Double Sweet!

We saw a little girl (about 2 1/2) at my favorite local yarn store and she had an extremely cool doll. Well, with the little information the mom had about the origin I finally found it online...I love the internet...and we had one made for Eowyn. The artist, Sara, is wonderful to work with, and they whole thing is hand made, from the hand painted faces to the removable dress. Her workmanship is great and the fact it's a bit bazarre is even better! Here are "The Sisters", as named by Christopher...

Standing Alone...

Independence is something we will be striving to instill in our daughter. Not the kind that makes her think she needs no one and relies only on herself, but rather the kind that helps her to see how wonderful she has been created, and that who she is is not dependent on other people, but rather on her Creator and how much she allows that to influence her life. Christopher and I both believe that a strong understanding of who you are created to be will determine a truely happy and fulfilled life, which is what we most want for our daughter.

Well, that is the philisophical view on her independence, and then there is the practicality of learning new things and doing things on her own...Like tonight, when she scooted (still not crawling in the traditional sense) to the Excersaucer and pulled herself up from a laying position to full on standing, with no adult safety net behind her. Doesn't she look proud of herself, as she smiles up at her daddy (off camera)! Our little "One Girl Army" is ready to conquer the world, or at least the Excersaucer.

Investigator and conqueror of random household items...

Eowyn has a myriad of toys. I have made her a bunch, people have bought her a bunch, I've bought her some too...but sometimes, they just don't "do it for her"... when fussiness overtakes the Sweet Baby Girl, and I know she's been fed, changed and isn't tired...what is a mom to do? Go do the kitchen of course...no not for a swig of cooking sherry, but for a random household item. Eowyn loves to investigate, and try to fit new and exciting things into her mouth. It may look like this Rubbermaid storage container has the upper hand, but look closely and you will see Eowyn has it right where she wants it...

Sleeping "comfortably"

When we worked at the Group Home, Christopher hypothesized a theory, that you could know for sure one of the girls was actually sleeping if there is no way you could possibly be comfortable in the position they were laying in...Well, Eowyn wasn't faking at naptime yesterday, either. Our little human pretzel has taken to sleep in the most bizarre positions. She has been in the safe "Back Position" her whole life, and now that she's got some control of her amazing ab muscles, she never stays on her back anymore.

How did she get such amazing abs? her dad and she work out almost every day, together. Christopher has a whole series of exercises that he does with Eowyn, using her as the weight. It's very cute... she has her own set, situps, with the help of Daddy's fingers. She really enojoys her workout with dad, so hopefully she'll maintain that habit for a healthy lifestyle, as she grows!

Finally starting the scrapbook!

I am a hobbyist, for sure, but one of my many, is certainly shopping. I love to shop for my hobbies, in particular. I have purchased a bunch of fabulous pens, papers, stickers and some great photo album binders and the way cool cutting tools...all the things I will need to make an amazing journalled album of Eowyn's life. But, she's 6 months old, and I have not lifted a single glue stick or cropped even one picture. So, with the recent tragedy averted, I decided I'm motivated to start. I have all the pictures we've taken of her in a file, by date of photo, so I can easily pull off the first month, or first six months of her life. Today, I printed almost 100 pictures of her 15 days! Sure most of them are of her sleeping, but really, which one would you pick? I see some montage pages...

Butterfly!

I love making toys for Eowyn. I have made some clothing items too, but she's growing so fast and with spring around the corner, I decided if I'm going to knit, for now it will be toys...Soon I'll start for next fall and winter, but for now, I'm having a great time making toys. This is the newest one. I actually felted an old sweater for the underside of the wings, instead of the polyester craft "felt". I'm excited with how it came out. I also put some bells in the body as I stuffed it to make it more fun! Eowyn liked it, but I didn't get a picture of her with it yet. Here it is on it's own though...

The pattern came from the book that Eowyn (Christopher) bought for me for Christmas, Knitted Toys: 25 Fresh and Fabulous Designs by Zoe Moeller. I have to say, I would make at least 15 out of the 25, no questions asked, and the rest I am considering! This book is great, so if you knit, or know someone that does, and you want to make some cool toys, check it out!

Valentines Day 2007

Eowyn's first Valentine's Day was also her first Blizzard. New Hampshire was covered with over a foot of snow.

I got new software when I got my computer replaced and I was having fun with it...

