So Sew Busy

I’ve been spending a ton of time lately with my sewing machine, which has been so much fun for me!  I went through a period where I was hardly sewing at all, and I missed it a lot.  I have an enormous list of sewing projects bookmarked on my laptop, but when I came across this particular tutorial, I knew I had to get started on it right away.

I have been addicted to making these dresses for Grace!

The tutorial is actually for girl’s top, but I added some length and width to turn it into a dress.  It is SO EASY!!!  And they are so cute!!

But the best part?  They are REVERSIBLE!!!

 

So when my little darling spills something on herself (which is often,) instead of hyperventilating with my Tide pen, I can just flip it inside out and voila!  New dress!

Not wanting to leave out my little man, I found a size large men’s Power Rangers t-shirt on the clearance rack at Target and turned it into a super cool pajama t-shirt and shorts.  He is happy!

I also found an awesome Liberty bag on clearance at Target for $4.98!  It was an adorable pattern, but only had a couple skimpy pockets on the inside –and to me, a bag without pockets is like a morning without coffee – totally useless! 

So I picked up one of these throw pillow covers – also on clearance -

And with a little tweaking, I now have a perfect pocket tote bag with a matching zipper case!

Thanks for letting me share all of my goodies with you!  Still many more projects to go, but at least I’ve made a dent!

And for the biggest project of all – here is the 24 week baby belly picture:

All is going well with Baby Brother!

All-Star!

Seamus’ t-ball pictures arrived recently…I don’t think I can adequately express to you this kid’s excitement over being ON A BASEBALL CARD!!!

What do you think, a pro in the making?

Mini-Vacay!

Wow, what a fun and busy weekend we have had!  Up first on Thursday we had Seamus’ checkups at DuPont in Delaware.  We had a little time to play on the playground after arriving.

In Dr. Bober’s office where he got an A+ checkup!

Waiting for Dr. Mackenzie…another great report!

Checking in with our old pal Ronald.

A little shopping at Trader Joe’s!

Then we got to spend a relaxing Friday morning at the Ronald McDonald House before hitting the road…

And ending up in Amish Country!

Saturday was our long-awaited POLP meetup at Dutch Wonderland!

I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves…we had SO MUCH fun with our friends!

We tried SO hard to get a group picture of all the kiddos – I failed miserably!  I hope that someone managed to get a shot!  Here’s the best I got!

Seamus went down this water slide about 687 times.  No joke.

Sunday arrived and we were off to Hershey Chocolate World!

The mamas (and sweet Baby Jude!)!

We had such a great time and loved meeting some new families!  I hope we can make this a tradition!  Love and miss all of you!  A VERY special thank you to Jenn Greene for organizing this awesome trip.  It was wonderful! 

A Beach Preview

Last weekend we went to visit our family in NJ, and while we were there, we got to sink our toes into the sand!

We went to the boardwalk with Nanny and Aunt Maureen, and the kids were thrilled to run around on the beach.  While the water was a bit chilly, it certainly made us all excited for our Myrtle Beach vacation this summer! 

I just love taking pictures of these goobers!

The kids with Aunt Maureen.

Grace jumps for joy!

Chasing the waves.

Such a nice preview of what the summer will bring!

In other news, we are expecting another baby BOY!  We are thrilled!  Can’t wait to meet the little man, but definitely need to think hard about some names!

Trading Spaces

In our small house, we have three bedrooms and one bath.  We used to only have one floor, until Devon refinished half of our basement just before Grace was born.  We like our little house and have done a lot to fix it up, but we knew with our new arrival, we would have to do some rearranging.

Devon and I decided it would make sense to refinish the other half our basement, adding a second full bath and an extra bedroom/office.  My father-in-law drove out this weekend to help Devon start the basement, so we sprang into action on the bedroom situation.  We spent this past week moving the kids into our bedroom, and moving our stuff into Seamus’ room.  Grace’s room will become the baby’s room, which is now storing all the baby stuff which was initially hanging out in the unfinished side of the basement.  Whew, got that straight? 

The kids were SUPER excited to be sharing a room, and Devon and I…not so much!  We knew they would have fun of course, but would they sleep???  Shockingly, they did!!

Here’s a few pics of the new space…

We had no theme, other than “Two fun kids live here!”  So it’s a bit of a mish-mash…a dash of baby doll, a sprinkling of race car…you get the idea.

They have this great walk-in closet, which used to be my sewing room (sniff).  We have plans to turn it into a fun dress-up area.

I’ve been feeling extra crafty lately, and one of my recent projects was these two cute floor cushions  - super cute and easy tutorial found HERE.  They have a little handle so the kids can tote them around anywhere.

They love their new room, even declaring it “awesome.”  I think it was a great move and they will really enjoy their time in there together.

And the fun doesn’t stop there…20 week belly pic!

Have a great weekend!