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This weekend is Mother's Day. It is also my first Mother's Day as the stepmother to Olivia. (Though I would like to think that I am not the mean kind of stepmother with gnarled fingers and a major grudge--Olivia is also The Best.) It is also the first Mother's Day for a mom-to-be. As a few of you may know, we are with child, who is currently doing the breast stroke in my tummy. (One more month to go but I am okay with an early arrival even if our house isn't!)

Though we have a lot to do, I will find some time this weekend to create a picnic. These quilts from Lala, just around the corner from us, are a good place to start for some inspiration. I may also use a great John Robshaw quilt I have on loan from Blue Springs Home. Regardless, it will be pretty enough to match the weekend's fantastic forecast.

On another note, I would like to give a big, warm thank you to a mother who needs to bottle up her indelible style of motherhood. Janet Solomon is one of the most generous, warm-spirited people I know. She put a beautiful post on her amazing blog, and introduced me to some amazing people, who I look forward to getting to know better. It's only a shame that Janet has three children as they are replicas of her, and we need more replicas of Janet! She is a great source of inspiration to me and I will be depending on her for lots of motherly advice. More on this later...