Swimwear

I ordered a swimsuit online...err...full disclosure here...I ordered a bikini. {Shocking! I know.} And it arrived today! Well kind of. I ordered a black with white polka dots bikini yet somehow a hot pink with white polka dots bikini arrived in the mail today. Yay. But not quite yay. I opened it like a mad woman right before we ran out the door to pick up Isaiah from school even though we were already running late. AND I would literally have to run to get him as the van was still at the mechanics! Ok. Who am I kidding? I didn't run. I walked...briskly:) Anyway. So there I was with the so-close-but-not-quite-right bikini, Charlotte saw the fringed top and declared it a "FUZZY HAT!"  Oh kids. They make my heart happy.

On my brisk walk to Isaiah's school I called my sister to complain about my not-a-fuzzy-hat bikini mix up. She interrupted me for clarification, "You are going to Mexico for a week with your husband WITHOUT kids?" Right.  "And you are complaining because you got the wrong bikini for this trip?" Yes. "Oh well then. I just feel so bad for you! Your life is rough. A week in Mexico in the wrong bikini." Point well taken. Big sister always knows best:) Wrong bikini or not I am going to be in Mexico for A WEEK without children!!!!! So yeah, I think pink with white polka dots will do just fine. 

[only the bottom is pink with polka dots...that is the actual bikini top on her head]

And here I am modeling....

 

the baby carrier I created! Like I said yesterday, sewing has been my heart's desire lately:) I seriously impressed myself with this little project. Why I chose to make this now I have no clue. I have had the pattern for a couple years. Borrowed from a friend actually. Oops. I intended to make one before Hannah was born. That clearly didn't happen. And she is getting too big to "wear". So naturally I would sew it up now. Oh well it was a fun, fairly easy project made from scraps. And my first time using an actual pattern (with a few slight modifications - mostly because I don't know how to read a pattern). 

You didn't actually think I would model my new bikini did you? My I have carried and birthed three large babies belly has not seen the sun in six years! Why I am going to try to rock a bikini in my 30 year old mom body I am not quite sure. It seemed like a good idea before I clicked 'order'.