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21 months ago …

February 16, 2009

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Twenty-four months ago, I looked like this …

27 weeks along

I loved being pregnant. Now, I was one of the lucky ones – no morning sickness, no obscene weight gain (34lbs), no stretch marks, light heartburn, little to no discomfort (other than my ribs). The only downside of being pregnant was that it couldn’t last longer. Oh, and the restless leg syndrome that had me putting bars of soap at the foot of our bed and doing crazy stretches at 3am.

on our babymoon to disney world

I understand if some of you now hate me and never want to read anything I write ever again.

And that’s okay. I understand.

I mean, you can hope that whenever I have baby #2, I’ll be sick as a dog 24 hours a day.

But please don’t.

Being pregnant for the first time was really amazing. In fact, it was so wonderful that I often think about trying for baby #2 JUST to be pregnant again. But then reality sets in, and I realize that we are paying our bills and that’s about it. Babies just don’t fit into the equation at this point in our lives. We’re okay with what starting our own business has done to our bank account, but we also know that having a baby right now just wouldn’t be smart.

But the actual point of this post was to say that twenty ONE months ago, I looked like this …

And then like this …

And then like this.

Even labor and delivery was a piece of cake …

6:15pm – water broke at our house
7:15pm – arrived at the hospital
11:45pm – got epidural
5:00am – started pushing
5:59am – Emma Grace arrived

Ever since then, life has been anything but easy.

But just as my pregnancy and then delivery was wonderful and amazing, so is our life with Emma.

She’s not the kid that’s going to entertain guests and make everyone laugh. She’s not going to be the kid who screams and yells to get attention. She won’t strive to be the center of attention or the class clown.

Instead, she will be the kid that everyone is drawn to because she’s so quiet. She’ll be the old soul that everyone falls in love with. She’ll be a listening ear and a strong shoulder for her friends. She’ll love everyone, no matter their faults or shortcomings. And she’ll be generous and kind.

Happy 21 months on this earth, my sweet soulful child.

You have brought us more joy and peace than we ever thought possible.

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oh yeah

October 23, 2008

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Emma woke up at 2:30am and 7am to eat. But then she slept until 8:30, so I can’t complain TOO much. I just wonder when she’ll sleep through the night again.

*sigh*

But here’s my latest creation to warm my blog today …

This is for a collaboration with a knitting mom, but I will definitely be making one for Emma STAT. <3 Maybe with snaps instead of ribbon ties?

All righty then, off to run some errands.

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it’s been one of those days

October 23, 2008

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The cloth diapers hanging on the line that I took a picture of earlier today for Wordless Wednesday? Still hanging on the line at 1:03am.

It has just been one of those crazy days where I didn’t stop, and it seems like nothing went right. I ran some errands, but never found what I went out to get.

Then, I got home to realize that we forgot to pay ourselves from the business account this month. A day after all of our bills cleared. Thank goodness for an automatic credit line that kicks in.

Then supper (chicken fajitas) turned out kinda not that good … Emma didn’t like it at.all. She ate a banana instead.

So I’ve been working since she went to bed, but she keeps waking up. It’s just little whining spurts – I haven’t had to go in there, yet, but I’m just so sure she’ll for real wake up to eat in a minute. AND I need to go turn her ceiling fan off, but I’m afraid of waking her up.

[business talk]

The one great thing is that I just finished an absolutely ADORABLE top for a collab I’m doing with Little Bear Knitwear this Friday, but I still didn’t finish it in time to send to her so she could get pictures of the top and pants together. And I burnt my hand so bad on the iron that it made me sick to my stomach.

The part that I’m going to brag about for days? Handmade binding around the entire thing. Can you say HAND CRAMP??

[/business talk]

So I’m going to go out and get in the diapers, pop them in the dryer for a fluff cycle, try to turn E’s ceiling fan off without waking her up, charge my camera battery, wash my face, brush my teeth, pop an Advil for my aching back, change into pj’s and fall into bed.

See you all later this morning.

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can a pair of pants really warrant a Google search of legal issues with trademarked fabrics?

October 21, 2008

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I finally got around to making a pair of pants for Emma. I still have about 4 unfinished pairs sitting on my serger table, but I was able to crank out one pair for this past weekend. We went and watched our niece play tennis, and it was a bit chilly. And since USC was playing later that evening, I went ahead and made these (but I do have the same fabric with Georgia Bulldogs).

Every woman that we met that day commented on the pants and how cute they were. I guess I should have taken along some business cards, huh?

Then, my attorney brother-in-law brought up a good point … can you sell items made with trademarked fabric? According to this website, “When someone releases fabric into the stream of commerce they effectively have relinquished control over the uses of that fabric.

While the pattern on the fabric may be copyrighted, the actual fabric itself is not. The pattern may include images of registered trademarks, such as the logo of the New York Yankees or a John Deere logo, etc.

Copyright law applies to the use of licensed fabric in the application of the first sale doctrine. Bear in mind, the term “licensed fabric” legally only refers to the fact the manufacturer of the fabric has a license to use the images on the fabric. It does not mean the fabric is “licensed” to the purchaser. “Licensed” products require an agreement between the owner of the product and the potential purchaser. Fabric is not “licensed”; fabric is sold.”

So I guess as long as I buy the fabric, I have the right to sell it as long as I don’t claim that I weaved the fabric myself. Or something.

Anyone who has experience with this, please feel free to weigh in!

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a post a day

June 11, 2008

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Ken has challenged me to post once a day. I don’t know for how long – I guess until he tells me to stop. I think he’s tired of posting. As are we all.

Just kidding, honey.

Not really

So I will post today with some pictures of stuff I’ve made for Emma recently. I tend to work my little fingers to the bone, but I try to find some time here and there to sew things for her.

First up, her first birthday party dress …

Emma's birthday dress

I used Simplicity 3808 with some minor changes. It ended up a wee bit big, but no one noticed.

Emma's birthday party dress

I also made her a shirt out of some old scrap fabric that I had laying around. ;)

USC shirt front

USC shirt back

This one’s a little small, but I figured out that I printed the pattern wrong. I had the printer set to “fit to page” or something, and it shrunk it down. But now I have a smaller pattern!

She obviously needs some shorts or pants to match, but I thought it turned out really cute, although it’s a bit tight. Now, I’ve just got to get some REAL fabric (ahem, GO DAWGS!) to make her a REAL shirt now that I know how this one fits.

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