We Beat the Heat

This past weekend we visited the Delta to spend time with Andrew's mom. God blessed us with a little cooler temperatures (mid 90s instead of 100s!), so we could actually enjoy being outside. Thankfully, there are two sweet families nearby with pools so we took advantage of them (the pools, not the families) .

If Drew sprouts gills any day now, I will not be surprised. He jumped straight in the water over and over again. He went down the big slide. He floated on his back. You name it...he was there!

I would like to add that after an entire day of being outside with friends and family, we got home that night where Andrew said to me, "Please get that Oreo out of your teeth. It's been there all day and is really bugging me." If you blow this picture up largely enough, you will see the evidence that Andrew decided not to tell me about until it "bugged him" enough. Husband of the year--GONE! ;)


If a lack of pool toys is your problem, just add shoes. Instant fix.

While we were there I got Miss Hannah's crib skirt made with lots of help from Ms. Debbie. Woo hoo! I still need to work on the curtain which is going to take some time measuring and sewing...nothing too difficult I don't think. As soon as I charge my camera battery, I'll take a picture of the bedskirt and post it. I'm in love!

Since we got home, we've been doing a lot of this:

Lying around! I did finally get some housework done today with help from Drew. No, seriously, he did help me at times. I was surprised too. ;)

I have an appointment with my cardiologist this Thursday which I expect nothing to come of, but we shall see! I'm also hitting up a consignment sale on Thursday morning with my mom--super pumped about that! We're gonna need those newborn girl clothes since I can't borrow my niece's clothes....did you hear? They're having another girl!!! Sooo excited!!!

Swimming & Sewing

We tried forever to get a good shot of the 3 of us. In doing so, we held up the line at church!


I don't have a great picture of the back of Drew's outfit, but it's monogrammed with "Andrew," his actual first name; this was my Andrew's outfit when he was a baby! It was so surreal to see my baby in my husband's infant clothes. We're gonna wear this outfit out for the rest of the summer!

We went swimming Saturday. Drew didn't have quite as much fun as we expected. He wanted to be out of the pool, running around exploring. We stayed about an hour. Just long enough for me to get a light sunburn! Don't worry--Drew had on 3 layers of sunblock.








Onto the sewing part....

My sweet neighbor Daphne has lived next door for two and a half years. She and her hubs have 3 gorgeous kids; she owns/runs her own small business doing embroidery (Fuzzy Lemons). Good people. Met her for the first time Friday. I wish I were kidding! When I made mention on facebook last week that I wanted to learn how to do an applique, sweet Daphne stepped right up and offered for me to come over the next day!

She didn't know what a novice she had on her hands, but she found out quickly! Drew's long sleeved onesie turned out so cute, and if it weren't in the wash, I'd post a picture of it now. (Better than that--I'll try and take one of Drew wearing the onesie later!)

We cut a lowercase d out of fabric (just blew up one in a cute font in Word) and used wonder under to attach it to the shirt. Then Daphne let me on her sewing machine. Brave girl, that Daphne!

I learned so much between Daphne and my incredible mother in law this weekend. Seriously. Need. A. Sewing. Machine!



Daphne's student hard at work, messing up a zigzag stitch. ;)


Okay, so I can take NO credit for the bag. My mother in law did that. However, I did do a few of the burp cloths and the diaper wipes case (only hot glue and fabric required)! If I have a little girl down the road, she'll be getting some more similar to these!