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.

Waiting for something INCREDIBLE

I love the movie "The Incredible's." Remember the part where Mr. Incredible comes home from work, lifts his car over his head then suddenly sees the neighbor boy there on his bike? And, every day that same neighbor boy would be waiting by his driveway for Mr. Incredible to come home. One day Mr. Incredible said, "What are you waiting for." To this the boy replied, "I don't know - something Incredible!"

Don't we all feel that way at times? My family is Incredible. Phil would truly be named Mr. Incredible, he's talented at so many things, piano, he's an artist, he's smart (well, that doesn't do him justice, you should hear the calculus jokes he tells -- no, I don't get them) he even takes out the trash and does the dishes! Lizzy cannot be compared to Invisible Violet in the movie, she's more like a bright Sun with a big brain (although that would make for a funny super hero) and Sam although young, loves to clean and make people laugh and surprises us everyday with his sweetness. They are really INCREDIBLE! But there are times, as we all know when we wait, wait for something incredible. Whether we are stuck in a dead end insurance job and unable to show our true super hero colors (like the Mr. Incredible in the movie) or afflicted with a bad economy or a bad situation.

We have been going through one of those times. Me and my INCREDIBLE family feel some days that our capes our covered in tar with our super powers being bound up in one way or another. Cut off at the knees, hands tied behind our backs, and eyes being tied with a blind fold. We are waiting for something incredible. As blessed as we are to have one another, we are plotting. How do we escape our binds, all the strength in the world isn't doing it. There must be another way, maybe some incredible secret serum that melts our binds without melting us too. One time at our place in Tucson Phil got locked out. No window was open, there was no spare key, and I'm sure it was over 100 degrees out (because isn't it always?) Well, he convinced me he really did have super powers when he scaled the wall of our house to get up to our balcony, where the door happened to be open.

OK kids, get your anti-gravity boots on because we are about to scale a few walls. Something incredible is about to happen. Some day soon our super powers will be released and we will be able to help the world yet again. Maybe a few days, a few weeks, I don't know, but my super brained, talented husband is thinking of a cure along with the super sweet spirits of the kids. Sam can use his super powers of screaming like a banshee, spitting, and his super fast puzzle powers to fight evil while Lizzy stumps bad guys with her intuitive questions and dazzling smile. In the mean time we are still waiting for something incredible.

Soon. I know it's coming soon.

It's a Wizards Duel

I can't resist this video of my kids involved in a wizards duel. Sam only knows one spell, so it's a very limited duel. Enjoy!