A Bit of Smocking.....

Thank you all so much for the warm wishes for my little ones. The three older kids are feeling better....just have a lingering cough (two of them also have a sinus infection - just for fun). Saturday evening Ean started getting sick. He has been miserable. Well it's hard to feel well when you are keeping a 104.7 fever for hours and hours. We have had a few rough nights but I am hopeful he will be better soon. He still has quite a cough but he is trying so hard to maintain a good attitude. A few minutes ago a neighbor came to our door and surprised us with dinner. In the process of thanking him I noticed that Ean fell down and sunk his top tooth right through his bottom lip. Sweet baby...he is really having a rough day!!!

Before the kids got sick I was working on a gift for a precious friend of mine. I met this sweet friend last year through this humble little blog. She has offered me so much encouragement, wisdom, etc over the months. She is definitely the kind of person I would love to have live next door. But since we live a few states away from each other, I'll take her friendship via e-mail.

Anyway, this friend of mine has three beautiful grandchildren. Two of them are twin grand-daughters and they will be two this month. I so wanted to make them something special for their big day. So I dug out patterns and fabrics to decide what to make them. I won't share all the details yet...but here is a sneak peek. I only lack hemming them (yes "them", remember there are two of them!) But what a joy it has been sewing for these precious little girls!