Baby Lulu Photo Shoot

Finished romper on a precious baby!  These photos were taken a week or so ago, but I haven't made the time to post.  (I did put them on FB so her mother's friends could admire her cuteness, though.)  The romper was a little too big but she is growing like a weed.  I can't believe how well she is holding up that pretty red head.

I can't help but include a few pics of my buddy... taken at a wedding in the Upstate two weekends ago.  I used this cupcake-eating shot for a photo thank-you card on Shutterfly last night.  Big D. was about to kill me because I was making greeting cards at 11pm (but the offer for 10 free cards expired at midnight!! So how could I pass up that deal ?)

 My mom tried to dress the boy is this outfit to go to church last weekend and he went balistic.  I think it's because we were in the car for 6 hours roundtrip for the wedding!  It must bring back bad memories for him.  His daddy and I were so jacked up on lattes that we kept singing "You Got To Fight For Your Right To Paaaaarrrrtttty!"  But we could only remember one verse, so it was pretty bad.  This outfit was a hand-me-down from his cousin Drew who is now a sophomore in high school!

I have been lazy... knitting nothing but washcloths for weeks now.  I did start another little sewing project for Lucy.  Butterfly Bloomers... every gal needs a pair.  The butterflies are making their final hoorah-- it's the twilight of summer.  Today has been the most autumn-like day so far this month.   A nice long, cool morning.  It felt so good in my sunny laundry room, folding clothes on the church pew and soaking up the sun.

The boy has two long sleeve shirts... not much of a Fall wardrobe, and I really really want to knit him a sweater.  I just feel so unmotivated to use my brain to do something New with my hands...  Unless it's making Pumpkin-Cranberry Scones, which have been calling my name for some time now. 

Twenty Months

My baby is soooo close to being 2!  He says "two" a lot now and tries to hold up two fingers, although I'm not sure he knows what it means.  He says "home," mostly when he picks up the phone and pretends to talk.  His conversation is usually something like, "Hello (pronounced ah-lo) Daddy Home."  We are working on colors.  He says blue, yellow and green, although without much rhyme or reason.  Here's a little video of him with my mom and his 90-year-old great-grandmother yesterday. 

Creative Juices

My housework has been sadly neglected this week, as I have tried to spend all of my extra time crafting and creating.  I suppose everyone has the feeling that they want to burn their house down and live a very tidy and simple life, say, out of their station wagon or garden shed... right?

Maybe I could live here?

(don't you love this mysterious place?  I'm not sure what it is... but it's behind the hardware shop in town)

I had a long weekend for Labor Day and decided to pull the fabric out from underneath the guest bed... I wanted to put my days off to good use, so I thought I would sew a little romper for "Baby Lulu," the nickname D. has given to by friend's daughter, Lucy.  I have lots of great girly fabrics, many of which were purchased in very small quantities when I was either dreaming of quilts or didn't have much of a plan. 

Meet Baby Lulu:

She's a redhead... and nothing looks finer on a redhead than green.  I just happened to have this bright green fabric with dogwood blooms in my stash, so I decided to make Lucy the Oliver + S pattern that I made for D. last year. 

It is mostly-finished... I am befuddled by the snap-tape that I am somehow supposed to install in the crotch.  I know it is important, but it is so tricky too!  I skipped this step on the romper I made for baby D. and regretted it.  It is a pain to have to wiggle a baby in and out of a jumpsuit for a diaper change, and I want Lucy to get plenty of wear out of it before it cools off for autumn.

I feel entitled to typing up this post because the babe is asleep, and I am completely ready for work tomorrow... The scrubs are ironed (yes, I iron my scrubs)... the supper is cooked... (Not Yo Mama's Pot Roast-- a new recipe today since it did not involve going to the grocery store)... the coffee pot is set... the automobile has sufficient gasoline. 

Believe it or not, this beauty is vegetarian!

The boy picked my mom (he calls her Ma) one of the last zinnias around.  Here is the view from my kitchen sink-- I think it's pretty lovely.

I cranked out a few washcloths for my kitchen-- There were a few new colors of kitchen cotton at our local yarn purveyor (haha!.. that would be Wal-Mart), and sometimes the littlest things make me happy.  Well not sometimes... most of the time. 

Other Firsts... and a Lace re-bound

This week we had another big first... the first day of "school."  We signed Little D. up for a Mother's Morning Out (MMO) program at a local church. He goes from 9am to noon on my workdays. and it gives his babysitter a little break.  We also thought it might be time to socialize our little wild animal.  He has a sun with his name on it and his own little hook in the classroom to hang his doggie backpack, pronounced  "backback."  It is too cute.   He calls the other children "babies," and if he hears you say the word "school" then he automatically says "backback."

Meanwhile, back at the ranch (house), I have been rebounding from the lace shawl accomplishment with some friendly and simplistic garter stitch wash cloths.  Over a year ago, I asked my friend Mary what she wanted as a gift for her blessingway, and she said some handknit kitchen washrags... Her boy just turned ONE, and I just put them in the mail.  I love me some Mary.  She is my mommy role model.  She sent me the most encouraging text message on Little D.'s first day of school.  "LUV some MMO!"

A few more favorite pics from this week... a family portrait from our VW ride and a very sleepy baby.