What Mama’s been working on

 

I’m so happy with how this turned out, and couldn’t resist showing it to the world. :)

If Baby is a boy, we will use M’s baptism outfit for him (which just happened to be Daddy’s too, so it’s very special!), but if baby is a girl we will use this:

Now, I am a simple sort of girl, so this is about as frilly as I want anything to get around here.  Isn’t it sweet though?  And I designed it myself, so I like to stare at it in amazement every once in a while.  There were times I did not think it would even resemble a dress.  It still needs buttons on the back, but otherwise it is finished. 

It’s enough to make me ok with oceans of pink (well, ponds maybe) around here, if we are blessed with a girl. ;) 

Have a beautiful day! :)

Sweet Valentines

I couldn’t resist sharing the Valentines M has made so far.  Actually, these were all made within 24 hours of finding his art box last week.  He was a busy little cupid all day. :)

Can you see a theme running through most of these?  Apparently making heart faces is big this year.

(Ignore the date in the corner – my camera’s settings obviously need to be fixed.)

M hardly bothered to write anything on most of these, and then I ran across the one for his favorite cousin Sophie and on the back it said this:“Watch out for Captain Hook and Peter Pan!”  Haha – this is my favorite – such an unexpected (and mysterious, don’t you think?) message!  Little boys’ minds work in interesting ways, don’t they?  I hope his romantic messages improve beyond this at some point… or maybe I don’t, now that I think of it. ;)

And the sweetest valentine of all… a valentine pillow for baby sister or brother.  He worked for an entire day on this – sewing two pieces of felt together, with ribbons pinned on – so there’s something blue just in case – and then stuffing it up.

Check out that blanket stitch, he was so very particular about everything:

He was so proud of himself when it was finished!  He was going to glue more felt pieces on one of the sides to make a face (more faces!) but that hasn’t happened so far, and I love it just the way it is: 

Have a beautiful day! :)