I should have complained about lack of sewing time sooner, because after that post I got lots of it in! Well... in comparison to before:) I was on facebook the other day and the amazing Rae from made-by-rae.com was asking for pattern testers for 0-3 and 3-6 month sizes for her new pattern. I have previously mentioned how hard it is to find patterns to sew for the girls so I was so excited to see the 0-3 month size! I volunteered and she picked me, yay:)



Look at what a big smile she has!! I like the top, but it is supposed to be a tunic and as they grow it goes to a top, but it is a little short, so just a top for this one. It was a quick and easy sew, and this picture doesn't do it justice, it is adorable on:)

Procrastination.

I freely admit I am great at procrastinating. Is that how you spell it? hm, oh well, I am too lazy to look it up. haha! Anyways, the girls will be blessed the week after conference. Me, being me, decided I HAVE to make their dresses. Well, I decided this a VERY long time ago. And............ nothing. I haven't even started. So I went looking for a pattern that would work. Nothing. There are no patterns small enough to fit the girls, or ones that I liked with sleeves.

So I searched all over and found a pattern I think might work, problem is it is 3-6 month at the smallest, and I don't love the sleeves. A few days ago I cut the fabric and today I had time during nap time (for all three kids, score for Jack napping!!) to get it all sewn up.



Definitely too big for Izzy. I still haven't tried it on George, she is still sleeping. So I am off to size it down for at least one of them... and draft new sleeves... and test that pattern... then if it is right, make two of them! How I wish I wasn't a procrastinator. Most of the reason I have waited this long is because I wasn't sure how big they would be by the time they were blessed... at least that is what I keep telling myself:)




^^^ Just because she is cute:) ^^^

New onesies.

Well, after I wrote that post yesterday I had a brilliant idea. I have seen embellished onesies all over pinterest and they would take less time than something from scratch, so that is what I did. They only took me four hours to complete... fast, haha. That is because I decieded to do them at night, and the babes tend to be a little fussy after eight.

First I dyed two plain white onesies, then sewed on some ric rac and a flower ....


And of course ruffle-y bums!

I love the custom colors, and I definitely see more dyeing in my future!

3 months + a teeny bit of sewing.

Seriously? Has it really been three months? My sweet baby girls hit three months a few days ago! Life has been a bit of a blur these past few months, and things like the house and my sewing have been neglected. (Though in the few moments I do have not taking care of kids the house comes first... so sad day for my sewing obsession)


We will start with Izzy.
*She still weighs quite a bit less than Georgia. I stepped on the scale, then held George on there, then held Izzy on there and Iz was two pounds less.
*She is still on Prevacid, and that is helping A LOT.
*She is getting a bit better with sitting alone when she is awake.
*She is in newborn clothes still, though sometimes I put her in 0-3.
*She is in size one diapers.
*She typically goes to bed around midnight and sleeps until six a.m. ... I am not complaining! Much better than three-four hour blocks!
*She has started smiling, and makes a coo-ing noise every now and then.

*Georgia is my chunky monkey.

*She still kinda fits in newborn, but I typically put her in 0-3 since I have more of those... and I hate doing laundry every day.

*She is in size one diapers, but probably will be out of them soon.

*She puts herself to sleep... which is ah-mazing! (And something her sister wont do).

*She can sit for 1-2 hours by herself just looking around.

*She smiles and makes noise all day.

*She usually eats last around ten, bed by midnight or one, and I wake her to eat after I put Izzy back down, so she may go longer if I let her, but I am not going to risk having to get up again if she doesn't! So, until both sleep through the night, I will keep waking the other up.

*She is just my all-around happy baby, she will wake up and be fine without eating right away, which is great since Izzy will scream bloody murder until she is fed... and with them being on the same schedule, sometimes they want to eat at the exact same time, though I try to stagger it by about 15 minutes so that doesn't happen.

I made the kimono on Izzy for my niece Avree, and now she is big so Kim gave it to me. And the kimono on Georgia I made before they were born. I meant to make pants for them... but that never happened. Looking at the picture made me remember I made matching booties too, so I will have to pull those out.

