time flies

oh my gosh! I can't believe it's been over two week since I blogged! Not that I'm surprised about it...just that it feels like I just did it!

I guess a lot has been going on.  I've been working like a crazy person on recovering those camper cushions I mentioned in a previous post.  The cushions are finished and have been delivered, but I still need to make the curtains before the weekend hits.  Then, after the curtains are finished, I have to make four (or six? idk) pillow covers, repair a pocket on a pair of jeans, replace a zipper in a dress, mend/alter some things for my little family, make EB a ton of cute pinafores for the Summer, and sew like mad for baby boy.  Oh, and recover the glider cushions, make new crib sheets, paint walls, etc etc etc.  And repair a bathing suit.  It never ends!  I can't wait to be finished with paid projects so I can just make whatever I feel like making.

And then there's the fact that Emerson has been sick for almost three weeks (on and off).  Right now she is on antibiotics for an ear infection.  I'm having trouble knowing if her grumpy attitude and all the yelling (etc) is because she simply doesn't feel well or because she's basically 18 months old and that's just part of it.  I've also found that I am extremely impatient and pretty grumpy myself.  The Summer heat has already hit, so I fear I won't be more pleasant any time soon.  Not getting frustrated so easily is definitely something at which I have to make a conscious effort.  I miss my happy, sweet, kind baby!

I've got less than four months before Felix is due to arrive and I honestly have no idea how I'm going to finish everything.  I'm probably not going to.  Who cares, though...I guess.  Well..... I care.  A lot.  I should probably get over that.

all the ice cream

Seriously. ALL the ice cream; that's what I am eating as I write this post.  It has been a rough week.  Between last Thursday and yesterday, Chris worked something like 65 hours, and has his two three-hour nights at school.  So, I pretty much have spent the entire week alone with Emerson.  I love Emerson, but this much time with so little adult interaction is not good for me!  I'm not complaining about the work, or the school, or Emerson.  I'm mostly complaining about how exhausted I am.  I am just too tired to deal with EB's sudden onset of allergies (I think that's what's going on?!!) and subsequent crying-screaming-and-whining.  I am not strong enough to pin both her arms and hold her head and administer some medicine by myself.  I attempted this about forty minutes ago.  It didn't go well.

In fact, it went so terribly that Emerson and I both screamed and screeched with frustration for three minutes.  Then, we both cried for twelve minutes.  For the next seven minutes we stared into each other's eyes, simply too tired to do anything else.  Then I rocked my sweet baby girl and apologized and snuggled and hugged and kissed her for twenty minutes.  I am emotionally (and physically) drained.  And I'm twenty-one weeks pregnant, which basically means that I am double drained.

In other news, I had an OB appointment today.  My doctor went over the ultrasound with me.  Everything looks great.  She asked how much Emerson weighed at birth.  Eight pounds and two ounces.  She then informed me that baby boy will probably weigh about eight and one half pounds, based on the measurements they took last week, the fact that he is my second, and the fact that he is a he.  So, I'm going to go ahead and bet that he'll be closer to nine pounds.  A VBAC is not looking so great!  Oh, other great news--the clinic office called and asked to reschedule my September 5th appointment, you know, the appointment that takes place one week before my due date.  My doctor apparently won't be in the office that day (is that code for her being out of town?).

Basically, I want to curl into a ball and not wake up until September.  Even at some point after the delivery is fine.  Whatever.  Now I have to go work on some paid sewing projects until bedtime.  Is this real life?

KCW Days 6 & 7

Yeah, days six and seven didn't really happen.  But I'm still super proud of myself for completing five days!  On Saturday I cut out pieces for some teeny tiny shoes for baby boy, and I sewed them together on Sunday morning.  I still need to add some snaps and something fun and/or personalized.  So, technically I did do something, but I'm not really going to count it.

Anyway, just wanted to check in and be held accountable for my lack of sewing.  ;)

And, just for fun, here are some bad cell phone photos of EB in day five's top.
I will definitely be making more of these!

halfway

I meant to write this post yesterday, but it just didn't happen.  I've officially made it halfway through my second pregnancy!  Only twenty(ish) weeks to go!

It's been a pretty easy pregnancy so far, but we're creeping into the weeks where, for me, swelling begins.  Swelling--the most miserable part of my pregnancies (pregnancy, rather, since I've only done this once before).  Last go around, my feet and ankles started swelling at 22 weeks, and between weeks 22 and 26 I doubled my weight gain.  Coincidence?  I think not.  And this time I'll be swelling up in the hot hot summer heat.  This first half of this pregnancy has flown by, but the second half--the July-August-September part especially--is bound to be the most miserable time of my life.

Let me backtrack a little... I mentioned doubling my weight gain above.  By 22 weeks with EB, I had gained 10.5lbs; and by 26 weeks, 21lbs.  When I checked in to the hospital to be induced, I had gained a whopping 49 pounds!  And then, four days after EB was born, I was up 51 pounds.  This is the part where I brag about how much I love my body (well, not the way it looks, but the way it works).  I never exercised before I was pregnant with Emerson, I certainly didn't exercise during that pregnancy, and I hecka didn't exercise between that pregnancy and this one.  The closest I got to my pre-pregnancy weight was just two pounds over.  What an amazing body I have!  My metabolism (and the breastfeeding) did all the work for me!  I'm not sure that I'll be so lucky this time, so I'm prepared to work at it.  Maybe I'll work at it in either case--gosh I'd love to be back to my wedding weight!

Anyway, I know these long written posts are boring, and not really an organized collection of thoughts, but mostly it's for me to look back on and remember all the little details that I know I'll forget eventually.  If there's one thing you should take away from this post, it is that you should probably avoid me at all costs come this Summer.  Consider this a warning...

KCW Day Five

Phew.  It's still before 2pm and I've finished today's project; a simple little tank from True Bias.  I discovered this pattern through Cherie at you and mie. When I read that the pattern was free and only available in size 2T, I knew I had to make it!  

I used fabric leftover from the first crib sheet I made for EB's nursery, and instead of following the pattern instructions and using single fold bias tape to finish the edges on the inside, I used a narrow double fold bias tape and let it all hang out. :)  Oh, and I used the tape for the opening at the back, and left long tails to tie, instead of a button and fabric loop.  Aaaaand I hemmed it with the tape, too...  Super easy pattern, and I think this might be my favorite piece from the week!