Half a year!

Today Lillianne is 6 months old!

I can't believe time has flown so fast. And it only seems to go by faster!  I could hardly wait to see her when I found out I was pregnant, and the pregnancy seemed to go forever....of course it did because they thought I was 9 weeks when apparently I was only 6 weeks, so more than halfway through they determined that my due date was July 25th rather than July 11th.  Then when the 11th came and passed, I still had hoped that the doctors were wrong.  But When the 25th came and went I could hardly stand it.  Everyday I felt like I was sitting on pins and needles and the day took forever.  Until finally, the 30th came along and the doctors said that's enough and we got to evict her, but not before one more ultrasound picture which was super exciting for me.  She had kissy lips and chubby cheeks.  And when we finally saw her for real it was amazing.  She has been a strong girl since she was little and in this time has learned to babble, click with her tongue, roll from front to back and back to front, sit up, hold a bottle, scoot backwards and so much more.  It has been so fun watching her grow this far. 

Messy house...again

Hello again,
  So after spending the week cleaning our condo to have friends over for our small group (very small, two couples, if you are looking for a small group come join), I decided I wanted to mess it up again.  Well really I just wanted to make something, so I pulled out all of my sewing stuff and made a dress ...and a mess.  I had a few really cute fat quarters that my grandma-in-law gave me and wanted to make something with them and didn't know if I had enough for a dress.  Then I had a book of very cute little patterns that I wanted to make, but they only had sizes 18 months and older, and they all took almost 2 yards of fabric which I didn't have.  So....I chucked the book and gave it a shot making the dress without a pattern.  I measured Lilly around the chest and it was 18 inches.  I guestimated based on the sizes that the 18 month and 24 month measurements were and added a couple of inches for a 20 inch chest measurement in hopes that this would be the size she would wear in April.  It seems to fit the measurements I found on her 12 month clothing.  Then I basically cut rectangles...2 skirts, and 2 tops, and then a strip, sewed it together and voila...a dress.

It really wasn't too hard, and I want to make more for my shop...I just need to figure out real sizes for people who, when they purchase something, want real sizes...not just o well it might fit in a few months, :)  So needless to say my husband said my sewing takes over the whole house, and my resolution to the problem...buy a bigger house, one with more rooms...not just for another kid in the future, but for a sewing room.  A girl can dream... right?

ps I will not show a picture of my messy house :)

Tiny Toes in Napa!!!

I don't know if I mentioned, my shoes are selling in a gift shop at the Napa River Inn in Napa, California.  So...if you are getting your wine on, be sure to check them out.  It was such a fluke.  As some of you may know I turned my hobby into business just after Lillianne was born, in hopes that I could make a little bit of money to justify staying home with her.  It has been a slow start, but who cares!  I am having fun.  I have made many little shoes and bows and always dressed Lilly in them.  Well, I had several people while out and about who told me I should sell the shoes especially, because they were cute, cloth, reversible, and well...cute.  Kelly McD and Ashley McD along with Kathy O. really encouraged me to give it a shot while we were at our women's retreat.  So....I did it. I opened a little shop on Facebook.  When Sara my friend who lives in Napa saw them, (her hubby's family owns a winery, Mckenzie-Mueller, check it out) she wanted to buy some for her soon to be nephew.  Then she showed everyone at work and the rest is history.  Here they are on the cute little shelf.  

 

 There are only 4 pairs because she already sold a pair. :)  woohoo!  I know it isn't that many, but it is a trial.  Here is a picture of the pair that sold.

And the 4 that are there.

Needless to say I am excited whether or not they sell. But if they do, I better get crackin'!  O, I think I forgot to mention.  The lady who owns the gift shop only sells stuff hand-crafted in California.  So be sure to check it out if you visit. The name of the gift shop is Amelia's.

Almost a thief!

  Well today was a lazy day, but I was mostly working on trying to get some orders for my little business Pretty Bows and Tiny Toes.  Speaking of which, some people have asked to post some pictures.  So here we go.  This was one of the pairs I was working on today.

 Because my little one was being a pistol, and taking short naps, I did not get very far.  Well I finished the pair.  I also have an outfit, and two more pairs of shoes to make up and then I would like to start making some more clothes from a lovely pattern book I received for my birthday.  I was going to work on some more, but my mom called and invited Grant and I to dinner and then wanted to go to Carters to buy clothes for her grand-daughter to which of course we said we would like to go.  While there, I loved some of the clothes myself and was set on buying them until...my hubby decided he and my dad wanted to go to Starbucks, and make me out to be a thief.  We are lucky we are all not in jail, jk.  Anyhow the store ladies must have thought we were shady for sure because I had several outfits on the stroller and my husband when he wanted starbucks strolled out of the shop, clothes and all.  The ladies didn't even notice...shame on them, however being the good person I am I went to grab them all so I could pay for them...with a check (how ancient am I) and realized I also did not have my ID....eek. 

So now that I am not going to be arrested, I will be working on some shoes and outfits tonight.  And more pictures will be to come.

I do have a little shop on facebook, but my website (not on facebook) has closed because I still am getting started and it was too expensive to keep paying the service for the domain and software for a shop.  I will be looking into etsy for those of you wondering.  And thank you Justine for suggesting a little shop in Long Beach.  I will be looking into selling some stuff there.

Well here we are!

ok so I finally broke down and got myself a Blog! Heaven knows I am no good at keeping journals in person but I figured I would give the cyber world a shot. I mean why not write for the whole world right? Sounds perfectly safe to me, although my parents might think there is a conspiracy. Needless to say I mainly did this for family, friends, myself, and my precious Lilly to time stamp our milestones without having to post it for everyone who doesn't truly care on Facebook.

So we will start with the simple things. The blog name. Simple, ya right. I wanted to have the perfect name, probably not so perfect, but how does anyone come up with the perfect name. I was going to use our name miller. And go with the whole miller life idea but I decided I do not want a blog post that resembles a beer slogan to represent my family, although many of you may enjoy beer, it just wasn't for us. So then I thought how about a bouquet. I am not sure that many realize that our little girls name was decided because of the meaning. my husband Grant sharing the name of a president, and my name heather being a flower decided that perhaps we would name a boy a presidents name and a girl a flower name. When we found out girl it was, we fell in love with the name Lillianne because it means flower and her middle name Hadley because it means field of Heather or from the field where heather grows. How perfect! So bouquet was my next thought, but bouquet is such a yucky fancy word. I wanted something simple. A field. I was going to call it field of flowers, but who knew Field of Flowers is a band. So why not go with the word that this family has brought? Joy. A field of joy it is.