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I am so excited about Love, Elsie's new line Lola!! :) It's definitely my favorite so far, the colors are so "me" :) I'd been waiting to get in my order from scrapbookpictures.com to scrap these, I'm really loving the big pictures! So much fun.

I will be making lots more with the line for sure, just wanted to share these two from last night. :)
Charin

Wanna see some pictures?? :)

I just had to share some new pictures of my little sweetie. :) The second one cracks me up, she can *just barely* see over the top of her crib if she rolls onto her stomach, so cute! :)
The other ones are just her and her pretty smile! :) I am so proud of my baby, can you tell??? :)
I also just found out that my friend Amy tagged me as a Rockin' Girl Blogger, thanks girl!! :)
So I am sharing the love, Rachel you're tagged because you can rock an art journal harder than anyone and you made sewing cool again :) Brandi you're tagged because you are a lovely sister in law and I miss you lots :) Jennifer you're tagged because you are the best photographer in the **world**!! Can I be you when I grow up?? :)

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend! :)
Charin

Blog break's over!!! :)

I haven't updated this in awhile! We've been so busy!
This past week my nieces Keonna and Summer were here from Louisiana, it was so good to see them! They stayed at my Mom and Dad's, then on Saturday Kevin and I met my sister Stacie halfway to Louisiana for her to pick them up. It was the first time Stacie had met Katie! :) Stace has had so much going on the past year, some good, some not so good. But I am so very proud of her for keeping a smile on her face and staying positive. She inspires me. :)
And you know what I just noticed? The top two pictures and the bottom two pictures are almost alike, just different people in them! Weird! :)
The girls from Scrapbook Addiction got back from CHA this weekend!! :) I so wish I could have gone with them, I know they had a blast! I'm excited to see all of the new lines coming in to the store! I love Brandi a lot for ordering Urban Lilly, that's something I definitely have my eye on! And Love, Elsie and KI Memories, of course!! :) :)
Oooh, and speaking of Love, Elsie we drove past a Hobby Lobby on our little road trip this weekend and I scooped up a bag full of Lola! :) I was really happy because they were having a 50% off sale! :) Heck yeah! :) I ordered some prints from scrapbook pictures.com and I can't wait for them to get in so I can scrap away! If you've never tried scrapbook pictures, give them a try! Their pictures cost about half of what Wal Mart charges, and you can order fun sizes like 8x12. :) I'm excited to get them in! This is the first time for me trying them, but I've seen someone elses and they looked they are great quality!
OK, I think I am going to stop writing now. :) If you are still reading I admire you! ha ha
Have a great night!
Charin

Something to pass on....

I read this article on Tara Whitney's blog and wanted to pass it on...for those of you who have children especially please read! You can't be too careful these days. Basically if someone gets a hold of your home number and types it into a Google search it will pull up your name and a map to your house! Yikes.
You can submit a request to have your address blocked, which is what we did.
Tara explained it better, so I'm linking her blog entry here.
:) Charin

I **love** you, jclare studios!!!

Jennifer and her staff at jclare studios are amazing!!! :) I took Katie there to have to her pictures done and I absolutely think it was the coolest studio I have ever been in. Such sweet girls! And Jennifer is a scrapper, how cool is that? :) I have so many more amazing pictures that she took of my little Katie Shae, but when I scanned them to post them on here it didn't do them justice so I decided that I would just use these from the studios blog. I couldn't stop crying when I saw them for the first time, she captured every little detail of my sweet baby in such a beautiful way! (And shhhh, don't tell my husband I wrote this but he even got a little teary eyed when he saw them! Love you honey if you're reading this! ha ha)

Thank you Jennifer for being such a rock star photographer!
Charin

*23*

So today is my 23rd birthday :)
It's been a good day, really mellow. My sweet Mom treated Kevin and I to Chili's and Kevin got us a yummy ice cream cake...MAN was it rich!

Our friend Aaron is going to be here in a little bit and Katie's taking a nap. :) Good time to blog, I'm thinking! :)
Since I am all about trying to grow as an artist and trying new things, I joined a group called 52 weeks on Flickr. It's a fun concept, you take a self portrait every week for a year. I'm a little nervous about that, since I usually don't like pictures of me....but that's kind of the point. To make me take a challenge, do something different. : )
If you're on Flickr you should join in on the fun!

I also started my very first art journal, I've been wanting to do one of those for awhile now! :)
Fun stuff. :)

P.S. The top picture is my first entry for the 52 weeks group and the 2nd one is from my fun shopping trip yesterday! Can you tell I love shoes? Ha ha

:) Charin

This picture makes my heart melt! :)

I absolutely love this picture of Katie!!! :) I love it when I grab my camera and snap a picture quickly and it turns out to be a new favorite. I think my little girl is absolutely beautiful. :)
I will be sharing some pictures *soon* from her photo shoot at JClare studios! They did such an awesome job! Can't wait to share. :)
Charin

Happy Happy Monday!!

So it's Monday already! :) I hate that it rained this weekend! I had two photo shoots planned, but that didn't happen with the rain. :(
Kevin and I are going to try to take some pics this afternoon after he gets home. I am so proud of him! He knows that I am always looking for funky bright colored buildings to take pictures in front of and he pointed one out that I drive by all the time and didn't notice. :) So if any of you local girls know of any buildings like that let me know!
Hopefully I'll be able to share those pictures soon!
This is a new page from this weekend....Katie's getting so big! I can't believe she'll be 6 months old on the 4th! Time is *flying*!! :)
And don't make fun of my picture, I can't take a serious self portrait but I promised to show my new haircut so here it is. :) You can't even see all of it, but you get the idea. :)
Have a great day!!!
Charin