Thursday, April 24, 2008

My New Favorite Website

Has anyone heard of Etsy.com? Well, I am now obsessed with it. It is kind of a spin off of Ebay, but almost everything sold on it is handmade, and there is no bidding. Anyone can get on it and sell what they wish. I love scrolling from page to page looking at baby/kid stuff. There are a lot of really cute ideas out there that you can easily make yourself. It has really gotten me in touch with my crafty side. I recently made a appliqué onesie. When you think of appliqué I always thought of my grandmas quilts, but you can do so many cute things on onesies or t-shirts using the same process. This was my first attempt at appliqué, so it it is still a work in progress. Etsy has so many cute ideas that I want to steal, now I just have decide where I want to begin.



So Cruz likes to get into fights with himself. The two scratches on his nose look way better now, but the scratch on his temple is huge. He had blood on his sheet, he scratched himself so good. No he didn't punch himself in the eye, it is red because he is tired.

I am a big believer in swaddling so Cruz has never had a chance to scratch himself when he slept. But, now he is getting a lot more coordinated with his arms, so I decided I would start wrapping him with one arm out and see how he did. Also because recently he has been a little Houdini and brakes free every night around four in the morning. For the most part he has done really well at having an arm free while he sleeps, and hasn't been waking himself up, even when he gouges his face. After he gets used to the one arm being free at night, I'll let the other one loose too.

5 comments:

Tommy and Monique Shelby said...

super cute onesie you made! He's getting so big!! Poor thing...fighting with himself. Tuff guy already huh? Have you tried putting socks over his hands at night yet? That might work.

Ann-Marie said...

i just love the look on his face in these pictures!

Jodee said...

Hi Tatem! It was so great to have you come visit the other day! I have been blogstalking the blogs in our ward and found yours! I too am a huge Etsy fan! It is such a great site, especially if you are a lover of all things handmade- like me! You did a great job on the onesie! Anyway, we have a blog too, if you want to check it out, ronnieandjodeechapman.blogspot.com. I will have to link you so I can keep up on your cute family! Take care!

The Heaton's said...

martha would be proud of your craftiness. swaddling was the only thing that kept connor asleep at night! he stated getting so strong i would pin his sleeves to the swaddle (only did that a few days and decided it wasn't safe) so he couldn't get his arms out. we just took away the swaddle like 3 weeks ago, and did just fine without. he kind of just weened himself. (i did put socks over his hands at night so that he didn't scratch his face, it worked really well).

Jared and Paige said...

Cruz is such a lucky baby to have a mommy with talent to make such a cute onesie for him. How great are you? He has such a cute smile too.