skirt #2=EVEN BETTER & dentist adventures

Okay okay, I know I posted lastnight about my first attempt at making a skirt but I couldn't bare how big it was on AK so I made ANOTHER one lastnight :-) This time it only took me close to 2 hours instead of almost 5. I'd have to say that's progress, right?! I am so excited about how it turned out. Take a look for yourself :)



Isn't it wonderful. I am obsessed with making skirts now. Maybe I'll be good enough one day to sell them.

Here is AK sporting her new outfit at the dentist today. She did good while we were up front and she could play with the toys but as soon as we start walking back to start the whole shebang she said, "bye bye" and turned around and tried to walk out. It was pretty funny.





Once back there the dental assistant commented on how cute AK's skirt was so it was fun to tell her that I just made it lastnight. She was like, "you made it!" So then she goes and gets another assistant so she can see it and they ask if I'd make some for them but I'm not quite confident in my ability to take on such a project. Maybe when I take AK back in November I can take the deal. They thought I could make good money selling them in Austin. Who knows.

Apart from skirt adventures lately, she hated the dentist and screamed her head off when she had to put her head in the dentists lap for him to push and pull in her mouth. She was pissed. And then he asked, "do you floss her teeth yet?" UM NO, she's not even two! He only asked because her teeth aren't as spaced as he'd like. But anyways, he thinks I should start introducing her to floss and I think he's nuts. We'll see how that goes.....over time.

That's about all going on right now. I think I might make another one today :-)

I MADE A SKIRT!

So, I woke up with an itch to create something new today. I wasn't sure what I wanted to make but I wanted to use my sewing machine. This usually always turns into quite an event and I spent a lot of back breaking time on my rear. Mostly when I get these urges and think about what I want to make I know exactly how I want to do it and then it never turns out the way I thought it would. It's the most frustrating thing. For one, I don't know my sewing machine all too well and have to call a friend a million times to talk about stitches. Two, I don't sew all that well. Three, I'm just not talented in this area. But still, I insist on creating.

Remember my nursing cover a while back? That was harder than I thought. Recovering my glider rocker for my sister to use was harder than I thought. Heck, recovering it the first time for myself was hard.

Today, I decided that I wanted to make AK a skirt! I thought, "it can't be that hard right??" Well, I'll just say that almost 5 hours later I have a skirt. I cute one too! But not how I expected. LOL. First I had to redo this one piece over and over again because I kept ripping the stitch while I was trying to "bunch" it. THEN when I sewed these two pieces together I did it completely WRONG. Instead of them meeting with a smooth seem on the outside they met with a smooth seem on the INSIDE! So, you can imagine how.....pissed I was. This was after about working on it for 2-3 hours! So, I was about to call it quits until another day and then I thought, "HEY! I can add a ribbon over that "ruffle" and see what that'll do." And tada!!! It made the skirt and I'm glad now that I messed it up.

The skirt is a little big on AK but I think it's adorable! I'll just need to buy a "smaller" shirt...one that helps the look of the skirt...if that makes any sense.

ANYWAYS, without further ado, here it is folks





I'll probably hand wash this bad baby. I'm not sure I trust it in the washing machine. LOL!

Monday

Happy Monday!

I feel so good today that I actually got out of bed before 10:30 AM! My child has completely messed up her schedule lately by sleeping in...sometimes until 11, skipping her nap and staying up late. It's so hard with her daddy being on a night schedule for us to work around it. Sometimes if we stuck by a strict time based schedule, like we've usually done, she would not get to see him and if she did, it'd only be for like 2 hours of the day. So sad! Anyways, yeah, that's why we've been sleeping in so late. Not only did we get out of bed before 10:30, we actually made it out before 10! :-O Go us!

On another note, this weekend I hit the craigslist jackpot for the first time ever! Usually, I'm just seconds too late if I find something that I really want but this time I was aggressive, cleared it all with the hubs within like 5 minutes and went for the take down! Anyways, folks, here you are, my treasure!
I got the WHOLE set of Your Baby Can Read in EXCELLENT condition for $75!!! We've been looking to buy this for AK for a while now but couldn't bare to spend $200 on it. We knew it'd be worth it but couldn't exactly hand over $200 at this time. So you'll understand when I say that this was mega exciting for me. I'm still in shock that we got SUCH a good deal! I really think this will benefit her because she learned most of her ABC's from a First Impressions ABC DVD. She just learns well that way...and with the flashcards and books that go along with the DVD's, I think she'll really learn a ton. I'm so excited to see. YAY for great deals!!!

In baby news, I started to actually feel my uterus yesterday. I know this is weird and all but it started actually causing me great discomfort this weekend and sometimes it pushes out really hard. I don't know if the baby is making this happen or things are just growing and changing and causing pain. I don't remember all these weird things with AK. I guess because I'd never been pregnant before. But with this kid it feels like everything is so different and bigger and more uncomfortable. I think once the uterus finally grows beyond this stage I'll feel better. Maybe. Hopefully.

Again, happy Monday!

15 weeks!

I'm 15 weeks! YAY! For some reason this feels like such a milestone to me and I have no idea why. I'm so much closer to being halfway done. Yippee!

It's crazy how much this baby has grown in such a short amount of time. Here it was at 4 weeks.
Teeny tiny. And now it's about the size of an apple. Wow. So cool.

Well, that's really all I have to say this week. Sorry, I'm no fun today.

so far today we've...

^^^rolled around on the floor laughing^^^


^^^played soccer in the house^^^


^^^made a tent over the bed^^^


^^^danced to music^^^


^^^fed the dog through his crate^^^


^^^tasted it and didn't like it^^^

I LOOOOOVE playing with my girl. She's so much fun and tiring ;-).

And now she's napping in her tent bed. Ahhhh, to be a kid again!