baby time

For the last few weeks, my doctor was increasingly monitoring our baby's growth. there were several signs of growth restriction that they were a little concerned about. my weight gain had stopped, the fluid levels were low, the placenta was showing abnormal calcification and then finally in the last week, our baby's weight and measurements were showing that he was having to compensate for these things. on tuesday after my ultrasound, our doctor advised that i be induced either that night or the next morning. we chose to go in on wednesday. after my initial freak-out that i didn't feel at All ready to have our baby  2 1/2 weeks early, andrew helped me get a grip and by wed. am i felt very much at peace and excited to meet our little guy. :)

still smiling while waiting for the pitocin to fully kick in...

and 6 hours later.....little Benjamin Andrew Schmidt was born

He weighed 6lbs 4oz and was 19inches long

I promise to post more pictures soon. :)

madeline

here's a picture of my little girl who is a devoted lover of luggage, accessories and babies...

"chevron" curtains complete

So...i would not have had a clue what "chevron" meant until i saw this post on MADE today. Afterward i felt pretty cool that i just happened to have hung my curtains with the very same "chevron" pattern that she featured without knowing how very cool they were. Amazing how one person i don't even know can bring such confirmation of coolness. :)

Anyway! here's a couple pictures:

Like i mentioned before, the fabric is made by Premier prints and bought from fabric.com.

Even though this was the 2nd pair of lined curtains i've sewn and the whole process did go much more quickly and definitely without as many headaches, i still see that i could never do it professionally...i just can't make myself measure and cut precisely or even close to precisely. There's just so much freedom in "winging" it that i don't think i could ever give that up... However, if i could get my super precise, ultra-organized, mathematical, analytical and detail-oriented husband to do all the measuring and cutting we might be on to something...

"God's Blue" :)

here's the after of the paint color!

Nursery Update- PAINT

When Andrew came home from his 4-day trip last week and looked in the baby's room he wondered if i had decided to do some kind of patch work quilt technique on the walls. I think i counted 10 different colors i tried and about 7 of those were variations on blue. i had bought several samples of colors i had seen in magazines or on blogs or just from paint swatches, my mom and sis had lent me some colors they had tried or had left-overs from and i even mixed 2 different shades of blue myself. Let me tell you, i was HATING paint by the time he got home. Finally i decided on one of my personally mixed colors, painted it on a piece of cardstock and took it to Lowes to color match. Andrew had very definitely warned against mixing my own color but as i didn't have any other ones i liked i took the risk and bought a gallon. Sure enough, Andrew was right to mistrust the whole process because the color in the can was a COMPLETELY different color from what i had mixed myself. We decided to use it anyway and....I LOVE it! So, I'm calling it "God's Blue" because evidently He knew He needed to stop the madness and just give me the color i needed before i went crazy. :)

Sorry i don't have an after picture of the paint color. Andrew took the camera to an airshow today...
But, here are a few more recent buys:

1. 1 gallon of paint w/ $5 rebate! - -------------------------------$20.00
2. curtain rod/ rings/ hooks from BBB w/ a $10 off coupon-------------- $30.00
3. lamp shade (the one i recovered) from Target------------------------$12.00
4. velcro, duckcloth, fusible interfacing for various projects-------------$9.00
5. Red polka dot fabric used partly for the lamp shade -----------------$8.00

Total: $ 79.00