Albric is Eight Months Old

I can't believe it's already time for a monthly update on my babe.  He is my sweet little one.  He cut one more tooth and now his dragon teeth will disappear as the center ones grow out.  He learned to clap and his smile is heart-melting.  Lately he has had a cough, and it seems he won't sleep unless I'm holding him. He is pulling himself to standing, and is 'cruising' along the furniture.  His hair is longer now, and it is difficult to style it in a mohawk.  It usually ends up curling over.  I got out the 9 month clothes for him last week.  It is hard to see him grow so fast.  I wish he'd stay my little one a little longer.

Library Quiet Book Page

I have had this idea floating around in my head for the last two years, and I finally did it.  My last quiet book page was a bus.  Since we rode the bus to the library a lot (right now we drive because our situation is a little different), I wanted the bus to be driving to the library.  I've been thinking I would make little puppets to ride the bus, and do other things.  Last week, I finally sat down and designed a library page.  After a Pinterest search for 'library quiet page' came up with no real results, I knew I had to come up with my own design (which I have done before).  It was pretty fun.  I knew I wanted shelves with spots for books to come out.  I started by making the books themselves.  I embroidered the words on a white rectangle, then sewed it to the colored covers.  Then I sewed a line up the spine so they would stay folded.  Then I made the shelves and cut random sized rectangles to be the other books.  Sewing on all the other books took me 3 days, but I love the bookcase.  Then I sewed the bookcase to the page.  I then sewed a pocket in the places I wanted my free books to go.  Then I embroidered the comfy reading chairs on to complete my page.  Calvin loved the little books and 'read' them over and over.  I hope he will enjoy it when I get it into my book.  I still need to design the little puppets.  My next page will be a bathroom complete with a bubble bath, and I am really excited for it.