His Other Blanket - and Her Message from the Lord?

I showed in this post how Jas and I purchased a blanket for Gabriel...so that he could fit in with our other Blankie-Lovin' kiddos.

But now Gabriel has another new blanket...

...but this one was made by his mama.

I learned how to crochet about 11 or 12 years ago. Jason's Aunt Ginger taught me the basics back when we all lived in Colorado at the same time. And then my co-worker Katrina helped me learn how to decipher patterns, which oftentimes read like a foreign language: "hdc in the 3rd sc. Two dc in each hdc. repeat from * 3 more times."

I used to crochet up a storm - every baby shower gift I gave was sure to be a blanket. But - I think understandably - my crocheting has slowed down in recent years.

I wanted to make a blanket for our precious Gabriel. Elisabeth helped me pick out this pattern. Except...we didn't like the border it originally had, so we picked out a border from another blanket and I put it with this body. That was trickier than I thought it would be! But I'm pleased with how it turned out.

(I was measuring the "body" to see if it was long enough yet, so I could start on the "border". It wasn't.)

Now, my other kiddos want me to crochet them their own blankets. I'm excited that they want me to! It may take a while, though. The plan is for each of them to pick out their own pattern and yarn and everything. I really want to do this...and not let it be another un-finished project in my "pile" of good intentions! Please help keep me accountable!

It could go unsaid at this point...but I pray to be using this blanket to cover up our precious Gabriel...soon! And on that note: Elisabeth told me the other day, as we worked in the kitchen side-by-side that she felt like the Lord told her that Gabriel would come home "soon." "Like maybe February, or...." I jumped in "Or January???" I shouldn't have jumped in and imposed my wishes on her message from the Lord!

BUT...we certainly will see...