We were ready to head out the door for church when we discovered Kara admiring herself in the mirror... She had decided to "put on make up" with her makers. I hurried to grab a couple baby wipes, and the camera too! What you don't see in the picture, because her eyes are open, is how well she "applied" her "eye shadow" and "eye liner".
Over the weekend I made this skirt for Kara by following the tutorial found here. I modified the dimensions as follows to fit Kara: Band 1 - 5" x 12" Ruffle 1 - 5" x 21" Band 2 - 3.5" x 12" Ruffle 2 - 4" x 21" and I used a 1/4" width elastic
I couldn't resist taking a picture of the inside as well.
I made this "Rosetta" dress up skirt for Kara from a remnant of costume satin while Jeff was at the grocery store. Really loving how fast and easy it was, and the seams are clean and professional not frayed and jagged. :)
I got this yesterday! It's a White 2500 Superlock. I bought it off Craiglist for $100 from a lady who was cleaning out her closets and getting ready to move. She only used it a couple times, which is why she decided to sell it, so it's practically brand new. I'm super excited! I've wanted a serger ever since the first time I used one to sew the ribbing on a sweatshirt in a jr. high sewing class(a long, long time ago). I didn't want to go to sleep last night, I wanted to just stay up and sew! Alas it is rather noisy and Andrew is still giving early morning wake up calls. I still can't believe I have a SERGER!! I think I understand about men and power tools. Now, to figure out where to keep it...
I also got this last week. Jeff said it's my early Easter present. He'd been trying to think of what to get me and I mentioned that they were on sale at Joanne's. Next on my list of domestic apliances is a wheat grinder!
I managed to get a picture of Andrew's two new teeth. If you click the picture to make it bigger you should be able to see them. They are hard to see, but you sure can FEEL them!
Andrew turned six months old on Sunday! At 18 lbs. 9 oz. and 27 3/4 inches he continues to be in the 75th percentile for weight and 90th for height. We said bye-bye to the baby swing because he was sitting up and leaning over the side, and hello to the outside swings. Hooray for this lovely spring-like weather we've had. Last Sunday (the 28th) he popped his bottom two teeth through. He's officially crawling now, not just backwards but he figured out forwards too. He can also sit up on his own now as well. He's super alert and curious and unless he's really hungry he gets very distracted when I try to feed him. He would much rather look around. He loves to have his arms, legs and cheeks kissed and his tummy tickled! He's a happy boy with an adorable smile and we love having him in our family!
because it's one of the few times she holds still, because she looks so peaceful, and because I need proof it happens! Thankfully she now sleeps through the night, in her own room, in her own bed, most nights... *knock on wood* To help her fall asleep at night I read her stories, and sometimes she "reads" night night stories to her dolls. This is a video of her "reading" "If You Give A Pig A Pancake" to one of her dolls on the bed behind her.
here is a translation a door, a ducks, a ducks...a piano, a piano, a lights on(lamp), a lights, a pig, a pig...a chair, then run, a chase, a pants...a lights, a lights...a books, a books, a books...a books...a chair, a chair, a chair...a book, a pig, a pig, a pig, a pig...a cake
