savoring the details

24 weeks

Circle sticker on photo: Karla Dudley Designs available from After Five Designs

As you can see, I am behind on keeping this blog updated on the pregnancy.  When I posted the 21 week photo, I was already at nearly 24 weeks.  This photo (as I noted) is from September 18th.  I'm trying to catch up yet, I want to document this time so that when I print out my blog entries, it is all there (even if the dates don't align). 

I am feeling tons of movement from this little babe and it never ceases to amaze me. I am feeling really good.  I try to go for a walk every morning after I get Sean on the school bus. The exercise and fresh air seem to be really good for me.  I enjoy the peacefulness that a quiet morning brings. I really want to savor this pregnancy and all the wonders that come along with it.  Time is flying by and yet there is so much to get done. I am trying to take deep breaths and know that all will come together in due time. 

Thursday's thought...

Halloween Mini Album

I have wanted to make a Halloween mini album for the longest time, but I kept putting it off.  However, when Sharon, the owner of my fabulous LSS, asked me to make something Halloween related using the fabulous new products by Little Yellow Bicycle, I knew this would be my chance to finally make a Halloween mini album.

The photos I took are not too great as I took them on a very overcast day.  When I uploaded them to my computer and realized that they were not the greatest, I couldn't take new photos as the album was already at the store.  However, you get the idea.  I saved everything in Photoshop, so each year, I can add another page to the album.

 

This spider web paper is flocked; it looks really cool in real life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I also made a Halloween card.

 

Now, I need to get started on Sean's school album.

Baby Gifts + Cards

It seems that sweet babies are being born to several of my friends right now, so I have been making some baby gifts and just picked up some more supplies today to make some other gifts.  My super talented friend,Erica, welcomed a beautiful baby girl, Izzy.  I am so in love with that name.  It was so fun for me to make something pink and use some of the gorgeous new fabrics by Amy Butler.  I made this bib.  It is big for a newborn, but once the solid food stage begins, it is so nice to have a big bib for maximum coverage.

I used another Amy Butler fabric to make this blanket and the reverse side is some minky fabric...so soft.

Here is the baby card I made to go along with the gift. 

And a close-up.  I just love those velvet brads from Making Memories.

I also had to make some thank you cards for Sean's birthday party.  Whenever I have to make multiple cards, I try to come up with a simple design that I can replicate quickly. Here is the entire batch.

And here is the card.

Have a great day!

21 weeks

Thursday's thought...

Smile.

All I could do was smile when Sean brought this family portrait home today.  It is part of a little booklet he put together.  When I first looked, though, I had no hair and when I pointed this out to Sean, he told me he forgot.  Then he lauged and said, 'and your a lady too...you need hair.'  He quickly remedied the situation with crayons that were on the kitchen table.  I feel much better now!

     

For me, it doesn't get any better than this.  I love children's artwork.  I loved it when I was a teacher and now it is even more special when it is created by my own children.

Recap of the week...

This was a busy week indeed.  Labor Day marked Sean's 6th birthday.  One of the benefits of having your birthday around a holiday is that it involves lots of celebrating.  We celebrated with a kids' party at a bounce house facility on Saturday.  On Sunday, we celebrated with my family and on his real birthday, we had ice cream cake with neighbors and Grandma and Papa.  Believe it or not, he actually asked me Tuesday morning if we could have just one more cake.  I guess three is not enough!

 

{I have no idea why this photo is sized differently...ughh!!!!}

 

Sean is really into the Jonas Brothers so we bought him a CD and the Camp Rock DVD.  This was his reaction.  I just love it.  (As a side note, he only watched a little of the movie...too long to keep his interest, but he enjoys the music.)

This week was also the start of kindergarten for Sean.  It has been a bit of a bumpy ride thus far, but I am optimistic all will be good in the next week or two.

Here he is on the first day.  Sean wears a uniform and the first day just happened to be gym day, so he is wearing his gym uniform instead of his regular school uniform.

I think the hardest thing for Sean is getting used to a schedule again.  His bus picks him up very early and full day kindergarten is a long day.  I think once we get used to going to bed earlier and getting up earlier, all will be much better.

Similar to last year, I bought the teachers chocolate apples for the first day of school.  Here is a photo.

And this is the little card I made.

Thursday's thought...

I thought this was appropriate this week for all our kids going back to school:

He Said No. 5

Sean and my husband, Kevin, had this little conversation this morning:

Sean: I don't want to ride the bus to school in the morning.

Kevin: Oh, you'll be fine.  You rode the bus home every day from early kindergarten last year.

Sean: Yeah, but when I ride the bus home from school, it is to see Mommy; but in the morning, I'm leaving Mommy.

Oh, be still my heart.  I love him so much.  I am having such a hard time thinking about tomorrow...his first official day of kindergarten.  Sigh...