Gideon Tahts’Uwahd Sorensen was born at home on 5 July 2011 at 12:45 a.m., weighing in at 7lb 14oz with a length of 20.75 inches. Gideon is completely adored by all his older siblings and parents. Although the “Stork” was obviously lost for 15 days past his “guess date” it was made up for in a completely un-anticipatedly short labor for which we (especially Sarah) are very grateful.

Another set of “Two little hands” at our house.

Getting all the stats, Duztin assisting our wonderful midwife Melody with the newborn exam.

We are so grateful that Gideon has joined our family.  Gideon will be blessed Sunday 4 September, 10 a.m. at the Henrieville Church, Please join us!

such a fun reason to sew!

First, some shirts for me!  Using the maternity shirt pattern from-

http://www.make-baby-stuff.com/maternity-patterns.html

If our little one is a girl, I made these-

Back view of sleepers with ruffles, so cute!

Newborn Girl Gowns

If our little one is a boy, I made these-

I used the sleeper pattern from here-

http://www.touchinglittlelives.org/nbsleeper.html

I modified the pattern on some of the sleepers for size, some are newborn some are 3-6 mos.  Some are footed some are open.  So easy to sew.

I also made newborn girl pants/hat and 3-6mos. boy footed pants/hat-

I want to applique a onesie to match each set.

The footed pants pattern is found here-

http://babypatterns.atspace.com/efootsie.html

the pants pattern is here-

http://www.made-by-rae.com/2010/10/free-raes-basic-newborn-pant-sewing.html

I can’t remember where I found instructions for the baby gowns, I forgot to bookmark it.  I want to make some boy gowns as they are so handy the first few weeks.

Have a great day!

Today is our half-way mark, 20 Weeks until we meet the newest member of our family!

Sarah

Garden boxes set and leveled, waiting for “Mel’s Mix”.

Joshua loves playing in the garden.

Plants set out.

Growing bigger and stronger.

Pumpkins on the left end, Potatoes in the center, double deep and Peas and Tomatoes in the right end.

All our plants are growing like crazy, Peppers (Hot and Sweet), Onions, Cabbage, Lettuce, Beets, Peas, Cucumbers, Broccoli, Kale, Spinach, Radishes, Kohlrabi, Carrots, Potatoes, Tomatoes, Sage, Basil, Spearmint, Peppermint and Flowers.

The compost bins in the back are almost finished, one more door and some paint and trim.  We will put sod around the boxes in a few weeks to cover up the clay soil and weeds there now.

Eva’s Banty chickens, Charlie used to chase them out of his corral, he now tolerates them pretty well.

Trying to give an Independence Day flair to the outside of the house, the siding needs to be replaced (with Adobe Brick this summer hopefully), the porch rebuilt and the satelite dish must come down!

Happy Birthday Jonah! It was a wonderful day.

Back from his first Cub Scout Meeting.  Jonah’s Birthday was a busy day,   gifts and a special breakfast to start the day, Baptism in the afternoon and cub scouts in the evening.  We are so grateful for everyone who helped make this such a special and memorable day for Jonah.

Congratulations Jonah!

Putting together “Mel’s Mix” for our square foot garden boxes.  www.squarefootgardening.com

Next post I will have updated photos of our garden, it is so amazing to watch.  Tiny seeds placed with hope and faith, I can’t wait to show what they have done!!

Have a great day!!

Sarah

26 May 2010
6:00pm Tropic Chapel

All are welcome! We would love to see you!

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