Miss Petrie Deux is one month old! She smiles periodically, sleeps well at night, eats a lot, enjoys all the attention from mom, dad, and big sister.
Mr. Petrie made the brown blanket Miss Petrie Deux is laying on. It took him several months since the yarn was incredibly thin, but the blanket is warm, stretchy and very soft.
I hope you are having a relaxing weekend.
Mr. Petrie made Miss Petrie a tank top. The yarn is a very breathable cotton. It boggles my mind that Mr. Petrie taught himself to knit and now is able to make us all kinds of clothes.
Mr. Petrie is now working on a kimono sweater in the same yarn for Miss Petrie Deux. It’s going to be adorable! I’ve requested a tank top for myself. I’m not sure what color I want. Hmm…
Have a great weekend!
We have lots of these all over the house:
I love to buy candles after the holidays. This candle (vanilla bean) was marked down to $3 from $9. I'd never pay $9 for a candle!
Mr. Petrie got me these flowers for my birthday.
Pink blooms to celebrate Miss Petrie Deux's birth.
Flowers and candles make the house seem fresh and smell good and a new pair of Dansko clogs help me move around more comfortably.
Have a splendid day.
My dad has a longtime co-worker and she sent the sweetest gift to Miss Petrie Deux. The sweater and hat are so soft and the color is a perfect shade of blush pink. A blanket was also included with the set.
I love handmade gifts!
As you may remember, I horde Miss Petrie’s gifts from her birthday and Christmas so she can play with them on the proverbial rainy day. Well, those rainy days are now!
This kit came with four paper dolls.
We punched out the doll's accessories. Additional parts, like ribbons and buttons, were packaged in bags.
Some of the doll clothes could be colored and decorated with stickers.
Miss Petrie was really engrossed in this activity.
Today we got out a set of 14” paper dolls and Miss Petrie put two of them together. This set made me think that it would be fun to have a collage art box ready to use. I’ll have to put something like that together because Miss Petrie loves to glue, color and cut.
I also have a recommendation for a great family movie: The Fantastic Mr. Fox. Based off of the Roald Dahl book, this movie had an incredible cast of voices and lots of great off-beat humor that kept our adult attention throughout the entire movie.
Have a wonderful and restful weekend.
I had three new posts with pictures and the pictures I uploaded to Flickr didn’t actually upload. Blah! And the pictures that did upload didn’t get put into the correct set. Rats!!
Anyway, we’re adjusting to having a baby in the house. She is a really calm baby. She is still sleeping a lot and we’re enjoying when she is awake. In fact, Mr. Petrie, Miss Petrie and I fight over who gets to hold her.
Mr. Petrie made us waffles from scratch this morning with sausage and syrup warmed with butter. Yummy! It’s nice to get to spend time together as a family. We’ve all had time to bond with Miss Petrie Deux.
Enjoy your day.
Thanks to the DIY Show Off for hosting this fun linky party:
I love sewing with felt. I made this banner for my little girl’s bed for Valentine’s Day 2009. The sewing took me some time to finish, but the result is bright and cheery for an often cold and dreary month.
From my heart to yours
I embroidered this heart with her initial and another heart. I love the pink, red, turquoise and yellow combination.
Each heart took me about thirty minutes to sew. I like the imperfection of the hearts.
Have a wonderful day!
We’ve been home from the hospital for a couple of days. My parents took good care of Miss Petrie, our dogs, and our home. Thanks Mom and Dad! It was wonderful to come home to a clean house.
Grandpa and Grandma with the girls
Since we still have lots of the important baby gear, we didn’t really need any new baby things. And any baby gear we didn’t have was happily given to us by friends who are done having babies. My playgroup threw us a shower and I did ask for a group gift: an Ergo carrier. I bought a really cheap carrier with Miss Petrie and for Miss Petrie Deux I wanted a carrier that wouldn’t hurt my back. I can’t wait to use the Ergo.
So…when family began to ask what kind of gift would be helpful for us, I thought it would be great to have our loved ones make us some yummy homemade meals and freeze them. I’ve been freezing a fair bit of food as well, but there are some excellent cooks in my family and the meals we received have been delicious.
Here’s a little sampling of what we’ve received:
The roast beef with green beans and mashed potatoes meals were packaged quite ingeniously using a disposable partitioned plate and then were frozen. It was so easy to pull out three meals and microwave them. Next time I freeze meals I plan on using this method.
We’re doing really well and I hope you are, too. Have a great week.
Miss Petrie and I went to a paint-your-own-ceramics store and had lots of fun painting our chosen objects. I painted a flower pot. It certainly looks home-made!
It was so relaxing to sit and paint for an hour. It was a great activity for Miss Petrie, too. She painted a puppy with all the colors of the rainbow. It ended up looking black, but she still calls it her rainbow puppy.
We went to Trader Joe’s today and I could hardly resist a gorgeous and fragrant hyacinth for this new pot.
I’m ready to see flowers peeking out from the ground. Most years in New Mexico it begins to warm up by the end of February. I’m looking forward to adding flowers to my yard.
Have a great relaxing day.
We could not be happier!