Hello, Everyone. Im sorry its been so long. It has been so hard to write for several reasons. For one, I have been so very busy taking care of my husband and children. Spending much more time in food...
Samantha visiting daddy in the hospital. My husband had a heart attack over the weekend. He was having what we thought was heart burn while camping with Emily. He went to the doctor on Monday morning...
I made Emily a couple of headwraps from some old sweaters and matching cowl scarves. I also made a headwrap for her cousins 12th birthday. Dont they look so cute together? The headwrap can be worn pl...
Need a little spice, feeling a little daring? Tired of plain and boring pieces in your wardrobe? Jazz it up or change it with a quick little adjustment. This asymmetrical design turns an ordinary t-s...
NOTE: Shabby Apple giveaway at Sew Country Chick today. 11 countries. 41 groups. 317 dancers. We came together to perform an international hoop dance on World Hoop Day, 11/11/11; and my children, Emi...
I took this skirt I paid 50 cents for at a thrift store and chopped off the bottom tier and transformed it from frumpy to cute and sassy. I like it so much better. I left it unhemmed so that it can f...
Sunday before last our church threw us a baby shower for Samantha. It was scheduled before she was born, but she came too early, three and half weeks too early. It was really special having her with ...
Samantha has been such a blessing. I love holding her. She is so sweet. She smiles often and is very expressive now. God has been so gracious to us. She is perfectly healthy. She is strong, and has s...
Thank you to all who have left comments and sent emails trying to help me figure out what has happened to my blog pictures. We finally have it figured out. Blogspot stores everyones photos on Picasa....
Scroll down through my blog a bit and youll see that many of the pictures are gone and replaced with this black background and an exclamation mark. I have noticed the same thing on my art blog but wo...
We are home from the NICU now. Samantha spent eight days in there. What sent her there is she had stopped breathing in my room. We were both resting. She in her crib next to my bed. The lady that doe...
Please pray for my sweet baby. She is in NICU. I am going home at night and going back up to the hospital during the day to be with her and nurse her. I do not have time to get into the details right...
I barely made it to the hospital. She was born an hour after my arrival at 6:36 p.m. central. She was born at 36 1/2 weeks, 7 pounds and 12 ounces and 19 3/4 inches in length.
My water has broken. I am heading to the hospital now. We just took this picture five minutes ago. Pray.
Here are pictures from our church pool party at the home of one of our members and pictures from Week 29 of my pregnancy back in June. I am currently 36 1/2 weeks along now. Sorry Im so far behind, I...
I am thrilled to be participating in the Cherished Collections Summer 2011 Blog Tour hosted by Casey of Elegant Musings. Below is my collection of vintage patterns, approximately 115, in no particula...
We spent Mothers Day at Galveston. I know. That was back in May. But better late than never. So busy getting everything ready for my new little cupcake in between propping my feet up; but I wan...
I was inspired by Carolyn of Handmade by Carolyn. I have decided to join in and do my own dialect and accent vlog that has been going around . Ive thoroughly enjoyed viewing other peoples v...
Here I am at Week 21 in my pregnancy wearing my dreamy paisley skirt that I made and talked about in this post. Its elastic waistband allows me to get away with wearing it during pregnancy as well. T...
My fun, cute and flirty maternity skirt that I made from a regular skirt. Now its your turn. How to turn any skirt into a maternity skirt. First you need a stretchy cami. Cut off t...
Memorial Day for us is always spent with our church family. We have a blast. There are many activities going on: lots of food, horseshoe competitions, football, frisbee, basketball, ping pong, water ...
Thank you so much to everyone who participated in the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway. It was so much fun, and I found many great blogs I was not aware of. Also, thank you to all who entered my SMS Giveaway. A...
Welcome! Its that time again I always look forward to: Once again, Sew, Mama, Sew is hosting a giveaway day; and I am participating here on my blog. Its a great way to meet new-to-you bloggers and ha...
Here I am at 18 Weeks on my 46th birthday at the end of March. I am currently 25 and half weeks. I am a bit behind on posting because I have been so busy getting ready for baby and I am so tired and ...
The children in our church are going to be singing and signing to Jesus Loves Me at the end of the month. I am teaching them the sign language. I made this little video with the help of my sweet husb...
I was shocked to have been contacted by the editor-in-chief of Vogue Patterns magazine and honored that they liked my sewing machine poem that I wrote awhile back in a previous post. You may come and...
We had the ultrasound Monday. We were supposed to go in on the 25th, but we had to come in a week early because the doctor is going out of the country, to Greece. We brought our children with us. It ...
These shots are from Week 16. I am actually on Week 18 now. They were taken at a park 30 minutes from our home. We were there for the 18th birthday celebrations of our second oldests girlfriend. &nbs...
I am now 17 weeks along in my pregnancy. These photos are from my 14th week. Ill probably share some photos with you next Monday of my 16th week. This was such a gorgeous day with the temperatures in...
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