Alice Videos

Just in case you have some down time this Easter weekend, here are some videos of Alice.

Alice is really close to crawling.  But she seems more interested in trying to walk, she straightens her back legs trying to stand up from the "crawling" position.  She hasn't figured out that she needs to move her hands forward to crawl.

Alice just started saying "da da da"

I love that Alice laughs at Lilo for just sitting there.

More Alice laughing at Lilo.

Her other new skill is getting from the "crawl" position back to sitting up...with a few face-plants along the way.

Good Morning!

Good morning!

There is nothing like a cute baby to wake up to to make you a morning person.

Alice is trying to figure out this whole sun and shadow thing.

We Are Going To....

Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge!

Stephen got accepted to their political science Ph. D. program.

We will be moving down there in early August.

As for the other 8 schools, they are big dummies who obviously don't know a good thing when they see it because they all rejected Stephen.

But I like to think of it as God giving us very clear directions on where we are supposed to go :o)

Moving to the "deep south" is going to be a new and exciting experience for us.

Also living in one place for more than 2 years is also going to be a new and exciting experience.

I am greatly looking forward to having a garden and hopefully chickens (I looked it up, you can have up to 3 chickens in Baton Rouge!)

We are trying to figure out if we will buy a place.

It is hard to rent since most places say no pets or if they allow pets there is a 25 pound weight limit.

(Willow is 30 pounds and Lilo is 70 pounds)

And it would be especially hard to give up the pets now that Alice loves them so much.

Stephen is going to go down there in the next couple of months to check things out.

 LSU's football team is the Tigers so here is Alice with her "tiger".

Giselle is so patient.

Here are some funny bloopers from our photo shoot :o)

Clever Apple is coming back!

I closed down my Etsy shop when we left Hawaii.

It wasn't really planned, it just came from having all our things in boxes while in Missouri and finding out we were having a baby and then having said baby.

Somehow I just didn't have the time (or much of a desire) to sit and embroider for hours.

But lately I have missed doing crafty things and now that Alice is older I have (a little) more time to work on things.

Also, with Stephen getting out of active duty and into the reserves and starting school soon, some extra income certainly wouldn't hurt.

So I am re-opening my Etsy shop CleverApple.

Though the name is the same, the product is different.

I'm keeping it a surprise what it is but be sure it's adorable and genius!

(Well, at least I think so)

It is taking a lot of time and work to get everything ready but if all goes well, I should be opening my shop in the beginning of April.

Here are some pictures of my work space (aka the dining room table) to give you some hints.

Future Reader

Alice's Papa Wolfe and Grandma Patti sent her an adorable onesie that inspired this photo shoot.

"Hmm, what book is this?"

"Oh, it's Moo, Baa, La La La!"

"Ah yes, the little dogs go ruff, ruff, ruff, I knew that.

"Silly pigs, they say oink not la la la."

"Hm, I wonder how this book tastes.."

 "This book is a little more confusing.  So Tigger and the sunset are orange..."

Onesie into T-shirt

I have found it hard to find clothes for Alice that I really love that are not outrageously expensive.

I like things that are cute, not overly frilly or too pink.

I tend to like things in light blue.

I hate things with sayings like "Diva" or "Princess".

I LOVE rompers.

I love stretchy jeans.

I love summer clothes.

So in my dilemma I started looking around pinterest for some ideas to make some summer clothes for Alice.

I came across a picture of a onesie that the bottom had been cut off and t-shirt material had been added to make a little cuff at the bottom.

It was so cute and easy but sadly the tutorial was in a different language.

But I decided to try it anyways.

I used an old onesie that she was starting to get too long for (but not too wide for) and it had poop stains on the bottom.

It turned out cute but with the white onesie it seemed a little plain.

Then I remembered something else on pinterest where you use freezer paper to screen print on clothes.

So I hurried off to Hobby Lobby in search of fabric paint.

I was sad to see they only had a few colors and that it was expensive.

Then I came across something called "textile medium".

You mix it with acrylic paint and it turns it into fabric paint!

I almost kissed the bottle right there in the store!

Acrylic paint comes in every color imaginable and is cheap!

So I wrangled in my Martha Stewart monster and chose only a few paint colors (my monster was yelling in me "Get Every Color!")

Got home and found some images online that I printed out and traced onto the freezer paper.

I cut out the design, ironed it onto the onesie and painted away!

I was nervous the whole time that the paint might seep under the freezer paper and mess up the design so when I pulled it off I was trilled at how it turned out!

See for yourself!

Alice is so hip and trendy with chevrons AND ombre :o)

Now my Martha Stewart monster is coming up with a million other ideas for t-shirts for Alice.

Oh, so many ideas....so little time.

Also, it's currently 45 degrees here and the 10 day forecast doesn't get above 55 so its not really t-shirt weather...so lame.

Avocado

So the banana wasn't a success but avocado was!

She had some difficulty grabbing the pieces because they were so slippery, she would grab them and squeeze and the piece would pop right out of her fist.

Then she just started raking it into her mouth straight from the tray.

Uh, you got a little something on your face...

And on your hands. (notice she used her left hand)