Birthday Girl

Ellie's birthday is over. It spread out from the last week in october (we celebrated with gramma and auntie B!)All the way to yesterday, which was the 'shared' birthday party with our cute little boy neighbor, baby T!
So she is now offically one year old. Where did that time go?????

Halloween pumpkins!

The house is ready for Halloween. Got decorations up inside and outside the house. And today we completed the required pumpkins. Very exciting. What was even neater was that an Auntie was here to help with the pumpkins!This year the pumpkins are faces. They will look fantastic on my stoop. Pictures coming soon of pumpkins on the stoop of the house decorated for Halloween.

Hee hee! New post! So I think most of the people I scrapbook with know that I'm not much of an actual 'paper crafts' person. I don't like to make knick knacks or albums from paper....I really just prefer to scrapbook memories. I just don't know what to do with those cute little albums and knicker knacks that I would potentially make. They'd probably just pile up in my scraproom and I would be afraid to toss them because 1.) they're so cute 2.) they're made with my cute patterned paper and embellishments 3.) I put lots of effort into them. So I stick to the good old traditional scrapbooking thingy. Anyhow, having said that, I've been reading the My Mind's Eye blog lately and noticing that they do paper challenges over there. They did a 'spooooooky' challenge over there this month and I gave in and gave it a try.

I made a wall hanging that I'm going to hang on my wall for Halloween!! And it's made from paper! I guess you could consider it a knicker knack. But I'll just pack this one up after Halloween is over and then pull it out again next year to once again hang on my wall. BUT. I didn't just make one....I made TWO!! See, the one I submitted to contest won't be shown until Oct.28. Much too long to wait. So I've got this other one that I'm going to post here!

This is a big thing for me. I don't normally make knicker knackers people!!!!!

You'll have to wait until Oct.28 to see the other one. Cackle cackle cackle!!1

Snow. That's really all I've got to say. Snow. It's still snowing out there right now, but apparently we're to get up to +15 or something like that on Saturday. Here is my theory. Late September we got B-lasted with a heat wave. I do believe we made it up to +30 degrees. Abnormal for September, or any September that I've experienced anywhere. So now we're facing the extreme opposite. Some -10 degrees and such (with winds) (the such being snow snow snow...but that snow isn't really accumulating, just a small skiff on the ground). So after this week, we should be able to settle into some regular October weather. I'm hoping for the +5 mark. Nothing extravagant. I would like some nice weather for Halloween. Then come November 1, I'll be expecting the cooler winterness again. So now that I've given my theory on the weather, let's end off with a happy note!!! Scrub scrub people!! Scrub scrub!

Oh yes. And a quick addendum. Go the the 'My Mind's Eye' Blog (just google it) and check under their challenge #3 album. Somewhere in there you'll see Missy Magoo strutting her stuff in a fabulous layout using only my mind's eye product. And now I think I should get free product for mentioning this in my blog.

Woooo! New post! So for the past two weekends I've been trying to get published in Canadian Scrapbooker. I've been denied now for both weekends. So guess I'll just have to live with being published on my own blog. So here is some cuteness people!!!
The two green layouts are a double layout. Not really great pictures of the layouts, but just done on the fly for your viewing pleasure.

Hello? Hello? HELLO?????

Is anybody there????

I've posted a few jolly jumping videos, now I'm posting some stills. I think these are hilarious. So if you need a dose of cuteness, here it is.She' getting pretty good at this jumping thing.

Oh yes. I'm back with yet another jolly jumper video. But how can one resist a baby in a jolly jumper. They're just so cute. She's getting a little more air on this one than the rest. She had quite a session on this particular day. I could almost say the jolly jumping was getting out of hand.

Here is something for all those aunties that cannot access Facebook. I'm only posting this particular video here. And it is a special video. The baby bean has been doing this for the past 40 minutes straight. And getting stuck is odd positions (as she gets hung up on the jungle mat posts). It's kind of comical.

