1st dentist visit

Here is Kate at her first trip to see the dentist (me). She was so well behaved! (better than some of my adult patients!!) She sat in my chair nicely and opened so I could have a look and do a mini-cleaning.

Texas!

I think most people have heard by now, but it is official- we are moving to Texas! Loren and I both got jobs in Texas. Loren's starts tomorrow! What a busy Fall. My thesis defense is 1 week from today and that is my LAST requirement for Perio. I am seeing patients until Thanksgiving, but everything else will be checked off. I actually have a really heavy patient load for the next few weeks, but then I'm done. Phew.

Debbie is coming tomorrow and will stay for a few weeks and then is taking Kate back to CO with her. I'll have 2 weeks to myself. Really weird. I'm going to finally use that massage gift certificate I've had in my coupon pile.

Fancy Nancy Bday Party

We had a great time at Kate's 3rd birthday party. She chose a Fancy Nancy theme, and was overjoyed!

A HUGE thank you to Lindsey who did photos for us!! You can find her at http://www.lb3photo.blogspot.com/

Fall sewing with a plan- FINISHED!!

Yep, can you believe it? I actually did do all that sewing. Well, I didn't get to the jacket, but I got all the rest of it done!! I made a few changes to the plan as I went along. I'm so happy with how everything turned out!

(click to enlarge)

I got to practice sewing with knits, which I really hadn't done much before, and I have decided they are much easier than wovens AND Kate likes to wear them much more. I also mastered the "reverse applique" which is much easier than a regular applique.

When I'd finish an item, I'd ask Kate for her opinion and she'd always say "cute, mom". I tried to incorporate things I thought she would like--the Fancy Nancy applique, ballerina buttons and little heart appliques. They worked ;)

This skirt is so twirley, it is really a neat and super easy pattern!! Just 5 spirals...

So now the sewing machine is packed up for a while--at least until after our house sells. We have our first showing tomorrow!!

Click here for our virtual tour

Many thanks to my friend Janise for helpin us to stage the house and "shop" at her house!

Happy 3rd Birthday Kate!

It sounds so cliche, but I can't believe my baby is 3 years old today! She is so beautiful and such a wonderful little girl. As I was putting her to bed tonight I was thinking about how I was in labor 3 years ago at that same time. I could never have imagined the amazing little sweet voice that said "I love you Mommy" as I put her to bed. I am so blessed and so pleased to get to be her mom!

9/7/07 Birthday!

9/7/08 (1 year old)

9/7/09 (2 years old)

9/7/10 (3 years old)

Kerr Lake 2010

Fall sewing with a plan

I've decided to try to make up a sewing plan for the fall. This way, I can get a fairly coordinated wardrobe for Kate and be a little more efficient at utilizing my fabrics. Most of these patterns are from Ottobre issues 03/2010 and 04/2010 or they are Farbenmix patterns that I have or from the Farbenmix book "Sewing Clothes Kids Love." I'll keep everyone posted on the progress (or lack thereof!). August and September will likely not be very productive because I have interviews at Iowa and Penn and I'm taking the real written perio boards and doing a teaching workshop and need to work on turning in my portfolio to graduate (hmm...doesn't sound like so much time to sew, but I'm sure I'll find it! It really helps me relax and let go of the stress of everything mentioned above).  Remember I can only work on this after about 8:30pm each night!!

So far, it has cost me actually calculated $65 to gather probably about 90% of the materials, notions, etc. Not bad, considering how much this would cost to purchase at the store!!

Any volunteers to help :) I'll send you my fabric and patterns!! Wish me luck!!

Here is the plan: (click to enlarge)