4.5 Months and cuter than ever!

This morning Halle started sucking on her toes...

YUM!

Halle is getting more and more interested in rolling over....occasionally she will roll over by accident, but most the time when she is tired of being on her tummy she just screams...

Her feet are her new favorite thing...showing off her purple camo leg warmers!

Antelope Lake

Went to check out Antelope Lake this weekend, 30 miles from our house.

Daddy says I am the cutest hood ornament EVER!!!

Halle is 4 months old!!!

Modeling her CAMO outfit! Thank you Grandma Molly and Auntie Marie!

Cuddling with her favorite blankie given to her by Metalprices.com

Her new "cornstarch, non-toxic, not made in china teether" that Mommy paid way to much for!!

My new obsession is...

...making bibs! So far I have made three different patterns and my favorite is the quilted bibs you will see below....I put 3 of the bibs in the mail this week to a friend who just had a baby, made a couple for Halle and now have about 4 "boy" bibs setting on the table, ready to sew!


Used a tutorial online to learn how to applique letters!

This is my favorite pattern...quilted bibs!
They come together really quickly and they are great for using scraps. I made these two bibs for Halle out of fabric I found at the thrift store. The fabric only cost 0.45 cents and I actually have enough left for another 5 bibs!
Shopping for fabric and "recycling" material from old shirts is my new source for fabric. I had been looking at "designer" fabric online for months but being that we are still saving for a house I couldn't really justify paying $10 + a yard for fabric and instead of feeling sorry for myself which I did for a few minutes...I decided that there must be a cheaper way to "feed" my sewing hobby.
And low and behold there was! Thrift Stores!

Halle modeling her new bib...I don't often put bibs on her because she doesn't relly drool or spit up much...she wasn't thrilled when I put this on her....this is the only picture I got where she wasn't trying to pull off the bib or eat it. :)

I will post the "boy" plaid bibs made from one of Dereck's old shirts tomorrow after I finish them!

Fabric Giveaway!

If you love fabric, check out this giveaway at V and Co....one of my new favorite blogs to follow.
http://vandcogiveaways.blogspot.com/2010/05/sponsored-giveaway-burgundy-buttons.html

The weekend in pictures

Laundry...always lots of laundry

Sunday morning...Halle had just woke up and was cuddling on the couch with her blankie

Sunday afternoon hike...

Halle and Mommy hiking...

Sunday night, I baked cookies to send to my brother who is stationed in Kuwait...

Apparently it's NOT a good idea to vaccum seal freshly baked cookies...I frantically tried to hit 'cancel' when I saw what was happening...but it was too late...I wanted to cry when I saw the result, Dereck just laugh and said he would eat them...with a spoon.

Boat Renovation

Weekend #1: Carpet and seats removed

Weekend #1:  Rear floor that was previously replaced

Weekend #1:  After cutting the fiberglass floor out I found nothing but rotten wood.

More rotten wood.  The plywood floor was pretty much sawdust.

Weekend #1:  After the flooring was removed.

Weekend #1:  After flooring was removed

Weekend #2:  Buff and Molly came down to help with the renovation.  We first removed the top portion of the boat.

Weekend #2:  Then we removed the engine.

Weekend #2:  That's as high as the engine hoist would hoist.  We had to push the boat partly off the trailer then lift the bow to clear the engine.

Weekend #2:  Buff constructed a cart to wheel the engine around the shop.

Weekend #2:  The stringers that you see in the picture are very rotten.

Weekend #3:  I used a 4.5 inch grinder to cut the fiberglass from around the stringers and engine mount.  The pic shows the end result.

Weekend #3:  The transom was also rotten so it had to be removed.  I removed the 3/4 inch plywood from the inside of the transom and left the outer shell. 

Weekend #3:  A close-up of the transom and engine mounts. 

Weekend #3:  What was left of the stringers and transom.

Weekend #3:  The transom.