Sweetheart onesie.

You want to hear something messed up? All that waiting for the ultrasound and I couldn't even have it. My insurance changed and the office didn't inform me they did not do ultrasounds in office with my insurance. I even called to tell them my insurance changed. I sat in the waiting room waiting to see the doctor practically in tears. I still don't know when I will get it because now I have to wait for the hospital to call and make the appointment. I'm 22 weeks today and this is supposed to be done before 24 weeks.

 

So that onesie that I made...

 

I had Savannah model it since her and Stella are almost the same size.

 

 

I took a photo shoot of Savannah last week. That was a very difficult thing to do by myself with my terrible photography skills.

Recognize the dress? I made that one too, with leftover pieces from the quilt my mom made her.

 

 

Smelling a Gardenia, Her favorite flower.

Meet Lilly

I'm still totally in nesting mode. Except I'm not really nesting, just sewing a lot, cleaning, and encouraging (not nagging) Jake to get our renovations done.

 I finally hemmed my nieces dress from Christmas (remember the nightmare dress?) I finished the purse I had to make for my SIL's sister, I also finished the cutest little outfit that I designed and made so quickly and easily. I can't go into to much detail there because it's going to be a gift. Now I'm back to working on the applique birthday outfit so I can sell some.

 

 

 

Jake talked me into getting a dog. I always said I would never get another animal after the guinea pigs that I couldn't wait to go, and the 2 cats that I am not only allergic to but hate cleaning up after, especially the one that marked his territory on most items in my basement (needless to say he's gone).
Anyway, his friend could not keep her and I'm a big old sap so say hello to Lilly. She is 7 yrs old and fully trained, very friendly and most importantly doesn't jump or go on my furniture.

Savannah is talking a lot more this week. I think I'm getting used to her picky diet which is mostly pasta, chicken nuggets, PB&J, and green beans.

I'm 20 weeks pregnant now and get to find out the sex in 8 days. I can't wait! I'm feeling good except for the sciatica and the heartburn, and we can feel movement on the outside now. This baby seems a lot less active than I remember, but it's still early.

Birthday Onesie

Holy cow! I think I just got my energy back. I feel like sewing all day and I owe it all to my friend Keo who asked me to make her daughter a onesie for her first birthday.

 There it is, such a simple thing to do. She told me people were asking $15 and up for this same thing on Etsy, actually I think this one looks better than the picture she sent me. I couldn't let her spend that much for something so simple, but hey, if other people are selling them why can't I? I've come up with a few idea's on how to spice it up, maybe add some ruffled bloomers, leg warmers as an option. There are so many possibilities and my mind is racing. Since I will no longer be working when baby #2 arrives I'm going to need spending money.
Can you give me some feedback though? Do you prefer the applique stitch around the edges or should I just do a regular stitch outlining the number about 1/4" from the edges on the inside?

We just got back from Myrtle Beach, and it was great. Savannah was a little crankier than normal but there were so many fun things to do and see. She is getting so big isn't she? She still doesn't want to talk, but she is understanding a lot more words.

I'm 18 weeks pregnant now and excited to find out soon whether it's a boy or girl.

Quiet Book

I finished the quiet book for my nephew Truett's birthday. It was a few weeks late but it was better that way, I got to add my finishing touches. I mixed fabric, felt, applique, and hot glue. It worked out really well and some of the pages only took an hour or two.

 

The first page was a pocket for the loose pieces with a "T" applique. This was done with felt on fabric backing. You can see I rushed a little because I never let my stitches be seen if they are crooked.

 

Page two was a tennis racket that has loose "strings" so he can practice weaving.

Third page was the baseball page and this one was my favorite. I used baseball fabric, made felt bases and appliqued them on. The ball is felt and stuffed to give it some reality I hand stitched the stitches. The bat is also felt that is stuffed, I stitched some curved lines to make it more "wood like" and added a 1/8" black ribbon around the handle as the tape. The glove I stitched lines for the fingers, appliqued it to the fabric and used yarn for the large stitching. There is yarn on the ball that goes through a hole in the glove connected to a button. You pull the yarn and the ball falls into the glove, and the bat is removable.

 

The Noah's ark page was another favorite but not entirely my own idea. I got the template for the animals here Noah's Ark Quiet Book template. I had to re-draw the hippo's and giraffe's because the originals were too large for my ark. I drew and stitched the ark myself. All of the animals are stuffed felt hand stitched around the edges, there was also a little hot glue used in some parts. I used French knots for the eyes ( i'm not very good at those) and yes these little guys are all double sided (Lot's of work)

There are 2 of each animal of course except for the dove. The animals include hippo's, giraffe's, lion and the female version and turtles. The women have hearts hot glued to them. That idea was from the blog but too cute to pass up.

