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For future reference, if I use "nak" in a post, it stands for nursing at keyboard and means one hand is otherwise occupied, so please excuse typos and not saying much :)

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More pics of the sling

I wanted to add a few pics of the sling not being worn. This was the first time I've tried the French Seam and not only was it easy, but the result was really beautiful. I honestly still can't believe how easy this sling was to make. Had I realized this before I'd have been making slings a long time ago!

About the fabric - the pink is a cotton/poly interlock, very lightweight. I wouldn't have minded it being a little heavier, but the minky has some weight to it so it's probably for the best. I don't think I'd want a sling with 2 layers of the interlock because I think it would be too light.

You can see my DS "petting" the minky in the lower picture - it is so soft. I can't get over how soft it really is. I know now why so many people rave about minky and how touchable it is. Unfortunately it is uber-expensive, so it's not something you want to buy unless you have a project in mind - unless you find a super deal! I will be keeping my eyes peeled now.

The bets part is I had enough fabric to make 2 slings - one I will be putting up on Ebay. But the minky is 60" wide so there is still some left over. Not much, but I am thinking of a way to use it, maybe on something for Lucy? I can't throw it away, even scraps. Now THAT would be a crime!

My new sling!

Ah, I love sewing! I made this reversible pouch sling out of pink interlock and brown with pink dots minky. The minky is sooooo super soft! I love it! It's stretchy, so I might sew it a little smaller, but I'll try it out a few days first. This seriously took less than an hour to sew up! Yay for naptime!


Please excuse the messy bathroom, I was too excited to take pics to clean up first :)

Changes are afoot...

Doesn't this say it all? She's almost 2 months already! If that isn't scary, I don't know what is.

And one of the sibs. This week my MOPS table is meeting for socializing, and I'm in charge of the kid craft. Most the kids are close to Toby's age, so it took some thinking to come up with something that can be done in a group while minimizing chaos, and I think I found a cute one!

And as the title suggests, the house is changing. It is high time to move Lucy into her own room, and to do so we have to move Toby to his new room. The plan was to have him moved by his birthday, and suddenly on Friday we realized that we were well in to Feb and would have to start moving on this project.

Toby LOVES trains so we decided to go with a Thomas the Train theme. We bought a comforter for him, and took it to Home Depot to match paint to the light blue in the background of the comforter.

Here is the room after priming the trim and edging the room with the blue.

Curtis finished rolling the room today:
I will be painting the trim red next weekend after the walls have had ample time to dry. I'm really excited about the whole room! I need to buy fabric for curtains (found it already at WalMart) and I bought custom name canvases for both kids - a friend is painting them for me. We found the bedroom furniture we want and will hopefully be able to pick it up next weekend.

We also decided that we want to throw a bday party for Toby this year - we've been on the fence about it for a few weeks now, but we decided to go ahead and have one. It will be fun to get the kids together to play! So now I'm looking at party supplies online.

Bust busy busy!

I also ordered fabric online last week to make a minky lined sling - it should be here tomorrow. I know I'm going to want to play as soon as it gets here - which will win out? Room decorating or fun sewing? Ah, choices, choices :)

Michelle

Hello Feb!

Wow, part of me can't believe we're already in 2008 and here it is Feb already! That means - yikes! - Toby has a birthday in ONE month! Eek! I can't believe he's almost 2 already.

Here's a picture of my not-so-little-one...he was running around the hosue wearing the basket as a hat...it kept falling off and it cracked him up!

And Little Miss posing for the camera!

Another beautiful smile!
Things have been beter recently. Lucy is sleeping better - at least going down at a reasonable hour. Toby is feeling better after his double ear infection - he is still on the antibiotics, for another coule days anyway. I forgot to give Lucy her meds this morning so I hope tonight isn't too awful. She is liking her baths more and more these days.

This morning was mops and I took both kids - we had a fine time! Toby loves the moppets program, and Lucy sits up with me. She was a bit fussy, but my table leader was more than happy to cuddle her a bit for me! I really love the mops program and highly reccomend it for anyone with young kids!

I am working on a few new projects. With any luck I will have some time for crafting this weekend!

Next week is Lucy's 2 month appointment already! I can't believe she's growing so fast. Part of me is excited to see her in the next stage of babyhood (especially since the newborn stage has been rough on us), but part of me knows they grow so fast so I try to hold on to each memory as hard as I can. She will be so big before I know it! She already is!

Ok, enough with the hormones already!

Nighty night,

Chel

Super Bowl Sunday!

Here's our little Super Bowl Party: I made beer brats, fruit salsa with cinnamon chips, and we had pretzles. Yum! Toby ate his whole dinner - wouldn't let us take his plate even when he was obviously full!

And here's Lucy today:

If you'll look at her feet - notice her bunny slippers? They are adorable! I love them!

Not too much going on here...same old same old! I think everyone is feeling better, although Lucy is still congested. Toby had a double ear infection this week but is feeling better now.