Cloth Diapers for Alex!!

SO I HAVE BEEN BUSY WITH MY SEWING MACHINE, HAVING FUN AND SAVING MONEY :) I GOT AN AWESOME SEWING MACHINE FROM MY HUBBY THROUGH JOANNS AND AM AMAZED WITH BABYVILLE NOTIONS AND PRODUCTS!


HERE ARE SOME PICS ON WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING LATELY. IF ANYONE WANTS A TUTORIAL ON HOW I MAKE THEM I CAN TAKE PICS AND DO A STEP BY STEP FOR THEM.

                                         MY AWESOME TABLE AND SEWING MACHINE

                                            REGULAR CLOTH DIAPER, POCKET STYLE

                                                     DID YA GET THE SHOT, MOMMA?

                                                      ANOTHER POCKET DIAPER

          AWESOME FABRIC FOR DIAPERS!! GOT THEM ALL CUT OUT AND READY TO GO

    MY LOCAL JOANNS HAS NOT HAD THE SNAP PLIERS IN STOCK LATELY SO IM STUCK     WITH APLIX FOR NOW. BUT IT LOOKS OK STILL. THIS IS AN ALL IN ONE DIAPER

          AND THIS ONE IS A DIAPER COVER, JUST POP A SOAKER INSIDE AND BAM DONE.


SO, THAT'S IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN UP TO. FOR ABOUT 25 DOLLARS I HAVE PURCHASED ENOUGH STUFF TO MAKE 9 DIAPERS. IT'S GOING WELL AND WILL SAVE ME AT LEAST 35 DIAPERS A WEEK! OH YEAH
SEE YOU ALL NEXT TIME!

Alex's Room in the Works

WELL, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON ALEX'S ROOM, THANKS TO GRANDMA JAN OF COURSE. i AM HOPING TO FINISH IT AROUND TAX TIME WITH MORE COORDINATING FURNITURE AND MAYBE SOME WALL BORDERING. HERE'S WHAT WE HAVE DONE SO FAR:

CUTE CRIB, A SORAGE ORGANIZER AND A LITTLE DRESSER. IT'S GREAT AND LOOKS GOOD. THERE'S A MATCHING LAMP AND A MONKEY CLOCK. I JUST LOVE THE MONKEY THEME, BECAUSE I CALL HIM MY LITTLE CHUNKY MONKEY!

THESE ARE ON THE WALL OPPOSITE THE DRESSER BY THE WINDOW.

    MR MAN NOW, SO BIG! AMAZING HE WENT TO THAT FROM THIS:

        TIME SURE DOES FLY BY. HE'S ALMOST 7 MONTHS OLD NOW, SUCH A BIG BOY!

cloth diaper re do lol

CUTE THOUGH

MADE A CLOTH DIAPER FOR ALEX YESTERDAY USING MEASUREMENTS FROM A TUTORIAL I FOUND ONLINE.
NEEDLESS TO SAY I WAS TOO LONG FOR BOUNCING BOY, SO I GAVE IT TO DANNI FOR A NIGHT TIME TRAINING PANT LOL.

*My New Work today*

cute huh? ruffles galore, with a little cream fabric rose and a button for an accent.

I liked the way it turned out <3

So, what's been going lately with me, you might ask? I know no one reads this, but I like to imagine someone might eventually. And if not, oh well. 

Alex will be 6 months old in five days and he's already hitting 12 month clothes, of which I have NONE. So, now i have to go clothes shopping for him again haha. My mother got a sewing machine recently, so I have been having fun with it and some of my old clothes, as above, and I plan on mastering making pants for alex this way. I just need more thread and some elastic and then I'll be on my way AHAHA. So excited. And also, chris and will have been together for 7 YEARS come December 17th, so that's neat too.

Chris has been working nights this week so I have been sitting up looking up cute clothes tutorials for the kids and myself. So, Dannika just turned the big 4. it was a nice night, filled with her being spoiled with nice presents of course. I made a huge rainbow cake, turned out good :)

So, I guess that's about it for now. Toodles for Now!

Long time no see! I have been making things!

 yes very cute!

And alex's new shirt, almost too small for his chunky tummy!

SOOO, I TOOK APART A SKIRT OF DANNIKA AND MADE HER A HEAD BAND, A SCARF AND HER LONGER DRESS, GOING RUFFLE CRAZY OF COURSE. AND I MADE ALEX A SHIRT FROM A MENS SHIRT I USED TO WEAR BUT THANKS TO BABY FAT, CAN'T FIT ANYMORE. TAAA DAAA

Wondering with Worries

It's amazing, break ups are in the air for a lot of my friends in committed relationships. It makes me worry, if they can't make it, who can? I am always worried Chris will decide he is better off without his family,and just up and leave me all alone. Or he decides he really can't stay with me after never dating more, sleeping with more than one person.


Eh, on a lighter not, alex is now 16 pounds, 24 inches tall, starting on solid feedings today. I got a few different types of rice cereals for him so hopefully he likes one of them. Once he get the hang of the rice i will be starting on making my own baby food for him.
I think it will be fun :)

Grouchy grouchy GROUCHY!

Oh my lord, these kids will drive anyone insane I swear! Dannika's tantrums seem to be getting worse, and my happy-go-lucky baby boy Alex seems to finally be hitting a rough patch in his sunny demeanor. Dannika got sick from her daddy, then proceeded to get Alex sick as well, so now i have two coughing, rasping, runny-nosed children, one with a sour disposition. 


On the bright side, with Alex almost being 4 months old, i can start solid feeding soon, and I'm looking forward to that phase! I need to get him an activity center because he is just too big for his swing now. he learned how to scoot down and out of it and he's too long to buckle into it, with his little pumpkin head hanging off the top. So he straightens his body out over and over again until his butt is off thr swing and pushes with his feet to swing his upper body on the swing back and forth lol. he thinks it's funny but it worries me of course.
So since he can hold himself up well enough with aid of support, i thought an activity center would be great. He loves standing up on his own two legs so I think it will go well. I just have to get enough money for the one i would like.




Also, at the shelter they have set up for the flood victims, someone just had a baby girl. SO i will be giving them some baby stuff since she has nothing. I got a lot of help from people after I had Alex so i want to pay it forward too. I still have Alex's sleeper rocker for newborns and then the swing. I also put in some head supports, neutral clothing, shampoo and lotion, shoes, socks, postpartum belt, diapers and such into a large bag for the lady. She also has an older child so she is in the same spot i was in a couple of months ago, poor thing.


I still can't believe FEMA is copping out of taking care of responsibilities they gave themselves for people here. The FEMA housing is still being put off, day after day, week after week, with no explanation as thousands of people are still out of their homes. It seems as if this disaster zone is being forgotten, and it's not ok. I will post up some pics on here for the one or two people who actually read this blog lol.


on a lighter note, I have figured out what type of cake to make for Dannika's fourth birthday:
http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2010/05/estelle-cake-iii.html




I found it on make it and love it.com A great blog on many MANY awesome things from some creative people. I have been getting ideas from her site for a lot of different things now that i find myself having more time to do stuff during the day. It help me take my mind off of my husband working so damn much lately.