As of April 6th, I have a new grandson named Nathan. Nathan has a brother named Gabriel who was born exactly 17 months ago on Nov. 7th. So when I saw this cute idea on Pinterest I quickly pinned it knowing I would be making one of these as well. (Pinterest is such a great resource for creative ideas.) You can see step by step instructions for the one shown above on Whipper Berry. I started by marking off the inches. That was going fine until I reached 39. (rather mimics life, don't you think?) Anyway, I thought about stopping for the night but kept going even though I was getting tired. You would think I would have learned by now that is never a smart idea. Yes, I lost focus and put the number 39 above 37 without skipping a mark. I was able to clorox out the number, tea stain the burlap and then put the little red stitching back in with a colored pencil. ( When things like this happen, I always tell mys...