Baby Legs and other stuff

I was recently challenged by a friend to make a pair of babylegs . She found this amazing 10 minute tutorial on how to make baby legs from adult sized knee socks. So I rummaged through my drawer and found a pair of knee socks that I have hardly worn because I bought the wrong size, went downstairs and whipped up a pair of these adorable baby legs. The first time took longer than 10 minutes just like the first time through anything takes longer, but I am sure these can be easily made in no time flat. I can't wait to try again and maybe make some for Dane, like maybe and army print or a cute blue stripe. What do ya think? I forgot to take a before picture to prove these really were socks but the first picture I tried to piece together the cut pieces to show the shape of the sock.

Below is a picture of another one of my projects I made a few months ago. I made this nursing cover by copying and improving upon one of my shower gifts. I also took ideas from my sister in laws Modest Mommy cover. I have only made 2 of these but was very happy how they turned out.

Tagged

I have been tagged a couple of times from this game. It's a fun tag game that I really wanted to participate in, but the first time I was tagged was the day all of my pictures were wiped away. I was super organized with them all it neat little folders too. If you can't tell I am still frustrated about this matter. When we went to re-download Picasa 3 all of our pictures showed back up. So does this mean all our pictures are still on our computer somewhere hidden or is Google Picasa just that amazing? I still want our pictures back in the My Pictures folder, on my desktop, just how I had them.

So here it is my 4th folder, 4th picture according to Google Picasa.

This was taken at the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in London. The picture is so annoyingly blurry. But in my hand I have a blow dryer that was loaned to me by my friend Josie, so I thought I would pull it out from time to time and have it's picture taken with different things we saw. In this picture I am trying to be Selma Hayek's hairstylist.

Here is the game:

Open the 4th picture folder on your computer.

Open the 4th picture and post it on your blog.

Explain the picture.

Tag 4 people to do the same!

I am tagging:

Karen

Nicole

Kaitlin S

Kelly

*sorry for the center alignment. It is stuck or something and I can't get it off.

7 months

My little guy is getting big so fast. I am trying to enjoy every moment with him, though he is getting more vocal about his likes and dislikes. He is getting around much faster by rolling and even a little scooting across the floor. I have even seen him on his hands and knees a couple of times, though briefly. He has learned to babble and has been practicing all his new sounds quiet and loud. One of them happens to be the 's' sound. It is so cute to watch him in a whispery voice going 'thssss' 'thssss' maybe once he has teeth the lisp part will go away. Someone has told me that putting a baby in a different environment will stimulate growth and development. Last week while we were in Colorado he learned to wave for ni' night and goodbye. Right now it is an entire arm flop but definitely a wave. He did a remarkable job sleeping through the night the first 7 nights we were gone but that next night he was up every hour just to be held. We finally put him in bed with us, he eventually stopped crying but was wide a wake. Next thing we know at 3 am he kept hitting Andy and saying psssst, pssst. tap, tap, tap, pssst, pssst, pssst. We both busted up laughing. The little guy had something to say. I think it was "hey dad, I'm not tired."

home again home again...

We are back from our trip to Colorado. We went to Breckenridge for a week with my family and in celebration of Andy and Melissa's graduations and for some much need relaxation. But first we celebrated with Melissa at her 'graduation' party. Does that cap and gown look familiar? She homeschooled and got her GED so we thought we would wrap up Andy's cap and gown for her gift.
We had a good time. We did a lot of relaxing. One day we took a hike up Mt. Royal. The trailhead started in Frisco. It was a bit strenuous since it was 2 miles straight up hill. It was rewarding with the view at the top, however not all may agree. Dane did pretty good on his first hike though he was a bit aggravated and hungry for a while and it sounded as if he was calling all the grizzly bears. If you have heard his little bear cub noise you can imagine what it sounded like. He then napped the entire way down. Dane did marvelous on the drive home to Iowa, we were a bit skeptical since the ride out wasn't the best. The trip home took an extra 2 hours since we left from Breckenridge. We only stopped 3 times and one of those times was to trade out vehicles at my parents house. The boy gets bored easy and with that in mind I was entertainer for a good part of the trip.
And today Dane is working on attention detox. We did sleep in late this morning but I am just not exciting enough for him today.


* I must note the last 2 or 3 pictures were taken by the great photographer my sister. My battery ran out half way up the mountain. Thanks Melissa!

On the way the the high country

This was going to be a wordless wendnesday but...

I thought I would fill in the gaps and explain a few of the pictures. Here we are relaxing not doing much these past few days. We are enjoying the Colorado Rocky Mountains with my family. Today we drove to Leadville and went to Buena Vista and visited St Elmo which is a ghost town. Funny thing about this ghost town is it is occupied by a tourist shop and cars on the street. Not all that ghostly in my opinion but still interesting to visit. It wasn't this way when we went there when I was little. Andy also fed the little chipmunks, they ate right out of his had. I remember doing this when I was little with my friend Holly, but didn't want all the little chipmunk germs on my hands this time.
We have a pet fox that visits below our balcony, the people below us think it is a Mexican fox because he likes tortillas :o)

We took Dane swimming for the first time. He loved it kicking around like a little fish and splashing like crazy. We tired the big pool first then we all moved to the baby pool because it was warmer (warmer for us grownups). My sister's and I aren't huge swimmers. We just like to float. Check it out he has adorable little flip flops that match his outfit. I couldn't resist.

Magnum the protector

We have witnessed this a few times where when Andy or I go out of sight and leave Dane sitting in the yard, like if we run in the house to grab something. (we still keep a close eye on him.) Anyway I was trying to get a picture of this. Magnum would only get close to the stroller when we both were out of sight. Andy went inside to watch from a window and I had to go around the corner of the house and sneak back. The second we were both out of sight Magnum steps close to the stroller in guard dog mode. I do hate his messes but what a great dog, always protecting his family.