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Not much scrappy news to report here these days. My days are filled with feeding, sleeping and pooping...and I'm loving every minute of it! I am definitely snapping a ton of pictures, and one of these days I'll find time to scrap some! For now...I'm just taking one day at a time and enjoying my baby girl!

It's a GIRL!

She's finally here! Kaylin Lee was born 1/28/09 at 2:25am. Weighing 7lbs 6 1/4 ounces and measuring 20 3/4 inches. She's doing well...now we're all just trying to get a routine in order and get some sleep where we can.

Just some graphic playing...

So lately my paper scrapping stuff is piled under baby stuff and I haven't had the motivation to digi scrap, either. But I have put together a few cute little graphics here and there. Here are my faves lately.

Getting closer

So tomorrow I'll be at 34 weeks...6 weeks to go. I can't believe it! I've been feeling healthier, with almost no nausea (KNOCK ON WOOD!!) which is great! I was sick with bronchitis for about 2 weeks and that was miserable as my lungs are already getting smushed by a baby and then they were full of crap to boot. I'm about over it now and starting to look forward to Christmas at least a little bit. We went Christmas shopping with my hubby's parents today and they kept trying to get me to pick stuff, but I just really have a hard time wanting anything for myself right now. I did pick up 2 huge paper stacks from DCVW at Joann's...I love the variety in them and they've always got something good for a themed page/album.
My sister and her husband are coming the day after Christmas and staying through the weekend. We've been busy trying to get the guest room/nursery cleaned up and presentable for their visit...but the bed is still covered COVERED in baby stuff. We'll get there, I'm sure...it is frustrating, though.
I also just found out my friends who are traveling nurses will finally be putting down "roots" for the next 2 1/2 years. Joe will be going back to school for nurse anesthethist (yeah, I can't spell that, forget it) in Philly so they'll be parking their hineys there for awhile. I'm super excited to have them back in the state again for a good while. And Philly will be cool because it's so rich in history, I can't wait to visit. AND it's close to NYC. Woohoo! I see many fun trips in the next few years...hopefully baby likes to travel.

Still hanging in there...

This picture was last week...28 weeks 4 days... I had a few good days of not being too sick feeling, but it doesn't seem it's going to last...darn! Then I had my 1 hour glucose screen and failed! But, today was the 3 hour test and I got a call already that I passed! Thank goodness my husband's aunt works at the office so she called, otherwise I probably wouldn't have heard anything until my appt on Monday.
Saturday is my baby shower. I'm really looking forward to it. Should be fun, I just hope I feel good unlike my first shower.
I've been attempting to scrap a few generic pages for the baby to use as a Christmas present for the grandmas next year. I'm thinking that I'm probably not going to have much scrapping time once this kid gets here, and trying to prepare...hehe.
Other than that, life just moves on...sometimes fast and sometimes slow. I can't believe it's Thanksgiving next week! And today we got some snow! Oh my!

Checking back in...

Well alot of time has gone by, but not much has changed too drastically. The belly keeps getting bigger, even though I keep losing weight... I had my last day of work the end of August...hooray! Our county fair started the same day. I entered some of my pictures from California, and my surfer picture actually won 1st prize in the landscapes/seascapes division. I was quite surprised and happy. I had a horrible bladder infection the middle of September. And then we headed out to Indiana for a visit and a baby shower. Luckily, the morning sickness seems to be tapering off. I've had some very nauseous moments lately, but mostly due to pain from the bladder infection and now I think I have a rib out of place that I really need to make an appointment to have looked at, but keep forgetting. Over all I'm feeling more decent and restless. I want to do things, but don't know what those things are yet...and I don't quite have the energy/stamina to do much of anything, but my brain sure goes a mile a minute. I'm hoping to work on scrapbooking some once my husband goes back to work on Monday...but for this weekend we're going to try to get the old junk room cleaned out to be transformed into a baby's haven. Should be fun!

Quick update

Just playing with some pictures from the beach there... Not really my update.

So, I'm almost 15 weeks pregnant now...still have morning sickness...and have been working like crazy which is why no updates I guess.
Then this past week I got another stomach flu on top of everything and ended up getting I.V. fluids at the doctor's office. I missed the entire week of work (I'm sure they're thrilled with me...oh well!). And then yesterday I threw my back out just taking the dogs off of their leashes. Now I can barely move or take care of myself, and they can't really give me any drugs other than Tylenol so I have to suffer through and hope it works itself out by Monday so I can get back to work...rah. I did get a note from the doctor saying I can only work a max of 25 hours now, so hopefully that might help a bit...we'll see.

No updates, oy!

Well, I've been a slacker lately, but with good reason. On June 2nd we found out at long last we are pregnant! Hooray, hoorah! But boy, my body knows it too! It seems like all I do is work and sleep so there's no time for scrapping or anything else at this point. I do seem to be waking up a bit more lately...not as sleepy...but pretty nauseated. Hopefully soon I'll feel better and ready to do my normal things again! We've already had blood tests to confirm and an ultrasound at my fertility doctor. My first OB appointment is on July 3rd. I can hardly wait!

California trip

So I just got back from California late Monday night. I had a great time with great friends and have over 1000 pictures to go through and thin out and then get to scrapping. But right now I'm just plain TIRED! I had to work Tuesday and Wednesday and today was my day off. I had hoped to sleep the day away, but my mom called at 9:30 and ruined that plan. We went shopping to get my husband something for his birthday...and I'm going to aerobics tonight so I'll be ready for bed when I'm done with that. So...here's a few of my favorite photos for now, I'm sure I'll be back to scrapping in no time...

Feb. and March calendars

So I got behind on Lacey's calendar challenge. I'm caught up now, and hopefully I'll stay that way. Here's my Feb. and March pages...only 9 more to go!

