GIRL BURIAL GOWN

THIS IS A LITTLE GIRL BURIAL GOWN. I'VE MADE SEVERAL BOY OUTFITS SO IT WAS TIME TO MAKE SOMETHING FOR A LITTLE GIRL. I MADE UP THIS PATTERN. I THINK IT TURNED OUT LOOKING LIKE A FLANNEL GOWN INSTEAD. I WANTED IT TO BE FRILLY AND I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE SLEEVES. THEY MAY BE TO BIG AT THE BOTTOM. AS BAD AS I AM AT FORGETTING THINGS YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE WROTE THIS DOWN AS I WENT. OH WELL, MAYBE I'LL FIGURE IT OUT.

ONE MORE BOYS OUTFIT READY

I GOT ANOTHER GOWN READY TO GET IN THE MAIL. WILL SEND FOUR OUTFITS TO NILMDTS INSTEAD OF THREE.

READY TO MAIL

THESE 3 BURIAL OUTFITS FOR BOYS WILL GET MAILED TUESDAY I HOPE. THEY ARE GOING TO NOW I LAY ME TO SLEEP PHOTOGRAPHER TERESA IN OHIO.

BEFORE

AFTER

THIS IS THE SHOREST MY HAIR HAS EVER BEEN. I'M JUST REALLY TIRED OF IT. I CUT IT AROUND 5 YEARS AGO I GUESS, BUT IT WASN'T QUITE THIS SHORT.

I PLAN ON DONATING IT TO WIGS FOR KIDS, THEY TAKE GREY HAIR. AND TRUST ME I HAVE A LOT OF IT.

UPDATE ON BABY SAVANNAH

BABY SAVANNAH NOW WEIGHTS 3 POUNDS AND 3 OUNCES. SHE IS ALSO BREATHING ON HER OWN AND WILL BE GOING HOME BY THE END OF JUNE IF SHE KEEPS GOING LIKE SHE IS. CAN'T WAIT TO POST ABOUT HER HOMECOMING.

NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP

THESE TWO OUTFITS WERE MAILED TO A NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP PHOTOGRAPHER TERESA IN OHIO. I'M WORKING ON GOWNS TO SEND NEXT.

TERESA ASKED CANDY AT E.G.F. IF SHE COULD HELP WITH OUTFITS FOR ANGEL BABY BOYS, CANDY ASKED ME IF I COULD HELP AND NATURALLY I SAID YES. IT'S WHAT I DO.

I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHERS THAT GIVE OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR TALENT. THESE PICTURES ARE SAD TO LOOK AT BUT AT THE SAME TIME SO BEAUTIFUL YOU CAN'T LOOK AWAY. SO MUCH LOVE GOES INTO THEM.

UPDATE ON CRAFTING

5 PREEMIE BLANKETS AND 8 PREEMIE HATS. I MADE THE BLANKETS TODAY AND THE HATS DURING THE WEEK.

5 SKEINS OF YARN AND 5 YARDS OF WHITE FLANNEL. THESE ITEMS WERE BOUGHT WITH MONEY DONATED BY RODNEY, NINA AND FRIENDS. THANKS A BUNCH, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT MEANS TO ME. I'M GOING TO START ON THE BLUE YARN TONIGHT. I NEED TO MAKE LITTLE BOY OUTFITS.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THIS YARN WAS DONATED BY MY HUSBANDS AUNT JANELL. SHE SAW IT AT A YARD SELL AND THOUGHT OF ME. THESE ARE THE REALLY BIG SKEINS TO, I'M THINKING AFGHAN. THANKS AUNT JANELL.

BOYS BURIAL OUTFIT

THE GOWN IS 14 INCHES LONG. I LEAVE THEM OPEN IN THE BACK TO MAKE IT EASY TO DRESS THE BABY. THE MATERIAL FOR THE BLANKET IS UNDER THE OUTFIT. I JUST NEED TO CUT IT OUT AND SERGE AROUND THE EDGE WITH BLUE THREAD.

JOLEAN'S MASTERPIECE

MISS JOLEAN WANTED TO COME PLAY AGAIN TODAY. HER MOTHER WENT TO TOWN FOR A LITTLE BIT SO WE HAD TIME TO CREATE THESE MOUTH WATERING LITTLE CAKES. SHE DID LET ME USE THE MIXER AFTER A BIT. SHE SAID HER ARM WAS GETTING SLEEPY. SHE ALSO GOT TO TAKE THEM HOME WITH HER MUCH TO HER DELIGHT. OH I DID NOTICE ONE SPECK OF FROSTING ON HER NOSE THAT WE MISSED DURING CLEAN UP. I PROMISE IT'S FROSTING. IT WAS EVERYWHERE.

