bubble dress, take 2!

We moved to Carlsbad, CA when Pearce was just 3 weeks old. That move was pretty rough. I was still recovering from an emergency c-section, and trying to finish packing our little apartment, while Jeremy was still commuting 2 hours each way to/from work. Pearce was brand new and going through a constipation/screaming phase. I was nervous about motherhood, Jeremy's new job, meeting new friends and getting to know a new area, even though it was just an hour south of all our friends and familiarities of Huntington Beach, CA. It was all such a big huge change in my life, and all at once. I went from living in the same city for 6 years,  hanging out with friends almost every weekend that became like extended family to us, and 6+ years of a pretty stressful career in marketing. (But let's face it, I think everything is stressful...runs in my family.)

And all of a sudden, my life was completely different. (Side note: Little did I know at that time, that about 6 months later we would be packing up and moving again for an even bigger life change.)

I soon met a great friend, Elise, in our new ward. She was pregnant with her first, and new to the "stay-at-home" mom life, and also was new to sewing. She'd bring her sewing machine over to our place, and we'd chat and try to figure out our sewing machines. (And it makes me so happy that me and Elise are still friends and currently in a virtual quilting bee together!) We found this cute little quilting/fabric store in downtown Oceanside. They had tons of Anna Maria Horner fabrics, which are my favorites! And at the time they had the brand new voile line that had just come out. This little store and fabric made me so happy! They had this very same dress on display, same pattern, same fabric, and same size (2). And I made it my goal over 18 months ago that I was gonna make that pretty dress one day! And here it is! I LOVE IT!