What would we do...

So water spilled on my computer last night. Thankfully my mom was around and grabbed it, tipped it upside down and let the water drain out, because the water did not reach my hard drive. Phew...



After all, such things would be a nightmare for most anyone, right...well, all the more since I am horrible at backing up my computer and EVERY picture we have ever taken of the Sweet Baby Girl is in that hard drive. I was sick with worry until I arrived at Best Buy where they removed the drive, were able to recover all the data...and, because we have the "accidental extended warranty", I am now typing to you from a brand new computer!



Yes, I am going to back up my computer more often now...but it did get me thinking about all the ways you could lose every picture you had taken of your baby, and how horrible that would be...Thanking God today for all He's given us, including an answer of "yes" to the repeated prayer of a mother..."Please let all those pictures be safe".



Next on my agenda, to start printing out those pictures and putting together her scrapbook before she turns 1 year old!



Oh, I can't leave you without a picture, after all the talk of them... This one is a little blurry, but I love it all the same. She is trying to stuff a ball, that is on her excersaucer, that is a bit larger then a golf ball, into her mouth...She expends so much energy on such things. It really makes you wonder what she'll put her mind to once she can control much more of her environment.

Poor Maggie...

Maggie's world has been turned upside down. She is awakened at all hours of the night, she has a little person scooting across the floor wanting to pat her (which inevitably ends in the baby grabbing her fur, more then patting), there are toys everywhere (that she is not allowed to chew), and then the ever tempting baby socks that find their way misteriously into the living room. We are doing our best to make her life as good as it can be, and as close to "pre baby" as possible, and she's been a real trooper. Pretty patient, and affectionate towards the baby. However, this pic really kind of exemplifies the puppy wuppy's new world...

6 months old!

Sweet Baby Girl is now 6 months old... Her "birthday" was 2/9.

She's pretty excited! She's ready to take the world by storm...we hope it takes her a bit longer to get the balance thing down. But I do need to start looking for a new pair of jogging sneaks!

June the Bug

I made Eowyn this little stuffed animal...When I had finished, my hubby introduced the new toy to her...he said, in a very deep voice, "Hi Eowyn, I'm June, June the Bug". So this little Bug, made of wool and organic stuffing, is a boy named June...

By the way, Ewoyn loves him! She has started to felt one of his legs from all her sucking.

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So many fingers, so little time...

Eowyn is a dyed in the wool finger sucker. She found her own during her first few hours of life, and since then she has tried to sample any that make their way near her mouth. Here she is with her Uncle Kenny, her newest digit donor...

Doesn't everyone love Grover...

You may remember from my Poop on Me Elmo post that we are not fans of licensed Characters. Well, recently one of Eowyn's Uncles gave her a Grover. Christopher and I both had to admit, that there is a special spot in our childhood hearts for the Blue Furry Lovable Moster! So while we will not be redoing the nursery with the Blue fella' (Which would likely be difficult, anyway, because of how much Elmo has really bullied his small voiced way into the limelight, making Grover stuff more difficult to find) we did, as did Eowyn, appreciate the little furry gift. Eowyn loves sucking on him and he's just the right baby grabbing size! Thank you Kevin.

Eowyn loves to play with Grampa, and if he tells her she's "Lookin' good" she will usually give him a big smile! Here they are playing together and she is giving her tighlipped grin that Grampa is so fond of! This is also now the basis for her bubble blowing trick...she drools just a little, tightens her lips and blows bubbles in her drool...sounds gross, but on the Sweet Baby Girl it's really quite adorable!

A month of milestones!

Rolling, rolling, rolling, keep that baby rolling... Eowyn now rolls as a mode of transportation. She realized in the beginning of the month that she could roll, and it took only a few short days to figure out that she could use this to her advantage, and she was off and rolling in no time!

She needs to get help sitting up, but once she has assumed the position, she can stay there pretty steadily for several minutes at a time. She has even learned to brace herself with her arm if she starts to tilt to the side...tilting backwards is a sure fire trip to the floor, so she can not be left unattended while sitting. Here is the Sweet Baby Girl showing off her Sweet sitting Skills!

She keeps trying to pull herself up. If you give her fingers to hold onto she immediately pulls herself up to a standing position. She can stand if she's holding onto something, but as with the sitting, she still needs constant attention to be sure she doesn't drift to the floor.