Holy Smokes I scrapped!!!

Wow! It seems like ages since I've created anything. And now I've done 2 layouts over 2 days! Granted, they're both simple, but they're done and they're mine. I just love the pics of the kids I used. They are so darn cute!

Come by www.scrapbookplayground.com this weekend and join in the challenges at the Scrap Party!

Today is September 30th, my day to say goodbye as a guest designer at www.scrapbookeronline.com. So sad. I've had so much fun and truly enjoyed being an official part of the team. The ladies are so stinkin talented. I don't feel I pulled my weight, though. I have to give a special thanks to MF for the opportunity and belief in me! Hugs big sis!

They're growing so fast!

So my mom is here and we've done a lot of shopping! I can't believe how fast my kids are growing! Hailee is in 3T bottoms now and 4T tops. Braden is in 12 month bottoms and 9 month tops! And he's not even 5 months old yet!

Hailee's proofs came back for her school picture. Her smile could've been better but it's still a cute picture. Her first school picture, awwww.

Braden is loving oatmeal mixed with applesauce. What a good eater he is!

I haven't done much scrapping lately since I've had company. I still need to do one more layout for the Pressed Petals feature at www.scrapbookplayground.com. Luckily I've got my WAT layout done already for www.scrapbookeronline.com or I may not have had it ready either since Mom doesn't leave until Thursday.

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Again, I'm just feeling so lucky!

and this is the reason why! Look at these two beautiful kids. I thank my lucky stars everyday for these two!

AAAAAHHHHH!

I am awake and refreshed. Why you ask? Because Braden slept from 11 pm to 7 am! wow!!!! I put him to bed at 9 pm in his car seat, because he is still so congested. He woke at 11 pm and I thought "well that didn't work, but let's try once more". So after he ate I put him back in the car seat. Voila! It worked! I woke up at 6 am and jumped out of bed to make sure he was okay! So he ate at 7 am then slept until 8:30, we all did. We all over slept and I have to say it felt great!!!!! Hailee may be a little off schedule today for school, but we'll get through!

Some of my work!

A new day...

Well, Hailee seems to be in the clear. No more "sickies" for her. Thanks goodness, I didn't want to have to keep her home from school tomorrow. Braden on the other hand is still down. He did better yesterday morning then it came back. He slept okay last night, 3 hours at a time, and he's napping now. I don't know how that poor little nose is so stuffy. And now Darren has a sore throat! ugh! Germs need to just get out of my house!

On a happier note....I was SO productive yesterday! I got a lot of stuff done for the Oct/Nov issue of Ready, Set, Create! Thank goodness because the deadline just sort of snuck up on me! I have one more to do today then I MUST get working on my WAT layout for www.scrapbookeronline.com. MF has really challenged me for this week! It's hard to believe this is my last month as the guest designer. It's been so much fun working with the fabulous design team. I just hope I didn't let anyone down. I had kind of a funk for a while and don't feel my layouts were up to par. And even though I'm not a huge fan of 7Gypsies (I know, I know, don't hate me!) I really like how my layouts turned out. I'm really excited to be working with Junkitz this month, though!

And at www.scrapbookplayground.com we're working with Pressed Petals this month! How cool is that? I'm so in love with their stuff and can't wait to just start whipping out the projects for this one! I have 2 done but know I'll get even more done before the 20th!

My poor babies.

Braden just woke from a nap in this picture and he's just daydreaming I suppose. Poor little guy.


Hailee napping...that's a sure sign she's sick.

I hope whatever they have passes quickly.

Nurses and Doctors and Dentists, oh my!

Yesterday was a full day. It started at the Doctors office for Hailee's 4 year check up (a tad late!) and Braden's 4 month check up. Hailee weighs 31 pounds (25 percentile) and is 38 inches (15 percentile) while Braden is 16.14 pounds (75 percentile) and 26 inches (90 percentile). Hailee is only a foot taller than her baby brother! lol Hailee's pigeon toed foot shows no reason for concern, she has full range, so we're relieved with that. Braden is gaining weight so no reason to be concerned with his continuous throw up, though I'll be getting another medication to try today.

