A few pics

A few pictures from the last few days. I've been sewing at the dinner table while Maemae takes her morning nap and Peanut plays outside or watches a movie. It's not ideal for me; I run upstairs a lot for things I need then end up with a pile to take back upstairs when I'm done. But, I did get Maemae's 4th of July romper done. It's uber adorable. And Maemae already put her touch on it: spit up chunky milk on the front and had a poopy diaper leak on the back.


I've gotten a few diapers sewn together over the last few days as well. I would have more but my upstairs machine and I are on a break. Kenmore has decided to not sew properly and I don't have the time yet to sit and make up with it. So my good old reliable Brother was put up downstairs and she's been a champ. For me, the more basic a machine is, the better I like it. No fancy shmancy sewing machines for me.

Maemae turned 6 months last week. She had her check up and is doing well. She's 15 lbs 10 oz and 26 inches tall. The doc doesn't think she'll reach 20 pounds by her first birthday. We'll see. Here's her checking to see if Daddy was still at the end of the table. She was fascinated by seeing herself and us in the mirror.
And I can't leave Peanut's picture out of the blog. He's so quick that it's difficult to get a good picture of him. This is the best my crappy camera could do tonight. He had a haircut a couple nights ago and we won't be doing that again. Too stressful for him and for Mama. From now on, it's a quick trim with scissors until he gets older and understands what's going on better.

Weeding our crappy lawn again. Sigh, our landlord is an idiot who doesn't care one ounce about the backyard (or her house). And we refuse to do more than the minimal weeding that is necessary.

We are officially moving, AGAIN, in September. To another rental house about 1/2 mile away from here. But it's a ranch and has front and back lawn care included. No more mowing the lawn until we buy a house. We don't want to rent again, but need to take care of a little more debt before we can get a good mortgage. We're excited about no stairs, no lawn work, closer to the park, and lower rent. Not so excited to move our stuff again and that it's 400 sq. foot smaller than this house, but we'll make it work and be happy. I'm already starting to go through stuff and purging.

That's about it for now. Both kiddos are sleeping, laundry is going, and I'm off to set up my serger to finish a pair of capri's for Maemae.

TTFN ~Crys