To tide you over and so hard to take a picture

Some of you have been bugging me - "where's a new post, where's a new post?" so I will do a quick one to tide you over for the weekend. Gary will be doing one this weekend, I promise on his behalf, so check on Monday (if you check at work) and there will be one waiting for you!

Lately I have found that it is so hard to take a picture of Calder. Oh, he still loves the camera - big smiles all around when I take the camera out - but he is so on the go all the time, that I am finding it hard to get a shot of him sitting still, let alone looking at the camera. These pictures are a result of what's been happening of late.




The final result in this case - HI MOMMY! :) Waaaaaaay too close. :)


But, I do take multiple pictures - thank God for digital cameras, otherwise I would be wasting tons of film, or have to be satisfied with mediocre pictures. These two I took this morning, they turned out great, and I think Gary will like them!! :)



I love Calder in that shirt (it's a hand-me-down) but it scares me that it's labelled "toddler size" at 12-18 months, ouch! lol Well it fits well and hopefully fits throughout the summer, I have tons of gorgeous Gymboree clothes just waiting to be worn and they are all size 12-18!

I don't know if recently I have gotten more of a domestic bug, or my creativity bug is coming back. At any rate, Gary's mom recently lent me a sewing machine as I got it into my head recently that I wanted to sew Calder a blanket. I know, I know - crazy, huh? Especially since I haven't touched a sewing machine since Home Ec. in Grade 8. But I loved it then, and thought I could remember enough for now. Well, I did ok, I think! I didn't measure anything, hee hee - the sewing is not straight, and I've already had to repair a ribbon tag, but it looks pretty darn good, I think! Not bad for a first try after 20 years!



It's reversible as you can tell and has ribbons along the side for Calder to pull and chew. I noticed that he LOVES tags on clothes and toys and I knew you could buy tag blankets, so I thought, what better thing than to make one? :)

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!