Goodness gracious! Thanks everyone for all of the well wishes! We are just thrilled to be adding to the family! Penelope (although she might not know it yet) will be a great helper when the precious bebezinho arrives. After I made my pregnant apron I had to make a matching apron for Penelope for a few reasons:

• she's a messy girl & needs something to protect her cute clothes – I'm also getting tired of doing so much laundry
• she's getting interested in helping me around the kitchen, better make her job as sous-chef official with a matching apron
• I have something like 8 yards of that awesome striped fabric left after completing my apron
• It's been a while since I've made something matchy-matchy for her

I didn't make pleats for her apron or really do anything special at all. It's just a rectangle with the top two corners corners cut off. I did get slightly tricky (or lazy –however you want to look at it) and used elastic for the neck piece. I couldn't find any velcro or buttons I liked in my stash of notions, so elastic seemed like the best option. It's great because I don't have to worry about tying anything; I just effortlessly slip the apron over her gigantic head.