Thank you all so much for the amazing responses to the pregnancy announcement. My heart is so warmed by the incredible community and friendships that I am so blessed to be a part of. Thank you.
In answer to a couple of questions, yes, we are hoping to find out if it is a boy or a girl with the "big" ultrasound, but there is always that chance that we won't be able to tell (that's what happened with Anna afterall!). We really do hope that we will find out though. We are, of course, incredibly excited about either possibility.
In other news, life has been carrying on as normal, if not a bit harried, the past week or so. I have been working hard on finishing up the girls' summer wardrobe. We still have a ways to go, but a few new outfits have joined the ranks.
Here you can see that Anna is sporting a new purple outfit. You can't see them in this shot, but there are bloomers under there (the same purple ones that I showed in the Bloomers Tutorial). Her hair tie also does not match at all, but she insisted. Who am I to argue with creative expression?
Abbi is sporting a new outfit as well, though hers appears to be bunched a bit from sitting in her therapy swing. I made this outfit from a piece of vintage fabric that I picked up at an estate sale last weekend for 50-cents.
The current count is 4 handmade outfits for Abbi and 2 for Anna, with plenty more in the works for both of them.
Those of you who have been planning some summer sewing, how is it going? Any updates or photos to share? :)
In addition to my sewing endeavors I've been experimenting a bit in the kitchen. I saw an incredible tutorial over at Berlin's Whimsy for a recipe for Picnic Bread. I decided to give it a try today, and I am so glad that I did! Mine didn't rise as high for the second rising as hers did, so I may try it again, and let it rise a little longer. Even still, it turned out SO pretty. It can be hard to tell in this sunken platter, but it is almost 4" tall.
For the filling I used sun dried tomatoes, garlic, and a generous sprinkling of Italian Seasoning. It tastes just about heavenly.
Yum.
Can't wait to try the picnic bread! We will have houseguests over the weekend, and this will be just the thing for non-scheduled snacking. Thanks. And thanks for linking to my blog, too :) How very inspiring!
Posted by: Terry Ellen | April 23, 2008 at 09:04 PM
Your girls looks so pretty in their new outfits!
And I just have to try that bread - it looks so good!
Posted by: Hege | April 24, 2008 at 03:11 AM
The outfits are super cute! The bread sounds interesting.
Posted by: Sarah | April 24, 2008 at 07:52 PM
COOL!!!! Love the outfits.
Posted by: crystal | April 27, 2008 at 11:22 AM
Sweet little outfits, as always, and that bread looks so tasty!
Posted by: Dove | April 29, 2008 at 08:51 AM
Loooove the cute outfits. I still can't believe that for as sick as you've been you're STILL crafting! You never cease to amaze me!
Posted by: Robyn | April 30, 2008 at 10:13 PM