Advent Conspiracy 2010

Last year's Advent Conspiracy shirt doesn't fit Katie this year. I found a long-sleeve red shirt for $2 at Target, and spiffed it up for this year's holiday season. You can't see the cute snowflakes I put on the sleeves too, but you get the idea from this photo.

Our family is part of  Advent Conspiracy. Not sure what that is? Here's a link to a video Katie made about how Advent Conspiracy changed us - not only our Christmas, but all year long! (Feel free to vote for her video to help her win the contest!) If that doesn't help explain it, this video will!

Gifts for High School Friends

Two old friends from high school each recently had a daughter. I made onesies to welcome the babies to the world!

EDIT: Here's one of the sweet girls in her onesie. So cute!

A Joint Production

Our friends Troy and Lori had their third baby recently. I made her a little onesie with her parents' names listed. Having babies is truly a joint production!

Four

This shirt was made for our friends' son, Liam. He just turned four this weekend.

Worth the Wait - Two Versions

My cousin Catherine just had her first child. She and her husband have waited years to welcome this baby to the world, and her arrival was a big cause for celebration! I made this onesie to send to the baby. I'm hoping she'll be able to wear it by the time I meet her at Thanksgiving this year.

Also, one of our college friends had his first child - make that children! Kevin's wife gave birth to twins - a boy and a girl. Their parents had a little wait of their own, so I made a set of Worth the Wait onesies for them.

These three babies have been eagerly anticipated by their parents. They are the culmination of many years of longing, and I'm so glad to welcome them to our world!

Twins: 1 of 2, 2 of 2

One of my best friends just gave birth to twin boys. This is one of the shower gifts I gave her:

It's a set of matching onesies for the boys. The writing is chocolate brown, which is one of her favorite colors. Since the boys were premature, it'll be a while before I get to see them in their onesies. I can't wait!

Sibling Love

A mom can dream, right?

In hopes of encouraging good relations between the warring factions in our house (just kidding, they're not THAT bad... yet), I stamped some shirts for Katie and Jackson. They modeled the finished products for me today, along with the face paint I put on them this morning.