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Another month that is! I am really beginning to question my productivity. Once upon a time, I used to be a productive person. Not just productive but dare I say creative. My sewing lately has been limited to mending projects and making my mom a new valance for what used to be my old room. My days now consist of getting my church work done, snuggling with Sam, teaching Alaina how to read and cleaning up what ever Sam spits out at me during meal time. It is a glamourous life I lead.
Actually this month was one of more illness for us. Sam had his first ear infection and due to his irritability he must have been channeling my thoughts and thought give me a double. But instead of mommy getting a nice stiff drink to help her sleep my sweet Sam got a double ear infection and he got to have the sweet nectar of meds known as amoxicillain! But, Alaina she went for what I thought was just a cold and an eye infection and walked out with the diagnosis of pink eye, sinus infection and bronchitis. Yes, my kids are just over achievers when it comes to illness we like to get as many and as much yuck as possible. I am having their rooms measured for big bubbles for them to live in for the rest of flu season as I type.
But, so you know that we all still survived here is Lainey and her Daddy snuggling in the teeniest craft ever. A super cozy UK fleece blanket. All the crafting needed was 4 straight lines and fringe…up my alley for the amount of time I am committing to crafting lately!
And, my little love bug and his first green beans. Mama is so looking forward to the gross diapers that solid foods will bring us!
Here is to being able to craft and create more and for a hopefully healthy November!
Oh my! This is one of the first things that I ever attempted to sew and it was Custom JoJo’s Circus overalls for the princess’ 2nd birthday. I stayed up all night working on these and finished them just minutes before the guests arrived! I can’t believe this little one is now 5 and going to school in two weeks!
Forgive my ranting yesterday. I guess part of the reason for keeping a blog is to blow off steam and for that reason alone I guess it worth keeping it up! The princess pretty adament that I make her something for St. Patty’s Day for school. Last years dress was long sleeves and too hot for our 70 degree day so I cut up the old dress and recycled it onto another t shirt for this year. She was so proud of it! Her only problem is that she wanted a matching necklace. Um, mommy has no idea how to make jewelry. Crazy kid. Although it is pretty satisfying to have a little one who still thinks I can save the world, sew an outfit and make her necklace in the same day. To see things through her eyes again would be a welcome gift!
(see that gift bag next to her..that is from her cousin’s birthday party on Sunday…she refuses to throw it away! Doesn’t take much to please her! Today his my nephew’s actual birthday….Happy Birthday, C!)
I really can’t wait until Sam is born to see how he inpsires me. I know what makes Alaina tick. I know how she likes her ruffles and pink and the kick she gets out of picking out fabric with me. I can’t wait to see the things that she creates someday. She picked the fabric for this, chose the style right down to the buttons. She even ran the foot pedal for me. She wound my bobbin when it ran out. Every piece of this was chosen by her. I get so excited to see her creativity blossom and now I have this new soul growing inside of me and I wonder if he will like to tinker around with how things work and put things together or if he will be more like his Dad and prefer to play ball and watch endless hours of ESPN. Either way I am excited to see what life has in store for my kids. And one day I know that the princess won’t want any mama made clothes any more and having her head my shoulder while I sew will be a distant memory. So, while I look forward to the future and what it holds I am savoring this time while she is young and the little man kicks inside of me. Because before you know it, this time in my life will be over.
I can’t get enough ruffles right now. I seem to be putting them on everything. I think this may be me clinging to the fact that the princess still lets me dress her. I can get away with ruffles and hairbows still and if she had her way she would wear pink or purple every day. This fabric is from my stash. It is Tickled Pink by Robyn Pandolph. I got it on sale at Hobby Lobby probably 2 years ago. I love it. Florals didn’t used to be my thing but I do love everything about this fabric!
That being said, I might be in a sewing rut. Not that I don’t want to sew, because I do. Because as tired as pregnancy can make you I can’t lay down or the heartburn makes you feel like you are going to throw up fiery nails. So, if I have to sit up, I might as well be productive. I need some new sewing inspiration. I tend to sew in phases and while I do adore the ruffles and I am thinking the the little man that is growing in me might want me to start sewing something a little less girly.
Oh, and this was the pose that the princess picked. Watch out Tyra..she really thinks she is the next top model.
Depsite the fact that we had snow yesterday and the forecast for this weekend calls for more accumulation I am still feeling a little springy. Maybe longing for spring is a better way to put it. So, what else could I do but sew something and subject my little one to trying it on in the midst of cold weather. No worries, she was back in warm clothes in a matter of minutes. I had to bribe her with fruit snacks to even get her to try it on.
