The Twisted Stitches...Our First Booth

Last saturday Courtney, my mom, and I set up a booth at the Highland Fling. Thanks to my friend Haylie who had rented the booth and let us move in on her space. We had a fun time and it was a really good experience. We didnt sell as much as we would have liked to but it was still a good time. I think next year we'll have to rent a booth or two at some different city's and see how those go.

Nasty Rash

Still Smiling even though she doesn't feel well

This is my Little baby with a nasty rash. Last Monday I dropped her off to my sister so I could go to work. When I was saying goodbye to Isabelle I noticed a small light rash on her shoulders but when I came to pick her up this is what she looked like. The pictures really don't do it justice, she was covered in red little dots. They were everywhere, on her ears, on her palms, the bottom of her feet, literally everywhere. She didn't really sleep that night but when she got up for the day on Tuesday the rash looked much worse. So into the doctor we went. Isabelle has been on amoxicillin for a couch that wouldn't go away. I was positive it was an allergic reaction. Her doctor said he didn't think it was an allergy and he was sure it was 5th's disease (which is just a virus). He said it should clear up in a day or 2. He was right, The next day she looked much better and by Thursday the rash was gone. Thank heavens for that, Isabelle hadn't been sleeping because she wasn't feeling well. Luckily, we're all back to our normal selves here at the Powell home.

Look at that cute bum :)

What's in a name???

Thank you to everyone who helped us a name for our shop. We loved all your names but unfortunately for us most of the names had already been taken. After a lot of deliberation we decided to go with The Twisted Stitches. Thank you to my dad for coming up with the name.

We're still trying to set up shop but please drop by and check out what we're making.

HELP!!!

I've decided to set up an Etsy shop to sell little odds and ends of stuff I've been making. The only problem is I can not come up with a name for the shop. I have tons of ideas but nothing that really jumps out at me.

So I'm holding a CONTEST!!!

Leave a comment on this post with a name you came up with for my shop. If you're name gets picked or inspires me you will WIN one thing out of my shop. I'll be selling Car seat covers, headbands, belts, tutu's, purses, traveling totes, and anything else I can come up with. Check out my other blog here for an idea of what the purses and car seat covers will look like..

Thanks Everyone!!!

So far behind!

need to start blogging more often. So many things have happened lately I need be better at blogging when they happen so I'm not so far behind.

Any way in order of what happened...Here we go

My awesome sister-in-law was deployed on June 25th. We got to go to the airport to see her off. It was a very interesting and sad experience. We saw so many people with brand new babies and little kids say goodbye to their families. When it came time to say goodbye it was an absolute tear feast. It was so hard to watch my brother say goodbye to his new wife. We're very proud of Jayme though. It's not easy leaving everything you know for a year to serve our country. Thank heaven for all those who are willing to serve our country so we can live the good life.

Girls night out oh yeah!! My sisters, mom, and I went to see Eclipse on opening night! It was so fun. But I don't think I'll see another movie on opening night again. The girls were crazy and there's nothing but hooting and hollering throughout the whole movie. Oh well I love the books and the movie Eclipse was the best so far. It sticks to the book and it was fantastic. I'm definitely Team Edward but after this movie I think I'm also Team Lautner!! Man that boy is beautiful!

6 month stats:

16 lbs 8 oz - 62%

26 inches - 65%

Last but not least Isabelle turned 6 months old on July 12th. I know I say this every time but I cant believe how fast time goes. She's getting so big and I'm loving this age! She has been so much fun lately. She's giggling all the time and is more interactive. She wakes up happy to see us and talks to us all the time. We pierced her ears on July 13th. She cried a little bit but then we gave her a sucker and she was fine. She looks so cute with earing's, I'm so glad we pierced them now instead of waiting. This way she'll never remember the pain and then its all said and done. woohoo for growing little girls!!

Playing catch up

Well another month has gone by and we're into June already. Yesterday Isabelle turned 5 months. She is so funny. My dad had her giggling her cute little head off yesterday. She thinks Grandpa Todd is awesome!

At 5 months Isabelle is:

Kind of sitting up: If you sit her up she stays that way for a little while until she leans to far to one side and over she goes

Sleeping much better: I was getting ready to pull my hair out. I don't think I could have taken another month of getting up 6 times a night.

Eating jarred baby food: So far she loves fruit and doesn't care for veggies. Aunt Courtney boiled some carrots for her yesterday and every time she would take a bite she would shudder.

More active: I cant wait till she can crawl. She wants to go every where and whines until we pick her up and take her to where she wants to go. Yes she's very SPOILED!

Rolling over both ways: She's been able to roll from her back to her stomach for over a month but just in the last couple of days she has learned to roll from stomach to back. Hopefully this means no more waking up to crying baby who wants to be rolled back over.
Scrunch face and hands: For some reason Isabelle has started to scrunch up her face when she smiles. Its so hilarious, I'll have to post pictures of it. She also has discovered her hands. When ever she sees them she'll stare at her hands. She gets a kick out of watching her fingers move.

She's growing up way to fast but we're enjoying watching her figure everything out.

As for me and Jason... We've pretty much been busy with Isabelle, She's definitely a hand full. Jason and I still work together, although I'm still only working part time (which is Awesome by-the-way). Jason is really busy studying to get his CFI (certified flight instructor). He decided he would like to teach people to fly, until the airlines pick-up again. We're keeping our fingers crossed that this happens soon.

As for me I've been sewing and quilting. After having Isabelle my maternal instincts must have kicked in because all the sudden I wanted to start sewing. My very awesome Grandma and Grandpa Bleazard gave me some money so I could buy a sewing machine. (I would have had one already if I had not laughed at Courtney when she got hers for graduation). Anyway, I've always been interested in quilting and after getting my machine I figured Why Not?!?!? So I made Izzy a quilt. After getting the quilt top/back done I sent it off to be machine quilted on top. I got it back on Friday, Perfect timing for Isabelle to turn 5 months the next day. It looks awesome!!! Now I have ideas for a million other quilts that I want to do but I think I may have to rob a fabric store first since fabric is so expensive! :(

4 Months

4 Month Stats:

14 lbs 2 oz - 75%

24 1/2 inches - 64%

Isabelle turned 4 months old yesterday! Isnt she pretty? She's just full of life! She learned to roll over on May 2nd which is so cute to watch. Once she gets to her stomach though she has no idea what to do. She's such a determined little girl. She grabs everything in site and she's so smiley. She loves to jump in her jumperoo or the johnny jumper. She's just a little on the spoiled side...Ok, a lot on the spoiled side, but she's so cute.
Isabelle does not sleep through the night yet but we're keeping our fingers crossed that it happens soon. I'm exhausted! She hates naps but we're trying really hard to change that. She also gets bored really quickly, Maybe she'll be another Preston!!! :) That's ok though Jason and I love to entertain her and so does the rest of our families.
We are loving watching her hit all these milestones and cant believe she's already 4 months old.

First sucker

Here's Isabelle having her very first sucker. She couldn't get enough of it, it was so cute. I thought I'd let all of you see it.