hello blog - i have missed you

the days are just swooshing by and i have missed blogging.  been doing my best to keep up with anabelle and also working on her halloween costume. 

to get my creative juices moving, i started with this project:

    

so i can’t sew (at least not yet) but i can applique!

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anabelle has been having a good time with her sleeves lately . . .

and learning to climb . . .

and making cute faces . . .

and getting her first fat lip . . . (ok, not so fun)

see the little strawberry on her cheek too?  boo.

anabelle – 0, door hinge - 1

and trying to do things by herself