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK UP THINGS TO DO WITH KIDS SO I CAN KEEP HER BUSY WHILE LEARNING AT THE SAME TIME.

WE HAD A GREAT TIME. WE EVEN WENT FOR A LITTLE WALK. SHE GOT TO HOLD COCOA'S LEASH. DID I MENTION THAT COCOA BITES? JOLEAN GAVE HER A LITTLE CAKE WITHOUT FROSTING. NOW SHE ALLOWS JOLEAN TO TOUCH HER. JUST DON'T PICK HER UP.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

I WOULD LIKE TO WISH MY MOTHER A HAPPY MOTHERS DAY. SHE DIED WHEN I WAS 13 YEARS OLD. SHE ALWAYS HAD A SMILE ON HER FACE AND WAS READY TO LEND A HELPING HAND WHEN SHE COULD. SHE ONLY HAD 13 YEARS TO MOLD ME INTO THE PERSON I AM. I HOLD ON TIGHT TO THOSE FEW YEARS AND TRY TO MAKE HER PROUD. YOU WILL ALWAYS LIVE INSIDE MY HEART MOTHER. I LOVE YOU.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL THE MOTHERS AROUND THE WORLD. MAY THIS DAY BE FILLED WITH LOVE AND JOY FOR YOU.

JOLEAN

MEET MY LITTLE NEIGHBOR JOLEAN. TIM AND I PLANTED OUR GARDEN YESTERDAY. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A LOT MORE FUN IF WE ASKED JOLEEN IF SHE WANTED TO HELP. SHE STARTED OUT JUST POURING WATER ON THE PLANTS. SHE WATCHED TIM DIG A LITTLE HOLE , PLACE THE PLANTS IN IT AND PUT THE DIRT AROUND IT. YOU KNOW BY THE TIME WE HAD THE PLANTS ALL WATERED SHE HAD IT FIGURED OUT. I TURNED AROUND AND HER HANDS WERE COVERED IN MUD AND SHE HAD HER FIRST TOMATO PLANT IN THE GROUND. THEN IT WAS ON TO THE PEPPER AND CABBAGE. WE WERE LATE GETTING CABBAGE PLANTED BUT THAT'S ALRIGHT.

HERE SHE IS PLANTING SQUASH SEEDS. SHE ALSO PLANTED ZUCCHINI

AND WATERMELON.

TIME TO GET ALL CLEANED UP.

YOU KNOW SHE JUST THREATENED TO GET ME ALL WET.

AND LAST IS HER REWARD FOR HER HARD WORK. WE HAD THE MOST FUN WITH HER TODAY. I HOPE IT'S SOMETHING SHE WILL REMEMBER WHEN SHE'S GROWN AND WE ARE NO LONGER AROUND EXCEPT IN HER MEMORY.

IF SHE SEES US OUTSIDE SHE ASKS IF SHE CAN GO PLAY WITH TIM AND KATHY. WE JUST LOVE HER. IT'S LIKE HAVING A GRAND BABY.

SHE GOT IN TROUBLE TODAY. SHE CAME TO VISIT BEFORE SHE WAS TOLD SHE COULD. HER STEP FATHER TOLD HER SHE WAS IN TROUBLE SHE JUST HUNG HER LITTLE HEAD AND SAID I KNOW. I WALKED TO THE FENCE WHERE HE WAS WITH A TEARFUL LITTLE GIRL. HE EXPLAINED TO HER THAT SHE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL SHE HAD PERMISSION TO PLAY WITH US. AND LET HER KNOW HOW WORRIED THEY WERE WHEN THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHERE SHE WAS. HE LET HER KNOW JUST HOW MUCH TROUBLE SHE WAS GOING TO BE IN IF SHE DID IT AGAIN. SHE GOT A GET OUT OF JAIL CARD THIS TIME. I THINK HE REMEMBERED HOW MANY TIMES HIS MOTHER CALLED THE HOUSE ASKING IF HE WAS HERE. AND HE WAS. THAT BOY NEVER ASKED. HE JUST CAME ON DOWN AND PLAYED WITH OUR SON ERIC WHENEVER HE GOT READY.