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Changing Table

      Our friend, Tim, made this awesome changing table for Lily's room.  He is so talented!  It has made 'changing time' much easier.  It's a lot easier on my poor back.  Can you handle some more pictures of Lily?  :)  I hope to have some 'crafty' things to post soon, but for now I'll leave with you with a couple more pictures of little Lily.

Lily and Uncle Scott (my brother)

Snuggling with a bear

One of my favorite pictures from the hospital.  I don't think we could fit any more people in the room.  And don't forget about me!  I'm in the picture, too...see the feet on the right?  :)  This picture was taken several hours before things got to really going.  Everyone had fun watching the baby's heartbeat and my contractions on the monitor. 

Proud Papa

     I just love this picture of Chris and Lily.  I call this picture- 'Multitasking'.  (something we're going to have to get good at!)  As some of you know, Chris is an avid World of Warcraft player and he has a couple of blogs that he posts on.  I just had to share his most recent post over at 4thehorde.   He documented the birth of our daughter in 'gamer' terms.  You'll have to check it out - just click the link below:

Real Life Expansion Packs and Heroic Dungeon!

Lily Jean

     Lily Jean arrived on Wednesday, October 14, 2009, at 3:12am.  She weighs 8 lbs. 14oz. and is 20 1/2 inches long and has beautiful dark hair.  Chris and I can't believe that she is finally here.  We are so blessed and are enjoying each and every moment with her. 

Lily and I

Lily Jean

Lily and Grandpa Dan

Lily and Grandpa Randy

Pre-Lily Photo Shoot

My friend Heather is a photographer and she took photos of my husband and I a few weeks ago.  These are some of my favorites.

6 days and counting...

     Just six more days until my due date...the doctor thinks I'll go past...but I'm really hoping he's wrong.  I wanted to share a couple of photos of the shower that my kindergarten class had for me.  One of the mom's put it together and it was so nice.  A lot of the kids had never heard of a 'baby shower', so it was a fun experience for all of us. 

 

Baby stuff...

So, baby Lily will be here in less than 7 weeks...how crazy is that?!  School has started back up and my 16 kindergartners are keeping me busy and helping the time pass quickly.  :)  I'm sorry I haven't posted in awhile.  I just thought I'd drop in real quick to say hello and to also post a couple pictures of some baby items for Lily. 

These cute little hats were given to me by my sister-in-law, Nikki.

I found these at Wal-Mart for $2.  What a bargain and they are so cute!

4x4 Mini Album

I decided to make a couple mini versions of the album I made in my last post.  I did a button and elastic closure on the first book and then a ribbon closure on the second.  I think I like the button closure the best.  

Here's the first book...

 

 

The second book...

 

 

Book Making Class

    I took a book making class from my very talented friend, Ronnie.  I had such a fun time and can't wait to make more of these!!  Ronnie has an amazing rubber stamp collection and it was fun to use images that I don't usually use.  Here are the pictures of my finished book.  Enjoy!

 
I just love the button closure with the buttons and elastic. 

 

 
Each page has a pocket.

 

 

 

 

 
This was a fun embellishment to make - cut out a piece of cardboard, covered it with paper and then stamped on it. 

 
One of my favorite stamps that we used today.  The man and umbrella is one stamp and the birds are another. 

More Fun with 'Animal Crackers'...

     I had a lot of scraps left over after I finished Chase's 1st Year Album, so I decided to challenge myself and make up some cards.  The name of this paper line is 'Animal Crackers' and this is the 'Jack' version.  I just found out there is a 'girl' Animal Cracker paper set called 'Ella' and it's so pretty!!  I may have to track it down. 

     Before I started in on the cards, I made a 8x8 double page layout for my sister-in-law.  Here it is....please excuse the poor photos of it.  I need to figure out a way to get better pictures of my bigger projects...

       

   Here are the cards - Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chase's 1st Year

     My little nephew Chase just turned 1 on July 1st.  Shortly after he was born, I saw a cute little '1st Year' mini album at a local scrapbook store and bought supplies to make one for Chase.  So, here we are a year later and I just finished up the album.  Chase's mom and dad (Nikki and Cody) had plenty of pictures for me to pick from each month.  :) 

     As you go through the book, you'll see a picture on the right and then on the left page there is a spot on the lower right corner for journaling.  This is where Nikki can record Chase's height and weight for each month.  If there is a month she doesn't have that information she can just write about something new Chase had learned to do. 

     I just love this book because you can watch Chase grow right before your eyes.  I have posted three pictures below showing the cover, Chase's newborn picture and then Chase's one year picture. Be sure to check out the slideshow at the end - it shows the whole album.

 

 

 

Chase's 1st Year
slideshow

(when you watch the slideshow, you'll see that the letters on my book cover look dirty...I used my stick machine to adhere these and then the letters got really dirty after the handling...please over look this!  :)    )