She's here! Our beautiful granddaughter is here!!!

Hello everyone!

We left Sunday evening, May 19 to travel to the labor and delivery room of our daughter.

I'm not going to go over the whole deal...let's just say we all worked hard with our daughter and enjoyed the miraculous event!

We were present when Remington Coralee Bentley made her entrance into the world

 on May 20, 2013 @ 9:58 am.

She is 20 inches long and weighed 7 pounds 14 ounces.

 Remington was 8 days overdue so she had ingested muconium while she waited to be birthed.  

She was given IV antibiotics to get ahead of any infections in her lungs and blood.  

Since her lungs had some fluids in them, they monitored her breathing.

She is doing very, very well and her 48 hours is up in the morning (May 23).

So far, her tests have been clear of infections.

 My husband is very much in love with this little girl!

He's never really been a "baby" guy but seeing the miracle of her birth moved him and he can't hardly keep his hands off her. 

 She seems to be quite fond of him too. 

Our kids (the mommy and daddy) enjoyed giving her her first bath.

They are such an awesome team!!!

We are all overjoyed to have her in our family and don't even mind the exhaustion we feel.

We are traveling home tomorrow before the busy Memorial Day weekend.  

We sure do hate to leave....

I'm still here!

Goodness sakes.  

We have called the house, pet and horse care people to go into action more than once. 

We have packed.  And unpacked.  

We have ate all the food in the house and bought/made more food.

WHEN is this baby girl going to make her entrance?!?!?!  

Ahhh...she will be worth the wait though.

So waiting we are...waiting for "the call".

In the meantime, I did a little work yesterday (on my "day off") just to help 

me be a bit more prepared for the doll show.

This morning a snapped a few quick shots.

I have a little on the top left and the entire back to root on this head:

Her hair is so shiny!

Silicone Dawson is coming along nicely:

 I had a hard time learning the technique for coloring the ends of his fingers and toes but I finally got it  :) 

 I am SO pleased with these eyes that I bought from

~Perfectly Persnickety Doll Boutique~

They are designed especially for Ethnic dolls.

I LOVE them!!!

I will begin the sealing and matting process for little Pebbles today. 

Her is how she looks right now.  

This will help you to see what the matting process does.

Having fun waiting for the real baby!

Waiting, waiting, waiting...

I missed posting about my personal collection yesterday but those posts might take a leave of absence until after the Down East Doll Show 

as things are getting very busy for me as it gets closer.

And we are waiting.  

Waiting for the call to travel to welcome into the world our new grand daughter.

I hope we make it in time as my greatest desire is to be in the delivery room when she arrives.  

So yesterday was filled with getting the laundry done, shopping for food for our house and pet care-takers and helping my adult daughter move into her new apartment.  

Needless to say, I was worn out last night!

I will pop in when I can but I suspect we will be leaving either today or tomorrow.

XXOO

Silicone Pebbles work in progress :)

I really needed a break from rooting this big Alasia head so I decided to do a little painting on my

 10 inch silicone Pebbles.

 I should be able to finish her paint today

and can matte her on my next work day. We have not left for the arrival of our new grand girl yet.  She seems to be quite happy where she resides but we are waiting for the call so an unsure of my work schedule next week.  

Here are her two day progression pictures. 

Day 1:

 

Day 2:

 

Pebbles will be available at the Down East Doll Show

Upon talking with my mentor after completing day 1, 

she recommended that I work on more than one silicone doll at a time due to the amount of time that the paint has to cure between layers (2 hours).  

So....

I started on Dawson!

I really don't have much done on him yet at all and I probably won't have him done before the show

but I really, REALLY love this little guy!

Alasia, by Lorna Miller Sands, the Asian vinyl reborn I am working on, has about half of her hair rooted.  I've been working on her most nights along with the couple of full days I worked on her. 

The next big head to root will be Suzon, then I have the two silicone babies to root and a full reborn to paint.  And mohair to process.  I have SO much to do in the next 4 weeks!  

Another gorgeous silicone to look at

I've been waiting for this one to become available.

The sculpt, by Bonnie Brown, is darling and since Kris at 

~The Dainty Loft~ 

painted him....

He is almost irresistible!

~LOGAN ON eBay~

Ahhhh...so many gorgeous dolls!  

Finley Huti...how I love you!

I'm pretty sure, without going back and looking, 

that I posted the auction for one of the other 

Finley Huti silicone dolls but I have to do it again.

You see, this is #5 out of 5 in the edition and I just love this sculpt

and have loved how Claire Taylor created each and every Finley.

~The Final Finley on eBay~

I see Finley as a boy, a precious and darling boy!

OH how I wish I could bid but now is not a good time.  

I will be looking for Finley in the future on the secondary market.

It may take many years before one is available but...

I am patient.

Monday, Monday

I hope everyone's Mother's Day was peaceful, fun and relaxing!

I don't have much to offer up today. 
I've not spent much time online to find anything interesting to share 

and I'm rooting so don't have any pictures to share yet.  

We are expecting a call any time to welcome into the world a little 

grand girl into the world which will take us out of town, and me off work, 

for a couple of days.  

Rose's auction is ending today!

~Rose on eBay~

Happy Monday!