Esme and Doddi

Esme isn't quite so crabby today. I was able to get a picture in before I went to town. It gives a better view of Doddi Bear's face than the last one :) Jhoanna is a very talented toy artist and uses so many different textures in her work. Here is Esme trying those textures out with her fingers. She is reaching out to touch everything now - her clothes, toys, blankets and more often than not my nose, ears, hair etc... Doddi's round fleece ears have already been in Esme's mouth as well ;)

I'm in Alien Monster Doll central today... there are stacks of them on the sewing machine and several lined up on the counter for the sewing of eyes and mouths.

Did you see the story of the baby thrown by the tornado here in Tennessee? Truly scary. I feel for both the poor mother (who died) and the baby boy who has to grow without her. If Esme was torn out of my arms during a disaster... *doesn't want to think about that*

No Tornado Here last night

Memphis and Jackson, large cities to the west and south of us, were hit hard by tornadoes last night. They have a lot of damage. (The Jackson Sun Newspaper) Several buildings collapsed, were taken away or otherwise damaged. Several people were trapped in roof collapses and some were killed. There is a huge fire northeast of Nashville with flames up to 400 feet high. On a Fark thread we saw a picture someone had taken at midnight that looks like a beautiful red sunset, but is actually the fire viewed from 30 miles away.

Here we just got the scary wind, rain and hailstones. It got loud a couple of times and the scanner issued a tornado warning twice. Among all the 'road blocked by tree' reports on the scanner we heard that a barn had been deposited in a road to the south of us. That's funny in a way, but shows it was a powerful storm even by the time it got here!

Lynn emailed me this morning and said the storm that hit this area is now a blizzard up there. What weird weather!

More Severe Weather

More severe weather is coming in tonight. It is already raining sheets. It's been unseasonably warm, tornado weather Mark says. It was over 70 degrees this morning and I was sweating in a t-shirt walking at the flea market.

I'm working on the giraffe prototype more - it is more difficult than I had planned.

A new friend from Down Under

Esme is 3 months old today! She has also received a new friend from Australia, made just for her by Jhoanna of One Red Robin :) Thank you Jhoanna!


This is Doddi bear, and she is almost as big as Esme is herself! Esme really liked the red striped legs. She reached out to touch them immediately. However, she has been quite cranky today. She was in one of her 'I want to be held and you have to be moving all the time during it' moods. When she gets in that mood she cries whenever I set her down or sit down myself. It can get quite tiring :( I finally took her for a bath and she settled down soon after. I just got her down to a nap a few minutes ago.

Elizabeth now weighs just about the same Esme did when she was born! I went through all of Esme's clothes and picked out everything Esme has outgrown. It boggles my mind. Things I put aside two weeks ago as too big are now fitting. It's time to pass the outgrown clothes along and return the favor so many of our friends and family gave when they sent them to us.


5 inch rag doll
pattern available
at KnitOwl toys

I’m also able to announce a new small toy pattern for KnitOwl. It is this tiny rag doll that is just the right size for baby hands. It is five inches tall sitting and eight inches if you balance it on tiptoe like in the picture. I made a similar one for Esme last night and she was turning it all over in her hands grabbing on to the tiny arms and legs.



Esme looking 'shell-shocked' at the flash

New Colonies of Alien Monster Dolls

Trio of aliens for Wendy (custom order) and Valentine's day aliens in shop

February

The second month of our new year and we are working hard
on some of the big questions of life.


Esme is working hard too, to grab her feet.
She hasn't succeeded yet, but I bet when she does the next task will be to get them in her mouth ;)