After the doc, Hailee had to go to the dentist. The odd child she is actually likes it! She does so great, probably better than I did at that age! No cavities! yay!

So you'd think after going to the doc he'd be able to say "hey, Braden looks like he's coming down with something, don't expect to get much sleep tonight'. But no. He didn't tell me. So Braden's stuffiness and cough was a total shock to me! He couldn't sleep laying down so he slept on me while I sat up in bed! ugh! Tonight, I'll put him in his car seat, unless the doc says he can take some medicine to help him through the night.

I have such a great boy!

Look at this kid! Not only is he ADORABLE, but he's turning into such a good baby. I can eat just about everything (still no Mexican food or heavy garlic) I want. Such a relief because it was getting difficult trying to avoid pizza and red sauce :) . The best thing: He puts himself to sleep! WOW! It started about 3 nights ago. He woke up at 11:30 pm and I had to change his diaper...he ended up awake for an hour. He got tired but cried even more when I rocked him or cuddled him. So I put him in his bed and turned on his mobile. He sucked his thumb, made really cute soothing noises, and after 15 minutes he was asleep. I thought it was luck but he did it again the next day for his naps and has been doing it ever since! So different than Hailee. Darren and I had to "train" Hailee to fall asleep in her bed alone at 8 months. I'm so excited but at the same time it's wierd. I go in and check on him every half hour because I just can't believe he's fallen asleep, lol. This means I will have so much less stress when we travel over Christmas. Flying from Tulsa to Seattle is a long day, then 2 1/2 weeks visiting family makes for a long vacation.


So that's my good news for the day. Now I'll go pick Hailee up from school and hear all about the fun she had!

SBO Contest Time!!!!

It’s HOMECOMING at Scrapbooker Online You and a layout you love are invited to the Scrapbooker Online Homecoming Celebration. This is a chance to dust off one of your favorite layouts, a layout you may have submitted to a specific call or magazine assignment and it never got its chance to shine. We are inviting you and your best work to come out and party! There will be no wall flowers in our SBO gallery. Be seen and join us in creating one of the best September galleries the web has to offer!

Contest Rules/Details: • Submit a scrapbook layout that you have submitted to a specific call or magazine assignment and has never been picked up or published.
• Only one submission per person will be accepted.
• Include journaling, if possible.
• Please forward journaling in plain text along with the photo.
NOTE: No previously published work will be accepted.
1. All images will be displayed in our monthly contest gallery.
2. Open to US and Canada residents only
3. Please include a supply list.
4. Our winner will be notified by e-mail and must respond within 2 weeks of notification.
5. Winner will be announced in our monthly newsletter and on our site.
6. Winning Layout: Our Design Team will select one winning layout. The winner of this contest will receive a $25 gift certificate to our on line store and be crowned the SBO Homecoming Queen.
7. All entries must be received by September 28th, 2006. Submissions can be made by emailing September2006Contest@scrapbookeronline.com Or by uploading it to the "September 2006 – SBO Homecoming 2006" contest gallery. User registration is required September Contest Deadline is September 28th, 2006

Hailee's 1st day of school!

she had a great day! she colored, danced, sang, read, and even had a snack! She seems to really like her teacher, Mrs. Snow. I'm glad she's having fun! Soon she'll know everyone's name and will tell me all about them!

Scrapbook Playground needs a guest designer for October!

We are looking for a guest designer to work with our design team for the month of October! To be considered, upload your 3 favorite layouts that depict your style in our gallery and link them here: http://www.scrapbookplayground.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10125! The guest designer will be chosen and announced on September 15th!!!


Congrats to Jen and Rita....September's guest designers!!!!

An adorable bad habit!

He's a thumb sucker. I'm not really happy with it, because you can't take the thumb away sometime in the future....well at least he looks cute doing it! He's just starting to grab and hold things, so Darren and I are hoping to get him switched to a pacifier.

Last night was a long night, he didn't sleep well for some reason. But tonight is good so far. He fell asleep at 8:00 pm when he ate and it's now after 11 and he isn't awake yet! Pray for lots of rest for this zombie mommy!

