I did finish Taylor’s birthday present on time

September 27th, 2007

At least most of it.

For those of you who have been reading for awhile, you may remember my ambitious goal of sewing/knitting a wardrobe for Taylor’s birthday present, which was an American Girl Bitty Baby. I was going to make all kinds of outifts and bedding and a diaper bag and anything else I could think of. I started several months ago and was able to finish 2 pants outfits and two dresses, plus the “mattress”, pillow, quilt and blanket for the cradle. She still needs a little ivory shirt and a nightgown that I have cut the pieces for, but haven’t started sewing and all will be done! Here are the pictures:

She loves her dolls and takes care of both of the new ones and the three little rattle-y dolls that she already had. I love watching her play!

Here are a couple of cute pictures to leave you with. I just love this one of Taylor, she was being cute and I think that is my favorite outfit that she has right now :) The one of Kristopher is from a couple of weeks ago, but I just got around to looking at the pictures from that game and I actually got him PLAYING! Yay! (he’s in the blue running straight for the ball)

Have a lovely day!

PS – I finished another sweater. The colors were too beautiful together not to make one, so this one is for sale if anyone is interested in it. I just love making these cute sweaters and I know someone needs it. Contact me, or leave a comment with email, for more information.

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Two!

September 26th, 2007

(picture heavy post)

Last Friday, the 21st of September was Taylor’s second birthday. Kody & I took her to lunch, while Kristopher was at school, at Captain D’s. She ate chicken, fries and ice cream – her favorite! We didn’t do anything else on her birthday and even saved her presents for her party the next day.

For Taylor’s party we went to the park and had a polka dot party. She had a lot of fun playing and coloring. She didn’t want to blow out her candle so she got some help from Kristopher and his friend Boaz (and it was hard to blow out even for the two of them!) We had to light the candle with a car lighter since I forgot matches, but eventually it worked. The adults even had a little fun, I think. (if you look closely at the picture (click to enlarge) with the car in it shows Grandaddy sliding with the boys) After everyone had gone, Taylor sat down on the bench for a drink. She was ready for the long nap she took after having such a good time. Thank you to everyone who was able to come!