The Saints, Sewing, and Olivia Claire

First and foremost I have to give props to THE SAINTS!! WOO HOO! I was SO excited that they won and are going to the Superbowl. My sweet daddy has been a fan ever since they began their journey in New Orleans so it seems that black and gold runs in my veins. It is going to be the first superbowl that I actually watch for something other than the half-time show and the commercials. Stephen is a big Colts fan so i'm sure it will be very interesting. I, of course, am pulling for the Saints!



Well, today I singed up for my first BEGINNERS sewing class. I am SUPER excited. Who knew that I would end up being, or at least aspiring to be crafty? My mom has always been a great seamstress so I have huge shoes to fill but I really hope it catches on in my brain. You never know with me, if it doesn't click then it will be yet another thing that gets thrown to the side like the flute, softball, the piano, children's choir, oh the list goes on and on and on. I may have to change this blog to: "The Adventures of Sewing" depending of course on if it really ends up being an adventure and not a totally frustrating, chaotic mess. Then again, who wants to read endless blogs on my very basic attempts to sew. I think i'll keep it the way it is....that way it can cover the plethora of things in my life both mundane and exciting. I do of course, hope sewing is "exciting" as silly as it sounds.



And to finalize my blog I have to write about my sweet niece Olivia Claire. She turns 3 years old today. I was there when she was born. It would turn out to be another 26 days until Parker, my oldest son, decided to enter the world. They were supposed to be just 10 days apart and since she came very early and he came very late....there is now a 26 day difference. Yes, to you, the reader, that isn't much, but when you are hugely pregnant and your sister goes into labor weeks early and then you have to wait 26 long torturing days, it seems like it will never end. So, back to January 25th 2007. I was at home in Sanford, NC and it was around 4:30 or 5am. Wendi calls and says she is probably going to the hospital at 8. So, I get up, call in to work and start gathering things I think she will need knowing that Wes probably will forget...including an ENORMOUS basket of coins. I guess I thought that there would be noway to get to real food and we would be dining on vending machine sandwiches and coke for their entire stay in the hospital. I drove the 25 minutes to their condo in Apex and was SUPER excited. I get reminding knots in my stomach just thinking about it. They let me stay in the delivery room and watch the whole thing but made me sit because they just knew I would pass out at the sight of another woman pushing out a baby. It was quite the opposite. I couldn't stay in that seat. I was SO excited and bawling and just couldn't believe this little tiny bundle of spirit and joy was going to be my sister's new daughter. It was an amazing day and has been an amazing 3 years. She is such a lovely little girl with wild hair, hilarious antics and a sweet, nurturing nature. I adore her and everything that goes into who she is, my sweet little Livi.