I’m not sure if my recent sewing/crafting extravaganza is due to an instinct to have everything ready for baby…..or if I have just lost my mind? Either way, here’s some pics of what we’ve been up to.

Pax hanging out with his friends over the weekend in the new tent he got for Christmas! We’ve had beautiful weather and when the tent comes out….the neighbor kids come!

In an effort to jazz up some white onesies, I experimented with some freezer paper stenciling that I kept hearing people buzz about. I love it and by the time we complete this project, there won’t be a plain white tee in the casa! Here are just a few of our first projects…..

After a bit of improvising how to make baby bedding, a few needles lodged into our carpet (luckily not in our feet), and a weekend of Patrick yelling…”When are you going to turn that machine off already?”……Houston, we have baby bedding!


A small sampling of the mounds of burp clothes I whipped up for the little man!

Super simple baby receiving blankets : After each one was complete, Pax snatched it, snuggled with it, and begged to keep it. We had lesson one in sibling sharing.


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