Yay!! :)

Look what I won from Elle's studio! :) So excited, I just found out about this incredibly talented girl a couple of weeks ago, love her style!! Here's a link to her Etsy shop...lots of eye candy over there! :) Thanks so much, Elle!! :)
Charin

Fun new project :)

I came across this cool challenge blog last week... very cool concept! Since Katie was born I have really been thinking that I need to scrap more about me, not just about everyone else in my life. I want her to be able to read about her Mama back when she was born. ;)
So this will definitely help! :) If you haven't already, you should definitely join in on the fun. Here's my cover and the two pages so far...more to come! :)
Charin

So this is what they do all day :)

I've wondered sometimes what my husband and daughter do while I'm at work in the afternoons. :)
Well, today he had pictures to show me. Yep, my sweet 7 month old little baby girl is holding a Nintendo controller!! ha ha
And no, she doesn't really play Super Mario Bros. but it looks like she is, huh? :) My crazy husband! :) But I love that he took pictures of it for me. :)
P.S. Excuse our messy living room! :) We're installing new flooring and everything is a mess right now. But I didn't want that to stop me from sharing :)

It's Monday already??

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Hi! :)
I wanted to share some recent faves from Flickr. I love this site, I am so inspired by these talented photographers! :)

I can't believe the weekend's over already, crazy. But we did get a lot done for once! ha ha
Lots of cleaning, grocery shopping...you know, the boring stuff. :)
Have a great day!
Charin

Silly Mama! :)

I have been feeding Katie cereal every night before bed because someone (well, everyone actually! :) ) told me that it would help her sleep better. For the record, that does not work because she is 7 months old and still wakes me up 5 times a night!! :) So tonight when I was feeding her she got very, very upset. I finally realized what the problem was, she wanted to feed herself. :) Duh, she knows how to do it! Silly Mama. :)

She had so much fun! Mashing the cereal in her hands, finger painting on her highchair tray, running it through her hair...she had a great time. :) And she did manage to eat some of it. :)

:) I love this little girl so much that I didn't even mind cleaning up the mess when she dumped the contents of her bowl across the room. :)

*23* things

I got this cool idea from Elsie who got it from here :)
Such a cool idea! So here is my list of *23 things to do before I turn 24* :) And I've got almost a year to complete them, so I can so do this. :)

1. Master a new recipe
2. Find a new author to love reading :)
3. Drink lots of water every single day ( I love it and drink tons at work but not so much at home)
4. Start mailing out birthday gifts on time!!! :) I am so horrible at this one!
5. Take Katie to the park more often
6. *Exercise* on a regular basis (even when I don't feel like it)
7. Lose 15 pounds. Yep, I really need/ want to do this one
8. Start sending in my scrap pages to design teams/magazines without fear of being rejected :)
If it's a dream of mine, why am I so afraid to try? Just asking myself that one.
9. Go two weeks without eating out once! :)
10. Take a photography class
11. Get a system down for organizing our bills and stuff like that :) One that I actually stick with!
12. Start going to bed earlier :)
13. Scrapbook or do something creative every day
14. Keep my living room clean! :)
15. Call my Mamaw more often
16. Have a date night with Kevin at *least* once a month
17. Go to Springfield one weekend to go shopping and take pictures :)
18. Give away a RAK on my blog ( I want to do this one soon!)
19. Let Kevin sleep in on the weekends :) And try really hard not to wake him up all the time on my days off
20. Watch some old Doris Day movies :)
21. Clean out my closet
22. Buy new living room furniture
23. Learn how to really use Photoshop! :)

That was fun! :) :)
Now here's to getting them done. :)

Hi :)

Hi :) I can't believe it's Tuesday already! I have got to start updating this blog more often. ;)
I just wanted to share these pages and card that I've made over the past few days, I've been staying up way too late playing around but it feels good to get some done! :) The second page and the card were made using the I *heart* candy town collection from scrap in style. I love the collection! Lots of fun colors and fun non-scrap items to use.

And I this picture of Katie is just because I think she's beautiful and wanted to share. :)
She was just waking up from her nap when I took it.

The past couple of weeks have been a little insane for us, Kevin is working 2 hours overtime every day. That may not seem like a big deal, but he only gets like 4 hours sleep during the day total so it really stinks. I guess the paycheck will be nice, but I feel so bad for him! Oh! And we actually went on a date this weekend!! It was the first time since Katie was born, I checked my cell phone about a million times. :) I'm glad we went though.

Hmmmm, I guess I better get off here and start cleaning. I told myself I would clean all day and it's 2:00 and I haven't even started! ha ha

Have a good day!
Charin