Eating, tongues, and curtains!

Punctuation is important, huh? Otherwise you'd think that we're over here eating our tongues and curtains. Well it's still up for debate whether Sammy is eating his tongue or not. He's certainly not eating any solid foods, so it's quite possible that his tongue has become a nice "anytime" snack for him. This little habit has formed over the past few days and he's doing it more and more. Here's to hoping it's only a phase...

This whole tongue thing has kind of gotten in the way of the eating-solid-foods thing that we've been working on. I caved today and tried carrots instead of the peas peas PEAS that we've been pushing lately. I also have a jar of pears that are my LAST RESORT. At the suggestion of my mom, I went out and got every baby spoon ever manufactured in case the reason behind Sammy's disdain for everything on a spoon was being caused by disapproval of the actual spoon I was using to feed him with. There's no way he could be rejecting the food on the spoon because it is the food he sucks straight from the bottle multiple times a day. A photo from one of our feeding sessions:

From left to right: a bowl of plain formula, a bowl with formula and rice cereal, and a teeny tiny itsy bitsy half ounce or so of breastmilk. No, he wasn't drinking the Coke, that was mine, but if he would consider taking it off a spoon, I would let him have at it. If it hadn't been 2 in the afternoon, I would have been gunning for the WINE because holy moly watching him spit out every last drop that I stuck in his mouth almost drove me to the edge and back!! He thinks it's hilarious.

But since we're talking about funny redheads-- my best friend Brittany came up this weekend to help me with some sewing projects around the house. She is such a whiz when it comes to measuring and cutting and stitching and thinking the entire project through BEFORE SHE STARTS. That is a major downfall I have when it comes to projects. I am so caught up in getting it started and finished that I forget a step and ruin the entire thing. It was nice to have such quality help. It also didn't hurt that Sammy loved her and we got to catch up and have girl time.
We made a curtain panel (for our giant window-door in the living room) and some pillows. And when I say "we," obviously I mean Brittany. I was a little bit scared of touching the sewing machine and causing the curtain to morph into a valence. Brittany did beautiful work though.

Just look at that craftsmanship! :)

Brittany sewed, I took pictures, Steve held Sammy, and Sammy monitored Brittany's progress. It's best when everyone has a specific job to do, right?

Well, we eventually got Steve to do the "man work" that needed to be done. Power tools always fall under "man work" in my book.

And the finished product-- Gorgeous!!

There are plenty of other pillows that we cut and pinned, but the sewing machine had had enough by 9-ish Friday night (we're pretty wild, huh?), so we saved them for another day. Can't wait to post the whole package--the pillows are for the sofa that seems as if it will never arrive, so once it gets here and the pillows are on it (lookin' fabulous), I will post more pictures.

Could the discount fabric be ANY cuter???

And here is a picture of me and my skinny best friend, who, I kid you not, tried on a dress that I had from HIGH SCHOOL, which was approximately SIX YEARS AGO, and she fit into it perfectly. Actually, I think it might have been a little loose. Either way, I think I might have turned a few shades of green...

As soon as I learn how to use Photoshop, I am going to look GOOD.

All in all, it was a GREAT visit. I love hanging out with Brittany and catching up, but making pillows and curtains was some serious icing on the cake.

Now check out how "adult" Steve and I are. We own a LAWN MOWER. Our lawn is no longer the jungle of our block (we passed that torch on to our next-door neighbors around noon today).

And can you believe we fought over who got to mow the lawn?? The weather is THAT NICE. Everyone is out mowing their lawn just to have something to do outside. Kids are EVERYWHERE. Grills are popping out of every garage. And I've got the SPF 100 handy so Sammy and I don't miss any of the action.