Sewing- Knot Tie Dress

When looking through some local boutique stores for outfits for the kids' pictures I found some really cute dresses, but I was blown away by the prices. I have a hard time spending $40-$60+ dollars on a top or dress for myself, so there was no way that I could reason spending that much on an outfit that will quickly be outgrown. Plus many of the outfits I think I can make myself, the problem is finding time.

After a trip to the fabric store I found a pattern for a knot tie dress that looked pretty simple. I bought the pattern and fabric at Joanne's, thanks to the $.99 pattern sale and some coupons, I was able to get all the necessary materials for around $15 dollars.

For the past several weeks when I had a spare moment or two I would work on the dress. Really this dress is quite simple and could be made in an afternoon, not that I'll have one to spare any time in the near future so my projects will just take a bit longer.



Here is the top of the dress. I added the strip of fabric and ribbon to give the top extra detail, it looked too plain without it. I also like how it connects the bottom of the dress to the top.



The almost finished product, I just needed to add button holes.



Here, my active 4 year old models the final product.

The plan now is to make some matching pants using the same fabric for Reese. Maybe in a month or two I will accomplish this goal!

-Peggy

Two Week Check Up

This sweet girl had her two week check up yesterday. She is a sleepy baby. For most feelings I need to wake her up, so I was a bit concerned if she was gaining weight like she should. As most newborn mothers I was finding something to stress about when there was no need. She is up to 8 lbs 3 oz, past her birth weight of 7 lbs 8 oz which they like to see the baby be back to at this point. Very thankful to have a good check up.

Reese continues to be a sweet mellow baby. For the most part she is a good sleeper and is a fantastic nurser. She has times when she has gas pains, so hard to see her uncomfortable. But I usually can get her to calm down by holding her, I of course don't mind sweet cuddles.

Abby and Isaac, for the most part, have adjusted to their sister. This is in large part to the wonderful friends and family that have helped Grant and I out by helping keep the older two on their normal schedules. Abby has still attended weekly story time at the library with Ms. Erin. Which is always a highlight for her. While Isaac has enjoyed a good amount of outside play time and bookworms story time, which he absolutely loves. Making sure they have their special activities, I believe, has really helped them in adjusting to the changes of bringing home a new baby. It lets them know that although things have changed they still are important and will continue to have their special activities. Once Reese is a bit older and we feel comfortable bringing her out of the house more I look forward to being able to bring Abby and Isaac to their activities.

I just need to build myself up to be brave enough to venture out with all three on my own.

Until I'm at that point we'll probably just stick around the house doing fun activities like playing in the back yard and painting.









-Peggy