Monday, June 7, 2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Monogram IT baby!
While in High School, I worked in a retail store called Tassels. My sixteenth birthday consisted of me blowing out candles and finding a job. After getting my job at Tassels I realized how sheltered I really was. The Tassels world contained pink polka dots, lime green stripes, and everything, from handbags to handtowels, HAD to be monogrammed.
Now as a mother, I LOVE monogammed items for my son, Dylan! Monogramming not only looks great but it also makes the item personal.
In these photos, I have sewn a burp cloth with an automobile print fabric and had it monogammed for my very good friend, LeAnn. Little Mason will be born on July 9th and I know he is going to love his burp cloth. :) What baby wouldn't?!
This is my son, Dylan, modeling his first handmade bib. I know he is such a cutie pie.. God has really blessed my husband and I. He really loves his bib and I think its because of all the animals and colors. The fabric used to make this bib was Alexander Henry 2D, Zoo, Blue.
The photo to the right, shows Dylan's bib monogrammed.
Monogramming is a great and affordable way to give an ol1d item a new look... to make anything fun, funky, and stylish
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Awesome Wash Cloths!
My newest creation... <>
Set of 4 Wash Cloths
Measure 5 in x 5 in
Price: $10
How awesome?! I know! I have been on the search for really cute baby items and I have found a lot but not this cute! They are fun, stylish, and whimsical.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Love Lil' Lilly Bug
This is my first post and I am thrilled to have a blog and business named after my Lilly. Here is the story about Lilly Brie Knox....
Our precious Angel was born October 26, 2007 and she past October 27, 2007. She weighed 4 lbs, 8 oz and she was 17 inches. We spent 6 precious hours with her. She has left her little footprints on our hearts forever!
On June 12th, my husband and I went to the doctor to have our first ultrsound. Which we were very excited about! :0) They told us that we were having a baby girl! The Ultrasound girl kept talking aobut how cute she looked and how wiggly she was. :)
After our ultrsound we waited for the doctor to come in and tell us that we had an excellent ultrasound but instead she told us that there were 3 things that they saw that troubled them. She had an enlarged artery, her hands were clenched and she had a cyst on her brain. So the doctor made an appointment for us to see the specialist at Brody School of Medicine. At that appointment we found out that Lilly has a hole in her heart along with the enlarged artery, 2 cyst on her brain, still her clench fists, and they said that her head was shaped like a strawberry.
The Specialist wanted us to have an amniocentisis, which is where they take a long needle and draw fluid that the baby is in, to run tests to see if the baby has a chromosome disorder. We were so confused and scared. The Specialist also told us that if we were to get a abortion that they would support our decision. Not beleiving in taking a childs life, our decision was very easy.. Lilly deserved to live. Why would we take a blessing?!
We decided that we would go ahead and have the amnio, expecting that nothing was really wrong. I was at work when the specialist called with the results. She said that the amnio results werent good, that Lilly has what they call Edwards Syndrome (Trisomy 18).
The next day, I went back to the specialist to hear all about babies that are born with this condition. The specialist said that 50% of the babies born live to be 5 months old, 95% of another study live the day thier born, another 10% live to see their 1st birthday. We found out that my percentage of having another baby with this disorder went down to 1%. And the only reason that its at 1% is because they said that Lilly has the Full Trisomy 18, which is the worst of the Trisomy 18. After hearing all this, I didn't really get upset. Throughout the rest of my pregnancy I had my moments where I was upset, angry, and hurt.
But I kept praying that she would be born to term, so that the family would be able to hold her and that she would have a head full of hair. Both came true. She was born to term at 39 weeks and she had a head full of hair! :)
She still blesses us everyday. She was only here for a short time but she has changed so many lives!
Please visit her Memorial Page:
http://lillillybug.muchloved.com
This was written almost three years ago. I was only 22 at the time. I'm going to be completely honest and say that I do think about her and wonder who she would be today. Would she look more like Michael or me? Would she have brown, beautiful curls like I had when I was little? I also think about all the times she would have scraped her knee and just my kiss would have made it feel better. What would be?
I do know this, she is happy with the Lord. I pray the Lord will open up more opportunities for me to speak of her and my experience.
Our precious Angel was born October 26, 2007 and she past October 27, 2007. She weighed 4 lbs, 8 oz and she was 17 inches. We spent 6 precious hours with her. She has left her little footprints on our hearts forever!
On June 12th, my husband and I went to the doctor to have our first ultrsound. Which we were very excited about! :0) They told us that we were having a baby girl! The Ultrasound girl kept talking aobut how cute she looked and how wiggly she was. :)
After our ultrsound we waited for the doctor to come in and tell us that we had an excellent ultrasound but instead she told us that there were 3 things that they saw that troubled them. She had an enlarged artery, her hands were clenched and she had a cyst on her brain. So the doctor made an appointment for us to see the specialist at Brody School of Medicine. At that appointment we found out that Lilly has a hole in her heart along with the enlarged artery, 2 cyst on her brain, still her clench fists, and they said that her head was shaped like a strawberry.
The Specialist wanted us to have an amniocentisis, which is where they take a long needle and draw fluid that the baby is in, to run tests to see if the baby has a chromosome disorder. We were so confused and scared. The Specialist also told us that if we were to get a abortion that they would support our decision. Not beleiving in taking a childs life, our decision was very easy.. Lilly deserved to live. Why would we take a blessing?!
We decided that we would go ahead and have the amnio, expecting that nothing was really wrong. I was at work when the specialist called with the results. She said that the amnio results werent good, that Lilly has what they call Edwards Syndrome (Trisomy 18).
The next day, I went back to the specialist to hear all about babies that are born with this condition. The specialist said that 50% of the babies born live to be 5 months old, 95% of another study live the day thier born, another 10% live to see their 1st birthday. We found out that my percentage of having another baby with this disorder went down to 1%. And the only reason that its at 1% is because they said that Lilly has the Full Trisomy 18, which is the worst of the Trisomy 18. After hearing all this, I didn't really get upset. Throughout the rest of my pregnancy I had my moments where I was upset, angry, and hurt.
But I kept praying that she would be born to term, so that the family would be able to hold her and that she would have a head full of hair. Both came true. She was born to term at 39 weeks and she had a head full of hair! :)
She still blesses us everyday. She was only here for a short time but she has changed so many lives!
Please visit her Memorial Page:
http://lillillybug.muchloved.com
This was written almost three years ago. I was only 22 at the time. I'm going to be completely honest and say that I do think about her and wonder who she would be today. Would she look more like Michael or me? Would she have brown, beautiful curls like I had when I was little? I also think about all the times she would have scraped her knee and just my kiss would have made it feel better. What would be?
I do know this, she is happy with the Lord. I pray the Lord will open up more opportunities for me to speak of her and my experience.
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