Projects

Since completing (well, almost) the projects I was working on for Emma's nursery, I have one large stack of sewing projects (mainly dresses) and 1 new hobby that I am attempting to work on in the coming weeks.

This is a picture of some of the fabrics, patterns, ribbons, etc. that are on my current sewing to do list. I have set aside 1 hour each week to work on these, so I am hoping that I can conquer this stack in the next 2 months - we shall see!

Secondly, I have become really interested in learning to decorate cookies. I am always coming up with new hobbies that I want to get into, but they are all pretty expensive, so I always end up deciding it is not worth it to spend the money. Decorating cookies will be relatively inexpensive since I have most of what I need on hand already. Taking the time to make them, however, will be the challenge. Here is a picture from "sweetopia" of some super cute owl cookies:

I'm sure mine will not look like, that but I am looking forward to trying something new!

Emma at 7 months

at 7 months Emma is doing so many new things so I wanted to document them on the blog:

-she has started doing the army crawl and can drag/roll herself across a room
-she smiles all the time now and loves to giggle an has even started squealing
-she babbled “mama” this month.
-she is eating stage 2 foods for 2-3 meals a day, and nurses about 5 times a day.
-most nights she sleeps between 10-12 hours with 2-3 naps every day
-she is wearing 6 month clothing, although she is long and skinny so not everything fits just right.
-she just had her first snack this week and is working on learning how to self-feed and take a sippy cup on occasion.
-she will be moving into size 2 diapers this week
-she had her first cold last month and her first ear infection this month ☹
-she loves to be active ad on the move
-I think bananas and yogurt are her favorite foods if I had to guess, but she eats everything so far

Overall we are just grateful to the Lord for the gift of this little girl! We are truly blessed! She is such a happy and easy (in my estimation) baby. We pray that one day she will be a wonderful older sister to future siblings and most of all that she would come to know and love Jesus!