It has come to my attention, again, that I am too often posting about things that happened months ago. Sometimes months and months ago. (Stay tuned for my post about our family trip to Edinburgh LAST DECEMBER!) Anyway, life is busy busy, as it is for everyone, and even though I am still catching up, here are a few things that are going on right now.
1.) Jayce's school is going well. I mentioned to Chris on Monday that a year ago that day was when Jayce had a major meltdown, and we decided to only send him for half days until he was a little more comfortable. I know I have mentioned it several times on here recently, but it's just so great to look back on a time that was filled with stress and uncertainty and see how far he has come. Every day we'll ask him what his favorite part of the day was, and usually he says "playing with my friends." A year ago, he would say "when mom came to pick me up." So yes, this is much much better.
2.) Chelsea is here!! Just over a week ago Hannah and I were anxiously awaiting her arrival at the airport where I chewed off all of my fingernails and Hannah ran all around the arrival area. We were so happy to see her, she's an old pro at getting around town, and she's going to do great in her program. She is one of the easiest people to get along with and has made a pretty seamless transition into living with us, from my perspective at least, although I know she is feeling a real lack of The Bachelor/Bachelorette.
On that note, and this is may seem kind of random, I'm not really going to write much on here about how Chelsea is doing/what she is up to, because it just doesn't feel right to me. I certainly write about our families and siblings sometimes, but I kind of feel like the ins and outs of Chelsea's life, even living in with us, just isn't my story to tell. If you're wondering about Chelsea feel free to send her an email and ask! :)
3.) Just before we went to the US, literally the day before, I went and traded my new but horribly incompetent sewing machine for a different new machine. So I am back to sewing! Since we've been back I've already made Hannah a reversible dress, 4 tops, and a shirt for Jayce that I am extremely proud of! There was lots and lots of patting myself on the back for Jayce's shirt and I'll get some pictures this weekend.
One of the shirts I made for Hannah was pattern testing for Kate for this pattern. It has evolved a bit since I sewed my version, which is part of the point of pattern testing, I think. I just got my copy of the final pattern yesterday, so I'll try that out soon as well.
4.) Along those lines, (along the lines of sewing, anyway), I have some other news. I'm going to start selling again and I think the photo above will give you enough hints for the moment. More on that later, but I'm very excited. :)
5.) Next weekend Chelsea and Chris are both running in a half marathon that starts at this gorgeous place. I'll do my best to get pictures, but I don't think you can beat a shot like the one above, which was not mine but the event's photographer that got it. Love it.
Happy weekend.
At the beginning of the month Chris left for a conference that would take him away for 8 days and nights, and let me tell you, I was not looking forward to that. On the morning that he left, Hannah and I dropped Jayce off at school, headed over to Starbucks for breakfast, and then to my 
Then I held onto it for almost a month, making various dresses and tops, but afraid to cut into it until I had found just the right thing because it was just too pretty and perfect.
I decided to do a simple A-line dress, patterned from a dress that she already has. Nothing fancy or fussy, I wanted the incredible fabric to be the "star."
I forgot about the seam allowance to attach the top to the bottom. Then I cut the bodice too tight. And I re-cut the bottom, disassembled and reassembled the top. Detached the skirt, re-attached the new skirt, and realized I still had the same problem as before. And a bunch of other random little things.
And you should see the inside. The finishing is not beautiful.
And it cracks me up how 70s it looks, no matter what I do. I had her hair in a pony tail the first time that I tried it on her, and it almost seemed like I was trying to make her look 70s-ish. So I left her hair down this time, but with her fluffy crown and curly flips on the bottom, it still looks 70s. So we're just going with it.
I added a little pin tuck to the back of the dress, and 2 tiny pink buttons to close the bodice. I love it.
The moral of the story is 3-fold, I think.
When Hannah was a baby, between 6 and 12 months, we discovered that she wouldn't take a bottle, wouldn't have anything to do with formula in any form, and wouldn't drink any version of cow's milk, goat milk, soy milk, etc, just mom's milk. No pressure. Also, she was always tiny, which paired with the above information about her eating preferences, caused me lots of anxiety, tears, and panicked conversations with Chris, her doctor, my friends, my mom, etc. 
Over a year later, we are still in that same boat. Though we make sure she gets calcium and healthy fats through various other sources, occasionally a trip to the store causes me to fall into a state of anxiety/despair with all sorts of thoughts of how terrible of a mom I am and how my child hasn't grown, etc. 
For the record, Hannah doesn't typically wear a size 6-12 months. She is in that 18-24 month range, and is healthy, happy, and we have no reason to be concerned. But sometimes that horrible "mom guilt" charges in and takes over. 
And so I did. And we had yogurt to celebrate my success.
Several of the dresses that I've made recently have been lined, but this fabric was so thin and breezy, I wanted a pattern that would accommodate it just right for summer, and I got it.
And that is just fine with me.
