more cards

Here are some more cards, I have made in the past.

stampin up cards

Well it has been awhile..... Here are some of my crafts from the past I didn't post before. I have been "Stampin' up" for about 3 years. Here is just a few of the cards I have made.

A dress for Kaylynn

I just finished this dress for Kaylynn. I am so happy with how well it turned out! It is hard to take a picture of a moving target.

2nd dress

My sisters friend liked the dress, I made Jordan so much she asked me to make one for her three year old daughter.(see 7-7-06) This is the pattern. This is a little trick my mom taught me. I used tissue paper to trace the pattern, that way you can use the other sizes!

storm on 6-21-06

This is a picture of our street on June 21, 2006. In NW Ohio. It looks like a river! The water was about 8-10 inches deep. The picture is a little fuzzy. We were blessed not to have any damage to our property. We did have a 9 foot branch fall off a tree in our back yard, this is a picture of how it fell!

back to the crafts

Yes, I have been creating and crafting in the past month. I was just waiting to put them on my blog, so I could focus it on Gavin. I will keep updating on Gavin.

This is a picture of a dress I made Jordan, when I had her, the night Gavin was born. We went to Wal-Mart and she picked the pattern and fabric. I made the shrug reversible.

Last week I was introduced to jewelry making, by my bosses wife, Marcia. And you know I loved it. I went to Hobby Lobby and got everything I needed to make tons of things. Here are some pictures of some of them, just some.

I helped Kaylynn make her two bracelets, she put most of the beads on the big one, and she put the butterflies on the small one. She loved it. I love it because I think she is going to be crafty like me. : )

july update on Gavin

Sorry for not updating sooner and more often. Time just got away from me. Gavin is up to 4 pounds and 13.75 ounces. He will not need any heart surgery, the hole in his heart has closed and they are calling it a heart murmur. He is having therapy for his spine and they think that will be successful. In the past week he has had his throat looked at, and everything looks good. He also had his hearing tested. He passed on the right ear, but failed on the left ear. The doctors said it is common for preemies to fail the hearing tests until they get older. They are predicting he will be in the hospital one more month. He has to learn to drink from the bottle before he goes home. Please keep him in your prayers. Thank you.

This is Mommy, Gavin and Great Grandma Degrie

Happy Birthday Shanelle!

Gavin updates

I just heard that Gavin is doing GREAT! The hole in his heart is closing on its own. They think he WILL NOT need the heart surgery. They also took him off of the I.V. to see how well he does without it. They took the feeding tube out, and they are feeding him by bottle. He maybe going home in 2-3 weeks. Please keep praying for Gavin and his family. Thank you.

Update on Gavin

I just heard from Shanelle that Gavin is doing good. His weight got down to 3 lbs 6 oz. a few days ago, but now he is up to 3 lbs 8 oz. They are going to take him to Ann Arbor, MI for his heart sugary, when he gets to 5 lbs. I will have more pictures and updates soon. Please keep praying for Gavin and his family. Thank you.

8 days old

Thank you for praying for Gavin and all of us.
Baby Gavin is 8 days old today. He is looking great and doing very well. He is up to 3lbs and 11 oz. He is holding his body temperature, and they put him in a crib. I will have more updates and pictures tomorrow.

update

Today the orthopedic doctor looked at Gavin, and he thinks his spine is ok, it may be crocked from the way he was laying. They are not going to do any more testing on his kidneys right now because kidney function is ok at this time. The aortic artery is blocked 50%, and the hole between the right and left chambers of the heart will be surgically repaired when he gains more weight; they want him to be 5 lbs. before doing the surgery. We are still waiting to hear the results from the brain scan. They diagnosed him with VATERS. Here is a web site link about that.
http://users.nlamerica.com/joelw/mikyla/vaters.html
Please keep praying for Gavin and the family. Thank you.

Gavin update

Today Gavin gained an ounce. He has a slight case of jaundice. The doctors told us that he is missing a rib, but it is not the top one, like they told us before. This will be better for his posture. They still think he is going to loose one of his kidneys. A brain scan was done today but we have not gotten the results yet. They are going to do a MRI tomorrow, maybe. We are waiting to hear from the cardiologist about his heart condition. At this time they are saying that the aorta is narrow, limiting the blood and oxygen flow to the body and brain. He has a small hole between the right and left side of his heart that they may have to do surgery to repair. Right now they are only giving him protein and vitamins in the I.V. From what I understand, this will allow better oxygen flow. They say his spine is not straight and an orthopedic doctor is going to look at him soon.

Welcome Gavin Rocco

This is my sister Shanelle's baby boy, Gavin Racco, he was born on May 26, (at 33 weeks) almost 2 months early. He is 3 lbs. 7 oz. and is 16 inches long. He is breathing fine at this time, but they are doing test to see if he may have some other problems. We know he is going to loose one of his kidneys and he has a heart murmur, his spin is not straight and he is missing his top rib on the right side. None of these things are life threatening, but are emotionally hard to deal with. At this time he is in intensive care, on an I.V. and feeding tube.
Please pray for my sister Shanelle, her baby Gavin and her other two kids Jordan and Preston. Thank you.

not so cute lambkin

I found this super cute lambkin pattern at: http://www.patternbee.com/FREELAMBKIN.html
I made one but mine is NOT super cute at all : ( I think I should have read and fallowed the directions.

bubble girl

I have not had much time for crafts the last few weeks. I did put two of my bags on ebay. The pink and purple one and the blue one. No bids yet. : (
I got Kaylynn this bubble gun at Wal-Mart, she loves it. She used all the bubbles in 30 mins then wanted more.

more handbags

I got two more bags done. I put a button to these, next I'm going to add a button to all of the others I have finished.

diaper bag

I just finished this diaper bag, I love it. I made it a little bigger than the handbags, and made a shoulder strap and also added buttons. (I'm going to add buttons to all of my handbags now). I was a little nervous making this diaper bag, because I changed the pattern a little. It is about 13"x 6" and 11" deep. I think it turned out great. I am giving it to a friend for her baby shower this weekend, she is having a boy. I hope she likes it.

two more bags

I made two more handbags today. I really like the pink one. It is my best one yet.
This is Kaylynn 'helping' me cut the fabric, with her play-duh sissores. She is so cute.

two new handbags

I made these handbags today. I think the fabric is cute, but I'm not bold enough to use them.

taking the day off

I burned my finger on the iron today working on some more handbags, so I'm taking the rest of the day off, from sewing. I went out to our backyard and took some pictures of the flowers. I'm shocked they are even growing because I do NOT have a green thumb at all.