do it so when he did it and it turned out so great I was so happy for him.  And I know Beth will love it.  So now we have two gifts to give our great friends and I’m so excited.

Our loot.

I’m excited to share in the celebration with our friends tomorrow.  They are such a great couple and we had fun putting together their gifts instead of just buying something off the registry.



I totally underestimated both Hunni and myself with these projects.  I didn’t think we could accomplish them and that they would turn out so well.  And lots of times I really seem to underestimate myself.  When I wanted to learn to run I set out to do the Couch to 5K program but didn’t really think I’d even survive the first week with 90 second running segments.  But I did and completed it and ran the entire first race I registered for when I thought I would have to walk part of it.  And I honestly didn’t think I could lose the weight when I set out to do so because I had failed so many times before but I’ve lost over 100 pounds and maintained most of it (and I will get back to goal in good time).  And I’ve really doubted that I would be able to handle this vegetarian turn of events and maintain it for this long.  But I’ve done it.



I need to learn not to underestimate myself and my determination as well as Hunni’s.  I need to learn to trust myself that I’m strong and can do things that I put my mind to even if they aren’t in the timeframes I expect (I really did not expect to finish the quilt that fast).  I’m a lot stronger than I think.



Do you underestimate yourself?

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