Aunty Jozie...

Just in case anyone does actually check my blog...here is a layout I did yesterday arvo/night of baby Georgia with my brother's partner Jozette. The journalling says 'Aunty Jozie's eyes light up when she sees you, Georgia! She's always keen for a cuddle and a play.'



I have met Emma's challenge to use fabric in a layout...I know, there isn't MUCH fabric but its still there! This was leftover fabric from the baby quilt I just finished, the colours just matched perfectly.

Cheers,
Sar

Sleeping babies...

Isn't it amazing....as my journalling on the page below says....'no matter how tough a day we've had or how much you've been driving Mummy crazy...just one glimpse of my sleeping baby, and my LOVE for you overwhelms me...'

Its so true, you can have one of those days where you've done nothing but be annoyed at your babies...and then as soon as they go to bed, you miss them...and when you go in to kiss them (for the tenth time that night) you are amazed at their preciousness and beauty and wonder how you could ever have been cranky at them. This is my life most days, ha ha!!

I always find it harder on the weekends when Daniel is at work for three days, I don't think its that the kids are 'naughtier' while hes away...probably more the fact that I have to do everything and don't have Daniel to rely on to play with the kids and just do the basics. I'm always exhausted on a Monday...today is no exception, which isn't helped by the fact that I had a crappy night's sleep for some reason. I thought i was over that, Saturday night I slept for seven hours straight (which is HEAPS for me right now) but last night, no...I felt like I was awake every five minutes.

I did achieve the one thing I wanted to this weekend just gone, and I finished my baby quilt!! I've been procrastinating with it for ages and just didn't have the 'oomph' to get it done...but with only four weeks today until I'm due, I figured I was quickly running out of time! So its done, and I took it over to my sister Nic of Nicquiltz for her to work her magic. All I'll have to do is handstitch the binding when it gets back. As always, I can't wait to see what she does with it. I'll be sure to post a photo of it when its finished.

AND, I managed to make it downstairs last night after Dance and completed one layout for Cooper's SECOND album, yep second album....his first album is all but finished, finally! A very simple one from me, but at least its another page down of the million or so I've got to do...



Lots to be done in my house this week, we're in the middle of getting our rumpus room finished (after six years we decide to do this a month before bub arrives!) so hopefully we'll be painting later today. The 'fun room' is downstairs next to my scrap room, so the plan is that having this room done will make me spend more time scrapping...being able to take the kids down with me will hopefully make it a bit easier. Wish us luck!

Cheers,
Sar

What a scrappy day!

Very productive weekend from me really. My scrap day today with Emma, Kindra & Linda was very successful with three layouts in all being finished. Stoked! If only every day was the same...

The first one was a Ready Steady Scrap Challenge on the SM Forum. I couldn't believe when I finished it that I was able to produce a layout in half an hour that I was actually happy with! What you think?



The next one is of Coop when he was toilet training...classic photos that have just been waiting to be scrapped!



And the final one was a bit hard for me to do...this was Georgia's first bottle after I'd decided to stop breastfeeding her...so a very emotional time for me even though I knew it was the best thing. I'm happy with how this one turned out, one of the rare photos with me actually in it!



Hope you all have a great week ahead, I'm gonna do my best to calm down a bit and stop stressing...I've been a bit like a chook with my head cut off of late. Think its all these damn baby hormones... ;)

Cheers,
Sar

My little ladybug...

This is what I came up with in my couple of hours of scrapping time with Emma last night after the kids went to bed. A page that I've had 'in my head' for so long, and actually turned out the way I'd hoped. I bought ladybugs, ladybug rubber stamps, felt, ribbon, paper, bling...all just with this page in mind. I'd hate for DH to work out the cost price of this page... ;)

All worth it when you love it though, eh?!

We had our 34 week ultrasound this week and all went well, no 3D photo to show off as bub was lying with her arm on the side of her face so she was a bit squishy! Everything is as it should be though, and it was lovely just to see her and hear that little heartbeat. Can't believe there is only five weeks to go...

Cheers,
Sar

Kindra's Challenge

So I have managed to cross another challenge off the list. A semi-successful scrap day today, Hayley & Emma came over but we had a houseful of children and seemed to spend more time dealing with them! Somehow I still managed to get two pages finished, though they were both an effort and nothing is coming easy to me at the moment.

Carla on the SM Forum 'challenged' me to get Cooper's first birthday done, so today I pulled that out and have a total of four pages to do. The first one is of Daniel building his bike the night before his birthday, the next is the morning of his birthday and then I have to do a double LO of his 'party' which was really just a family dinner.

So here's the first one, sorry for the blurry pic.



Kindra's challenge was to do a page with freehand doodling, and boy did I doodle! It was fun though, I enjoy just going with the flow and drawing whatever comes naturally.



Here's hoping I can finally finish Coop's first birthday and get that double done this week! Wish me luck... ;)

Tomorrow we have our 34 week ultrasound, so I'm looking forward to that. Hopefully I'll have a really good 3D shot to show off!

Cheers,
Sar

Linda's Challenge Done

A quieter weekend for me than I thought, we're supposed to be at a 4th birthday party right now but Cooper is coughing non-stop and has been since last night, poor kid. He was soooo disappointed as he was really looking forward to going to his new friend Ashleigh's birthday, but there was nothing I could do. I've promised him a play day soon with Ash to make up for missing out today.

Yesterday Hayley & I had a kid-free scrap day, which was just lovely. We only had about 4.5 hours but we both got a bit done, I completed two layouts and Hayles managed three.

The first one I'm really happy with. I used Sketch 55 from Got Sketch, an unreal website I found through Lisa's blog. What a great source of inspiration to help me out when I'm having a mind blank...which happens quite a bit lately with this damn pregnancy brain of mine!



The next one I completed without any help, yay me! Its an old one, and geez did I cop it from Hayley from being so far behind with my scrapping!! Its from 2005, and one of the final ones I had to finish in Cooper's first album. I'll get there eventually, no rush... ;)

AND, this one completes Linda's challenge for April of 'No printed paper' so thats one crossed off the list of challenges for this month in my little group of scrapping buddies.

Sorry for the dodgey pic, gloss photos never come out right when I photograph them.



Off to finish the ironing, its a neverending task!

Cheers,
Sar

OMG - I scrapped!

I had forgotten how good it is to just wander into my scrap room and stay there for more than five minutes! And to actually scrap, not just clean up and organise...actually sit down and create a page. My neice Em & I spent a few hours downstairs last night (during earth hour but I figured the scrap room light was essential!) and after deliberating for a bit, I just delved in and got two pages done! Both of my Georgie girl and both when she was tiny, only two more pages and her first album is done.





On a general note, life is good. I'm now 33 weeks pregnant (tomorrow) so the countdown is on. One week until my next scan, so we're looking forward to that. Georgia is nearly 15 months now, and finally walking. Her little personality is cracking us up every day, she is a cheeky girl but at the same time is such a good kid. Cooper is 3 1/2 and full on, just at that age where we've had to give up the daytime sleep but he still hits a brick wall mid afternoon and needs rest time...to say he's challenging at times is an understatement! Daniel is still working the weekends and no expectations of that changing for a while yet.

Quick catch up from me, fingers crossed for more scrap updates if I can keep my motivation going this late in my pregnancy!

I have been madly quilting and stitching the last few weeks just trying to get my baby's quilt and cross-stitch finished before she arrives, no to mention all the other babies that are due this year!

Bye for now,
Sar