My BABY is THREE!

My baby is three...well actually not until 9:29 am. Wow three years have flown by. Here's her birthday picture from this morning:

And these are from her party last Saturday. The theme was ballerinas and I allowed the boys to dress as pirates, They were all very adorable!

My new job is going ok. I hit a few snags this week because my Internet went down for over 24 hours while they upgraded the speed. that was no fun because I needed it for viewing slides for orientation presentation and setting up programs and such. But we winged it and I took great notes and caught up quickly. I even scrapped about it already. I'll share the LO soon when the kit I used is released to the public. BTW for anyone that didn't know....I WORK FROM HOME NOW! My official title is a telephonic critical care manager. It's my first week but the company is so different than the last one I worked for. They have been super supportive and the benefits are great!

New Beginnings

I'm off work this week. My last day was 10/16. I start me new work from home job on 10/27. I got 3 boxes today of equipment but not instructions so I suspect there is more to come soon. My computers (laptop and desk top) had dates with a computer guru and they have been maxed out on memory and lots of virus were removed from my desktop. Both had security updated too. Today my external hard drive went to be recovered because it is locking up and we suspect it is going bad.

Jake is putting the finishing touches on Kirsten swingset and Papa and Meme G came over and help us bring our back yard back to life. Here's Kirsten's swingset:

I haven't been able to scrap much due to the computer issues but here's a page I did today:

Kit is The Shabby Summer by Christie Lemmons. LO is scraplifted from ledigicecchoukette blog.

Good News!

I have been having some major computer problems while trying to use to external hard drive. Apparently I am running super low on virtual memory so we are thinking that may be the issue.

On a bright note I put in my resignation letter 10/1 and my last day at my current job is 10/16. I will start my new job on 10/27 from my computer chair at home! My new position is a telephonic case manager and it is a work from home position with McKesson Corporation. The company is #18 on the Fourune 500 list. I am super excited about this new job. The pay is great as are the benefits. And it is from home!

Last week Kirsten started gymnastics. Her favorite part (as it seemed to be with several kids) was the trampoline. She went thru most of the stations and did pretty good with it too. I forgot my camera and only got one not so good shot with my camera phone. I decided to just have fun with her instead of stressing over getting a picture. That is difficult for a scrapper mom. Here a some of my recent LOs:

New Photos

We did a little photo shoot with Kirsten on 9/1 with her dress that Meme G and Papa got her. The pics turned out totally adorable. We even managed to get a decent family pic using the tripod. These are unedited so excuse the centering and such.




Today was Kirsten's first day of ballet. She has not been the cooperative child today but here is one picture we got of her after class. I had planned on getting some shots before class but being I am on my own for get her ready and to ballet class (Jake doesn't get off in time to help) it took every second of my energy to get her ready and there. We will def. be doing a ballet photo shoot.

She had a blast and wanted to "do it again" after the 45 min class was over. The instructor kept them busy for the entire time too. She was so darn adorable and were all the little girls. Ballet ROCKS!

Two new LOs

As you might have noticed I have updated my Creative Teams. I am now on several new teams and loving creating for them. I have been churning out LOs and am gratefully to be on CTs that make creations that inspire me.

One of my new CT has a great kit coming out real soon. It is pink and brown and I totally love it. I creative a darling LO that I will share once the kit is released.

Here's a few of my recent creations:

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Can't find the designer for this one...will update later

Kirsten first ballet class is 9/3. She is super excited and danced around the house in her new ballet shoes. Can't wait to get some adorable pictures.

New Layouts

The 1st one was chosen Layout of the Week at DSO

Credits for most of the above pages can be found here.

We didn't get too much damage from tropical storm Fay but we did get a little leak in the back door and a little water damage to the floor. Very minor to what I have seen today thus far. Lake Ella has totally flooded most of the businesses surrounding it. We went to visit the ballet shop and it was under water. Luckily we were able to go to her Kirsten's ballet school and get the items she needs to start ballet next week. She is also signed up for gymnastics beginning 9/15. She is super excited about ballet and I'm am sure she will have a blast. She has been wanting to practice with her Bella Dancerella DVD set. I really need to get a video of that is is so very cute and she is getting good too.

New Layouts & 8/08 Pictures

I made these layouts during Speed Scraps. Digital Candy had a speed scrap last night and another one this morning. Hadn't planned on getting up at 8am for the mornign one by by personal weekend alarm (Kirsten) woke me up 5 mins before 8. LUCKY ME! Anyways I meant to make them match since I was doing them as a 2 page LO. I'll be doing some recoloring I suppose.