It feels funny to say that I am anxious for spring because while the warmer weather would be a welcome change, the rest of the changes that we are headed for are enough to make my head spin. I am fully aware that I am not the first person in the world to have two kids. Yet, I still can’t fathom it. Having the baby here at home doesn’t scare me, the thought of labor and the first month scares that crap out of me. To reiterate how terrified I am here is a list of the things that worry me most…in no particular order.
- Going into labor. I was induced last time so I never had the joy of having my water break on it’s own. But, during my induction my dr actually said that he has never seen so much fluid. I am terrified that this will happen at church in the middle of teaching a class and having to inform 150 elementary kids that Miss Stephanie did not just pee her pants, but rather she is about to have a baby.
- Should I involve Alaina in the birth. She loves the baby shows and sort of knows where the baby comes from. Don’t want to traumatize her but I don’t want to leave her out. There are a list of people who I don’t want in the room during the process. Last time my mom was fasting and passed out when she came into see Alaina and my mother in law refused to leave the room as I was getting stitched up from second degree bilateral tears because my mom was in there. Yep, let that visual stick in your head…spread eagle with your mom passed out on the chair next to you and your mother in law just watching the least glamourous part of the entire birthing process. Aww, memories.
- What if I need a c section? Baby is flipped transverse breech right now which means he is completely horizontal. I don’t know how he is comfortable there he is constantly kicking and punching my sides. The pain in my ribs have subsided but I will take that back if it will get him back in the right position. I had a dream last night that my uterus was like an airline flight and the voice of a flight attendant trying to guide him into the correct position. I don’t want to get into what the flotation devices were but I digress, pregnancy has made my brain mush.
- Europe. Two weeks after the baby is due my husband is going to Europe for two weeks. It has been planned and paid (he is a teacher and is practically going for free!) for almost 2 years. He can’t not go. Who can pass on that kind of a trip and experience? But, I am still really scared of being well enough to take care of 2 kids during that time.
I told you I was a nervous wreck. Yet despite all of my worries I really can’t wait for Sammy to get here. I can’t wait to see Lainey as a big sister. Oh, and how this post originally started…I really want some warmer weather.
The princess is turning five this weekend! I am excited and sad at the same time. It feels like yesterday I was pregnant…oh wait…I was pregnant yesterday and still am today. But, it feels like I just had her. I remember anxiously and nervously driving her home from the hospital and taking her to church for the first time. Our struggles to perfect breastfeeding and holding our breath to see if she would say mama or dada first. (FYI, I won that!) Cosleeping, waiting for her to take her first steps and running instead, her silly “pirate” face and the her love affair with all things Wiggles. I just can’t believe how 5 years can seem so long and yet so short. She has been the light of my life and my constant reminder of how amazing God is to handpick and create this child for me to love and care for. Being pregnant again now only makes my feelings on this that much more mushy.
Here are a few of her pictures from her big five year portrait sessions. Somone hold me…time is going by too quickly!
Also, it must be some kind of record since I sewed the pants and appliqued the shirt yesterday and had pics taken the same day. I had made these pants (exactly) once before and in a matter of months she outgrew them. So, like any rational pregnant woman I cried about it and made a new pair.
My mom sent a sweater that was mine when I was little in hopes that she could wear it for Valentines Day. We tried it on the princess today and it was too small. I am bummed that it won’t work. But, I don’t think sweaters that show your belly button will be in style anytime soon. But, I still snapped a picture that you couldn’t see how small it really was.
But, it was a good excuse to make her something new for Valentines Day! I have had the large heart fabric for probably 2 years from a good deal from the $1 bin at Walmart and found the smaller heart fabric at Joann’s recently. This little knot dress took about an 1.5 from cutting to sewing. I think bribing her to get a picture of her in it took the most time. Once again, she is happy with it which makes it all worth it to me.
So, she didn’t like the sleeves on the original shirt so before school I whipped up another shirt. Part deux….finally a success in her book!
Every week at preschool the princess has a different theme in her language class. Next week they are on the letter O and the theme is Owls. It has been fun to see the parents try and dress their kids to match the theme. Had she been in this class a year ago, I would have whipped out a custom every week. This year, it hasn’t been a priority. It is like I have been pregnant or tired….something like that. Well, after being practically snowed in for the past week (I guess the the better term would be “iced” in) I was ready to actually go out and do something. We had no real errands to run and hubby was so ready to get out of the house he agreed to accompany me to the fabric store. I went with the intention of finding something to make her a valentine knot dress, but left with this adorable brown owl fabric.
We really need to work on the photo shoot attitudes. I think the kid is out of practice. For years the lens has been in her face 24/7 but a few months off and she needs some work. She seems to think she has a choice in these little fashion shows. Oh how little she knows. If Mommy hasn’t sewn in months and she completes a project she better bet there will be pictures and I want a smile too!
Maybe we need to work on the poses but the outfit and the ornery princess are still pretty cute in my book.
