Hannah's New Dress

Here Hannah is sporting her new outfit I just finished making.  I got the pattern from here.   It was pretty simple and I think it turned out okay. I made myself a matching skirt with the elastic thread so that it will grow with my expanding waistband.  Anyway, it was kind of a fun project.

I liked the dress, but I'm not to sure how I feel about the headband.  It's a little much for me.  But, isn't that a great cheeser!


After I made the dress I realized I was going to need to make those bloomer things to go underneath.  I didn't have a pattern so I just took a pair from another dress and tried to copy it.  Here she is trying them on:

and being super baby

I just liked this picture.

A Little Organization

This is the spot where all the odds and ends are placed:

 

The mess has been driving me crazy.  It took me forever to finally get to, but it's now a little more organized:

James even promised me he would hang his keys up.  Hooray.  I feel so much better about life with that clutter gone.  Let's see how long it lasts.

Labor Day

For labor day we made the trek out to WINCO - a pretty awesome grocery store.   It's kind of like a cross between a normal grocery store and a Costco or Sams.  There are some things in bulk, but a lot of things are normal size.  Every thing's a little bit cheaper there, but the best part about it is you can use coupons.  We stocked up on lots of things like meat, bread, LOTS of cheese, veggies, etc....

Anyway, after spending 2/3rds of our monthly grocery budget we returned home.  James spent the rest of the day studying while I cooked meat, chopped veggies, shredded cheese, shredded some more, and got all of our food stored in the freezer.  

Sadly enough, this actually excites me.  I like having things organized.  Here's a picture:

I used Hannah's shoe boxes to separate meats, veggies, and some of the cheese.  Looking at the picture now, it's not very neat, but at least I know where everything is.  Now I want to make cookies - the hard part will be finding space. 

Car Alarms

We hear lots of car alarms all day long and during the night.  I swear some of them are set off if you look at them for too long.  Anyway, we're pretty used to them, but there was one so loud this morning, at around 4 am that it woke us up.  I counted - there were 117 horn honks before it shut off.  Grrr.  Well, at least we got an early start to the day.

We're Expecting....

So, I was thinking I'd do something cute to post about this - but our camera is out of commission and I don't have any other creative ideas.  So, this is as exciting as it's going to get. 

We're having a baby.  We found out almost 2 months ago....BUT....we have had a very difficult time working out insurance and finding a doctor.  Luckily, I think everything's figured out.  I had an ultrasound yesterday and everything looks good.

Our expected D Day is February 19th.  We don't actually know it's a boy for sure....but we think it is.  Here are two of the ultrasound pictures:

 

This is a profile view.  The thumb is about to go into the mouth.  Apparently he's going to be a thumb sucker. 

 Here's a shot looking at him straight on.  I told James it kind of looks like Pinocchio.  Anyway, I can't believe the amazing technology there is.

1st Day of School

James left this morning for his first day of school.  He wasn't too excited about the picture, but I made him take one anyway.  Here he is.  Good luck hon!

Lazy Sunday Afternoon

A couple of Sunday's ago I was getting dinner ready after church while James was putting Hannah down for a nap. This is what I found:

Good Books

Does anyone have any good books to recommend? 

James is starting school next week and I have a feeling he'll be doing a lot of studying in the evenings.  So, I need to have something to do that's quiet and won't wake Hannah up.  I'd love any suggestions.

14 Months

I can't believe she's already 14 months old.  That's crazy to me.  Here's what she's been up to:

* she is now a screamer - when she's happy, angry, or frustrated she is very vocal about it.

* she walks all over the place and is learning to run from us.

* she loves to transport things, particularly from under the bathroom sink to the bathtub.

She recently discovered the toilet and we've had a hard time keeping her out of it.  I usually just try to keep the bathroom door shut, but when I'm in the bathroom getting ready she's usually in there.  I looked into a toilet lock, but those things are like $10, so we now have James' toolbox on top so she can't open the lid.  I'm hoping that cures her.

Gunshots

Around 3 this morning we woke up to the sound of a few gun shots.  We don't generally here that, but it didn't seem odd or out of place to me.  I thought to myself...hmm.. someone just shot a gun.  Oh well....then rolled over and went back to sleep.  Yikes!