Moving up in the world...

For a long time I have wanted Allie to have a nice bed to curl up on when she wants to rest (which is a lot of times!). I had tried to make her a fleece bed over the summer. But she quickly tore it to pieces!

I have searched quite a bit for the perfect bed, but never found one that I liked. In the fall I bought materials to make her a nice bed and was hoping to have it ready for her birthday--in October. I had it almost done, but then my mom's sewing machine started messing up and I gave up.

The other day, Allie did something that convinced me she was ready for a nice bed. One evening I couldn't find her in the apartment--which is sad because there aren't many places to go in our 1 bedroom! But I finally looked on the side of the couch and found this:

Allie had taken the blankets that are stacked beside the couch and moved them around to lay down. And that is where she has gone every night for the last week when she is ready for bed...

So today I decided I would at least make her bed available. It is not completely done, because it's supposed to have an inner bed to make it even stronger (and avoid allie chewing it up!) that I couldn't finish, but I did hand-stitch the rest of the outer bed to make it where she can't get the stuffing out! And I do think she is enjoying it...


Sweet dreams to all of you--I know ours will be sweet tonight with her new bed!