First lost tooth

Lizzy lost her first tooth last night. She came downstairs at 9:15 p.m. saying that she couldn't sleep because her tooth hurt. We pulled, we tugged, and she twisted it, finally it popped out. The funny thing is, she doesn't get to look all cute having a space in the front, because her adult tooth is already in behind the one that just came out! Here's a photo of Liz from last night and a photo of her tooth fairy pillow that I made her.

Sewing room occupied

To keep busy this summer and try not to think about how hot I am all the time I have taken to spending long hours in my sewing room (with my fan b/c it kinda follows me around the house right now.) I've made capes, flower headbands, aprons and more. We have decided to make our 'Homemade Christmas' that we did last year a new annual tradition. I have been working on Lizzy's Christmas present because first, it's going to take me a long time and secondly because when the baby's born I'm not sure how much time I will have. I am making her all sorts of hair things, bows, headbands, and some very cool other hair ideas I have found online. I have pictures of much of what I've been doing here to share...


Oh, and I have a few friends that sell hair accessories.
Check out their blogs:

Rachel and Susan (twins) and running a "bowtique": http://www.sistersbowtique.blogspot.com/

And for super nice flower headbands check out Posy : http://posyforhipchicks.blogspot.com/

Here are some aprons I have made for friends, most of them

provided or paid for their own fabric, I only sewed them.

A cape I made for Corben's birthday - he asked his mom if he could wear it to bed.

An outfit I made for Liz (for under $3!!!)

A change purse we made out of a used Dole juice container.

The rest is Lizzy's Christmas present thus far.

Conversations with James

When Samuel was born Lizzy couldn't wait to meet him. She bounded up to him in the hospital and pronounced, "Sam! I am not a mountain, I'm your sister. A mountain is big and grey and sometimes purple when the sun is setting."

Lizzy has decided to preempt any concerns over what James will and will not know by teaching him prenatally. She has taken to following me around with both her hands on my stomach saying things like, "James, your name is James, a name is what you call someone, my hands are on mommy's stomach. A stomach is in the middle of your body and processes your food. Food is what you eat, you put it in your mouth which is on your face, which is at the top of your body and has lips attached which are red and then there's teeth, they are white and chomp on your food..." And so you get the idea. I have explained kindly that he doesn't really understand her words but likes hearing her voice. So she continues, "James, I'm going to take a shower. A shower is where water comes down and gets you all wet. Water is clear and can be cold or hot and feels really neat on your skin. A shower head is what the water comes out of, ours is silver and black."
She adores him already, and as a mother I love watching this love grow. Nothing warms my heart more than listening to the things she is "teaching" him." We got several new ultrasounds a few weeks ago when I had a follow-up appointment. He is so darling already, I have been sewing a lot and have put his "pictures" up in my sewing room where I can look at him often. Here's a few for you to see too. Lizzy may think he will come out knowing all his colors, I'm just happy that he will be born knowing his sisters voice.