Oooh video!! I tried uploading onto facebook but it either didn't work or else I just wasn't patient enough. Perhaps patience was the issue as I see it's taking forever to upload here too. Anyhow, at least sister B gets to see it now too (non-facebookian). I love the way her leggies move. I like to compare Baby E's legs to a cartoon. You know how in cartoons the body always stands still but the legs are moving like mad. Well this is Baby E in the jolly jumper. It just makes me laugh. And she loves the dogs. She'll smile and laugh at them when she's jumping. Before she really could care less. I guess it must have something to do with her being on their level when she's in the jumper. Anyhow. I really hope this works. Ok, sorry, but you'll have to watch this on your head because I can't get it to right itself! Darn it!

OK, be prepared for some cuteness!!!!!

I love this beanie and I'm glad it still fits her noggin. It's nice and stretchy and just grows with her. Thanks auntie S!!!!!!Don't worry Gramma, no babies were harmed during this photo shoot! Ellie was a calm, cool and collected baby. I think she's got the 'blue steel' going on here.

And I love that we can still wear this cute little jacket. It's actually a 3-6 month jacket although She's been wearing this since she was born basically. There must be something really interesting about her fist here.....A little tummy time happening here. Tummy time doesn't really last all that long...but I would venture to say that she is getting better at it. At least most of the time she's on her tummy she's happy now. The break-downs and complaining don't start until well into tummy time now instead of right at the beginning. Ok, that's all for now!!

So someone commented to me that they were excited to see my blog and they got there and all they got for their trouble was a stupid cross stitch picture. Well fine then. I'm posting a couple of the baby munchkin!Why am I posting this particular photo you may ask? Other than it is cute (although the colour of the picture really does suck), I officially retired this sleeper today along with another of her 3 month sleepers. When dad comments on her ability to not fully extend her foot in her sleeper because the legs are now too short, I know it's time to retire the sleeper. It is a sad day because these sleepers really are sooooo cute! But I've replaced them with some new 6 month sleepers that she can fully extend her legs in. I don't want to stunt her growth or anything! And that is all I've got to say for today!

Cross stitch

Ok, there is need to spice this blog up. Or maybe just start typing more entries so there is more 'blah' to read. I think I tend to start each entry with the word 'Ok'. Onward people!

I've started stitching a new cross stitch pattern. You know, if you have a facebook page there is an application that is currently circulating called '25 random things'. I actually hate alot of the applications that circulate, but I like this one. Some people reveal some pretty interesting things about themselves and it has actually inspired me. One of my secrets I revealed is that I love to cross stitch. Yeah, not groundbreaking, but still a revelation for me. I tend to think that cross stitching is a granny-sport. But darn it, I still love it. Ok, onwards....

The pattern I'm stitching is designed by this fabulous designer who designs under the designer name of 'Chatelaine'. She's got some fabulous works that I love and one that I've actuallly already completed. Took me a year and a half, but I did it and I paid to frame it professionally. It hangs in my living room and I am proud. So I'm doing another. It has a caribbean theme (I stitch this theme because one day I'd actually like to go to the Caribbean) and it has not only cross stitches in it, it has specialty stitches, which makes the whole experience alot more exciting for me. But having said that, because I have a short attention span and tediousness makes me squirmy, I am going to list some pros and cons with the part I'm currently stitching. By the way, the pattern I'm stitching is a 'mystery'....one part of the pattern is released each month so you won't know what the final product is until the last part is released. Which will be in December. But I peeked...so I know what it will look like. Which is why I decided to stitch it. Onwards people!!!

Take a close look at that picture (I will eventually add) at the top people! Pros: that little green border of 'flower leaves/stems'. How cute are those! They are tiny and they were quick to stitch. Plus they were fun to stitch. I love them. And I love the colour. See that pink glitter in the corners? I love that. I'm a scrapbooker and glitter falls on almost all my pages. So I really enjoy the glitter that the designer incorporates into her designs. When this sucker is done it will be so shiny you'll need sunglasses to admire it. Ok, maybe not, but there will be a substantial amount of lovingly placed bling. Cons: scattered stitches. Each of those octagons has two colours stitched into them. I really find it time consuming and trying when the stitches are scattered and there is no where on the back of the fabric to hide my stitching floss tails. Not only that, but there are specialty stitches inside each of the octagons and surrounding the octagons (not stitched yet) so I can't even throw caution to the wind and cross through those open spaces with my floss to the next stitch because it will interfere with the specialty stitches. I was squirming while I stitched those. Boy am I glad they are done. But....alas! I'm not done with those suckers.....I might just hold off on the next set of scattered stitches. I think it's too much for my sanity at this moment.

