Blanket and toys

My sister-in-law, Nickie (well, and her husband, Nick) just had a baby girl in July. I made a blanket for the new baby girl, and took pictures of it just before I sent it off.

This is the blanket I made for Baby B. (aka C)...

I also made a few little toys for big sister L.
At Christmas last year, L loved Elmo, and when I ran across a pattern for a soft squishy Elmo ball, I had to make it for her! And then I read on Nickie's blog about L watching Winnie the Pooh and his bees, and how she ran through the house yelling "Bees!"... And had to make a couple of bees! I had this butterfly made, and actually just remembered just now that I sent L a family of butterflies for her birthday last month, too... Hmmm... I guess she's probably got enough butterflies for a while!

This butterfly is very close to the ones I sent to my brother's little girl A for her birthday in April. L's were a little different, though.
(I'm getting better at crocheting and more adventurous, so I don't follow the patterns quite so exactly...) ;)