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Crafty weekend + baby purchase
Feb. 17th, 2007 11:14 pmBecause I am in need of something else to take up my time--I don't foresee myself having much going on this year as far as keeping busy goes--I have decided to take up a new hobby. Sewing, in fact. This is completely the fault of the diapers. I don't have time to get into all of that because M is nagging me about bedtime, but I have been busy this weekend creating knock-offs of the taggie toys. (www.taggies.com - no direct link because I'd rather them not see this referring post in their logs, but what can you expect when you're selling the simplest toys ever for $20 each?) You can find the pattern that I used here.
The pink toy and ball are for Miss Ducky. The blue one (sans ball, because I ran out of time) is for my cousin's newborn baby. I have seen this online in a few places recently, and so when I found the pattern I thought.. that looks like fun! I can see a baby fascinated by the tags. They like weird things. I also sewed a little bib that matches the pink toys, but let's just say that I am not going to quit my day job over that one. It's cute but it has a few issues, and also--it's tiny. I can't imagine what the point of it would be. I don't know why I didn't get a picture of it during all of the day's photo sessions.
Sewing has not been the only thing we've done! We also Bought Something... something which has been on my mind since I was fourteen weeks pregnant.
I cannot believe that we have a car seat in our house. Like, for a baby. I've been told that the car seat is the big thing that we have to have because they won't let you take your baby home without one. We are at least semi-prepared now! We have a car seat and four and a half bibs! (We also caved on a duck-related spontaneous bib purchase while buying the car seat. I would call us suckers but since I'm almost in the third trimester and this is the first purchase that we've really made, then I guess we're not doing too badly.)
In other news, I seem to be coming down with a cold now. The problem with me and getting sick is that when it rains, it freaking pours. Sinus infection - cold - cold, all within two weeks. I think the first cold was just the end of the sinus infection. M, however, was diagnosed with a cold when he was at the doctor for his finger on Thursday, so I've been waiting for the other shoe to drop since then. I am still on antibiotics from the first thing! I shouldn't get sick again while taking pills for being sick! I know that antibiotics are not useful against viruses, such as a cold, but it still feels wrong. And it also means that we may not be going to visit family after all tomorrow, because I remember that it's not nice to spread illness to elderly post-heart-bypass family members and small children even if no one else does.. Anyway, I would prefer that I wake up well so this whole conversation is moot. Let's pretend that's going to happen, okay?
The pink toy and ball are for Miss Ducky. The blue one (sans ball, because I ran out of time) is for my cousin's newborn baby. I have seen this online in a few places recently, and so when I found the pattern I thought.. that looks like fun! I can see a baby fascinated by the tags. They like weird things. I also sewed a little bib that matches the pink toys, but let's just say that I am not going to quit my day job over that one. It's cute but it has a few issues, and also--it's tiny. I can't imagine what the point of it would be. I don't know why I didn't get a picture of it during all of the day's photo sessions.
Sewing has not been the only thing we've done! We also Bought Something... something which has been on my mind since I was fourteen weeks pregnant.
I cannot believe that we have a car seat in our house. Like, for a baby. I've been told that the car seat is the big thing that we have to have because they won't let you take your baby home without one. We are at least semi-prepared now! We have a car seat and four and a half bibs! (We also caved on a duck-related spontaneous bib purchase while buying the car seat. I would call us suckers but since I'm almost in the third trimester and this is the first purchase that we've really made, then I guess we're not doing too badly.)
In other news, I seem to be coming down with a cold now. The problem with me and getting sick is that when it rains, it freaking pours. Sinus infection - cold - cold, all within two weeks. I think the first cold was just the end of the sinus infection. M, however, was diagnosed with a cold when he was at the doctor for his finger on Thursday, so I've been waiting for the other shoe to drop since then. I am still on antibiotics from the first thing! I shouldn't get sick again while taking pills for being sick! I know that antibiotics are not useful against viruses, such as a cold, but it still feels wrong. And it also means that we may not be going to visit family after all tomorrow, because I remember that it's not nice to spread illness to elderly post-heart-bypass family members and small children even if no one else does.. Anyway, I would prefer that I wake up well so this whole conversation is moot. Let's pretend that's going to happen, okay?
