After Gary's mother died, as we were cleaning out her house, we found a box of what appeared to be material scraps. Everyone decided that I should have them, as they all knew that maybe I could make use of them in my sewing (which, by the way, I have not done for several years now -- it seems manufacturers are making the eyes of the needles much smaller these days!). Anyway, I brought the box home and began to dig through to see what, if anything, I could use. Much to my surprise in the box were not "scraps" of material, rather pieces of quilt squares that Mom had begun. There are quilt beginnings for about 5 quilts -- one of them with the names of her classmates embrodiered on. My goal is to one day have a quilt that I can give to each of my girls, completing the quilts that their grandmother began. As we looked at the pieces, Gary began to identify the material as pieces from either his mom's or his dad's clothing from years ago. What an incredible find.
As Christmas neared, I decided to use some of the squares and make Christmas Stockings for Danya and Oliver. Each stocking is made from two of the quilt squares that Gary's mom had put together. I simply used a pattern and cut out the stocking, lined it, and put Danya's and Oliver's name on it. Then to make it extra special, I put a label under the cuff in the back so that sometime in the future they will know when it was made and by whom. Both Margaret and Laura loved them and Margaret asked "are you going to make more for when more grandbabies come?" Now, I have to decide to I make a quilt for my daughter or stockings for my future grandbabies.
Here is Oliver's Stocking:
And Danya's Stocking:
She wouldn't really come to me but I knew that sooner or later it would happen and I would be loving on it. 
Today, is another story. We went to Walmart (I know, not very glamorous) and Danya decided that Nana carrying her was much more fun than riding in the cart. Then it was off to Lowe's (supplies for projects while Papa is in town) and again it was "hold me Nana". It does a Nana's heart good to be so wanted. When we put her in the car she clearly said "Nana -- no, no". She did not want to be in the car seat yet again. She jabbers all of the time and occasionally you can actually hear a word. We are having a great time. Tomorrow it is promising to be sunny and warm so we are headed to beach.
