A year ago...

I gave birth to Elyse "Ellie" and what a year it has been. I am completely overwhelmed with the fact that a year has gone by. Some days it seems like just yesterday and then other days it seems so long ago. I guess that's how time works.

The party was a success! We had a lot of fun and Ellie was great! Here are some pics from the party:

That's Ellie in the pink dress hanging out with her little buddies :) and her Aunt Erin.

Ellie in her birthday hat eating cake... she loved it!

Look at that face.... priceless.

We have been very busy with family and tomorrow we are doing even more stuff... so by Monday I should be completely wiped out!

Planning a Party!

So tomorrow is Ellie's first birthday. I can't believe a year has flown by. I'm in awe and yet I haven't had time to dwell on it too much because I've been planning a party. Tomorrow we are having a party for Ellie at the little park down the street. It's going to be so much fun.. we are expecting about 50 people...yikes!!! Of course this is all for us and not Ellie, but it's still going to be great. Jeff's parents (both sets) flew in from California and so did his sister. Last night we went to dinner with his father and stepmother and tonight we went to dinner with his grandparents, mother and sister.... phew, lots of socializing for us.

I will hopefully get lots of pics tomorrow.. or at least hopefully my brother will (he's on camera duty!) I just stuffed some goodie bags for the kids and I'm ready to take a hot bath. I did manage to get this page done for the chick's life challenge.. we were supposed to scrap a birth story.. how appropriate. I used Heather Roselli's new "It's a Girl Thang" kit found at the Digichick.

Still busy!

I swear things have not slowed down one bit. First off, Ellie has another STUPID cold! I took her to the doctor this morning and they said her ears were clear and so was her chest and that she probably just got another cold on top of the old one.. UGH!!! The poor girl's nose is full of junk! I mean she can hardly breathe. So hopefully this won't last as long as the other one. At least she doesn't have a fever this time.

So tonight I actually got some scrapping done.. last night too as a matter of fact! Here is a page I did tonight:

Guess what is so great about that LO?? I made ALL of the elements/papers! Woot look at me go.. LOL!! Actually I really like this kit and so far it's getting big. I'm going to add a 3rd color I think. Probably a cream color. Anyway let me know what you think. I think I will give it away as part of my avatar challenge this month :)

Ok off to bed, I'm exhausted as usual!

Catch up

So after a week of not working I am now playing catch up. Catch up on everything.. work, life, etc.... We had a great time on Easter. My family always goes to church and then we all head to the park for a picnic and some outdoor fun. Ellie did great. She was still not 100% but you couldn't tell. She looked great in her little dress and of course she kept pulling the bow out of her hair. Here are two pics from the day: (straight off the camera & not edited!!)

That is the 3 of us before we changed for the picnic!

Ellie in her adorable purple dress that you can't see very well!! Doesn't she look better :)

Other than that nothing else to really write about. I'm in the process of planning Ellie's 1st b-day party! It's going to be huge I think. I know it's mostly for us, but oh well.. a party is a party right?! It's going to be on Saturday April 29th... Lots to do before then.

Happy Easter!

Some Easter Humor:

What a week!

So today is the first day since Sunday that Ellie has not had a fever. I tell you this week has been hell to say the least. She has been so sick and cranky!!! Not sleeping... which means I don't sleep. I didn't work one day this week.. not so bad, but when you aren't planning it, it's not so fun. So basically I didn't get paid either. I contract myself so if I don't work, I am out of money :( So no scrapbooking kits for me this next week LOL.

I did manage to get a few fun things done while I was locked inside. First of all I made this kit for the exchange club chat at Rakscraps:


I've been working a ton on designing some kits. I'm really starting to get the hang of this designing thing. I'm working on a boy kit and a cool blue & brown kit too. I figure I can hand them out for some of my challenges. Ok so here are my LOs for the week.

(Credits: Seriously Kit by Robin Cabana of Scrapdish, stitching by Shabby Princess)

(Credits: paper/elements by Jen Wilson, flower & Brad by Mrs. S, stitching by shabby princess)

I did that 34 page for the chick's life challenge. We were supposed to scrap about our age... yep I'm 34... soon to be 35 (ugh!!!) in July. I also had fun with this page:

(Credits: Paper/elements by Heather Rosellit from her Construction Kit found at the Digichick)

I made those little arrows with my hyperpen. I have this HUGE tablet that I got when my Dad died.. I dont' think he ever even used it. It's pretty old too (in the electronic sense) Anyway, I really don't know how to use it very well. I really want to learn though. So I will just have to keep playing with it. So as you can see my week has been crazy.. I definately am suffering from cabin fever!!!

Poor baby!

Your Theme Song is Soak Up The Sun by Sheryl Crow

"I've got no one to blameFor every time I feel lameI'm looking up" You're laid back, optimistic, and very togetherLike the sun, people feel warm and comfortable around you

What's" Your Theme Song?

I saw this test on Robin's blog as I am sitting here listening to a crying baby. A vey sick baby at that. She has had a really high temp the last 2 nights, 102-103. And of course the doctor says to keep an eye on it, that's its Viral. Of course. I'm ready for it to stop. I'm tired and I'm missing a week of work. Ugh.

A Gift and colds :)

So I made this kit called Citrus Garden and I'm giving it away :) Here is the preview:

And here is the Dowload link!! (it's on megaupload) If you take it please leave me a comment and if you use it send me an email, I'd love to see what you do with it :) Remember I haven't been making kits very long, so the sizing may be a bit off on th elements.

Ellie and I both have terrible head colds.. and of course Jeff is out of town until MOnday. She was up most of last night and so was I. You know you don't feel to well when you have a ton of spare time and you want to do nothing but sleep. Today I did get the strength ;) to go shopping LOL. I bought the cutest pair of shoes from Nine West.. fun little sandals and then 2 pairs of flip flops and a shirt at Anny Taylor. Man I love flip flops!! If I could wear them everyday I would. I bought Ellie some cute little stuff from Carters too. Ok that's about it.. nothing too exciting to report. Adios!

Another preview

Here is the other kit I finished. Not sure what I'm doing with these :) Just having fun for now. Feeling much better this evening. Just watched bits and pieces of American Idol.

I need to go back and watch the whole thing now (Tivo)

Home sick

So I stayed home from work today just feeling pretty crummy.. more nauseous really. Not sure what it is, but Jeff was feeling the same way too. Probably a little bug. I did sleep a bit today and then I finished this:

What do you think????? Please let me know and be honest! It was fun to make. I made another little kit too, but haven't put the preview together yet. I'll post it when it's done.

Ellie started at the new babysitter yesterday. So far I think it's good. She came home super exhausted. I think she crawled and played around with the other little girl all day. I think it's really good that she is with another child around her age. My babysitter said they did very well together. Ok I'm off to take a nap.