For a little while, Ella was happy to sit on the couch and rock back, basically crashing into the cushions. Then she would sit up again and rock back into the cushions all over again. I got a few *rocks* on video.
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Saturday, December 29, 2007
The Nightgown
I made Matt a cover for his electric guitar's amplifier for Christmas. But in order to do this, I needed to buy some fabric. Some of our friends were out of town for Christmas, so we had access to their car. I took a little trip up to the Palisades Mall to JoAnn's Fabrics. Much to my dismay, it seems that JoAnn's location is closing. So everything was on sale. While browsing the aisles, Lexi caught sight of some Hello Kitty fabric that she just fell in love with. "Mom, can we please get this?" I decided I'd also buy a pattern for a nightgown and try my hand at clothing. So we got a pattern. We got the lime green fabric. And this is my model wearing what I made:
Again, this was my first time sewing clothing. My first time dealing with sleeves. My first time *gathering*. This fabric was not the best to experiment with because it is kind of delicate and unravels a whole lot. But overall, I am quite pleased with the result. My mother walked me through the steps, which was extremely helpful and comforting. She made some fabulous clothes for my sisters and me when we were kids.
Again, this was my first time sewing clothing. My first time dealing with sleeves. My first time *gathering*. This fabric was not the best to experiment with because it is kind of delicate and unravels a whole lot. But overall, I am quite pleased with the result. My mother walked me through the steps, which was extremely helpful and comforting. She made some fabulous clothes for my sisters and me when we were kids.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Christmas
We enjoyed a nice Christmas this year. We had Christmas Eve dinner at our home with Grandma Susan and Aunt Allie. Our next-door neighbor is an older African-American lady who lives alone, so we invited her over for dinner as well, which certainly added some spice to the conversation (not that my family is boring, though!).
On Christmas Day, we woke up to an abundance of gifts (thank you to all the generous family out there!) and then we headed over to Grandma Susan's where we were joined by Great-Grandma & Great-Grandpa, Uncle Bruce, Uncle Doug & Auntie Barbara, cousin Liz and cousin Pete & wife Becca. As usual, it was a rip-roaring time- food, presents, BINGO and so forth.
So much fun to be with everyone again.
On Christmas Day, we woke up to an abundance of gifts (thank you to all the generous family out there!) and then we headed over to Grandma Susan's where we were joined by Great-Grandma & Great-Grandpa, Uncle Bruce, Uncle Doug & Auntie Barbara, cousin Liz and cousin Pete & wife Becca. As usual, it was a rip-roaring time- food, presents, BINGO and so forth.
So much fun to be with everyone again.
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| Christmas 2007 |
Monday, December 17, 2007
Ice Skating
We have had another fun evening at Pepsi's expense. On Saturday, they rented out a rink at Rye Playland for many employees & kids to go ice skating! Pizza and drinks were aplenty. And Lexi did really well this year. We started out on the kids rink, and then headed up to the party rink. They had a plethora of safety cones out on the ice, and one of the ladies in charge told Lexi to hold on to the cone while she skated. Turned out to be a fabulous idea, because by the end of the event, she was well on her way to skating by herself. She had such a good time- One time she fell really hard and was visibly shaken up, but when I tried to get her to come off the ice to sit and rest for a little while, she had a little meltdown because she didn't want to leave the rink.
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| Ice Skating |
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Sunday, December 09, 2007
MEGA POST
I just realized I have let a month slip by without posting a single word out there in cyberspace. So, here it is. An update on some of the highlights of the past month:
Aunt Allie trying on Ella's Halloween costume:
Along with Grandma Susan, we attended an activity at the Hawes' home in Connecticuit. The special speaker was Glenn Beck who basically shared his conversion story. We also ran into some old friends from our Orlando days- the Merritts. So much fun to catch up with them! The church makes this a wonderfully small world.
Here is a clip of Glenn- sort of the same kind of things he shared the night we heard him speak:
Just a good smiley shot of Ella taken sometime in November:
A HUGE thanks to a friend who gave Lexi & me the last-minute opportunity to attend the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular. This was the 75th year of the show and it was fantastic. Lexi could hardly stay in her seat! We had seats right smack in the middle of the orchestra which made for great views of everything. The ushers gave us programs (which included a pair of 3D glasses) and little light sticks with stars on top. During the show we saw a 3-D movie of Santa travelling from the North Pole to New York City. Other features that had Lexi on the edge of her seat: snow in the theater, streamers shot out over the audience, fireworks (!), real live animals walking across the stage, and at the end, everyone was asked to light up their little star sticks and the theater was aglow with little lights. So fun! This also happened to be a preview night and NBC was filming the show for a TV special (which I believe already aired) as well as a DVD. Before the show started, a crew member came out on stage and directed us to yell things like "Merry Christmas" and also to applaud and cheer quite loudly. It was fun. And, of course, I teared up!
Ella on December 5, 2007- 6 months old!
And finally, this short clip of the cat at my aunt&uncle's home checking out Ella. Seems the kitty has never seen a teeny tiny person (smaller than she is!) before. She just sat and stared at Ella, who was kicking her little legs, for quite some time.
Aunt Allie trying on Ella's Halloween costume:
Along with Grandma Susan, we attended an activity at the Hawes' home in Connecticuit. The special speaker was Glenn Beck who basically shared his conversion story. We also ran into some old friends from our Orlando days- the Merritts. So much fun to catch up with them! The church makes this a wonderfully small world.
Here is a clip of Glenn- sort of the same kind of things he shared the night we heard him speak:Just a good smiley shot of Ella taken sometime in November:
A HUGE thanks to a friend who gave Lexi & me the last-minute opportunity to attend the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular. This was the 75th year of the show and it was fantastic. Lexi could hardly stay in her seat! We had seats right smack in the middle of the orchestra which made for great views of everything. The ushers gave us programs (which included a pair of 3D glasses) and little light sticks with stars on top. During the show we saw a 3-D movie of Santa travelling from the North Pole to New York City. Other features that had Lexi on the edge of her seat: snow in the theater, streamers shot out over the audience, fireworks (!), real live animals walking across the stage, and at the end, everyone was asked to light up their little star sticks and the theater was aglow with little lights. So fun! This also happened to be a preview night and NBC was filming the show for a TV special (which I believe already aired) as well as a DVD. Before the show started, a crew member came out on stage and directed us to yell things like "Merry Christmas" and also to applaud and cheer quite loudly. It was fun. And, of course, I teared up!
Ella on December 5, 2007- 6 months old!
And finally, this short clip of the cat at my aunt&uncle's home checking out Ella. Seems the kitty has never seen a teeny tiny person (smaller than she is!) before. She just sat and stared at Ella, who was kicking her little legs, for quite some time.
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