It was Avree's birthday earlier this month and I made her this dress. It was the first time I made this pattern, and I got a bit lost for a minute, but it all turned out in the end. Definitely going to have to make more of these.

It has a tie in the back. I am thinking one time I will make the ties in a different print, or maybe make the bodice, ties and skirt in three different fabrics. So many possibilities!

Then I made her this skirt. I love it. Wish it was in my size. But I had only just enough fabric for this skirt.

This is the same pattern as the bird one I made for Abby a while back. I am thinking about putting piping on the hem, or some pom-poms for next time.

I wish I had more sewing time, but I have my priorities straight. Love on my family, do my best with keeping the house straight and maybe get my 30 minutes of sewing in a week. Hopefully when the girls sleep through the night I will get more time back in my day, but for now it is okay... But I MUST get started on the blessing dresses!!!! I know exactly what I want to do, but I need to make a pattern that will fit them. Sadly, none of my patterns are that small. So for now, that is all. Time to go feed babies:)

Play time.

A few weeks ago I picked up an activity gym for the girls to stare at while they lay somewhere other that the swing:) Georgia likes it, especially when she has Jack wrapped around her finger and he pulls the bird that makes music everytime she makes a peep. haha.



Georgia will lay by herself and usually for a minimum of 15 minutes, but usually longer. Elizabeth will only lay there if Georgie is next to her... within arms reach... which usually leads to this:

She will end up smacking Georgia in the face, poking her eye, or using her super grip on any body part she can manage to get a hold of... So I try to keep them just past arm's length.

Then it is tummy time. This is where we can see Georgia acting more advanced and Izzy less advanced. Georgia does quite well with tummy time, she is usually happy about 5-10 minutes up on her arms until she gets pooped out and puts her head down. Izzy, well, she goes about 2-3 minutes... maybe...

Isn't she just so sweet? :) She still doesn't have a lot of control when she tries to hold her head up, and I think that is why she isn't so crazy about tummy time.

Then sometimes, when I am in the other room and realize I haven't heard anything from them in a few minutes, I come back to this. Wouldn't it be great to be able to fall asleep anywhere?

Oh Jack.

My sweet little boy. Remember my cool new barstools? Well he decided to lean back on one of them because he was "so tired", and he fell off. And they are really tall. He was screaming bloody murder and clutching his arm. We finally got him calmed down by giving him an ice pack, a popscicle, and daddy's lap. Two hours later he was still favoring it so I took him to instacare right before it closed.

The doctor examined him and said it looked pretty bad, there was a nasty bruise on the underside of his arm I hadn't seen because Jack wouldn't let me move his arm much, so he decided to x-ray it.

Jack was so brave, I was nervous because he doesn't usually do well with strangers. The guy explained the machine to Jack and what it would take pictures of. So he took three different pics in different positions and then let Jack see them on the computer. He thought it was so cool.

They couldn't see a brake or a fracture, but said sometimes it is hard to see in kids, so we are to keep it in a sling until Monday and see how he acts with it then. The doc said he was shocked nothing was broken.

All he could talk about for the next few hours was how neat the x-ray machine was andhow much he loved his new "swing" (sling).

Never again.

Never again will I run out of these...



Not because Ben bought a ridiculous amount of them, but because when he was gone I didn't make it out of the house all week except to take Abby to school. So when I ran out of batteries a day into his leave of absence I just pushed the swing every now and then until they fell asleep. Or started to stir. Or was crying because I was feeding the other one and not giving enough attention to her. I could have gone out, but meh, I didn't feel like it:)




This is how they used to swing. Until Georgia turned into a giant. Okay, she is not a giant, but she is about 1 1/2 pounds bigger than Izzy! Now they just don't quite fit in the swing together.

So now we get this. Elizabeth did this every time I put her in the swing for a week or so, I would sit her back up and she would do this again. She is getting better now at staying upright. Maybe it was just comfy? ... haha