A Girl............and an MSN Ed

I'm trying very hard to contain my excitement. Beth told me I couldn't blog until after she put her blog on. So now it's safe for me to tell everyone the news, which most of you already know. We are having a granddaughter!!! I tried to be very neutral about what I would like the baby to be. Of course, God knew exactly what the baby was and it didn't matter what I wanted. But secretly, I was hoping for a girl. It's so much more fun shopping for a girl. There are so many more clothes choices than for boys. Of course you have to look hard to find "appropriate" clothes even for a little girl now. Beth and I made a trip to Babies R Us yesterday to do a little scouting and purchasing. I mean, is there any other way to celebrate finding out what the baby is?? I have to admit I was a little shocked at some of the clothes choices for baby girls. I'm used to the precious smocked dresses, Feltman Bros. dresses and bubbles and sweet pastel oneies. It's going to take A LOT of self control to keep my opinions to myself. I just know that every once in a while an opinion is going to slip out, by mistake of course! This just means I'll have to dust off the sewing machine and try to remember how to make those tiny little clothes. I may have to get magnifying glasses for my magnifying glasses to see the tiny stitches that need to be handsewn. A friend of mine says it will all come back to me when I start sewing. Yeah right, like my mind remembers all that's involved with children's sewing. In a way that's good, because if I really did remember what all is involved in making those baby clothes, I would be at "Helen's" purchasing some beautifully made dress. Is"Helen's"even still in Green Hills?? Or I would call my cousin, LeEllen, and ask her to whip up a few little "handmade" dresses, which she could do with one hand behind her back. She is "one of those" people that can do anything and you really want to hate her but you can't because she is so sweet! I also have another disadvantage when it comes to children's sewing. I lost all my patterns when our house burned 17 years ago. I had traced them from the Watkins sewing classes my sister and I took when my kids were tiny. I used to make matching outfits for Beth and the boys. I have pictures to prove it!! They were so cute! Beth looks at the pictures and smiles. The boys look at the pictures and say "Why would you dress us in such dorky clothes?" And John would say "Why would you make the boys wear clothes that have lace on it? It looks so girly." To which I would respond "If I take the time and energy to make something for them to wear, IT WILL BE WORN! And besides they really did look so cute! See for yourself................... First attempt at smocking.

I used to love to applique.

Sailor suits. Got a little big with the ties!

Another smocked dress.
And back then, rainbows were cute. And

didn't mean what they mean today!

Now on to the other news......................Beth has finished all her coursework and projects for her Masters and received her final grade of an A. John and I had no doubt about her grades. She has his brains, thank the Lord. Sorry boys, you got mine. Anyway, she has received her Masters of Science in Nursing Education (MSN Ed). Hopefully she will get a teaching position at Belmont after the first of the year and still continue to work part time at Baptist Hospital.

Until next time, "rock on." I'm not exactly sure what that means, but we all said it back in the 70's because it was so groovy to say!! God bless!