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Pictures were taken 8/7/08

Kirsten the Ballerina and Layouts

I was searching for ballerina stuff online since that is the theme Kirsten wants for for B-day party. I came across a Dora Ballerina video on You Tube and there were tons of Lazy Town videos in the side bar. Kirsten danced to different videos for almost an hour. She even learn quickly how to use the mouse to pick a new video once it ended. We signed her up for Ballet classes that start 9/3. She really wanted to start today once we went into the studio.

Here are some recent LOs:

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Another LO was selected for LOTW

One of my brand new layouts (LOs) was selected for Layout Of The Week (LOTW) at Digital Scrap Obsession. Here's the one that was chosen:

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This picture was taken at Smuggler's Notch Resort in Vermont. We had a entire week vacation there and it was the first time Kirsten had seen real snow (not counting when they made snow at a Florida amusement park for "Snow Days"). It snowed almost every day we were there and we had a blast. The picture above is exactly what I saw as she peered through the fence on our back patio (all that was cropped out was the fence).

Yesterday when I was browsing through photos from our Vermont trip, Kirsten informed me, "I want to play in the snow". I told her to ask Santa for some snow this year. It looks like we will be planning another snow trip within the next few years. I have to say I am loving having a timeshare. Although they have been trying to convince us lately that we need to upgrade to points instead of weeks or we will start noticing we are limited in where we can go because point holders have priority. Well if it were free or cheap we would upgrade but they are charging over $5000.00 to upgrade. So I told them I was holding out until I noticed a huge difference.

We just completed a week (+ a few days) of Kirsten waking multiple times during the night. Saturday was the start of a new pattern (thank goodness because I was beginning to let her crawl in our bed way too much). Jake figured out she wanted to sleep with her door open. We think she got trapped in her room one day and had problems opening the door. So now we are leaving the door completely open for naps and bedtime and she has done really well. Of course the 1st time she made it through the night again we celebrated with claps and high fives.

Kirsten is going to stay with her Meme this week so Jake and I are gonna make some Mommy & Daddy plans!

Here's some more recent LOs:

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This is my new niece. She is my baby brother, Mike's little one. I am a bad Aunt and have the wrong birthday on there. it should be 6/10/08. It's she a doll? Kirsten adores her!

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Freebie: Daddy's Day Wordart & Templates

Here's the wordart I used in the Daddy's Day LO I made. It's nothing real special but I thought someone might be able to use it.

If this LO looks familiar and my baby look way younger it's because the pictures are from last year (2007). As I am editing my LOs for spelling errors I have found myself redoing a few LOs that I did when I first started digital scrapbooking.

In case your interested the journaling is mumbo jumbo about the reason the letters look funky. I wanted to late and all the painted letter were sold out so I bought plain one and wrap ribbon around them.
Kit is Just Dirt by Simple Sweet Designs. Word art was made using an action from Atomic Cupcake.

I have added links to my template freebies in the left column to make them easier to grab.

Ponies, Princesses & LOs OH MY!

Here's a few of my recent LOs:

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I have a few more but I gotta resize them 1st. Last week we took Kirsten to a local consignment shop and she got to ride ponies several times and see a few princesses and a pirate. She refused to within a few feet of the pirate. She loved it! I also got a great deal on some clothes. I bought 3T, 4T & one or two 5T. How can you beat 4 clothing items (many were 2 piece sets) for $5? I got 36 pieces/sets and paid $45! What a great deal! I love getting a good bargain. I should have took a picture of the stack I got but they are all strung out now between the laundry and drawers etc.

Pics from last weekend:

We went back this weekend and Kirsten rode the ponies again and we stood outside in the heat to get Kirsten her very own ID card. She thought it was very cool. We took a break from the heat and went in and found a few cool toys.

Saw this on another blog and had to try it. Have to say it's pretty accurate.

What your Fridge saids about you:

You like to be surrounded by things you love. You aren't exactly greedy, but you can be materialistic at times. (this is an inaccurate part)
You tend to be a fairly thrifty person. You splurge occasionally, but you're mostly a saver.
You are a very adventurous person. You love to try new things, and you get bored very easily.
You are responsible, together, and mature. You act like an adult, even when you don't feel like it.
You are likely to be married - and very busy.

What Do the Contents of Your Refrigerator Say About You?