MAddiE Lu's iNitiAL CLiP

I've been busy making new matching hair clips for the girls...and I came up with a new design that looks great on a headband too! More pictures to come!

iNfANt PANtS RE-fAShiON

Cozy pants just won't do for our little summer baby!

I love these little infant pants of Madelynn's...

...but they will be too warm for the new baby girl. So I decided to make them into a little skirt:

All I did was cut the pants off right at the crotch (sorry-I hate that word but could not think of a better one!) and sewed some eyelet lace along the bottom. Because of the material I didn't even have to hem the skirt!

With the extra fabric from one on the legs (waste not!) I made a matching hair clip.

The whole little outfit is now packed in baby girl's diaper bag...
...waiting to be worn...
...any time, now...

dREsS-uP

We have a new past-time at our house these days...DRESS-UP (with Mommy's clothes, shoes, and purses)!

bACk tO OuR "ROOtS"

Last weekend for husband's birthday we went on a grown-up getaway. This is something we used to do daily before we had Madelynn...

It felt good to be outside breathing the fresh mountain air we love so much.

Jesse set up a spinning rod for me while he stuck to flyfishing. We didn't catch anything, but it didn't matter...

...the scenery and uninterupted conversation more than made up for it.

We did have one slight mishap on the trip involving the following: the wrong set of car keys, a tiny desert town, no cell service, and twenty dollars (for a pair of plyers, a bucket handle, a water bottle, and a redbull). But I'll leave that story to my husband:-)

This may have been the last getaway before adding to our growing family. Here I am at 34 weeks:

Thanks for having a birthday, babe...I still love being outside with you!

bUbbLES

Madelynn learned to blow bubbles "all by myself" at YaYa's house:

tiCkLEd PiNk

I have been busy upcycling a few of Madelynn's little onesies for the new baby:

Most of these had long sleeves since she was a winter baby.

This little sleeper was a little too boring so I did a couple heart appliques. I cut them from other outfits of Madelynn's that were stained.

I cut the sleeves off off this onesie, added a flower applique, and added ruffles at the legs.

I almost didn't do this one because it has gingerbread on it (very winter-y) but it turned out to be my favorite. I made a matching hair clip to go with it (shown at the top of the picture)

I cut the sleeves off, added pink polka-dot ruffles and a ruffle-y rosette.

This one was just plain polka-dotted so I added the embroidered cupcake applique (which I cut off another onesie that was stained)

More colorful ruffles and bright stitching made this onesie a little more exciting.

My husband commented with a smile, "that sure is a lot of pink!"

I guess you just can't help it when there's going to be a house-full of mostly girls!

NAp StRikE dAYS

Miss Madelynn has been deciding to forgo most of her naps this week in exchange for some pretty silly stunts. This picture captures her energy on the first day of her nap strike:

Bouning off the walls got a little dull so the next nap strike day I opened her door to find this (after a series of grunting):

The mattress was propped up on the white cupboard and she was trying to slide sown it before it crashed down on the other side. Yes, I was looking for the little munchin that helped her flip her own mattress over the furniture...but, no. She did that all by herself!I always knew she was the type that thought outside the box...but this? I couldn't close my dropping jaw or decide what to say to her so I went and grabbed my camera instead. She obliged me by posing on the cupboard and sweetly saying, "CHEESE!"

Oh, Madelynn, (and this is such an understatement, but there are just not enough words in the dictionary for you!) you are one in a million!

How I love you!!