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Will Your Baby Remember This?

My oldest daughter was six weeks old when the first installment of the most recent set of Star Wars movies came out. Now my husband is a pretty easy going guy and not a lot ruffles his feathers. But we HAD to go see that movie in the movie theatre or he may have spontaneously imploded. Since I was breastfeeding and not willing to leave my daughter at that point (pumping was NOT my friend) we brought her with us to go see Star Wars. We joke in our house that our children have to be under 3 months or … Continue reading →

Building a Baby Clothes Quilt

Have you ever made a baby clothes quilt? I’ve got one in progress that I’ve been working on for several years. It started with my daughter’s baby clothes. I kept out several of the better items that I remember her wearing with love and cut out a 6”x 6” squares from each of them. Over the years, I have taken out 6” x 6” squares from all kinds of her clothes that she’s worn. I have about 30 separate squares at the moment. Those 30 squares are sewn into 5 nine-patch blocks. While those 5 blocks are hardly enough to … Continue reading →

Footprints in our Memories

You know, when my daughter was born, I was surprised that not only did they not take a footprint or handprint of her – they didn’t even issue her a birth certificate. In fact, a lot of hospitals don’t anymore – they give you a letter of registration. It basically informs people that you had a child and some key data about the child. If you want a birth certificate, you have to send off for it. I was more than a little startled about that, but I did end up getting her birth certificate and it’s nothing really fancy … Continue reading →