Snow day version 2.0

This is our second TN attempt at snow. We were out of school on Friday and they were nice enough to let us know the day before at 4:30 so I stayed up a little late knowing I didn't have to get up quite so early. Well, we have 2-3 in...enough to cover all the grass, but then we got 1/2 in of ice last night to cover all the fluffy-ness and make it hard and crunchy- boo! William has been sick since Monday with his first antibiotic needing earache. Its been pitiful! A fever, he's not hungry, he just wants to sit around..poor Bunny! Today was his first day without a fever and we thought we'd enjoy the snow...we tried. Maybe we'll get one more attempt at snow this winter! On another note, the indoor time has given me lots of time to sew...Click here to see what I've been up to!

We took the convertible out of the storage building to let WDP take a little spin.... The ice was so hard the car could hardly break through it...

We were trying to be creative and find indoor fun- William found Chad's dress up glasses for his 80s band.... I may have a little rocker on my hands....

We went out to Krispy Kreme this morning just to get out of the house. You would think WDP would love a "hot and now"...nope, but the cookie monster coloring book in the kids corner was quite entertaining.... Our sandbox looked so sad to me, just waiting on Spring and summer!

Guys Weekend

Chad and William went away for a "guys weekend." Of course that meant a weekend for me to get caught up on 1) sleep 2) sewing projects and 3) sleep. I think the boys had fun being in Atlanta for the weekend (thank you William and Emily...mainly Emily because she watched and played with WDP all day so Chad could work on their basement), and of course I love the feeling of accomplishment after a big sewing weeknd. I am almost caught up on projects. And major exciting news...I had my first order from someone I don't know!!!! Yeah!!!! So fun! I'll try to get pictures tonight of my projects. I LOVE this picture of William and Maddie (Ma-Ma). He talked about her all afternoon. I'm sure she's not missing WDP...he fed her chapsticks to their dog....poor Maddie. If I knew where to buy Sprite flavored chapstick I would definetly send her some more!!!!

New tees

OK, I made tons of cute tees this weekend...See them here. Here are some Valentine tees...Most are fuzzy minky :-) Willaim is really getting the hang of school. No tears today at drop off :-)

Enjoying the "heat"

It has been C.O.L.D. here...I mean we're talking if it's above 25 I think it's warm. William loves to be outside and this has thrown a wrench in our plans. His new school has an awesome indoor playground and a new Chick Fil A is opening next week(yes, Ashlee Lawson is coming- yeah!) close to us with what looks like a rockin' indoor playground, so we'll make it to March, but we were lucky enough to have a "hot" day yesterday at 50 degrees so we ran home to take a spin in the cozy coupe. He was sooo cute. He doesn't get the push with your feet part and his legs are too long to just hang so this is our compromise. School's getting better. I just love when they tell me how sweet he is and that he loves his art class. My little Picasso...or more like my little Jackson Pollock....

"Snow" day fun

We had a "snow" storm. This is it...and we were out for two days of school...yeah for me! Here are a few pictures of William playing ion the "blizzard." He couldn't get enough of it. He kept saying "noh." The snow gave me plenty of time to start a new project...check it out.

My latest "thing"... I have figured out how to use my Babylock embroidery machine to do appliques!!!! Now they look store bought...perfect! Why did it take me sooo long to figure this out? What do you think? I love it. Does a tee shirt have a stain? Applique a cute dachshund or seal pup over it. What? Brilliant I say!

You monogrammed every outfit your son has and now your BFF has a sweet baby who could wear it but she didn't name him William? Place a rocket over it. Nice! Recycling in its cutest form!

A friend's having a baby? How about a cute H with her name under it? ( Don't worry Sunday, there are more cute things for baby Hollings, I just really like this one... the rest will be a surprise)

Every plain tee William had now has something on it...mainly to cover the stain but also because this was soo fun! He's also started school so now everyone there will know his name too :-) Which by the way we are having a HARD time with...he's waking up all night, wailing our names, super clingy, teary eyed at school...it'll be OK WDP, we promise. More on school later....

Here he is having fun on the cool indoor playground. This was before we left him the first day...

I also did some cute tees for Mary Katherine's girls...this is my new favorite thing to do....

I think this will be a fun addition to my baby clothes blog, which I need to get working on asap....

My favorite Christmas gift

We had a portrait painted of William for Christmas. I just love it. It's framed and hanging in the dining room. Sorry this isn't the best picture. Chad has a bunch of drum stuff stacked under it...obviously not a formal dining room :-) The web address was http://www.personalartist.com/ Her name is Laurie. She was so nice and I thought very affordable. This is my favorite Christmas gift...besides the new light for my sewing room :-)

Here's William being "nice" to the "baby" before we hung it up :-)

Ok, and I'm thinking about doing a blog with sewing stuff on it so people can order things. it would still be all custom ordered, but I thought it'd be an easy way to show people a few ideas and have prices up because I'm such a bad salesman..and photographer...It's up on the "Blog List"...it's a VERY rough start.....

Christmas 2009

Well, we've travelled to SC for a day...to GA for 2 days, but in different cities, and now we are home!!! William was such a trooper in the car compared to last year...scroll to Dec 2008- he cried almost the entire trip... Of course endless baby Einstein and Elmo videos helped that a lot! We did stumble upon a great little rests top on 24 by Lake Nickajack- it has a great "pet walk" or "let your kid run free by this fence and look at ducks on the lake so they/you can relax" section- Perfect!!! William had fun seeing everyone and playing with his cousins. He really didn't nap or eat well, but we survived and I am happy to say we will start the Perry Trio Christmas tradition next year at our own house- can't wait!!!! This year he got a cool Radio Flyer trike with a handle for us to push him with...but he's been riding it since November (found it more than 1/2 off at Toys R Us and it was already put togther- someone bought it and returned it- score) And the other gift was a set of 4 cabinets in his room- kid sized and just his height. Thanks Chad- he loves them. Open, close, open, close.

I tell you- having a handy husband is so nice..... next year Santa will really stop by and see us, this year it was all about the boxes! I just want to see his face when Santa comes and make our own family traditions. Listen to him say Santa.....

Too precious, right? We had to tape it. I know it'll sound different next year. He did start saying "More Tanta" and "More tickle" this weekend....he just wants you to find as many pictures of Santa as possible to point them out so he can say "hey Tanta" He is becoming such a little boy playing with trucks and leggos...it's adorable. One more week of vacation and then it's back to school for me and WDP. I'm so excited for him to have some little friends his age and learn to share :-) ...and a few more days to get some stuff made...lots of new babies mean lots of sewing for me!

Lastly, we stopped in Atl to see our friends Emily and William and their daughter wanted to have a dance party and WDP joined in.

I think he takes after me...that is how I met Chad after all :-)