What I've been up to...

I love having a girl! I love dressing a girl. I was not prepared, however, for all the accessories that come along with a baby girl. With a boy it's just t-shirts and pants, most of which all can interchange with each other. Very simple. With girls though, oh my goodness! It can be downright stressful. You have to have the shirt, match the pants, match the socks, match the headband, match the shoes...you get the point. Ellery has like six different shades of pink socks. And when I get her dressed in the morning I peer into her sock drawer and try to choose the right one for her outfit that day. Then I mix and match until I find the right headband and flower that coordinate just so. It's exhausting I tell ya...but I totally love it. In fact, I think I've gone a little headband-crazy. I can't even imagine what it's going to be like when she's a girl instead of a baby, and when she actually has to wear shoes- oh brother!

My sister-in-law Missy and I spent the good part of an afternoon last week slaving over these nylon headbands and flower clips. We even suffered a few injuries from the glue gun. Really they are very simple to make and no sewing required. I can handle a glue gun much better than a sewing machine!

The finished products. I don't know if she'll get a chance to wear all of these, I now have soo many.

My neighbor-friend Adrianne just gave me this darling idea. Ribbon belts! So easy and inexpensive, I'm hooked! I just cut ribbon to size and put Fray-check on the ends. Before this I hadn't even thought about belts, but now that I've seen them, I'm afraid this is yet another accessory I'm going to have to think about. (Love her bulging belly.)

If any of you moms-with-girls out there are interested, let me know and I'll tell you how to make them. Super easy and way cheaper to do yourself than buying.