It Only Took Four Generations...

for me to get an iphone!!! And I am so happy to finally have one. Even Elliot has one, Lee's hand me down. Not for the phone but for the apps. We turned off internet service for him and he can play all he wants, except after dinner. This Mommy doesn't allow video games after dinner. I know, I am such a meany. So far I have added the facebook app, napster app and balloon animals. I absolutely love having all of my napster playlists to listen to in the car. Although, I wish Elliot would stop asking me to play Dynamite. The contreago song. Where it is supposed to be "Saying Ay-oh, baby let's go", Elliot sings "saing ay-oh, contreago." He insists it is not baby let's go. And the balloon animals is cute but not worth the $1.99. Maybe I can figure out how to get my email onto it tomorrow.



Yes he is still in his pajamas at 1:00. He got a lazy day while I cleaned and did laundry all day.

Happy Digital Scrapbooking Day!

So today was Digital Scrapbooking Day. I had quite a few hours to focus on it, but somehow I only finished 2 pages. At times I was trying to join a digital scrap chat, watch Bones and work on scrap pages. I do have another page that was almost finished a little while ago, when I decided to completely change it and do something totally different. The chats were interesting but a bit disappointing, and THE ONE I really wanted to join happened when Lee arrived home with our Indian dinner. I knew it was at a bad time, but I still hoped I would be able to totally focus on Cathy Z and Ali Edwards. Cathy is my idol.

Tomorrow I will shop, since everything is on sale and hopefully finish a few more pages.

Happy Birthday Auntie!!!

Loads of fun at Grandma's for Aunties birthday. We enjoyed delicious steak, corn on the cob and Texas Toast. Yum, yum, yum. And finished it off with delicious cake from Beverly's Best. And they are the best!

Auntie got everything she wanted...
Pictures of Elliot and Alex
Front row seats to The Ducks game
Cash
A close up mirror


One of the cutest birthday cakes ever




Looking for impurities. (Luckily he didn't find any)



Alex with Ernie



What Elliot gave to Auntie. She got him to tell her what the surprise was even before she opened it. I think they both hate surprises and she new exactly how to take advanttage of a sweet little 4 year old to give it away.

My baby is ONE!!!

I really can't believe it. It seems like yesterday, that i was out trick or treating with Elliot hoping that was the night my water would break. Elliot even went to Grandma and Papa's just in case. No such luck. It was another 2 days, November 2, our 8th anniversary. And now he is 21 pounds and one year old and full of personality.

2 hours old


1 day old








10 Things Tuesday
1. I still can't believe he is 1
2. My back is feeling so much better. Thank God for muscle relaxers.
3. Looking forward to a deep tissue massage, that was prescribed by my doctor.
4. I love shrimp ceviche from Patricia's. Yum, yum.
5. I want a soda fountain in my house.
6. When you take your child to the doctor because he has a cold, do you hope for an ear infection, or do you still hope for a clean bill of health even though it proves you are an over paranoid mom. Yes, the answer is obvious. Better safe than sorry, and always hoping for the healthy diagnosis.
7. Is it okay to give your child hot dogs 3 nights in one week?
8. Wondering how the passing of prop 19 would affect the people around me if it passes.
9. I don't think prop 19 is going to pass.
10. Hoping I will wake up tomorrow and find the cleaning fairy spent the night at our house. Unfortunately I am guessing it will still be the big mess I left it in.


Last but not least my favorite picture from Halloween...

What a Great Weekend

but I'm glad it's over.

Alex had a wonderful and easygoing birthday party. And we all had a great time in the dinosaur bounce house. My back and body couldn't really handle it, but my mind and heart could not resist. We were all wiped out before 7:00. The kids crashed and Lee and I were not far behind. The Petersons came over Sunday evening and we ended a fantastic weekend trick or treating. By the end of the night, the kids were begging us to go home. But they loved it!!!








Tomorrow my baby turns 1 and Lee and I celebrate 9 years of marriage!!!

Let the Halloween Festivities Begin

I LOVE HALLOWEEN!!!

Sometimes I think I love it even more than Christmas. I love the candy and the dressing up and the parties. So today was the beginning of a weekend of halloween. Alex's birthday is next week, so how lucky are we that he has a built in theme to his birthday. I LOVE IT!!! So today was Elliot's school halloween party. So I dropped him off equipped with my camera. And I had to feed Alex so that we could go do errands, which was a great opportunity for me to watch Elliot in action and get a few pictures.

What did I observe?
Elliot's best friend, Jake dressed as Spiderman, run over to hug him.
Elliot being a fierce dinosaur to scare/impress his favorite girl, Aneesa.
Elliot tell his teacher, Miss Heather that he had boogers in his nose.
Miss Heather line up 6 kids to go to the bathroom to get Elliot tissue, to wipe his boogers.
Elliot in violin class, with his teacher Mr. Espinosa.