I added metal grommets to the side with metal rings to go through and hold the book together. I hope to add pages in the future.


Baby and Savannah updates:
Savannah had a good check up yesterday, she is gaining weight and growing tall. She is trying to run and loves going outside with me every day to water our baby plants. She started liking new foods like, cottage cheese and tomatoes, but also disliking old foods like, pizza, applesauce, and yogurt.

I have been feeling 100 times better with the pregnancy. I started cooking again, mostly grilling which helps with the smell. Although, I have not resumed cleaning or crafting. My house is a total mess and my poor craft room has been abandoned, unfortunately so is my husband because I go to bed a 9pm and wake up at 6am and I still need a nap during the day. All of the appointments between Savannah and I have not helped these problems.

Easter Surprises

 I have to apologize first for being away so long. I'll try not to let it happen again.

Easter was a lot of fun. Crazy as always because we went to church, Jake's dad's for brunch, then my parents for dinner. Savannah kind of understood the egg hunt this year, she ended up with only about 5 at my parents house while the other girls had about 20, but we decided to donate our 5 to the one who had the next to least amount.

 Savannah still walks around with her Easter bucket, her favorite filling being the pebbles in the driveway.

I did actually accomplish something in the past month. I finally made one set of curtains for my kitchen. I've had the fabric forever, but I hate making curtains.
I've also been working on a quiet book for my Nephew Truett who's birthday party was last weekend. Of course I didn't finish in time, but he doesn't know the difference. I have 4 pages so far and once I put it together I will take pictures.

 

Here's the surprise! It's also the reason for the slacking on my projects and the long time between posts.

We're having another baby. It is due on November 4, 2013 and yes we are crazy.

How quickly we forget how tough it was for the first 6 months of Savannah's life when the baby bug bites again.

Updates so far:

I have felt like crap since the first month, went all of last week only eating Popsicles and skipping/sleeping through most of my meals, watched a ton of TV and made a good size dent on my couch.

I had off from work 2 weeks ago and Savannah ended up having a stomach flu the whole week, the next week I attempted to go to work but thought I had the stomach flu. I'm pretty sure there was more to it than morning sickness.

I made it through work this week but had to sit down a lot and today after my 2, 12 hour work days I am having a lot of unusual pains.

My favorite midwives quit and now I don't know who to go to.

I know I sound like a big baby but I never had any sickness or problems with Savannah.

10 weeks and counting!

Learning

The best way to learn is to learn from your mistakes right? I just wish they would have let me see my mistakes earlier. 2 months go by with no feedback, how am I supposed to know I'm doing it wrong.

I told you guys this job was hard. Pray for me that they give me more time to learn from my mistakes. I like this job and I've put a lot of effort into it.

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Baby Shower

Jake's cousin had a baby shower today. This has been a difficult one since I read the invite wrong and thought the shower was Feb 2. I was pushing my sis in law to get together with me to make a gift, then I came home all frustrated only to realize I read the date wrong.

Well it turns out because of my mistake I had to make the gift myself. I decided on Sushi baby shower gift, I didn't get my own picture because I am VERY forgetful lately and total procrastinator.

Since the baby is a boy i used colored socks for the inside, wrapped them in the onesie as shown in the tutorial and wrapped each sushi roll in large black ribbon (I used a lot of tape). I wasn't able to find a cute little fish so I used a shark washing sponge and folded up white washcloths to put underneath as rice beds. I used a green washcloth rolled up like a flower for the wasabi.

I don't eat sushi or Chinese food really so stupid me thought they were from the same country. I had the cutest idea to put them in Chinese food take-out boxes and put it in a take-out bag with chop-stix. Jake informed me that this was incorrect, so yesterday I went to visit my sister and got a plate to put it on. I filled the bottom of a dollar store plastic basket with diapers, covered them with a cute hooded towel, added the plate of sushi, baby spoons and bowls and added a small package of wipes, all to make it look like a sushi picnic. I really wish I would have taken a picture because it turned out great.

Savannah has had a cold since Tuesday and decided to stop eating and drinking since then. She seems to be feeling a little better today because she started walking a lot more today. She walked  between Jake and I a bunch of times to give us kisses. Needless to say I now have her cold and of course Jake wont get it. I am never able to avoid getting whatever she has.