How to Hug a Baby

 

1. First, uh, find a baby. 

2. Second, be sure that the object you found was 
indeed a baby by employing classic sniffing techniques.

 

 

 

 

3. Next you will need to flatten the baby before actually beginning the 
hugging process.

 

 

4. The 'paw slide' 
Simply slide paws around baby and prepare for possible close-up.

 

 

5. Finally, if a camera is present, you will need to execute 
the difficult and patented 'hug, smile, and lean' so as to 
achieve the best photo quality.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I got this in email and thought it was too cute to resist passing along.  LOL

Additional Family Pictures--From Thanksgiving day and eve.

Here is my niece Cora with "Sledder" who is a "real dog"!  He has his own little blanket and pillow, and his head must be laid on the pillow and he must be tucked in with his head sticking out from under the blanket each night.  Sledder also has a shoe box which is his "litter box," and he must use it before bed and immediately upon rising each morning.



Cora and my mom adore each other.  She is the first of my nieces and nephews who really have no connection to me.  She won't kiss me or sit on my lap and doesn't even want to touch me.  LOL.  She is an odd child.



As you can see, she has no problem kissing grandma!



Caleb and Jack are deeply engrossed in destroying the rebel forces in their Star Wars game.  Caleb is in the process of devouring a pilgrim hat. 



There you can see the storm trooper destroying the rebel forces.  The location here is my mo's living room. 



Caleb wanted me to take his picture pumping his fist in victory after slaughtering a massive amount of rebels.



Cora and Sledder getting into the action of the video game.



My brother Jack with his children Caleb and Cora.  He could never deny paternity of either of them--they both look like him.



My foolhardy sister Tammy gave Caleb a slingshot.  I shudder to think of the objects he will shoot at Cora with that thing.  Here he was showing off a power pose, released the sling and smacked his own ear, poor little guy!



Cora would dearly love to get in on the video game, but is just "too little" to have control over the devices.



I don''t know why this pose struck me as so cute, but it did.  She was so fascinated by the game that she was mesmerized, I think.

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Here is Sledder under his blanket, ready for bed.  Cora tucked him in, snug as can be.

Recently Sewn Doll Clothes.

I fell in love with this fabric when I saw it, and I had to have a bit of it.  It worked up into darling capris pants and a "spaghetti strap" top, both of which I trimmed in fairly narrow eyelet lace.  I made the socks too.  The red canvas tennis shoes came to me by way of Dollchris Boutique.  They look just like the real thing.  They do fit better with socks on.



Here she is standing--this is "Annalee," btw.



This little cutie is an artist OOAK doll.  The outfit was made by BevBeese.  The zipper is real.  I love the sweet face on this little girl.  I wish I could remember the name of the doll artist who repainted her.

I call her "Sophie."



I loved this summer fabric as well.  I think the capris pants and the spaghetti strap top here are just so fresh and cute.  I love the color combinations and the fruit slices motifs.



This is Savannah in a sweater knitted by one of my Canadian doll collecting friends.  I made the blue jeans myself.  The shoes--again, Dollchris.



Here, Savannah models a "mini dress" with a white ruffle at the bottom and a while Annalee again models the capris and spaghetti strap top.  At first there was nothing else on the dress, but it looked so plain.  So, I added a ribbon flower with a "diamond" in the center.  Now it looks good.

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Here Savannah models a jumper and Annalee models a "gypsy" skirt, a "onsie" with matching knee highs, and a white felt vest with embroidery.

These are actually destined for my doll collecting friend Anne--she sent me some fabric and some notions (like buttons, lace and trim), and I turned them into the clothese you see on this page.



Here is the hand embroidered back of the felt jacket.

      


Here is the gypsy skirt with a peasant top.  The purple jumper has gone over to be tried over the "onsie."  I made the little white purse to match the vest.



Here the purple pants are matched with a flowered blouse trimmed in the green lace and the blue flower trim. 



Here Annalee is dressed in her bibs with the purple felt jacket and the purple Halloween cat sweater I made from a sock.mmI love the way my little sock sweaters turn out.

                        


Here is the back of the purple jacket, with dragon flies on it.



A nd here is Annalee modeling the bib overalls.

That's it for the swap.  I also have a bunch of summer things for a very late "mix and match" swap.  I may have posted them before, but Idon't remember.  They turned out very cute.

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Finally, a couple of Halloween outfits that I had cut out some time ago.  The yellow one   will eventually have a "onsie" style undershirt because it is too cold to run around sleeveless in Minnesota.  The pumpkin outfit turned out too darn cute for words!  I experimented with a little with white fabric.


That's the end of this entry--I keep falling asleep as I am trying to post this up.

Happily, this is the last picture, so I can go to sleep.  It's only 8:51, but my ass is draggin.

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