Weekend Scrapbooking

This is a picture from the beginning of the year, but a favorite of mine.







Fun times with my cousins. Kristin came into town from Pennsylvania, and we all had so much fun talking about the old days. We grew up playing together, but only see each other every 5 or 10 years.

10 Things on Tuesday

1. I love Diet Coke!
2. I hate the rain.
3. I love my boys!
4. I hate the quality of customer service I recieve so often.
5. Have to watch the finale of Teen Mom. (Why, oh why?!)
6. Why is every other commercial on MTV for a horror movie. I hate horror movies and cannot even watch the commercials for them.
7. I am over frozen CPK pizza. It's just not good.
8. I want brownies.
9. Never believe that that a cheap craft is going to be cheap.
10. Stick with the wooden $1.50 crafts. That's what 4 year olds like best.

September in Review

September was a busy month, getting acclimated to our new home and the area, and Elliot starting preschool. We are loving it!

Elliot's First Dentist Appointment

Elliot and I got to have our teeth cleaned today. We love Samantha. She is definitely the best hygienist ever.


Journaling- "Friday, September 24th, Elliot had his first dentist appointment and teeth cleaning at Dr. Alley’s office. Mommy had her teeth cleaned first and then it was Elliot’s turn. “Samanta”cleaned his teeth and he was so good. He loves Samanta and had a great time talking her ear off, telling her that Monsters don’t really resist. He especially liked pressing the button for the water to swish around the sink that you spit in. He chose grape polish and Dr. Alley said his teeth look good, with good spacing, unlike his mommy’s. He did so well and Samanta cleaned all those sugar bugs off Elliot’s teeth."

Where I am Now...

I am addicted to Cathy Zielski templates and am taking her Me, The Abridged Version class at Big Picture Scrapbooking . I like her simple, more graphic style of scrapbooking and think that I have finally discovered my true style.

My current projects are my Me- The Abridged Version album, and A Book of Letters, Volume 1 for Elliot.


Two of my two page spreads from Elliot's album..



I used the "Dude" kit by Fee Jardine at The Sweet Shoppe
and templates from Cathy Zielski's "Message to My Boy" template pack at Designer Digitals


A couple pages from my "Me- The Abridged Version"




Random recent pages that I used Cathy's templates to create






So there's my scrapbook history. Now to make more...

Digi Scrap History Continued...

Around April or May I discovered templates by Cindy that I loved. The first page below is using one of her kits. This is also when I started discovering more Scrapbook shops.

A few of my favorites are
The Sweet Shoppe
Scrap Orchard
Design House Digitals
Designer Digitals
Two Peas in a Bucket


The kit I used was Spring Arrives by Misty Cato and template #24 by Cindy Schneider at The Sweet Shoppe.



Used Hero by Krystal Hartley at The Sweet Shoppe

When I finally dabbled in something other than The Sweet Shoppe at The Scrap Orchard..

Used It's a Journey collaborative kit at Scrap Orchard and PreFABS tagbook template by Studio Dutchie


In July I got to go scrapbooking with my great friend Debbie for 24 hours, and she showed me Creative Memories digital scrapbooking. I got some really great ideas there and did a few.
One of my layouts using the Creative Memories Storybook Creator software


Tomorrow I will finish up with where I am now and with a simple style, that I love!!!

More...

My Digital Scrapbook History, Part 2
When I discovered The Sweet Shoppe in February...


Kit used is Cupid's Confectionary by MandaBean


The kit used is Summer Solstice by KristineCronin-Barrow
and Template 1 by Sarah E.


The kit used is Modern Stone Age Family by Libby Weifenbach

The Sweet Shoppe was my home for digital scrapbooking for a couple of months, before I realized there were at least 100 digital scrapbook stores out there around international Scrapbook Day in early May. I still love The Sweet Shoppe, but glad to have some different styles in scrapbooking, to choose from, at other shops.

Where Have I Been?

I have been scrapbooking. About 6 or 7 months ago I got really serious about digital scrapbooking and ended up abandoning my blog. Unfortunately I am not very good at multi-tasking. The scrapbooking addiction began as a result of breastfeeding my newborn. In the first few months I was spending 5-7 hours a day nursing, and I really needed something to do while feeding Alex. My mom gave me a laptop for Christmas and that is how it began. With my computer on a small table next to my nursing chair, I was able to create. Maybe I am a multi-tasker. So I have decided to take my blogging in a different direction and share my daily stories in my digital scrapbook pages.

My history of digital scrapbooking, Part 1
When I first started dabbling in the world of digital scrapbooking,
March 2009.





January 2010




These all were made with digital kits at Weeds and Wildflowers . The first shop that I fell in love with.
More from my digi-scrap history tomorrow.