Wednesday - Project day

Wayne started school today. He is getting his MBA, so that means that Wednesday's are just us girls all day/night long. To keep for getting bored out of our minds, we have instituted "Wednesday Project Day!" Here is how today went. We got up, went for a walk, came home, finished organizing the basement, which looks quite nice if I do say so myself. Kaelyn is quite the helper as she is very patient and plays by herself while her mama tackles the projects.

Then we began work on our first of 3 1/2 sewing projects. Our friends Liz and Oakley came over to make one too. It was much funner having them there while we worked. If you can't tell, this is a car seat cover, I wanted to make one for Kaelyn, but never got around to it so we just stuck a blanket over the car seat, this will be much more handy, and stylish. Hopefully it does a good job at keeping the germs and cold air out. Liz made a cute little monkey one for the little boy they are expecting in November. I wish I had a picture of it.

Got the instructions here, the ribbon straps were my idea.

Since my sewing machine was out and my carpet was already covered in loose threads I thought, what the heck. I guess I'll finish the blanket I started over a year ago for Kaelyn. It was suppose to be part of her 1st birthday present, but now it's her, "You are going to be a big sister" present. After I finished I laid her on it and could instantly tell she loved it. She just laid there and did snow angels on it and rubbed her cute little fingers back and forth. Its REALLY soft and cuddly.

I made it big enough to last her well into adulthood :)

Well I was on a roll, so I tackled another baby blanket that I had bought the fabric for a couple years ago (the last time I got the sewing itch). This little number will be for baby Bryn, that is what we are naming our little girl. Bryn Lois Bonner. Lois is the name of both my and Wayne's grandma's. No, we don't have the SAME grandma, different women, same name, both amazing. I grew up down the street from my grandma Lois and have always admired her and wanted to use her name for the middle name of my daughter. So when I found out Wayne had a grandma Lois, I knew he would go for it. This little girl will have a lot to live up to with that middle name :)

Bryn's first very own froggy blankey

One of the hardest parts (for me) of working with feeding Kaelyn spoon fed foods is how messy she gets. So I made a few of these little shirts for feeding time. I just cut them up the middle back and then sewed on some ribbon to tie around her neck. This is my 1/2 sewing project because it took about 1 minute, but worked great today. I got the little tee shirts at Hobby Lobby for $3 each. I am now banned from that store, instituted by myself. I went there the other night and spent too much money, but got lots of cute stuff :) Kaelyn and I walked down there for our daily exercise. It was a mile down and a mile back. We spent about 2 hours in the store walking up and down every isle, so I figure it was about a 4-5 mile trip.

Kaelyn's full coverage bib-tee

So now I'm exhausted and my back aches worse than normal from all the sitting on the ground and hunching over, but it was worth it. What will next Wednesday bring? We will have to wait and see :) And yes, 2 posts in 2 days, pretty amazing for me. As part of the challenge I need to write in my journal everyday, and this counts, so I thought what the heck.