This sale-bin bear was not our original plan for Owen's cuddly item. Oh no. Our Pasadena neighbor Alison gave Owen a darling little lamb that he loved for the first 6 months of his life. So much so that I thought ahead to order several more...since a white lovie is a dirty lovie...and as a first time mom, I didn't want him to have to wait while he was in the washer. Well, Owen's love for Louis the Lamb (and Louis the II, III, and IV) was tested while the grandmothers were in town visiting. They took Owen for a walk and forgot the lamb. Walking down Lake Avenue, south of Colorado, their docile grandson turned more vocal, shall we say. Finding themselves without a comfort item, quick thinking Sushi bought a Halloween bear (discounted dramatically since it was November). You know how she loves a sale. And since most of you have never seen a lamb at our house, you can guess how quickly Owen embraced his new love...and dropped Louis like a bad habit. 3.5 years later, this orange bear with pumpkins on his paws looks like this:
So, here's to Spooky Bear...may you survive to stowaway in Owen's suitcase to college!
Moving on...here's a travel pillow/nap pillow I made for one of Owen's classmates for his birthday. O-man picked out the fabric.
He was very serious. You know, those "expressive eyebrows" as Rhea Sid. calls them.
Two posts in one month? May two Mondays off in February bring you more pictures, more interesting posts than mine, and less use of ellipsis. I'm too tired to think of transitional phrases between thoughts so...
I wanted to title this post "Now I know Why Some Animals Eat Their Young", but lucky for us all, posting about some sweeter Owen milestones has made me forget (almost) what a horrible evening we had.
Oh, and for those keeping track at home...I'm 22 weeks along...ultrasound tech wanted to change the due date to May 31st, but let's stick with the original June 9th. Makes me feel like I'm honoring more of my teaching contract to the 12th that way. Baby's movin' and groovin'. Owen's response to the kicking was "Mom, she's playing hi-ya in your tummy. She's going to box your belly open and it will crack like an egg!" I'll leave you with that mental image. He had sound effects too, but that just might be too much.
4 comments:
I'm so impressed with your amazing sewing skills (and your mom's). I have zero ability and really zero interest until I see an awesome project like some of yours at completion. Then I think "well, maybe"... Really, though, I'm very impressed. Oh, and I loved the bowling pictures. What a fun little boy!!
Thank goodness for some new Owen pictures! Although I am sure I will still get daily requests for "I want to see Owen at the beach movie" and "I want to watch Owen on the scooter!".
And I am very proud of your sewing work! Owen's room looks like quite the grown up little boy's room! So cute!
My cell phone minutes reset tomorrow! I have been out for almost two weeks! I will holla!
Thanks for the latest and greates photos of Owen, etc. Owen is themain thing, of course, unless there are photos of you.
You are doing great with you sewing skills. What fun!
I wish I could do reconstructive surgery on my own body, like I did Spooky Bear's.
Missing you and your sweet family.
I love the projects you have made, they're beautiful! I was hoping the title "reconstructive surgery" was going to be about something better than a teddy bear.....oh well. What bowling alley did you go to? Did Michael use bumpers too?
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