Mama craziness

I have to give props to all those mom bloggers out there.  Chasing around my now 15 month old son doesn't leave me much time to do crafts, let alone write a blog up.  Luckily my sone is starting to be a little more independent giving more time for both.  I have been working on a color wheel quilt recently based on a pattern I found on Joann.com  I didn't like the size on the pattern offered, so I enlarged the pattern and now have a crib sized quilt in process.

Let me just say that Cy is in love with this quilt despite it not being finished yet.  As I would lay it out in the various stages of putting it together, he would stand on top of it and I would point out the different colors.  He would then get down and point to the various colors and say the color I had just stated.  It has been a few weeks that I have been working on this project and now he will go up to the quilt on his own and try to guess the color that he is pointing at.  Sometimes he is right and sometimes not so much.  I am really looking forward to getting the binding done on it, so he can start using as he would like to, carrying it around the house everywhere.

Welcome to my new blog!

Let me start off by telling you a little bit about myself.  My name is Ivy and I am a new mother to an adorable currently 8 month old little boy named Cyrus.  I have been married about  ayear and a half, but my husband and I have been together for nearly 11 years.  I am a pretty strict vegetarian, but not quite able to commit to veganism.  Maybe someday.  I like working with my hands, I cook, bake, sew, knit, and I am always willing to try learning something new and crafty.  Currently I am a working mom, but that will soon be changing as I am getting laid off in less than a month.  We are trying to work things out so that I will be able to stay home with the baby, but we will see how that goes.

As a mother, I feel like I follow my natural instinct with my son.  I don't like to commit to a label, but I can relate closely to Attachment parenting.  I breast feed, carry my baby, and bed share.  People often say that Cyrus is unusally well behaved and happy and I believe that my parenting technique has contributed to his positive attitude.

In my blog, I will be posting recipes, crafts, ideas, and other experiences of motherhood.  I hope you will join me.

For those of you that our joining me, and would like your chance at winning a carrier of your own, here is a chance for you to win an Ergo carrier of your own:  http://www.breastfeedbabywearclothdiaper.com/7000-facebook-fan-babywearing-giveaway-celebration