Pretties for Babies
It was just a couple days ago that I wrote a bit about my sorrow that babies are not dressed pretty much these days.
As I was thumbing through some pictures today I saw this picture of my daughter Melissa the day she came home from the hospital.
I lovingly made her outfit, each stitch filled with anticpation and love. I wanted to share the picture.
A crochet cotton sweater and bonnet (she was a summer baby) and a hand made nightie, all embroidered down the front opening with dainty flowers. Tied with satin ribbons. Booties to match. Flannel blanket, edged with crochet lace to match the sweater and bonnet. I remember what fun I had making this for my baby and how I would take it out and look at it while we were waiting for her arrival.
We were poor as church mice, but still I found a way to make "pretties" for our baby.
Each child has their own coming home outfits carefully packed away and ready for the next generation.
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Wendy
Our daughter came after a 9 year wait. We adopted her and it was a long road. I was knitting a blanket for our baby as we waited and went through all the testing and trials. I would put it away when discouraged and get it out when hopeful. When we first heard about our baby, she was almost 2 mo. old and we had 3 days to get ready for her. So much excitement, I stayed up many hours straight. One thing I worked on was the knitted blanket. It was smaller than I planned at first, but we wrapped her in it proudly and brought her home 28 years ago on June 2nd.
Now we have a 3-year old grandson and I made him a special outfit to be baptised in...life is wonderful and God is good!