Another Baby Boy

A couple of weeks ago, I dreamed that I adopted a baby boy. He was a "White" baby...fair skin, blue eyes, and blond fuzz on his head. His bio Mom didn't want him because he was a boy & she already had 2 sons.

I was sooo excited!! He was tiny when the adoption process started, just born. By the time we brought him home, he was 4 or 5 months old.

It was a lovely dream, but it made me miss the other Baby Boy that I've dreamed about. The one I give birth to. I wonder when I'll meet him...

Couldn't Resist

Bought lots of new patterns today! While I was checking out the patterns, Troy was picking out fabrics. DOH!! We have far too much fabric & now we have even more! I guess we'd better start crackin'.

I started to look at crochet & knit stuff, but Chloe pulled me away, stating that we were already spending too much money. According to the receipt, we saved $215!! Much more than we spent :)

I think I'm starting to like sewing. I hope this feeling lasts :)

Getting Started

Decided to work on sewing today. Chloe chose the pattern. She chose a Chesire Cat pinky red/purple striped fabric. I have no idea if it will work for this style of dress, but I'm going to try. I'm almost finished cutting the fabric!

I looked for a pic of the pattern online [not in the mood to scan,etc] but a vintage pattern keeps coming up, not the one I'm using. Boo, guess I'll have to scan it later.

My Dia de los Muertos fabric seems to have disappeared!

I Need New Clothes

I've been trying to learn to sew for a while, but never really stick with it. Sometimes it's because of frustration, sometimes it's because something goes wrong with the sewing machine. Sometimes it's just too tedious for me...the cutting, the pinning...

But, seeing how I need clothes for Spring, I NEED to start sewing. There are piles of fabric in every cupboard, just waiting to be used. And I really want that dress in Dia de los Muertos fabric!!!

Troy will probably end up doing most of the sewing. Lucky guy, his mother taught him how to sew!

Austria

We're praying about sending Annika to Austria this Summer! "Sending" doesn't seem like the right word...she WANTS to go & I'm excited for her! I wanted to be an exchange student in high school, but my Mom wouldn't let me. I've always resented her for that for a long time. I didn't have the opportunity to travel to Europe again, until 16 years later!!

Nik will be volunteering & staying at Schloss Heroldeck. We're getting references & sending in the application this week. My only concern is that she'll be traveling alone, but I'm sure she'll be fine. It will be her first time being away from home for that long!

Maybe next year we can all go :)