Crafting

My mom was/is an excellent sewer.  I just couldn't get into it too much.   We made some things together in my early teenage years, and I loved doing that with her.  But I didn't have much interest to carry on myself.  I have discovered that I love to do little sewing projects that don't take too much time.  (However, if I took more time on the projects they might turn out even better.) 

My sister-in-law gave me a darling carseat canopy cover for my baby shower, and I decided that I wanted to see if I could make one to give to a couple of friends.  So, I studied hers and bought enough fabric for mistakes - which was a good thing.  I ended up making two of them.  I didn't take a picture of the second one on a carseat...that's why it looks strange, but I loved the colors.

 I should have rounded the corners, but I was afraid. 

My sister made a cute "tag rag" with ribbons and such.   Drew absolutely loves it.  So I thought with the extra fabric that I had that I would make something similar.  As I searched online, I found a tag ball that was way cute that I wanted to try.  Sewing with that fuzzy fabric is hard, but it turned out.  I'm just glad no one can see the inside.  Next time I won't put as many ribbons on it.  I want to make some more balls without the ribbons, varying in size, since we don't have many here to play with. 

 Honestly, I'm STILL not completely finished with this project.  I just need to drill holes and get a ribbon so that it can be hung next Christmas.  I have time right?!  I saw this on a local tv show and tried it out.  I used my mom's Cricut over the holiday to make the fun numbers.  I was pleased with how it turned out. 

We were in need of a bigger blanket for our growing boy.  I made this for him and tried the rounded corners.  It wasn't too painful, but once again this fabric is so tricky for me to work with.  My embellishment was the zigzag stitch.:)

Thanks for letting me share!

Sitting Tall on His Way to 7 Months

Well, once Drew got good at rolling around the room, he got better at sitting up and now he can actually sit for minutes by himself rather than seconds.  Today, in fact, I think he realized that he would rather be sitting than laying flat.  

Falling backwards seems to hurt more than falling to the side, hence the pillow in the background.

I couldn't help but pull out the camera on this boy.  Lately, he has been doing this cute thing with scrunching up his face and breathing loudly through his nose.  I caught a glimpse of this on video.

Just love this boy!

Not Just a T-shirt

So I was watching a local morning tv show where they had a lady showing how to make "no-sew scarves."  My friends, she made it from a t-shirt.  I watched intently, and wanted to try it desperately.  A friend came over and we attempted the craft.  We had a good time making fun of ourselves for wearing old t-shirts as an accessory.  I was shown how to make little fabric flowers, and I added them onto it.  These flowers really are NOT so perfect...don't look to closely.  I definitely need to practice more, but I felt very crafty and even wore it out on a date with Andrew that night. 

The Big 3-0

 

 

On the 17th of this month, Andrew turned the BIG 3-0!!  Say good-bye to the 20s sweets. This is the most festive we get...I was pretty proud of myself.  I made us all wear party hats through dinner; even the boy.  :)

My Sweet Boy

So Drew had a minor surgery today on a condition he has had since birth.  He was a trooper.  We interrupted his night and early morning slumber many times in prep for this, and that is why both mom and babe have LARGE bags under the eyes.  The surgery was an hour long and everything went well.  We thought he looked so cute in his hospital jammies.  He's just a sweetheart! 

Jumpin' and Smilin'

We are so thankful because our friends are letting us borrow their "Jumperoo."  Drew likes to be up and in the last couple of weeks he finally figured out how to jump in it.  I thought this was so funny.  I turned the camera sideways to catch his feet...bad idea for viewing..sorry.  

I placed a mirror right next to his jumper and he started smiling at his 'new friend' in the mirror.  He's just getting more and more fun!

Better With Age...Phew

So I experienced something tonight that made me realize that I actually HAVE matured over that last few years...at least since college.  I'm playing volleyball on a city league team.  I really enjoy the team, although I only knew one person prior to playing.  Well, tonight we had a double header.  The first team was good, but had some sass, but it wasn't too bad.  THEN the next team we played only had four show up but they were great players.  During the first game, one player on the other team started getting...energized (talking smack, being cocky etc).  It just got worse throughout the whole game.  Anyway, I was proud to say that I kept my language clean...even in my mind. [Not always the case earlier in life...sad to say.] She was really getting under my skin, BUT I kept myself in check.  I remember when I played flag football in college...I would get so riled up by the other sassy girls, but this time I felt that I was acting more mature than I used to.  So this is me patting myself on the back, and relieved that I "grown up." a bit. :]