Go Mom Go!!

It is 10am, and I have successfully dusted our living room, done one load of laundry, put away dishes, started the dishwasher, and taken pictures of some new paper stuff...whew...that may not seem like a lot, but it is quite an accomplishment! What can I say, I celebrate the small things now...today, I consider myself a super mom...

I am so sorry for the quality of pictures....I am NOT a photographer! I wish I could take better pictures. Trust me, the products look much better in person!

Below is something neat that I cut out with my cricut....I LOVE this shape, and with the "2" on it, it can be used for any number of things...table numbers for weddings, or I could cut smaller ones for very unique cupcake toppers :)

I made some notes for my friend Dianne's future sister-in-law...so exciting! She wanted me to use her new monogram. The liners are a weddingish pattern, and the envelops are craft paper.

I also made these for Dianne's future sister-in-law, but I just used her initial. I love these liners and have used them before...I just think they look more fun!

I made these address labels a while back, just never took pictures of them. So, here they are!

I really like these...I have lots of these houses, different colors and styles.

I haven't made cards to go with these envelops yet, but I just LOVE the liners...the paper looks like paint chipping, very rustic.

Onto tags...I love making tags. You can used any paper, so you can match it to whatever you want! The uses for these are endless...weddings, birthdays, Christmas...I've used them for gift tags, without the holes and ribbon you can use them for food labels for dinner parties, place cards...gosh...you name it!

Picture of the front and back of the tags...

I made some notes for a benefit in February. They will be used in a silent auction...hopefully someone will want them :)

This is the finished product, packaged with ribbon and labeled with a tag!

It's a set of 10 cards, 5 say "Happy birthday friend." and 5 say "Thanks friend."

Closer look at the liners.

These are really fun! Also made for the benefit... I have lots of these owls. This is a set of 10 cards all saying "Thank you..."

I did some of these cards with a green patterned liner, too! I don't know which I like better!

Some new things...

Hello all!! I've been very busy with a sick baby :( BUT, I have had the pleasure of making some invites and favor tags for some friends that I would like to show you... See below!

My friend Jessica wanted me to make favor tags for her daughter Camille's first birthday! She ordered chinese style take out boxes to use for her favors and needed a little something for the front saying thank you. I couldn't quite figure out how to get the pictures from her facebook to my blog, so here's the link to one of the pictures of the boxes!

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=558699550939&set=a.558699471099.2069385.147801674&theater

This is for a St. Patrick's Day themed party! As you can see they called it a "pub night"...what a fun way to celebrate! Well, I made the invites and mailed them for the client. So, I also made return address labels with their address on them.

The address labels...

I've also been working on some more baby stuff. I found these great "baby update" cards and want to do some of my own. And, I'm making some month by month cards to use when I take Will's monthly picture with his gigantic bear! Stay tuned!!!!

Oh My...that's a lot of poop!

So, this is going to sound very dramatic to some of you. BUT, to those who have dealt with the massive poops infants produce, it will all make sense!

A few days ago, Cory and I noticed that Will hadn't pooped for the day....this is something new parents pay close attention to. What can I say, the things that are important before you have a baby are your hair, putting on makeup, cooking...now, it's "did Will poop today"....or "how many ounces has Will eaten today", "Have I eaten today" :)

ok...Will's crying, be back in 5! Crisis handled!

Back to my story....Cory was holding Will and he saw the "poop face". It is very different from all his other facial expressions. His face gets more red and he really concentrates for a couple seconds. It is so funny! We think he's done and Cory takes him to change his diaper. I'm sitting on the couch and hear Cory yell for me to come....I go in and what I see absolutely grosses me out! Will has pooped and it has come up out of his diaper and all over his back! He had on a white onesie and a sleeper over it. The poop went through both layers!! It was so gross! This is the dramatic part....instead of trying to take the onesie off the normal way, we actually cut it off of him! Yes, we took scissors and cut it off. Our reasoning was that this onesie was not salvageable! I think we used a whole box of wipes! Looking back, I guess we could have given him a bath, but I blame the smell for our cloudy thinking!

The good news for Will is that his mommy and daddy love him so much even if he poops everywhere!

Some good news....we got Will's first laugh! Cory and I both were tearing up...it was just the sweetest thing!! Moments like this make all the late nights and poopy diapers so worth it!!

Being a parent is not easy, but we are so blessed! I am just so in love :)

Will's First Christmas!

Yay for Christmas!! Cory, Will, and I had our very first Christmas as a family of three! It was such a great holiday. We decided to stay put in Chattanooga and let the family come to us, which turned out to be a great decision! It was still a little stressful (what family holiday isn't!), but I wouldn't trade my family for anything in the world.

Look at my awesome family of three!!!

Mimi and G-Daddy! And yes, it snowed like crazy here in Chatt!

Mommy and Will

His Nana gave him this hat...how adorable! "Clark, the s@#$$% was full!"

I just have to pinch these cheeks a hundred times a day!

Will and his Nana!

Will and his Mimi!

Christmas morning!

His bath time is so precious! He just comes alive...wiggles, and smiles, and just gets so wide-eyed! It's so adorable!

Look at this big belly!!!!

play time! He's getting good a staring at things now and following them with his eyes. I can tell he's really trying to figure what the heck all these things are...haha!

Daddy enjoying his Giunness!

Will and his Bunckle (this is Brandon and uncle combined...haha!)

He was done with pictures at this point!

Daddy and Will look so cute in their hats!

Merry Christmas!! I have so much to be thankful for this year! Thanks to God for all the years blessings and for all the blessings to come over the years!