Sewing 101

Last night me and Greta and Tara all went to a sewing class at Joanne's Fabrics Store. It was really great to get out and give Millie some time with her daddy and get to hang with my sisters while also learning:) The class was Sewing 101. I've been wanting to learn to sew and have done a bit of sewing before. I actually sewed myself a jogging suit in the 7th grade. Oh, how I wish I had saved that to laugh at later. I also made a lop sided dress in Home Ec class in high school. I'm really excited to sew some little things for Amelia. The class was great! We learned straight stitching, flat felled seams, french seams, sewing darts and using interfacing. We also sewed a tiny quilted coaster. My mom is coming to visit for a whole week on Sunday and we are going to make a little dress for Amelia. I'll be sure to blog about that and show the results. Here is a pic of my coaster...don't be surprised if you get coasters for Christmas next year:)

Smiling:)

I've noticed lately just how contagious smiles are. When Millie are out and about we get a lot of smiles from strangers. I guess it's because Amelia is smiling and me and so I'm smiling at her and then that makes people smile at us. I'm really lucky...Amelia loves riding around in a shopping cart. Her favorite part is riding in it across a parking lot...I think she likes the bumpiness and she just beams with joy:) Her smile just melts my heart and makes me so happy. Speaking of smiles....Millie now shows 6 teeth when she smiles! It's adorable!

Scootin' and Rollin'

Millie is quite good at getting about anywhere she wants to go these days despite not quite yet being able to crawl. You can see the determination in her eyes and she decides she wants to get somewhere. She might roll a couple times and then get on her back and scoot a bit and then roll over and analyze the situation and then scoot and roll some more until she gets to what she wants. Her scooting skills apparently are hereditary:) Most people that see her scoot on her back think it's pretty funny and unique and the funny thing is that I scooted around when I was a baby, too! I actually just got a video of me scooting that I'll have to post soon. Millie also does sort of a Cirque De Soleil move where she balances on her head and her feet and arches her back. It's quite impressive I must say. Here are some pictures of the "Amazing Amelia!"

Where were we?

Ok, so I see that it's been 2 months since I've posted on my blog! I have no idea what happened and there has certainly been things to blog about...what with the Holidays and a constantly growing and changing little girl. I guess maybe the growing and changing little girl leaves me little time for blogging:) But, I'm going to do better. Once I realized how long it'd been I kept thinking I should go back and blog about the holidays and everything that has happened since, but I think it best that I just start fresh from right now. We had a wonderful holiday season, but goodness...that was in 2009 and here we are in 2010! So...this post is just to tell you that "I'm back!"