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Big Brother Shirt…and a Patchwork Pants Outfit to boot!

May 31, 2011 in Made by Mom

Once upon a time, there was a girl…a round and ready-to-pop girl. Planning to welcome a new baby girl to the world any day, she entered the place where her creations come forth (aka. her sewing room) with “big brother shirt” on her mind. Not just any shirt will do [...]

Our Master Bedroom: Before and After

May 17, 2011 in Making our House a Home

A couple weeks ago, I shared some pictures chronicling the construction of the new walk-in closet in what is to be our master bedroom. This week, I am excited to share the continued progression of our master bedroom! I LOVE getting to the painting step. It is so rewarding…after weeks [...]

Introducing Miss Selah Mae

May 13, 2011 in Mommy Musings

I am SO PLEASED to introduce my Selah Mae! At 6 lbs. 8 oz. and 19 inches long, she measures in at perfectly perfect in every way. The official records say she took her first breath of fresh air at 7:35 am Monday, May 9th 2011 (although we told people [...]

A Custom Baby Blanket Quilt For Reese

May 9, 2011 in SnugasaBugBaby Products

This is the custom baby blanket quilt that I made for Reese.When Reese’s mom saw the custom baby blanket quilt that I had made for my own son, Josiah, she began to dream up what she might include on a quilt for her own little girl: Bible verses, significant numbers, [...]

38 Weeks Pregnant

May 4, 2011 in Mommy Musings

38 Weeks…and the countdown to delivery day has begun! Pregnancy is definitely feeling not so beautiful. I am swelling, outgrowing my maternity clothes, and generally just feeling huge. I WAS feeling like the fat face thing was coming back…but then I looked at this picture from my last pregnancy…(which was [...]

My New Closet

May 3, 2011 in Making our House a Home

It has been several weeks since I have shared anything about our big bedroom swap around project…over the next few weeks, though, I intend to share with you several of our construction, painting, and decorating projects that we have been slowly but surely plugging away on. Today, I am excited [...]

37 Weeks Pregnant

May 1, 2011 in Mommy Musings

No, I have not fallen off the earth, nor have I had my little one…but it has been a busy week! Although we missed taking a photo on Wednesday, we did snap one on Thursday, and now I am showing it to ya on Sunday… We are pretty sure our [...]