Happy Thanksgiving! :)

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!! :)
Enjoy your turkey and the much needed nap that should follow ;)
I'll be back later with lots of fun pictures and stories from this week filled with family fun! ;) (There are close to 30 family members crowding into my Mom and Dad's all week, I love it!)
Charin

Awww! :)

I just found out that my blog has been ranked one of the most popular for readers in the my area, thank you!! :) I feel pretty honored that so many of you actually want to read what I have to say. :)
Happy Monday!

Hi :)

I need to update!! :)
I have some very random pictures to share, one of my beautiful baby girl :) She is getting so big!
I think Kevin took this picture, but I'm not sure and neither is he! haha

I spent this cold and dreary afternoon wrapping presents :) I'm very proud of myself for actually getting a head start on my Christmas shopping, usually I wait until the very last minute which I've learned is more stressful and more expensive! It's really helping me that Brandi and I decided that we were going to swap gifts between our families at Thanksgiving, nothing like a deadline to give you a little motivation! ;) It will save shipping too, and I don't love the post office so that makes me happy. :) I went ahead and wrapped the presents we've been storing for Katie too, because she found my super secret hiding spot. (my closet) She saw a Dora plate and cup set and wound up getting that one early because she was so happy. :)

And I noticed yesterday that absolutely everything I buy to decorate with has a black and white theme as of late. ;) I found the gorgeous Eiffel tower canvas at Wal*Mart for $10! I love it, sooo pretty. I have a lot of European inspired pieces in our house, they make me happy. :)

Overnight our trees decided to look more Winter than Fall...our yard is covered with leaves! It doesn't seem like we've had much of a Fall, it's gone straight from hot to really cold.

But that just means that it's closer to the holiday season, which I love!! :)

P.S. I'm 23 weeks along now, yay! :) Lots of back aches and pelvic pain, and I still have to take my medicine religiously to avoid being sick to my stomach every day.

I got Colin's baby book today :) It seems so far away and so close at the same time...can't wait for him to get here! :) Once Thanksgiving is over we're going to be really focusing on his room, right now we're just getting stuff ready for my family to come up! :) I love Thanksgiving, it's my favorite.

Love love! Have a happy week. :)
Charin

Today is an important day...

I'm anxiously awaiting the outcome of this election...the older I get the more important it becomes to me, especially as a Mama.

I should be in bed....

But instead I'm updating my blog ;)
I wanted to share a few new cards, I love making quick and simple cards...the second one is using a new chipboard piece from the lovely Angie Delarie ;) (Link in my sidebar)

The chipboard is really thick and durable, perfect for painting! Sorry about the poor image quality, I just took a picture of it...inside at 11:30 at night ;)

And on the other card I discovered my new addiction for using googly eyes on stamped images! I think I got that idea from Jennifer McGuire, I think it just adds a little sumpin sumpin :)

And here's some new pictures of my sweetie! :) This morning after she had gotten up (because she did that at around midnight last night, and didn't want to go back to sleep at *allll* but finally did in bed with me) she wanted me to put her in her crib and toss some of her teddy bears in with her...she was so cute! She was being so sweet and motherly to the bear in the pictures, patting his face and saying "nite nite" Then she pretended to be nite nite herself and try to cover a giggle underneat her blanket :)

She was looking at me taking all of the pictures of her and she said "pictures!", when I was done shooting she stood up and made me show her all of them...you know, just checking to make sure that I'd gotten her good side and all of that ;) (as if she has a bad one!)

Want to hear some other Katie stories from her proud Mama?? :)

She has been saying "Please" and "Thank you" all day, and she even said it at the appropriate times...so cute!
She said "I love you" for the first time this week...only once, but I'm so glad that she said it to me, it made my heart melt. I even announced it at a staff meeting at the bank Wednesday! haha!
And the craziest, smartest thing...she was watching Dora the Explorer, and there's this scene in every episode where the talking map (you Mama's know what I'm talking about!) says three places that they have to go to get to their destination. He had popped up on the screen, but hadn't said a *word* yet, and Katie pointed at the tv and said "Bridge, Door, Mountain!" That was exactly right! I couldn't believe it, we've never even heard her say mountain before. I thought that was so smart. :)
My baby girl's growing up way too fast! I can't believe she'll be two years old in a few months.

Well, I think that's it for now, I'm going to bed. ;)
Have a great day!
Charin