My summer projects

Okay, so at the end of each week I often wonder where my time went. I mean, come on, I stay at home and my house is by no means dirty, but not near as clean as I would like it. (I wouldn't suggest eating off my floors or drinking from my commodes anytime soon.)

Well, to make myself feel better I thought I would post about my projects.

It seems as though since my husband and I married 3 years ago, we have been in-between this or in-between that. By that I mean that we got married and got past the wedding- thank yous, moving my stuff into his home, and adjusting to married life while we tried to sell my house. Then, we decided to list "our" house about a year later and then again a year after that. So, between moving so many times and having to keep my crafts picked up all the time b/c realtors could drop by any time, I have not "crafted" at all in the last 3 years with the exception of the nursery bedding, curtains, etc. that Mom and I worked on before the baby arrived.

So, I say all that to let you know I have returned to crafting and am loving that when Little Bit naps I can spend a little time getting to know who I am again... aside from a wife and a mother.

Here are a couple of my latest projects... I will have to wait to reveal my most current ones for a couple of weeks.... You will see. :)

My friend Anna offered us her son's car seat as he was going to a big-boy seat and we jumped at the chance to have it for our little one. I recovered the blue parts (everywhere there is pink floweredy fabric) so that she could have a "pink" seat. :) I will never recover another car seat though b/c my thumbs still have not recovered. It had to be handstitched onto the top of the seat and carseat fabric is TOUGH!!! Next time our baby will just live with blue.... or should I say I will learn to live with blue. LOL It looked so easy, but after about 10 hours and purple fingers I was determined not to give up, so here it is.

A few weeks ago our little one started getting her limbs stuck outside of the crib. I am fearful of bumpers, so this was my creation to keep her limbs in. It is still soft, but stretched so tightly due to weaving it thru the bars that it is of little risk. Also, I made sure it was long enough to tie on the outside so that she can't get it off!

Well, that's all for now. Our love to all! Have a wonderful weekend. I probably won't blog much next week b/c my husband is taking a week off before he has to start his new job. I will be back around the 8th to blog some more!

A couple of cute pics from the long weekend with Daddy

Due to Tropical Storm Fay, Daddy was home more than normal. We loved having some extra Q-time with him.

Do you want me to show you how it's done?

See, I was born ready.

"No, you're not taking it away from me! It's mine. I will hold on as long as I have to."

I guess she wanted to know what he tasted like.

First trip to the Church Nursery

Okay, so we finally took the plunge. On the way to church yesterday my husband and I had the same conversation we have had at least 3 times, probably closer to ten by now, but who's counting. It goes something like this, "Do you want to put Little Bit in the nursery today?" He used to respond, "They have too many babies to feed, we will keep her" but that has been replaced with, "I don't care, we can if you want to." LOL Okay, if only you could see the look on our faces when we are having this conversation. Complete terror!!!

So, all of our friends in Sunday School keep telling us, "I will be in the nursery today, do you want me to take her?" Each, one by one. We always answer no. Well, she is 5 1/2 mos. old and really loves to watch all the other kids, so I felt like it really was time. Two Sunday's ago she was so squirmy and wants to "talk" to us so much that I felt bad that we keep her with us when she could be having fun interacting with other kids, so he told me we could leave her next time. I was out of town last week, so this Sunday was the big day.

Okay, here's the scene. Driving to church we have the conversation and then we decide we will take her, but the big dilemma is do we take her before or after Sunday School? Well, we were running late, so we decided to take her after. We get there and everyone is just standing around talking. I get her out of her seat and pick her up to go talk to all the other ladies and decide I am taking her to nursery. My hubby was talking to the guys about our move and I decided I would take the plunge. I mean, come on, they give us a beeper, that is kind of like a substitute for our child, right? NO!!! IT ISN'T!!!!

I walk into the nursery wing and see "our usher." We lovingly call him that because he makes it a point to come and talk to us every Sunday, even if we change seats and sit in the balcony! He is so faithful to us! :) As I walk in he says, "You are going to leave her?" I fearfully said yes and started signing her in. An elderly gentleman that resembles Abe Lincoln (due to his mustache) takes her from me and passes her through the doorway. My fears were realized and I wanted to yank her back so badly, but knew we would just have to go through this all over again next week, so with the help of a loving friend (whom I had enlisted the moral support of before leaving Sunday School to drop her off) we (Leslie and I) walked back to Sunday School without a baby, only a beeper.

