A family pic

Here we are - all three of us!

We actually took this picture at church - doesn't it look like it?! We set the camera on the Jeep and there you go!

23 weeks

October Birthday Wishes

Since the birthdays have passed, I can share these cards that I made for family who had birthdays this week.

This is for my mom's birthday. I liked this gray paper with the asterisks on it and since it had some blue in it, I used that as a complimentary color. This is of course a design template from CPS. This was the first time that I used the die cut that had the birthday things embossed into the circle. I used some white organdy ribbon and wrote "Happy Birthday!"

This card was for my niece who turned 6 on the 6th! (We also gave 6 gifts!) I just did a simple design with the three papers. I added pink organdy ribbon and a plastic e. I also wrote "Happy Birthday!"

Last, but not least, is a card for my dad. I liked the complementary colors that were matched with the cross paper and the blue, but wish I could find brown paper to match every shade of brown! I think it turned out okay and I wrote "Happy Birthday, Dad!" in my favorite font.

Barry-Free Evening

Barry had an opportunity to go out with some guys from church Thursday night, so I had the night all to myself. So, guess what I did?! I made cards! I am so behind on getting things done (Scooter zaps my energy, can you imagine that?!) that I've had a couple people that I've intended to do cards for and I haven't. This was the prime opportunity to do it. Plus, I got 2 extra cards made to give in the future. This one I used pink and brown as my colors. I used the giraffe print as the background and then added three patterned papers in strips down the left side. I wrote a simple message and added a piece of pink organdy ribbon with the friend's initial.
This one has a multitude of papers - 8 total! I used a design template from CPS and based the colors off of the middle paper. I miscalculated the size of the four squares and had to add a piece of black in the middle to make it work. This is just a thinking of you card.
This card is for a friend that just moved into a new house - her first home! I used the blue flowerdy paper as the basis for the other colors. I added the white die-cut flower and a pink jewel in the middle. I wrote "Congratulations!" in the white stripe.
This last card is for a co-worker who just had surgery this week. I wanted to make it cheerful so I used bright colors. I used 4 papers and some purple organdy ribbon. I wrote simply, "Praying for you" and then on the inside, "hoping you feel better soon!"

Tailgating Party at Work

We had a Tailgating party today at work -- sort of a celebration for October birthdays and then just something fun to do with the whole group. We had off from 11am-1pm to eat, play games, and socialize. The highlight of the time was the dunking booth.

This is my former boss, Gary.
Everyone cheered each time the participants fell in. It was hilarious!

Here I am with my Michigan t-shirt on (well, actually one of Barry's). I'm almost 23 weeks (1 day shy of it). The extra little bulge is my belt - these pants were so large that I needed it!Here I am with my co-worker, Mary. We used to work in the same department but now have gone separate ways. She's a great friend to me!

The first load of laundry

Sure, I know, who would post a picture of the first load of baby clothes? Crazy people like me, I guess! We've been saving up the clothes to get to a point to do a load and this was the first one.
We found a bunch of deals over the weekend at a consignment sale and then at a garage sale. I think that we might have spent about $12 to get all these things and some of them were brand spanking new!
We don't have a dresser to put them in (yet!) so they'll hang out in this caddy until we do. The little newborn stuff is so small. I don't think that Scooter is going to wear it very long (or at all). If he follows the trend that me and my siblings were on, he'll be a chunk when he's born.

Baby Spaghetti Squash

I got to my desk Monday morning and found this! According to Baby Center, at 22 weeks, the baby is the size of a spaghetti squash. I had no idea what that was and my co-worker decided to surprise me with one on Monday!

The squash wasn't quite as long as they said the baby should be (over 10 inches) and it weighed significantly more than what the baby weighs - 4 pounds, but it gives a good indication of the size of the baby.

Can you believe that Scooter is this big?!

Baby Card

I made this card and another exactly the same for two families that just had baby boys. I used the "It's a Boy" paper for the background and then some train paper as an accent. I made a large capital letter in the orange print for each child and wrote their name on the letter.

This particular one is for Tate who was born to a friend who was a co-worker with me. During the pregnancy they found some problems with his heart, but wouldn't be able to know for sure the extent until he was born as it had to do with the connection between the lungs and heart. He is doing pretty well.
The other card was for our friends who just had an emergency c-section on Friday. The little one's heart rate was so low that they felt for the safety of the baby they needed to go ahead and take him. Little Justice had open-heart surgery on Saturday. We went to the hospital on Sunday to see the family. He needs lots of prayers - they have a long road ahead of them.