April 24

I started working on blankets for each of my kiddos about seven months ago, shortly after I figured out how to crochet. I finally finished one of them yesterday, and today I gave it to its recipient.

I've said before that Brady is my little Baltimore sports fan, so it seemed appropriate to make his in Oriole black and orange. (With apologies to local Giants fans, of course.)

He cuddled underneath it as he half-watched the O's play the A's on TV and half played a computer game. And then he threw it over his head, gathered up his animals, and headed up to bed a short time ago.

I love doing things for my people. So today, I'm thankful that I finally managed to complete this project and that he seems to like it.