Mommy Made

Mommy made this.  The bed, the sheets, the nightgown--and the baby.

I put together the crib all by myself, when Emily was only five months old, and Dan was somewhere else (work or school?) and I wanted Emily's crib put together.  I changed her crib into a toddler bed (Dan helped with that part).  I sewed the sheets (more on that later), made Emily's nightgown from an old T-shirt of her uncle's, and got her bed made and her dressed for bed.

I took the picture the morning after we stayed up half the night, first changing her crib into a toddler bed, putting on the sheets and getting Emily in bed.  And then singing to her and holding her and Dan found the night light she loves, and she still got out of bed and walked into our bedroom, and Dan held her forever so I could get rest for work the next day, and I finally went down to help and she fell asleep on me right away.

But most of all, I made Emily.  I think, all in all, she's my favorite.