Happy Birthday Great Grammy!

Eowyn went to her Great Grammy's 82nd Birthday party today! She was a little fussy, due to the teething thing, but she still said hi to her grammy and looked darn cute in her flowered hat! Thank you Beth for taking this sweet pic of the birthday girl and her Great Granddaughter!

The workin' girl

I say I'm a work at home mom, and while I guess that is the best way to describe what I do, it's not entirely accurate. I run an online business, and since the store is online, I can do most of the management from home. But there is still a lot of running around, going to suppliers, checking with the employees, helping with manufacturing, and I'll stop there, before I get tired just thinking about all I do. Well, I kept thinking that when Eowyn was "a little older" she'd be easier to bring to work. What really happens is she's different to bring to work. The infant who used to cry if I put her down in the office, is gone (mostly) but the busy baby who wants to move has arrived...less noisy, but equally challenging. I did find she was happy to keep herself occupied while playing with the boxes of orders to ship, while being coralled in a USPS tote. Here's the working girl...

Brown Bear

Another knitted toy! This time I got the pattern from a seller, Purl, on www.Etsy.com! A great pattern, easy to follow and lots of fun. I modified a little. The pattern called for felt (that cheap craft stuff) for the ears and the flowered eyes. I instead knit a swatch of cloth for each color, felted and cut them from that. Sure, do think I'm pretty clever. The hands have bells in them to make for a hard chewing surface, which is a big plus in Eowyn's book...teeth are on their way. I'll brag a little and point out that I made the dress she's wearing in the picture, too!

Crawling!

Well, learning to stand proved to delay Eowyn from Crawling. It seemed every time she started to get up on her knees to crawl, she'd keep straightening her legs, in an attempt to stand instead. She finally made the change from the "army crawl", to full on crawling. She did so on her 7 month birthday 3/9, and it was caught on "film"!! I have been very fortunate to have the little camera around at the milestones. So here is the sweet baby girl, crawling, on her knees, and in a dress!! Nothing is stopping her now...well except a well placed baby gate!