I walked in and my husbands mouth hit the floor when he realized what I had done, which was as soon as I handed him the beeper. He said, "A beeper for my daughter??" We bravely sat there and toughed it out like a big girl and boy that we are! :)

The drama continues....
After Sunday School we of course went down that hallway to check on her and she was fine. We tried to just stroll by and peek, but she was along the wall of the door so we had to crane our necks in to see her sitting safely in a swing watching all the other kids.

We sat down in church and what felt like a million people came up to us and asked where she was and we just pointed to our beeper and tried to grin. Our usher came by and told us he would check on her for us. So, of course, halfway through service he came to tell us she was okay.

After service he told us that he wanted to play a joke on us and make our beeper go off but the ladies in the nursery said, "You don't understand, this is their first time leaving her, please don't do that to them." I am pretty sure that was my beautiful friend Jennifer. :)

We practically plowed everyone over on the way to the nursery to get her and we tried to give everyone but the right person our beeper so we could get her back. She was fine and in the end we were too. Praise be to the Lord, our God for giving us strength to do the things we can't do on our own!

Our love to all the wonderful ladies who took great care of our baby girl yesterday.

We're Moving!

Hello to all of our readers. Most of you have already heard, but for those of you who haven't, we are moving to the Savannah, GA area. My husband has taken a job on Fort Stewart with a civil construction company. We are excited, nervous and very busy with all the details. That is why I didn't blog last week. Sorry!!! :) I have 2 movers lined up to come and give us estimates today and 2 more for tomorrow and we have so many other things going on related to the move that our heads are spinning.

But, in the midst of all of that, our little girl is continuing to get so big. We are in awe everyday at how much she is changing and understanding and just becoming a little girl instead of our baby. I wish I could freeze time for a while and just enjoy this age before the next new milestone comes along. Since I can't, I will continue to tell her how big she is getting everyday with a smile on my face and giggle with her at her new found mobility (scooting and pushing off) and ability to laugh out loud with me.

Here are a couple of videos from this past week:



Last night trying to get some leg action going



Her famous squeal!



Such a cute smile for Daddy.



Trying to figure out this leg moving thing.

Forgot... we went to the Dr. this week

So, we went to the Dr. again on Tuesday for shots.... not fun! :)

She had a really good time until they poked her and poked her again! She let us all know how much she did not appreciate her time spent at the doctor. She did very well though and had no reactions. Here are her new stats:

Height 26 inches- 90th percentile (same)
Weight 15 lbs., 13 oz.- 75th percentile (up from 45th last month)
Head 42 cm. - 50th percentile (same as last month but up from 5th percentile at birth.)

Her reflux is getting better and we are almost out of medicine, so we may try a couple of days without it when this prescription runs out to see if it is still really bad or if she can stay off meds.

Last but not least, she is learning to get around on her own. For the last week or so she has been moving backwards, but I had not witnessed it, only knew she was not where I put her when I walked away. So, last night my friend Anna was so gracious to watch her while we went to dinner and a movie and right before we left, we saw it! She gets up on her arms like she wants to crawl, but then just pushes backward. She did it 3 times in a row and then when I pulled out the video camera, she only did it one more time! She knew how much I wanted it on video and was teasing me. :)

Have a wonderful rest of your week!

5 month chair pics

Our trip to the zoo - 8 13 08

I had to dig into my old trip to the zoo file to find this one of the black jaguar. Look closely and you can see his spots. He didn't let me get any good pics of him yesterday.

I am completely fascinated by plants as many of you know! Well, did you know there are entire ecosystems inside the "mouth" (my description) of a bromeliad? Well there is! Tiny animals such as shrimp, frogs and other insects live inside and feed off of the "plant" that springs out of the middle. They hold water and food. How cool is that? Some of them were starting to bloom yesterday and this one was in full bloom.


Devin smiles! (Usually he just says smile instead of actually smiling.) He is so cute.
By lunchtime she was out!

I was also fascinated by the lily pond. They were all so beautiful. I was wishing I could take a couple home!



The giraffes and elephants were my favorite.
My sweet baby girl.
Anna and Devin