Skirt

I saw this skirt and loved it. I wanted to get one for Claire. I didn't want to spend $35 on it though. I decided to try to make one. I took a trip to JoAnn's fabrics today. I was so excited to find the exact material and it was on sale. I think I did a pretty good job considering I had no pattern to follow. I didn't attempt the pockets. Maybe I'll add them later. I did learn a lot from making this one. I will definately make more. I was so excited that I dressed Claire up in it and did a little photo shoot with her. She didn't really enjoy the photoshoot. Most of the time she just kept running away.

Photoshop

I've been playing with photoshop. Here is one of the pics I edited.

Before

After


I still need some more practice, but since you asked Heather I posted one for you. :)

Back to a crib

I posted last week about Claire's new toddler bed. Well things didn't go so well with it. She did well for the first two nights. On the third night we were woken up around 11:30 to her crying. At first it was just a little whining. But it got more and more hysterical. I went in to see what was going on. I found her standing in front of her bed with the blanket over her head. She was completely hysterical. I pulled the blanket off her head, and so DOVE into my arms. She was almost choking me. It took me half an hour to get her to calm down. I checked to see if she was hurt, or poopy. I just couldn't figure out what was wrong. I thought it might have been a bad dream. I rocked her till she was asleep and laid her back in her bed. As soon as she touched the bed she became hysterical again. I laid next to her, well kinda I don't really fit on her bed, till she calmed down and went to sleep. I went back to bed hoping that she would sleep the rest of the night. About an hour later she came into our room upset again and climbed into bed with us. I held her till she was calm and tried to put her back into her bed. Again she became hysterical. After repeating this a couple of times. I began to wonder if it was her bed she was afraid of. I decided to put her in the pack and play to see if it was her bed. I got it out and set it up. Then I put her in. Not a peep. She just cuddled up and went to sleep. I wonder if she fell out of the bed and it scared her to death. We put the other side on her crib and she has been sleeping peacefully in it since. I guess she just wasn't ready for a toddler bed. We will try again in a couple months. Until then I can pretend she is still just my tiny baby.

Jump Jump Jump

Claire loves jumping on the trampoline. Well she doesn't jump, but she stomps and does a high kick run. It is fun to watch her. She was jumping with Dada on saturday and her hair got super crazy. I decided I had to have some pics of it
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Home progress

We now have a complete foundation. HOORAY! They will start framing tomorrow. The guy said he would have it completely framed in one week. It gives me hope that we will be in our in house in August. Keep your fingers crossed.

Sleeping Claire

Claire's crib was recalled. We had to send all the hardware from her old crib back to the company to get a voucher for a new crib. For the past 3 weeks she has been sleeping in the pack and play. Today we picked up her new crib. It is suppose to be a lifetime crib. Which means is converts from a crib to a toddler bed, then into a head board and foot board for a twin bed. We decided we would let her try out a toddler bed. We were a little nervous that she would either get out of bed, or roll off the bed. We took her in, and kneeled at her bed for family prayer. She couldn't wait for the prayer to be done before climbing on her bed. We kissed her goodnight and left her in bed. I went to check on her 10 min later, she was laying in bed talking to foxy. We went back about a half hour later to find her sleeping with her head covered and hanging off the bed. Doesn't seem like the most comfortable way to sleep, but then again I have never tried it.
Claire only fell out of the bed twice that I know about. Around 3 am last night I heard a thud. I knew it had to be her, so I went in to pick her up and put her back in the bed. When I got in there she was already climbing back into bed. She looked at me like " what are you doing here? I'm sleeping." laid her head down and pulled her blanket around her and back to sleep she went
She stayed in bed this morning until I went to get her. I thought for sure she would take advantage of the new freedom and get out of bed as soon as she woke up. I think she likes her new bed.