Tuesday, December 29, 2009

A Stitch in Time

It was just a stitch in time, to make and create a little Christmas shirt for my son, but in my heart, all the wonderful memories of this holiday season will live forever.





















And Harbor William wore it on the eve of Christmas Eve....



And then we hurried and washed it and he wore it to my dad's side of the family for Christmas....




And we stayed up late washing and drying it for David's family....





And did a quick load of laundry for the next morning for my family...



That shirt has now been cleaned, ironed, and tucked away into Harbor's hopechest with a little handwritten letter from me telling him just how important he was to us this Christmas season. I always save my favorite outfits of his from every season as he outgrows. I iron them and put them away in his hopechest with little notes explaining how and what I felt during whatever occasion we were celebrating.  I want him to know that in my memories, when I envision Christmas 2009, that little shirt will always represent so many good and wonderful things- family being one of them!

20 comments:

  1. I love it! That is just the cutest shirt! Your pictures with family are wonderful!

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  2. 1. Please teach me how to sew
    2. You are the world's greatest mother
    3. Love that you not only keep the clothes but a handwritten letter telling him about them.
    4. Love the shirt!

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  3. You are awesome, what a cute shirt. Love how you write him a little note... adorable!

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  4. Dear Jessica,

    Can my H come live at your house so you can make him cute shirts?

    Love,
    Brandy

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  5. You are so crafty! I love all of the DIY projects you do! That's a neat idea to not only save the shirt but writing him a letter that he'll treasure someday! Hope ya'll had a great Christmas and Happy New Year!

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  6. That shirt is so cute. How do you have the time to do all these cute things and write a note about it too. I only hope I can do half of things you do when my little Kyle is born in April :-)

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  7. I save clothing from my daughter's special occassion also and now I need to go back and add special notes. Very wise!

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  8. Love the idea of the handwritten letters. That will be so special later on.

    P.S. Your curly hair looks fabulous!

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  9. Love it! You look so pretty and he is just a handsome doll!

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  10. what a wonderful idea! The shirt is adorable! Do you have your own machine that does monogramming? What kind do you have? Is it easy to use?

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  11. What a great idea! The shirt is adorable! The pic of your family with your parents is perfect! So glad you all had a Merry Christmas! Enjoy the rest of your vacation!

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  12. You are SO creative and SUCH a wonderful mother!

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  13. That is so cute and so sweet! I CANNOT imagine if you had had a girl! When are you gonna have another one anyway :)?

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  14. Love the shirt! I love the idea of putting the shirt away with a little note. I am tucking things away to make a special quilt someday.

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  15. Oh how sweet is the letters?!?! You are such a good mom!

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  16. So cute! Can't wait to see what Valentine's has in store for Harbor! :)

    BTW, do you have an embroidery machine? How'd you do the monogram??

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  17. Awe- it turned out adorable!! Sweet post. =)

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  18. Jessica,
    That shirt is so cute and I LOVE how you save these precious things with notes attached. You will never be sorry you did that.

    Have a Blessed evening,
    Dawn

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