finished ruffle curtainz

After a little break from curtain making, I got back on my horse today and constructed the second curtain for Anna’s room. Derek kindly purchased and hung a curtain rod immediately after completion so I could see the fruits of my labors. I’m fairly pleased with this, my first major sewing undertaking… (the dark pic […]
bring on the steak…
anna popped out a tooth today. she’s been drooling a bit, but she’s been a pretty happy baby and hasn’t had many of the other teething symptoms. i wasn’t even really looking for it. she grabbed my hand and chomped down on a finger and i was surprised to feel a jagged litte nub poking […]
Ruffle Curtain, Singular.

so the story goes: anna doesn’t have any curtains in her room. i somehow happened upon this blog post tutorial-ette. then i got some joann coupons in the mail and the obsession began. the tutorial was for a shower curtain, so i attempted to work out my own measurements. i put my serger to work, […]
heather’s baby shower

Soon, heather will get on a plane to Uganda to get her baby girl. Tonight, we’ll celebrate by eating these cupcakes.
Oatmeal!

on thursday, the doctor gave us the ok to start anna on a little bit of cereal. while not opposed to this new food medium, she didn’t fully embrace the idea either. she spit most of it out and was more excited to chew on the spoon. she was also a bit preoccupied with removing […]
peanut butter cup cupcakes

one day, during a particularly long annababy nap (for which i held her the entire time), i did some cleaning out of my google reader… clearing out blogs that are quite stale and adding some new suggestions that google (big brother) suggested for me. amongst the new blogs was bake it in a cake. one […]