So I just spent the last hour and a half stitching and writing this post while my ignored baby is sleeping in her swing. Productive things I could have done with that hour and a half: 1.) gone to the bathroom (geez I think my cup of tea is running right through me. 2.) had a shower...yes I stink (probably too much information) 3.) cleaned my kitchen...um, yeah right. 4.) had a second breakfast. So most people who read these options are going to think......um, ok, weirdo. But breastfeeding mommies with newborns, 3 month olds or the like are going to understand what I mean! Besides, earlier today I had to change the little girl 3 times due to 2 diaper explosions both occuring within about 30 minutes of each other. People, breastfed poop runs like the Fraser river through class 4 rapids during the spring melt....fast, unpredictable, and into areas it shouldn't be in. On that note...tah for now.

Ok, so I'm behind of the uploading of my pictures. Of course, you say, that is only natural for me. It was bound to happen. But what I do have instead is a scrapbook layout! Yep, have actually had time to scrapbook. And I'm focusing on the baby pages. Forget that I'm technically still scrapping 2007. I'll get it all done eventually. But for now....on to the baby pages!

A little ray of sunshine

Ok Big Sis. Work your magic! I hope they're not too dark. They just turned out so cute!

Rollin...

This little girl has learned to roll! At first when I put her down for tummy time I thought she had rolled out of pure anger. She got so mad and was crying and sniffling and grunting and groaning and I figured that she just happened to have her knee in the right spot as she lifted her head and shoulders up and over. But I put her on the floor (I had had her tummy time on the couch previously because it was softer but figured if she really had figured out how to roll that rolling off the couch would not be such a good thing, so moved her to the floor) to try again. And lo and behold, there she went. Not once, not twice, but three times!!! And she wasn't really that mad this time. So I had also learned that babies like tummy time on cushions, so I put down my nursing pillow and propped her on the pillow on her tummy. What happened? She rolled herself off the pillow. I caught her before her head hit the ground (which was really only a couple of inches...but still....) and decided that tummy time on the pillow has to be very well supervised. Not sure where this ranks on the milestone scale, but it's pretty neat to see.

First shiny objects, second rolling from tummy to back by oneself....next...the world!!!!

Sunday collage

Ooooo Oooo, new pictures for the new year!!

How much cuteness is that!!! And how true is that saying. I never knew babes got such explosive gas! And she feels soo gooooood afterwards. There is usually a smile of some sort! These pictures are all from between Jan.1 and now and are part of my Photo 365 project. And what kind of project is that you may ask????? Well, it is quite and adventurous undertaking....at least for me because I am a slow scrapbooker. But I'm kind of thinking also this will be the babes 1st year scrapbook. She'll do a lot of growing in the first year so this will be an interesting way of documenting it. As well, any other interesting events and pictures shall be added as well.

This here is a threadless onesie she got from her fantastic auntie. Doesn't she look like a threadless natural? I love it! And it will probably fit her for at least the next couple of weeks. This lil' turkey is growing like nobody's business. And last but not least is my little gap girl. Why is it that all hoodies on baby stuff has ears? Because it' so cute!!!!!

A year in review

I sit here on the couch, baby on one side, hubby on the other, 2 doggies at my feet, and the cat upstairs curled up on my mommy chair and I'm thinking back about what occured during the 2008 year.
*The big one: Getting pregnant and baby being born.
*Finishing our basement; it's like we now have a whole new layer to our house.
*Kona dog achieving her Companion Dog title (means she can be obedient when she chooses to be)
*Hubby finishing Polly...she's now a doggie champion
*And Iknow there is more. Perhaps I will come up with something tomorrow. Right now....sleep beckons...

Really behind now...

Day 7!!!!!!

How about some puppy love!!!!

Starring Kona dog!!!!!

And Polly dog!!!!