1st Tooth

For awhile now if you look really close you could see a white spot in Noah's bottom gums. I have just been waiting for it to break though but it has stayed the same. Then I noticed all week this week they were really swollen and it looked as if both bottom center teeth were coming in. At first I could only see a spot on the right and then you could on the left center. Well this morning while he was doing his huge open mouth smile, I saw a lot more white than normal and sure enough 1 broke through. To my surprise it was the one on the left though, the spot I just started seeing. The tooth I don't think is all the way through though. You can feel it and it's just a little bit above the surface. He hasn't been any crankier than normal today thankfully, but I know yesterday morning he was pretty needy for nana Jill. I still can't believe though that one on the right is staying under. Hopefully it will break soon because I'm sure it has to bother him sometimes. I can't wait to see him with teeth. Right now since it's still low you can't see it much. He's going to look like such a big boy. I will try to get a picture once it comes up a little more, but since they are so tiny it may be near impossible.

My First Applique

I tried my first applique onesies today. I have bought 2 tie onesies for Noah on etsy and have forgotten about them each time until he has outgrown them. This time I was attempting to make my own. I found the templates for both of these on a blog.

Here is a pictures of the onesie after I bonded the fabric to the onesie. Good so far.....


Then I started stitching around the edge. I started with this one first since it was a lot more straight lines. Well I got halfway done and the top thread was doing something weird so I took out the onesie from the machine and realized I made a stupid mistake. I was stitching through both layers of the onesie. So now it's sewn shut! There will be no Noah inside this one, haha! At least I didn't waste my time and get it completely done.

The stitches all the way through to the back. Whoops!

Next the guitar onesie, I just love this fabric! Bonding process went fine on this one as well. The stitching around this not as easy as the tie, it's almost all curves. Noah was in the room with me while I was trying this so I did a lot of starting and stopping, not a good idea on all these curves because I lost the flow each time. Overall it's okay, but there is lots of room for improvement. I'm still a beginner sewer so I need practice in just about everything and to learn more patience. I do everything quickly and that isn't the best way for a beginner to sew!

Slobber Monster

Today after we got home from running some errands, I changed Noah into something more comfortable and just put him in this onesie. I put him in his walker and he was going to town trying to eat some of his toys. After only about 15 minutes I picked him out of his walker and realized his shirt was completely soaked. A tooth has got to be close. For awhile now you can see the white spot on the bottom right side and it has been pretty swollen. As I was looking today it looked swollen on the left as well so hopefully these teeth will cut soon. He hasn't been too extra cranky just a little more whiny lately. But I know it usually hurts them so hopefully it won't drag on much longer.

So here is the soaked onesie!

Couldn't resist showing this face of his. When he really smiles he completely opens his mouth and this was on it's way to a massive smile, haha!

Excuse all the errors

Last night I posted Da-da and I have to admit I was quite tired and didn't do any proofreading I just posted it to make sure I got it all wrote down. Well Matthew read it last night and this morning asked me if I proofread it, because it was terrible grammar and didn't make sense. So I have fixed it, I apologize it you wasted your time reading it and couldn't understand it. I will try to keep from writing posts when I'm too tired again to keep myself from the embarassment.

Da-Da

Today Noah said da-da for the first time and Matthew was here. He was so glad he got to actually hear it for himself! All day he really seemed like he was trying and he might get the "ddd" out but nothing else. It was funny because it seemed like he would almost whisper it. He has been squealing and making lots of noises lately but today he just really started to sound like he is talking about something here and there. Tonight I was cleaning up the kitchen a little and Matthew was hanging some pictures in the dining room for me and Noah was sitting in the Bumbo on the table in between us. He was busy watching Matthew because he loves watching his dad and he said clear as could be, "Da-da." Matthew turned around and looked at me and was like "did you hear that!" He was so excited that he got to hear it for himself instead of from me. He didn't say it again the rest of the night and then I was getting his pajamas on after his bath and he kept saying it again. However, Matthew wasn't around this time. Just another milestone our little (big) boy has hit. Now we have to get him saying it more. Then I'm really going to work hard on the ma-ma. I know it's usually a little bit later for this one though!

More Burp Cloths

After our shopping trip this week I was so excited to finally get some cute fabric! I couldn't wait to get started. I again started with something easy and made some burp cloths all by myself.
The last ones I kind of cheated and just made some already finished burp cloths cuter. On the first two pictures I used flannel on both sides with a layer of batting in the middle to make them more absorbant. My favorite is the last one which just has cotton fabric on the top and terry cloth on the back. I just love that fabric so much! I am really having fun with the sewing and have been making quite a mess in the office. If I keep it up we will definetly be converting that room to an official sewing room! There just isn't space to work in there. I haven't decided what to do next. I'm really wanting to do some cute applique onesies, bibs, wipe case covers, and cute blankets. Hopefully this next week I can pick one of those projects to work on. I still have to improve a lot more on the sewing skills I'm not very good at sewing in a straight line but I know after more practice I will get better.

Noah at 7 months

We got bored this afternoon, or should I say I was tired of playing this afternoon with the same toys so I decided to have a little photo session with Noah. I think he had fun too, especially with the toilet paper. He did try to eat it once. He wasn't a fan, he made quite the face. That was the last time he tried it though. Anyways we had fun and I get some more new pictures out of it. I had bought some of his 6 month photos from the photographer but I wanted some more that looked a little different so they all didn't look at exactly the same time. So I got some that will work with the other pictures.