I'm headed home to Indiana on a quick trip to visit my dad come Monday. I can't wait. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor on March 17 (his birthday) and we've had a bit of a rocky road since. This is my first chance to get home and give him a hug. Luckily, they're feeling better about his prognosis everytime he goes to the doctor. They still don't know if it's cancer or not, and won't really know much more for at least 6 weeks. But for now, it's not as big a worry as it originally was...thank goodness!

A challenge entry and other random stuff...

There's a challenge at Digital Candy to scrap the music you love. It's to go into a "book about me" when you complete all of them. I missed the first few challenges, only found this site recently. But I thought this was such a neat idea! Here's my take. I have a very diverse taste in music, even though this doesn't make it seem like I do...haha. I just always find myself reaching for the same CDs when nothing else is pleasing me, and these just happen to be the girls...



That also made me remember this tag I made. Well, I've made several, but this is my most recent one. Haven't made one since...don't know when I will make my next...just thought I'd share.

On other news...I went to the doc yesterday morning to see if the Clomid worked...no dice. I have to up my dose...I'm sure I'm going to become such a lovely person to be around soon...I hope it's all worth it!

Told ya so...

Well, I got busy on a layout with my newfound old pictures already. I was inspired by the pinks in this kit I got from Mandy Mystique's blog. It was a freebie to celebrate her grand opening, and is now on sale at buzybeescrapper. The alphabet spelling out "family" is something I've had for awhile, I thought it worked great with this kit. I thought all the pinks worked well with the pink tones in this photo.



And here are a couple of surprise pictures. While looking through my cousin's photo albums...I came across pictures of my dad's dad. This is odd due to the fact that this cousin is from my mom's side...hehe. So here are the two pictures I found and snagged. Notice my grandfather had an afinity for carrying his camera around...as do I. Coincidence?




I hope to get the rest of these old photos scanned over the next few days so I can order prints to make the book for my mom. Very exciting.

Old photos

My cousin recently gave me some old pictures he had inherited from our aunt. The one above was taken when I was a baby. Those are 2 of my 4 sisters and my mom with me. Obviously, I won't remember that one being taken.

This one is a picture of my mom's dad in his army uniform. The back reads Private "Dutch" Renshaw. Taken at New Cumberland. That's the first picture I've ever seen of him in uniform. I think it's pretty cool.

And this one is my mom's mom when she was a girl. It's hard to picture grandparents ever being young, so I love this photo just because it lets me actually see her. There were a few more of my grandma when she was younger...I'm so glad to have received them!

I can see these photos becoming some scrapbook pages in the near future. I'm actually considering making a book with all the pictures of my mom and her mom and dad for my mom's birthday. It's coming up fast, though...so I don't know if I'll achieve it or not. We'll see!

Kim's Birthday

My mother-in-law's birthday was last week. I made her a card using a few papers from My Mind's Eye Bohemia line. I thought it came out pretty nice, but the picture doesn't do it justice. Here it is anyhow...



I also made a digital layout of the event. For every birthday, the family tries to get together for cake and ice cream. It's never a big thing...but just as the quote says, the small things really are the big things in life. It's always great to get the family together. I used the Wild Sorbet kit from Michelle Coleman of LittleDreamerDesigns.com.

Feeling Crafty

Well, I still can't get to my scrapping stuff, one of these days I REALLY have to organize it! So, today I decided to play with my sewing machine. I don't sew much, but when I do, I like to make something nifty. My sister in Indiana raises Chihuahuas. The last time I was out she showed me pictures of these "snuggle sack" things. They're basically a very small sleeping bag that the dog can snuggle down into and be warm. I decided to give it a go with some fleece I had found with Eeyore on it...my sis loves Eeyore. I sewed 3 layers of fleece on the bottom for cushion and kind of quilted them together a bit so they wouldn't get all bunched up. The top is one layer of fleece, and I even added a touch of lace around the edges. It's not completely done yet, I need to finish up the top and trim the strings, but that is for another day. So, here it is at it stands now. Layla thinks it's pretty cool.

A day off.

Ah, a day off. How I've longed for one of these lately. I didn't get to sleep in, though. I had to take my dog to the groomer's and then get the oil changed in the truck in preparation for our trip to Indiana next week. Boy will it be great to go on a mini-vacation.

I didn't achieve anything scrap related today, though. I would have liked to, but decided a nap was more intriguing. I did finally print labels to put on the back of my Memory Works catalogs, though. That's an achievement to be proud of.

I hope everyone is having a lovely day.

Thoughts for the day...

Wow. Fall has hit hard and fast here, and it's lovely! Last weekend at this time it was 90 degrees and humid...today, 60, sunny, breezy and beautiful. I really should be outside...but here I sit, clacking away at the keyboard. I had a lovely photo shoot with 2 of my dogs until all of my batteries for my digital camera decided to die at once...sigh. Guess it's time to get new ones, they really don't seem to hold their charge very long any more. Here are the shots I loved most, anyhow:


These are the lovely ladies who live in my household. There's Layla on the left. She is a CKC registered Chihuahua. Chloe is on the right. She is half rat terrier and half...spaz? They're both quite playful and friendly, but can get a bit rambunctious. I was just lucky enough to catch them being somewhat sleepy and enjoying the sun, or else I probably would have had nose prints on my lens.

I hope everyone has a lovely day!

Exploding boxes!

Well, I made this explosion box a few weeks ago and I LOVE it! I'm addicted, and have gotten my friends super excited about making their own.

I also decided to try making a smaller version, and I love the way it turned out, too, though I don't know what I'll do with it. It's on loan to a friend while she works on making her own box to use as a reference.