Learning to make an infant gown...

My favorite thing to put my infants in are the large gowns with the elastic bottoms and mittens built into the sleeves. I figured since I have about 8 months before our new infant arrives, I might as well see if I can come up with a pattern for the gowns. My hope is to have a stock of them for when baby arrives. For the first one I used an old soft T-shirt of mine that came from a Steubenville South retreat. I messed up the built in mittens. When I pictured it in my head it seemed right, but once I put everything together I realized that I will have to the mitten half way around instead of all the way around... all the way around only extends the sleeve (DUH? LOL). Anyway... I didn't focus on seam work or anything, just wanted to get something thrown together to see if I could do it. I only spent a few minutes working on this, which gives me hope. Should I spend some more time on it... I could make it perfect! This is a great start though. I think #4 will be very happy in these!

Legwarmers for the girls

Been crocheting legwarmers for the girls... These are in pretty fall colors. I have been using a K hook and for Liberty(2 years) I chain about 30 and for Madison(6 years) I chain about 36. I make them about 12 inches long or so. I alternated regular chain stitches and half double crochet stitch.

Fall Photos

I took the kids on a fall photo shoot recently. I wanted to capture the great colors as well as their personalities. It turned out to be a lot of fun and the kids look really cute.

Cloth Diapers

So, I know I haven't been attending to my blog much lately, but I did not forget about it. Since I have been keeping you waiting so long I figured I'd throw in a little tutorial. I decided on Diapers because they take me about 10 min to make and every momma could use more diapers! LOL
Here we go:

I do not have an actual pattern, so I would recommend tracing a regular diaper onto a paper bag or other sturdy paper. This way you can make your own sizes too.

The steps:

1. Cut 4 Identical shapes for the diaper.
2. Cut out a Soaker (a dish cloth is about perfect size for this)
3. Sew the Soaker onto 1 of the 4 diaper shapes (make sure it is in the very center, also, I like to use a zig-zag stitch all the way around the soaker to keep it in place)
4. Stack all 4 diaper shapes together (pretty side down, pretty side up, pretty side down, pretty side up with soaker)
5. Pin them all together and stitch elastic (if desired) around the back and leg holes. (leave the front of the diaper unstitched and unpined.)
6. Turn the Diaper inside out.
7. Stitch the front closed and sew on velcro.

Life here and now...

Liberty's Photo Shoot
Madison guarding the goal at practice

Me and the girls getting ready for midnight showing of eclipse.

My little superhero

Part of our Eclipse gear

So quick update since I haven't been doing much on here... You'll see me a lot more in the winter.

So the summer here is fantastic. Sun is always up, you feel like time is unlimited, and there are always friends to be with. Summer is also full of camping, hiking, laying on the beach, sports, friends, fishing for seagulls, races, and so much more...

I also just finished a block of classes with a B+ in both classes. A block consists of 2 classes for 9 weeks. I just jumped into my second block this week...

We plan on taking a trip to Anchorage in a few days. When we get back Madison will be going to girl scout camp. School starts soon for her...

I photographed Liberty lately. She is growing so fast...

Christian is speaking more. He is much easier to understand now...

XOXO~

It is time for soccer!

So before Madison's first soccer practice, I took the kids to town for some shopping and Ice cream. Nothing beats ice cream on a summer day in Alaska. That sounds funny, but think about this... It is nearly 80 degrees out and we have NO AC!!! Plus, I just think it is so darn cute to see them covered in ice cream.



So after our trip to town, we headed to her first soccer practice! She had so much fun and I think it is going to be a great season. She looked so cute in her gear too!

A Masquerade...

Getting ready for the next Father/Daughter dance which is a masquerade... my friend and I got together and made masks for our girls. They turned out pretty cute!