Pretty often, I feel a flood of gratitude that Maeve is in our family. She really is something special and we all adore her. Before Christmas, the girls were playing with friends and it was just Maeve and me doing chores around the house. I'm so glad this baby was born!

She's begun to move around enough to follow me around the house. One thing she loves to do is sit on my feet until I pick her up. All the love for this gal!

This may have not been the best use of my time, but I do so little sewing these days. I made Maeve's a little snow babies dress. It's pretty big on her even though I made it in size 6-12 months. I'll likely loosen the elastic next winter and she can wear it as a tunic! I think it's pretty cute and this my favorite dress pattern. 

Maeve's hair is starting to really grow in. I put it in pigtails recently. They're pretty sparse still, but oh so cute! 

For Maeve's birthday, I baked some cake and we invited some friends that love her best to share it with us. Maeve wasn't super into the cake, but she did enjoy picking the sprinkles off and rubbing the frosting on her thighs. Oh, babies and cake!

On with tradition! I make my girls a birthday dress every year. So of course, Maeve received her first one. These birthday dresses are the only dresses I save just for each daughter. I was down to the last minute on Maeve's, seriously finishing it the night before her birthday! Not my usual style, but life is borderline crazy right now. So you get what you get! I wanted a dress that we could take to Ecuador with us and this one fits the bill. I'm sure in future years I'll make her more winter-y dresses but this is what she gets this year! I like how it turned out and overall, it was an easy pattern.