Where we've been.

Check out KRISTA'S DAILY PIC for a sampling of what the girls and I have been up to.

Atlanta, GA. Charleston, SC. Mooresville, NC. I will post more photos when we return!

And they're off!

To North Carolina! Two kids on a plane. One helpful grandma. Hopefully I brought enough stuff to keep them occupied during the trip.

Wish me luck!

More than I can chew.

I bit off more than I can chew . . . my sister-in-law hosts a girls night out and this month we had planned to sew a sling bag (yes. needle, thread, sewing machine). The day before I purchased the fabric and all the supplies--not even thinking that it had been over 2 decades since I had last really sat down to a sewing machine.

It took me 4 hours to cut out the pieces from the pattern and get those pieces lined with interfacing . . .


It took me another 3 hours to sew the pockets, the pleats, and the top band together . . .


At this point I was 3 steps behind the other girls, it was late, and I knew that there was no way I was going to be able to sew straight enough to finish the bag and have it look good. So, I dropped off the bag at my mom's (expert seamstress) and begged her to help me.


My mom finished the bag (in what I think was probably under an hour) and it looks perfect! Thanks mom! Next time I will try to pick a project that I can finish.

Girls.

Stella

• At her 1 year check up weight 16.5 pounds, length 28.75 inches, head 17.5 inches. She is a petite thing!
• Words she is saying, "uh-oh", "honk honk", "thank you", "mama", "dada", "bye bye".
• We are still trying to work out the stomach issues, but for now she is happiest on baby cereals and breast milk.
• Her teeth are HUGE but so cute.
• She is a snuggler.
• Loves to crawl up the stairs, but can't come down.

Presley

• After she has been put to bed she pulls out all of her pajamas and changes several times during the night--I am always surprised at what she is wearing in the morning.
• Still calls her blanket a "blanklet".
• Is alternately a princess or a ballerina.
• Loves to tackle her daddy.
• Bit Stella's finger the other day, which prompted Stella to bite her back three times while riding side-by-side in the jogging stroller.
• Loves to play pretend with dolls, stuffed animals, toys--anything.

Day of fun.

Last week Presley and I had "Presley and Mom's Day-of-Fun" (anybody get the reference?). While daddy watched Stella we did a few things that Presley picked--just the two of us. A day at the Farm and an hour running around Ikea. Strange, I know, but Presley just loves to play with/on all the things they have at Ikea--and we only walked away purchasing a cinnamon roll.


This was Presley's 3rd attempt (in as many years) to successfully ride the ponies. She struggled through but made it! I think it helped that the pony she picked to ride was named Roxy.

The best part--now when ever the two of us go anywhere without Stella and dad, Presley thinks it is another "Day-of-Fun".