Only 6 more days until Hailee starts preK. She is getting so excited! I really hope she enjoys school and will make lots of new friends.

awwww!

aren't they just the cutest? I love how this picture looks, even if Braden didn't smile! I guess I need to go update all of my avatars now! :)

Scrapbook Playground is looking for a guest designer!!!!!

We are looking for a guest designer to work with our design team for the month of September! To be considered, upload your 3 favorite layouts that depict your style in our gallery and link them here http://www.scrapbookplayground.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9908 ! The guest designer will be chosen and announced on August 15th!

Also, please congratulate Gine! She's the newest member of our fabulous design team!!!!!

3 months already???

Wow, how time flies! Braden is 3 months old as of August 1st! And to celebrate he let out his first belly laugh! It's so cute! I finally got him to do it for his Daddy so now I'm not the only one who's heard him! And he's getting to be such a good happy baby! He falls asleep in the swing now. Which is good. He used to only fall asleep if I was holding him or if we were in the car. He's taking good naps during the day...3 of them at least 1 1/2 hours each! Much better than Hailee ever did! I'm pleased to say I can eat red sauce again! YAY! I had spaghetti and he didn't have any troubles with it. That was so exciting that I thought I'd try Mexican food for lunch...no such luck. Boy was that a long day! Poor little guy.

Hailee starts school on the 17th! I can't believe it! I remember thinking "only a few more months" and here it is only a few more days! She's so excited. I'm curious how the first day will go. She gets so shy that she cries so I'm expecting a long goodbye that day.

Contest begins TODAY!!!!...August 1st.
SBO’s Progressive August Layout Contest
www.scrapbookeronline.com
Thanks to the wonderful contributions and participation in our July contest we have decided to keep the ball rolling at SBO and offer another progressive layout contest for the month of August. But this one has a little twist involved. For anyone who attended our Cyber Crop in June and participated in my challenge you will understand the contest rules below.

The contest will run for 4 weeks. Each, MONDAY by Midnight EST, you will upload the assignment for the week. There will be a designated contest gallery for each week of the contest.

The contest judging will not occur until the end of the month but to be eligible you will need to upload your assignment each week. Due to the fact this is a progressive contest you can not miss a week because each week will build off of the past weeks work.

Each Tuesday at Noon, EST, I will post the assignment. You will have a week to complete it and upload to the gallery.

The final layouts will be judged on the following: Overall craftsmanship, creativity, and interesting use of embellishments, journaling, and how well you followed the directions. The SBO DT will be judging this contest.

This contest is going to take some thought ladies. Each week you will need to use what you have done in the past and build on it. But, you will not know what you are to do next, until the assignment is posted. You also can NOT add anything to your layout that is not in the assignments. Good luck let me know if you have any questions.

The first assignment will be posted this Tuesday, August 1st. The first deadline will be Monday, August 7th at Midnight EST.

wow, has it been a while!

I just have to share this layout. but SHHHH! it's not going to be revealed until wicked awesome Thursday at www.scrapbookeronline.com! So don't tell big sis! lol
I love this paper by 7gypsies! perfect to show off my blessings! I look at my family every day and smile at how lucky I am.

so what to say?

Been a while since I've made a post, but now I can't think of much to talk about! lol Here's a layout I did this week. It will be in the August/September issue of www.readysetcreate.com and the sponsor was Pressed Petals! I just love their stuff!!!

I was supposed to try to get Braden switched to soy formula to see if he improves as far as gassy tummy and some fussiness, but that didn't work so I just bought some more Mylicon! I'll try again later. He enjoys nursing and I do, too, so why should I give it up? I mean it is the milk God intended him to drink, right?

These super hot temps are making us all cranky. Hailee can't go out to play for more than 15 minutes at a time before she's thirsty and bright red so having her under foot all day is adding to the crankies. Darren finally noticed yesterday, and he's been sick so he's spent the last 2 days just sleeping! Glad he's at work today, but wish I could find something to keep Munch busy.

I'm still waiting for airfares to drop. My mom and sister are going to come visit in September :) and then Darren & I and the kids are going to Seattle for Christmas!!! YAY!!!! Can't wait!!!!