Birthday Shout!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHANEL!!!
This was a quilt I made her for her b-day afew years back.
She always commented how she wanted this pattern from me so
instead of giving it to her I made it instead!
The Halloween quilt we designed!!
My favorite part was the label we did.
This is my good friend Chanel and today is not only the first day of summer but her birthday. (I won't say how old you are...I have known her for the past 8 years. She truely has been an inspiration to me. I actually met her the first day she moved to New Orleans. I was luck enough to have her move in right next door to me. We clicked instantly not only were our husbands in medical school at Tulane, but she had a 1 year old daughter just like us. (Taylor and Haley are almost 1 year apart to the day) I really don't know what I would have done without her, she was my shoulder to cry on, an ear to hear my complaining about anything and everything, my laughing buddy, she taught me to stand up and be a strong person, a friend to kid swap with, design quilts with (see above), eat at Rodastas, go to Mardi Gras, walk to Langinsteins grocery store for french bread (with all of our kids in a wagon), she got me hooked on highlighting my hair (I won't post that picture--its pretty scary of me!) my friend to be prego with...our 3rd kids (Lucy and Luke are 2 weeks apart!) my photographer, well you get the point. Sadly I no longer have great photos of my kids. She captured some really precious pictures of Taylor and Jared when they were little. (I lucked out because she used them a lot of times to practice). I really miss having her close by, but thankfully Doug's parents have a time share that is near their home and they are only a 45 minute drive to Disneyland. Because of this at least we know we will see them at least once a year. Hopefully more when we move closer back west to Arizona. She is a wonderful mother of three girls and is constantly on the go! She also is a much more fun mom than me. I remember her letting her girls do really "cool" projects and all kinds of arts and crafts. I'm too anal and never let my kids do that...I guess I should lighten up. They even have a homemade slide in their house to put on their stairs! Hope you have a great birthday Chanel...you deserve it. Miss you tons!!
