Unraveled

project sahm day 7+8

my friend bianca got married in rehoboth, de last weekend and I traveled, alone, to meet my friends for the festivities. unfortunately, sometime in the last two years I became O-L-D. 2 am is very, very late. Thus, monday was a recovery day. Unfortunately, recovery is hard with two babies. I still feel tired!

Labels: experimenting with our children's well-being

say it ain't so...

thanks uncle alessandro for the fab shirt.

Tutorial: "So Big!" Growth Chart

My first tutorial! I entered this project into the OhDeeDoh Amy Butler contest. I was so happy with how it came out, I thought that I would make a tutorial for anyone else who might want to make it. This is the first project tutorial/pattern that I have ever written, so please let me know of any suggestions you have! Enjoy!! Pattern

Labels: fabric, Sewing, tutorial

What I did on my summer vacation....

apparently, fabric shopping! This is the result of visits to the myrtle beach area quilting stores, a ginormous order from starlitnest's etsy shop, and a visit to the fashion district. The mendocino half-yard cuts and the linen are destined for one quilt. I ordered the mendocino prints from starlitnest and she was a joy to shop with. She put together a custom order for me and shipped super-fast. Thanks Allison! I also received this gorgeous doll quilt from Linaloo. I adore the mix of linen and quilting cottons, and the red embroidery is precious. I had planned to give the quilt to Annie, but I love it so much that it is hanging next to my sewing machine instead.

Labels: "doll quilt swap", fabric

project sahm day 5+6

last friday i was all set to write about how smoothly things were finally going when this happened: oh no, poor annie! annie has been so great about going down the stairs, so now I usually let her "sit and scootch" all the way down, while I walk right next to her. of course this was all well and good until she decided to somersault down the bottom two front steps. poor baby, she tumbled down the concrete step and landed face up, bawling. of course, i have matilda in the sling, so i can barely grab her to see if she's ok. luckily, she suffered surface damage only. annie promptly forgot about the whole thing, while i blamed myself over and over again all day *** day 6... finally, i can write that we had a day that went smoothly. both babies napped nicely this morning and we went to have lunch with joe in the mall. this was my first time out with both babies and it went really well. i wore mattie in the ergo and pushed annie around in the maclaren. it wasn't nearly as bad as i thought!!

Labels: experimenting with our children's well-being

project sahm day 4

yeah! annie's feeling better. maybe we will get some sleep? no such luck... she was still up twice last night. alas, no good night's sleep for the birthday girl.

Labels: experimenting with our children's well-being

project sahm day 3

worst weekend ever. annie's teeething has reached a fever pitch...literally. Her mild friday fever escalated to 103 on saturday. maybe not a teething fever after all? she was miserable all weekend, which means everyone was miserable. today she woke up with a rash so we head to the pediatrician for the fourth time in a week. boo hoo. on a brighter note, mattie napped for 2 hours this morning!! hopefully its not because she's sick. lets all keep our fingers crossed!

Labels: experimenting with our children's well-being

project sahm day 2

annie has horrific diaper rash. just awful. the kind of diaper rash that looks like third degree burns crossed with poison ivy combined with road rash. in an effort to cure this i let her run around the backyard with no pants on this afternoon. we've done this before. but of course, for the first time, annie pooped without her diaper on today. very difficult to clean poop, hold newborn, and hose down toddler all at same time. *** because of said diaper rash, annie quivered, shook, and screamed at every change today. very sad. brings tears to my eyes. hopefully this will get better tomorrow. *** nothing new with mattie. today she seemed to hate the moby, but her love for the kkafp is going strong. rock on sister, the more time you spend in a carrier the better for everyone. *** i did manage to sew a little today. mattie was asleep in the kkafp and I stood up next to the sewing machine and put the pedal to the metal. got a whole 1/2 hr of fun in before annie woke up.

Labels: experimenting with our children's well-being

project sahm day 1

for the most part both babies were fed, changed, and happy most of the day. success. *** spent much of the day telling annie not to hit the dogs with rocks. she mostly listened. zoe did get smacked in the hindquarters with a nice size stone. sorry zoe. *** matilda slept in the moby wrap in the afternoon. all was well until i leaned over annie's crib to pick her up after her nap. tilda's head fell back and practically fell off. whoops. on thursday i will try to remember that she has no head control. *** only one two babies crying moment. matilda was yelling her head off when i put annie down for her afternoon nap. i came back down and there were little tiny tears streaming down her little face. so sad.

Labels: experimenting with our children's well-being

NZ or bust.

My sister and her boyfriend recently moved to NZ. Although this was a very sad for me, it did provide me with an excellent crafting opportunity. Before Dani left, she complained that she needed some bags to pack her socks, underwear, and bras in. Dani is super-environmentally concious, so rather than use disposable zip-locs like the rest of us, she preferred something reusable. With this in mind, I whipped up these ditty bags for Dani. Each is labelled with a pictograph showing its contents, making it easy for Dani to locate a clean pair of undies after a long day of travel. Plus, they are so pretty! They definitely glam up her otherwise functional black duffel bags.