Back to sewing again

Something about having a new baby makes me want to start sewing again.
Since a shop hop starts tomorrow for the local quilting shops, I had better use the fabric I got at a shop hop a couple of years ago.

I figured if I started now I could finish 3 Easter dresses.

There is a website called Project Run and Play that has inspiration for sewing and great tutorials.

This is a version of one of their crafty's dress pattern.

The whole dress, maybe I will make a little dress jacket in green Kona cotton to go over it, short sleeved for our warm weather.

I added some details to the bodice.

Some of the details.  Pintuckage and micro pleats, 2-lip sleeves, a random button Grace picked out (I bet you can't tell which button).

Grace's crazy dance moves.

How is this possible that she did not fall down?

Happy Birthday Merry

Happy # 7 Merry.  

Cake of choice:  Red Velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.

Activity of choice:  Laser tag

Favorite gift:  Roller skates.

1st family photo and cousins come to visit

 One more added to the craziness.

All the double cousins with Grandma Stott.

Posing for birth announcements

Sweet Eliza.

 A good dream.

Our cute little peanut.  

The rest of the hospital stay

Dec. 26th:  6 days old. Chillaxin, listening to some tunes. Ears checked out

 Dec. 28th: 8 days old.  Waiting to be checked out.

 Look what I can do with my lips

 All dressed ready to go home. 

 Finally home at 8 days.  It was truly amazing she responded so well, we were expecting a longer stay.  

 Grace has been so excited to hold and feed the baby.

Grandma Stott and the girls.

Miss Eliza meets the family

The kids finally visited miss Eliza today.


Merry and Eliza


Grace and Eliza.
Adam lasted about 2 minutes in the room and then Brian took him to the cafeteria and bought him a brownie. Jacob was too busy playing games to pose for a picture.
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Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve, the elf comes to visit.

Look Eliza is off of her lipids now she just has to eat enough to get off of her IV completely.

If I keep my eyes closed maybe he will just go away.

Brian and I spent the morning with Eliza while Grandma Stott wrangled the rowdies at home.

Chug, chug, chug.

Another great close up, thanks Brian.

Once we got home we reenacted the Nativity, left Santa some cookies, sprinkled some reindeer food on the lawn and went to bed.

Thanks to Grandma Stott for wrapping all the presents.  Totally not prepared this year.

The kids let us sleep in until 8AM, hooray, then I did not even take 1 picture of Christmas Day.

Best Christmas present ever, Eliza was weaned off of her IV over night.