Baby Car Seat Canopies

My sister, Rebecca, is in town from Seattle again, on a week break from school and while she is here we always plan to do a sewing project. This time we decided to make something for the babies. Since they are going to be born in November and I'm sure whenever I take them out I'm going to want them to be covered up from the cold and so strangers won't be trying to touch them all the time, we made car seat canopies. We found some cute fabric at Hobby Lobby and spent Friday afternoon and Saturday morning making them. Rebecca and I were supposed to each make one, but I got distracted and had to lay down and rest a couple of times, so when we finished it was more like Rebecca made one and a half and I made the other half. Mike even helped me do a little ironing, so I'll give him a little of my "half" credit. :-)

Here we are working on sewing the canopies.


And here are the finished projects.

What a difference 27 weeks can make!

This was taken around 10 weeks.


This was taken today at 27 weeks.


The good news is, I can still get the pants on which means (so far) my tummy is the only part of me that is getting huge.

Gardening

My mom was an amazing gardener. She used to grow tomatoes, peppers, raspberries, strawberries, pumpkins etc.. and use them all as part of her food storage. I like fresh vegetables and fruit, so this year I thought I would try my hand at gardening. Here are the results.


I planted two tomato plants in my back yard. The suffered through a hail storm the beginning of June and I didn't think they were going to make it, so I didn't pay much attention to them much after that, but to my surprise when I went out last week, they had some tiny tomatoes on them. I haven't eaten any yet, so I'm not sure how they taste, but I'm so impressed that they grew. Granted they are the size of cherry tomatoes when they should be the size of a fist, but that is just a technicality. I mean who knows maybe next year I'll plant some again and with a little tender loving care I might be able to get enough to make me some fresh salsa.

Dresser for the Babies

Anyone that knows me knows I'm not very good at making decision, so you can image what it has been like having to decide and buy all this stuff for the babies. What color should their room be (though Mike saved me on this one, he decided what color the room was going to be and the room decor, yeah I was impressed too. :-)), what kind of stroller is the best, should I buy two of everything or on some stuff can I get away with only having one, what car seat is the safest, etc...? Some days it is too much and I just don't think about it. :-)
However I have made one decision and that is that I want white furniture for the their room. I've been looking online and it is so expensive. I swear, manufacturers think if they throw the word baby in the title of the product, they can add an additional 50% onto the item. I decided that since I'm not sure what I even want in the way of furniture, I just know I want white, that I would look on ksl.com. Well I found a dresser for $30 and decided to buy it. It was already white, but I brought it home and put a new coat of paint on it and added some silver handles and wa-la, good as new.
I'm also pretty impressed with myself. I'd like to think that I'm an improvement project type of person, but most of the time when I start something I never finish it. So I'm glad this project got completed. Hopefully the boys like their "new" dresser.