crafts

Our internet has been on and off the last few days — and just when it comes back up, my website crashes. Luckily, I married a computer geek.

See?

Those blinkies are so stupid, yet so fun.

Here are some of my favorites:

Anyway, mom said she’s going through Emma picture withdrawal, so I’ll try to get some uploaded and posted tomorrow.

I’ve been busy making things – for other people!! Believe it or not, people want my “babylegs” (can’t seriously call them that because it’s already taken) and embellished prefolds. Go figure! I picked up some fabric and knee socks this weekend and have been working my little fingers to the bone. Again, I’ll try to post pictures tomorrow.

Emma is doing so wonderful. She’s such a little doll. Lately, she’s been making the “b” noise (buh, buh, buh) so she’s branching out. We have no idea what she’s saying, but she is serious about something. I need to start jotting things down throughout the day, because as soon as I hit “write post,” my mind goes blank, and I’m like, “Yeah. She’s great. She’s cute. We love her.” Derrrrrrrr.

I guess the two really big things are …

1. She’s eating solids. We were going to wait until she was closer to 6 months, but she was opening her mouth like a baby bird whenever we ate and reaching for our food, so we felt like it was time. She eats cereal 2 meals a day (about 1/2-teaspoon), and it is so funny – she looks like an old man gumming it down. I’ll have to get Ken to video it this weekend.

2. She’s putting herself asleep 90% of the time, even for naps. We haven’t had an issue with nighttime for a while, but she was fighting naps big time. She had to be eating or rocking to go to sleep. I spoke to her pediatrician about it at her 4-month WBV last week, and he said that we could go through 2 days of hell and let her cry-it-out, or wean her gradually. So I gradually let her eat less and less and then just took away her bottle one day. Then, I gradually cut out the rocking. It only took about a week. I didn’t let her CRY like a banshee, but I did let her whine or fuss a little. She went from about 5 minutes of whining to less than 1. Even this morning, she was playing on her mat and then just passed out without a peep. I moved her to her crib, and she slept for 2.5 hours. Except for the weekends – when Daddy’s home, she doesn’t want to sleep, so he usually has to rock her, but I’m sure she’ll figure it out, eventually.

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Um, I made another dress. But this time, I used my own clothes. I think Ken’s worried that he’s going to go into his closet and have nothing to wear one day. Teehee. So I used an old maternity shirt and made a dress. It was already shirred at the top, so it was easy peasy. Er, I mean … it was really hard. I sweated and toiled over this for days. ;)

before:

after:

I only had to use one side of the dress (I guess I was just *that* big) so I cut up the shirred part on the other side to make the straps. But I’m going to have to go back and zigzag over the edges to make them neater. Now’s the time I really wish I had a serger.

Maybe for Christmas …

And just because she’s so cute …

To answer Roxanna’s question in the previous post — I’ve been sewing since February. I took a class at Hancock Fabrics, made some pillows and a pair of pj pants, started working on crib bedding for Emma’s room, talked my mom into buying me other crib bedding, took a hiatus when Miss Emma arrived, and have just now gotten back into it. Now, I think I’m obsessed.

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