New clothes

Here are some things I've made in the past couple of weeks.

First, I turned an adult sweater that didn't fit into a fun wintery dress for Lucy. And look: sleeves!

Front:


Back:


I haven't tried it on Lucy with all the finishing touches complete (it hasn't been cold enough to wear it), but I'll take a picture when I do.

Edited to add:



Yesterday I patched together a bunch of pieces of fabric I had left over, and I turned it into a summery shirt (using a pillowcase dress idea). I really like how it turned out.

Ice cream

I heard about this ice cream from a friend. It's made from coconut milk and is GFCF and soy-free (a requirement for Nate), and it actually tastes wonderful! Nate and Lucy had their first taste tonight.





... and Levi enjoyed himself on the sidelines.

Another giveaway: The Conservatory Overcoat

I'm linking to this giveaway because I know just who I'll give the jacket to if I win. :)

The Conservatory Overcoat GIVEAWAY!!!!

Cute stuff

Here is a picture sequence from a couple of weeks ago. Nate is so sweet with Levi. Here he was laughing because Levi kept "tickling" him.








And Lucy "counting." Notice how she skips six. :)

Back home

We returned from Virginia on Thursday with a long day of traveling. Amazingly, the travel days weren't that difficult, but I certainly wouldn't attempt them by myself (without Jon)--at least not until Levi is three or so.

We had a great time in Virginia, and I can't believe I didn't take any pictures! The ones I did take were on my mom's camera.

Jon took Nate to Amazement Square (a children't museum) one day; it sounded really cute. Other than that, we had a lot of good family meals, relaxation, and visits with extended family.

Now we're trying to coax the kids into readjusting to west coast time!

Crazy big sis

Lucy is always getting in Levi's face, touching, patting, rubbing, pinching. Despite this, he is becoming infatuated with her. Here he is with Lucy up close; he smiles at her and also looks to see where she is (probably part infatuation, part worry).







And some sweet smiles:

Quick check-in

Things are normal and good around here! We are counting down the days until our VA trip--just 6 days left! Nate has been talking about going on the airplane to Virginia for weeks and weeks.

I took Lucy this morning to get some blood drawn for a CBC. She is fine (hated the blood draw, of course), but the doctor at her last well check kindly agreed to run some tests, because Lucy's diapers have been atypical for a long time (more info if you really want to know: very mushy, not formed). I am almost sure it is diet related, though I did try completely removing dairy but saw no positive results after nearly two weeks. Anyway, the doc said we could do some blood work and analysis of a stool sample... we'll see if that gives any answers.

I went to Nate's school for a half-hour observation yesterday. It was fun to see him "in his element" in the afternoon portion of his day and doing so well. The teacher had many good things to say about Nate, and from looking at the other 8 or 9 kids in there, he seemed to be the highest or among the highest functioning. The teacher said that she wouldn't normally say something like this to a parent, especially a parent of one of the 3 year olds (as opposed to 4 year old), but she believed that, with how well Nate is doing, he would be mainstreamed for kindergarten (in a year and a half). (This means he wouldn't need special ed anymore--a great thing.) Cool!

Time to feed Levi and do school pick-up. ;)