Alli Crawling

Here is a video of Alli crawling. She only crawls when there is something she wants. So for right now, she isn't a wild child getting into everything! For now...

For those who want to sew

Shannon (and anyone else who cares) here is the Tutorial.

Mom gave me a few helpful hints before I started this though. Since you are sewing right sides together, make sure to cut the excess fabric from the corners before you flip it. This will help you get your corners to point when you have the right side showing again. Another thing mom said might be a good idea: once you flip it back where the right side is facing out, you might want to repin around the edges so that your seems lay flat. Then sew a top stitch all around all 4 edges. This will help your seems lay flat without having to iron them every time after washing...and seriously, who wants to iron burp cloths??!??

Also if you make the tab blankets (Which I basically did the same way as the burp cloths), I would suggest using two different materials. If I did it over again, I would use the soft fabric on one side and a pattern fabric on the other. The plush fabric stretched very easily and it made it very difficult to keep my blankets square. I ended up having to adjust as I went and it was a pain!!!

Also another thing I've learned. NO sewing project is a 15 Min. project...I don't care what they say. haha the time it takes to cut the fabric, pin it and then sew it just doesn't add up. Granted, I made more than just one of each so it took longer but still...I spent hours on these little boogers.

P.S. mom now has your sewing machine. She is going to hem a shirt and then she's done. I think she is going to chuck her sewing machine out the window! :)

For Shannon

Shannon asked to see what sewing projects I had been working on, so here they are. I was invited to a baby shower this week and I wanted to make some burp cloths that I had seen a tutorial for. It was a simple straight line stitch and I thought, hey...I can do that! So I went to hobby lobby and got some cute blue and brown fabric. I backed the burp cloths with a solid blue soft flannel material. I love how they turned out.
This shows the back side...
Then another project I wanted to do was create some tab blankets or snugglies. Alli has fallen in love with a small 9in x 9in blanket she received at the baby shower. I can not find its duplicate anywhere!!! She doesn't like the ones that have a stuffed animal head attached to them. So I've tried to duplicate it here with some soft plush material. I'm not sure she's won over yet by my new blanket for her. I just need her to have another blanket so I can wash the one she LOVES so much! So here are some I made in yellow.
This is showing the other color I bought to make - seafoam green....I tried to make them gender neutral colors. As you can see this color isn't finished yet....this is why I still have your sewing machine Shannon. Let me know if you need it back. I swear I'm almost done. ;)

Feels like forever

Ok it feels like forever since I've posted. So much is going on....or so it seems. hah.

Ben continues to work on his associates. He almost has all his generals completed and then he can focus on his core classes.

Alli is getting so darn close to crawling. She can now sit herself up from her belly. She can put herself on all fours and rock back and forth but she hasn't got the idea yet to move forward. Soon...very soon and I will be chasing this little munchkin all over the house. She is also changing her nap schedule now that she can sit up. When we put her in the crib it becomes play time. So she sits herself up and plays with her blankets and stuffed animals until she decides she is tired enough to sleep. Sometimes she sleeps...sometimes she doesn't.

I continue to keep an eye on our garden. The plants seem to be doing much better than last year. I'm really hoping we get enough tomatoes to can. I would LOVE to can some of our homemade spaghetti sauce. Yummm! I have also been sewing ALOT lately. I've made burp cloths and snuggly blankets. I will probably sell some on etsy...well try to sell them. I have yet to sell anything on etsy. So we'll see how long I keep it open.

I've also done a lot of work lately on the computer. The laptop decided to lock up on me like every 5 minutes for the last week. So that's why I haven't been on the computer much. When I am on it, I am trying to back up our files and get it ready to wipe the whole computer clean and start over. I will do that soon....I've just been a little scared of wiping it...ugh.

I'm also still working on trying to get my state license to be able to work in September. It's such an annoying process. I'm almost ready to send everything in. I think that's everything. :)

My crafty sewing project

I found a tutorial a while back on how to make a dress for an infant/toddler from two bandannas. I've wanted to make this for some time but needed to learn how to sew. So mom and I headed to hobby lobby and found some cute bandannas and today we sat down to figure out the tutorial I had found. Here are tree of the bandannas I got. I also got an American flag themed one.
We start by placing right sides together and pinning down the side, except for a small area where the arm holes will be.
Here is the pinning at the top where the ribbon will run through. At the end you gather the ribbon and it creates the arm holes.

Finished products
So cute!
The best thing about these dresses is their versatility. I love that they are dresses right now but can be shirts later when Alli is older. We measured one up against Caitlin and even at 5 years old she could wear this as a shirt!!

Scrapping again

Been a while

I realized that I haven't taken very many pictures of Alli lately. So I pulled out the camera and tried to get a few cute ones. Alli was more interested in being uninterested. She wouldn't smile much for me. She kept looking around at the dogs and anything other than me. So here are a few.Trying to get the camera
Her new thing lately is to pat her belly. I think she likes the sound it makes.
She's such a big girl.
One of my favorites from today.
She is obsessed with trying to eat her shoes.
So happy!