When I was pregnant with Sofie I joined an online group of women with babies all due in June 2008. They are an amazing group of ladies and people I’ve come to depend on and cherish. Last summer when the babies turned 1 we did a gift exchange and I was excited to participate. I [...]

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A little math lesson: 6 week post-baby body+Carribbean vacation=nothing in your closet fits. The Hubs and I had been planning on attending the wedding of some near and dear friends in the British Virgin Islands since February of 2009. When I turned up pregnant that fall we quickly did the math and discovered, to our [...]

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I was out running errands with just the baby last week so I decided to swing by my local Goodwill. Toddlers and thrift stores just don’t mix so I don’t get in there as often as I’d like. I found a few steals and as I excitedly made my way to the register, something caught [...]

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Easter crept up on me this year. It couldn’t have come at a more inconvenient time as we’d just moved a week and a half before, and our second baby was due 2 days later. I woke up Easter morning upset with myself for not having found the time to make Sofie an Easter dress. [...]

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Welcome to Sew Like My Mom–a place for me to showcase the things I create. I started this blog as a way to show my friends and family the things I’ve been up to. I love to sew, cook, and repurpose. We recently moved into a house and I’m trying my hand at decorating as [...]

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