Let's see... so much has happened! Laila and Caddie had their birthdays. 1 and 3! I can't believe it! Laila had lemon cake (of course) and Caddie had chocolate cake. We went to Impression 5 with Willow for Caddie's b-day and they had so much fun together! Laila loved it too... she always wants to do what her big sister is doing!
We are having a big party for their birthdays on July 25th in St. John's. It's going to be a carnival theme. I think I'm more excited about it than the girls, but oh well. We got a pinata and a ton of carnival games and prizes. I think I'm just going to buy a cake this time (it was a lot of work to make 2 whole cakes within 10 days of each other!), but I can't resist making some kind of dessert from scratch. Maybe a peach crumble?? I don't know. But the party should be awesome because Erin will be there with Maggie and Charlie!! We are soooo excited to see them and I cannot wait to hold that little baby!
Shortly after her birthday, Laila got a super high fever (106) and we had to take her to the emergency room. It was awful. She had to get an IV and shots for antibiotics. She was super sluggish and sleepy for 3 or 4 days after that. The doctor never did figure out what was wrong with her, but she's finally got some pep in her step. She seems to be all better and is back to her crazy self again!
Then, a few days after she was better, we took both of the girls to the dentist. Laila did not do so well (I think she was wary of all people with masks on from being in the hospital). She cried and cried, but her teeth look good to the doctor. Caddie did amazing though. I thought for sure she would be scared, but she was so wonderful! She talked to the lady who cleaned her teeth and kept her mouth open wide. She loved the squirt gun and the sucker thing. It was so cute! She's in the no cavity club now, hence the tattoo on her arm in some of these pictures.
And finally, this last Thursday, we went to Detroit to see the PoPo with Claire! It was sooo fun! Driving there was a little tough, tons of construction and it was raining, but it was definitely worth it! Sam came back with us that night and hung out with Caddie, Laila, and me the next day! He was so amazing with her! She was so sad to see him go home and almost started to cry! Zeb hung out with us for a little while too when he came to pick Sam up. Laila never warmed up to them, but she's always been a little wary of strangers. Plus, they're friggin' huge! Anyway, here are some pics from the last month or so...enjoy! And I'll try my best to blog a little more often! And sorry the pictures are in reverse order!
This is Caddie being a beauty queen
Sam, Brendan and Caddie having a good time
Operation anyone?
At the concert in Detroit
Birthday presents!
Chocolate cake
Blow out the candles!
In the water room
Impression 5
My sweet little girl!
Nana got her a new computer!
Mmmm...Lemon Cake!
She loved those candles!
Next, I measured Caddies chest and cut the pieces out of the front and back of the shirt. So the back of the shirt is the front of the dress and the front of the shirt is the back of the dress with the buttons. It's a good project for learning how to sew because you don't need elastic or anything because it already has buttons! Then I made the straps. The shirt already had a nice ruffle sleeve so I just used that. I had another shirt that had ripped a couple months ago with a nice trim on it so I used that for the trim at the top. So I sewed the straps on then the trim. Then I sewed the sides together and it looked like this:
This is when I started to get excited! So then I cut some trim for the bottom with that same shirt and sewed that onto the bottom. Then I sewed the straps onto the back. For placement, I just used another dress that fit Caddie to see where they should go. And then I made a little flower and sewed that onto the front of the dress. 
After that, I tried it on her and it was a little big in the chest. So I turned it inside out and had her put it back on and pinned it to fit her. I sewed that and shortened the straps a little bit. And then it was done! Here is Caddie wearing her new dress!!
She loved it! It was super fun to make (it only took about 2 hours) and really easy! I think I'm going to make a couple of them to get used to sewing and then maybe I'll move on to some harder stuff. Well, until next time...
