guess what!

I'M PREGNANT!!!!!!

that's right. yup, you heard me right. Joseph and I are going to have a baby.

The baby will be born sometime around May 15th.

I'm hoping for under 9 pounds, but considering my family history, that's unlikely.

homemade

I promised many people a picture of the chairs Joseph and I recovered with the help of my mom and dad. So here they are. They are definitely not perfect and I'm not sure I would ever do this project again since the chairs are still wobbly even though we tried to reinforce them.



One thing Joseph and I have started doing regularly is baking our own bread. We use the simple no-knead recipe from the New York Times and it is always yummy.


A few times in the summer we took a loaf of bread and had a simple picnic and searched for geocaches around the city.


I've made a lot of treats lately but my fourth of july oreo-esque cookies were the yummiest.
The best craft of the summer, however, goes to our new quilt my mom and I sewed while I was visiting at the end of summer.

It looks mostly blue in this picture which is misleading. only that corner has blue in it the rest is warm colors. It fades from blue in the bottom left corner to dark pinks and yellow in the top right corner and the two other corners are light pinks, yellows, and greens. I love the fabric, it comes from Anna Marie Horner's Good Folks collection.

San Sebastian/Donostia

My favorite place in the world is now San Sebastian (Donostia in the Basque language), Spain. It's amazing beauty, rich culture, and laid back feel had such a soothing effect on me. I love that while it was a relaxing place to stay it was also energizing. I would love to rent a house here for a summer sometime in the (distant) future.

See how beautiful it is:

Joseph and I on the funicular.

Me on the beach:

The church right down the street from our tiny hotel: