I'm a happy girl :)

Because my sweet husband bought me a Canon Rebel and Adobe Photoshop today!!!! :) :)
I am sooo excited! I have a ton to learn about both of these, it's quite a step up from my Kodak EasyShare. :)
I've been pretty giddy about it all afternoon, I've actually taken 90 something pictures already! Some family is up from Florida, so I had a good reason to. :)
Here's a few pictures of us from today, I haven't played with Photoshop too much yet but wanted to share.

My husband is the sweetest husband in the world. :) Kevin, thank you soooo much for this wonderful anniversary/birthday present!

I would hang out in my kitchen more...

If I had cutie aprons and towels like these! :) Check out this site...http://www.bunnymaxwell.com/kiac.html

Inspiration

Some pretty pictures I found on flickr :)

1. Off she goes.........., 2. i*love*sebastian, 3. berries on plate, 4. opening, 5. best. cry. ever., 6. friends

Randomness :)

Hi! :) It's been awhile since I've posted on here! I just wanted to share some random things...the first pictures are from Katie's first time sitting in her high chair :) I love the 2nd one, it looks like she's amazed to be sitting so high up! And the other 2 pictures are from her very first time eating any solids other than cereal in her bottle. She did *so* good, I was a proud mama! :) We fed her sweet potatoes, I read that it's better to start her on veggies rather than fruits so that she would tolerate veggies. So I made a compromise, I figured that the sweet potatoes wouldn't be too bitter for her. And here's a page I made using my new Love, Elsie goodies! :) I had a lot of fun with it, the colors ROCK! :) : )
Oh, and I am so proud of myself, Kevin and I made a decision to start working out to Billy Blanks Bootcamp and so far I've actually done it every time!! (OK, so it's only been a week, but that's a *huge* improvement for me!! Lol!) It's pretty intense, he's a really good instructor, even when I feel like hitting him through the TV when he tells us to do one more set when I feel like my lungs are going to collapse. :) Just kidding.

I'm excited, my Mamaw, Aunt and Uncle and two of my little cousins are coming up from Florida tomorrow! It's been 4 years since I've seen my Mamaw! I miss her. It'll be fun.

Have a great weekend!
Charin

Hi :)

Just wanted to share some pictures from today. :) We had a little cookout over at Kevin's Mom and Dad's, very laid back and yummy. :)
Katie was so cute, she was totally into looking at all of the flowers and just discovering new things. :) I *love* looking at her and knowing that she's seeing something for the first time. :) So sweet.
In other news, I have been totally inspired by this site :) I have joined, but haven't played with it too much. If you're on it you can look for me under the username charinkellie. :)
Some of my faves so far...Elsie's, Danielle's, Ali's, and Amber's :) They rock :) Check this site out for some major photo inspiration! :)
Charin

Yay for Elsie! :)

I am so happy for this girl! Her new Love, Elsie line hit two peas today. :) Check it out here!
And that means that my lss Scrapbook Addiction will have it soon! Yay! I know that Brandi will be glad, because I've been bugging her almost every day! Ha ha
If you know me very well at all you know how much I am completely inspired by Elsie, she is so sweet and creative and fun! I had the chance to meet her in real life last July and she was so cool! I love that she's as real and fun as I expected her to be. :) I love having a scrapbook friend like her. :)
Yay Elsie! You definitely deserve all of the wonderful things coming your way! :)
Charin

Yummy :)

I absolutely *love* Dippin' Dots ice cream, but my town isn't cool enough to have any :) so I was really excited to find this rip off at Wal Mart! It's really good. Is it weird that ice cream makes me happy enough that I blog about it? Probably :)
Other than that since I am off work for the next two days I have big plans to get some major work done at home! Lots of cleaning, scrapping (I have had the hardest time finding time to do that lately!) and actually cooking real food instead of frozen pizzas. :)
Aww, and I don't think I've said this yet...Katie rolled over for the first time on Mother's Day! It was so cute, she was super proud of herself at first until she realized that she was on her stomach and then she was mad. :) She hates being on her stomach! And she's sleeping in her own room now instead of in a bassinet in our room. She's still definitely not sleeping through the night, but it's slowly getting better. :) I can't believe that she's 4 months old already!
:) Charin

Weekend picture love :)

This weekend was so much fun, and *so* busy! :) Kevin and I took Katie on her first little road trip to see our friends Magan Luke and their new baby Aya! :) Well...she's not really so new I guess, she's 2 months old now! But it's the first time we've seen her. Can you believe that she's almost as big as Katie? And Katie's twice as old as her! :) (Aya is on the left in the top picture)

Their little boy Trenton is getting so big! He's almost a year and a half, and he's such a little man. :) His mouth was covered in chocolate and he wanted to be outside all day, it was cute!
And this last picture is my two sweeties on Mother's Day! :) :) Kevin was so sweet, he set up a picnic in our living room, held Katie's hand and had her "sign" her name on a Mother's Day card, got me some yummy chocolates and way too much money to spend on scrapbook stuff! (Brandi, if you're reading this I'm coming to see you soon, girl!) Speaking of Brandi, I also got my project together for the class I'm teaching at her store here. It should be fun!
I'm getting ready to go back to work tomorrow, ready for another busy week! :)

Dreams can be really weird :)

Know who I dreamed of last night? Nope, not my husband....Joey and Jesse on Full House!!!!! I know what you're thinking, it's crazy! So in the dream I lived in the Tanner house and I was madly in love with Jesse....and Joey was in love with me. Ha ha! Whatever!!!
Joey came up to me all decked out in his hockey gear about to leave for a game and said "Charin, I have to talk to you. Just give me a chance, I love you!" and I said "Oh, Jesse, I'm sorry" and Joey yells "Jesse!?" and Jesse walks in combing his hair and says "what?" Ha ha hah ha!!!!! You would totally have to watch Full House to appreciate this. And yeah, I am a complete nerd! *Someone* needs to quit watching Full House re-runs! :) :)

I love pink :)

Hi! :) I *finally* got some new pages done last night! :) And I am noticing a major trend....PINK! :) I can't help it, I absolutely love it. And ummm...apparently I have a new favorite shirt and necklace too, since I was wearing it in the last post as well! :) :)
I hope everyone has a wonderful Thursday!! :) It's almost the weekend.
Charin

She loves the park :)

Today was a good day for Katie's first trip to the park we thought. :) She *loved* it!! :) She was very content for about an hour until she started getting too hot.

Kevin and I think that we might be permanently hunched over now though, the handles on her stroller are too low to the ground! :) We are going to try to make this a nightly thing, or at least a couple of times a week. And after seeing my big stomach in the picture up there, I think that's a good thing! Ha! :)
Other than that, I spent my weekend working Saturday morning, grocery shopping and I *finally* got my scrapbook desk cleared off so I can actually use it again! I am so glad about that, I am really wanting to scrap and it's really hard to when you can't lay your page down. :) :)

Hopefully I'll have some new pages to share soon!

I've been tagged : )

My blog friend Fauve tagged me :)
So here is my list of ten weird or random things about myself (I could probably think of a lot more! Ha! I'm pretty weird)
1. My name is pronounced "Karen" even though it commonly gets pronounced Sharon, Charmin (yes, like the toilet paper. How would you like to be one letter away from America's favorite toilet paper brand? Haha!) and lots of other variations. Thanks, Mom and Dad! Just kidding, I actually like my name now. :) It's good to be different.
2. I was homeschooled all the way until I graduated.
3. I can sing almost all of the lyrics to any song after I hear it once.
4. I can remember weird things, like what I was wearing on my 5th birthday. I'm not so good memorizing anything important, but if you want to know what you were wearing in 1995 I can help you out. :)
5. I was a ballet dancer when I was younger and absolutely *loved* it! I still wish I was in dancing sometimes.
6. I love reading books that make me cry, especially Nicholas Sparks books . :)
7. I could happily be a vegan if my hubby didn't insist that I eat meat while I was pregnant with Katie and until she's weaned. :)
8. I want to be in a play someday :)
9. My bed has to be made *just right* or I can't sleep!
10. I absolutely love 80's pop music. Love love love it. :)
OK, that was fun!! :)
I am tagging Rachel Joy Amber Leah and Jill. List ten weird or random things about yourself! :)
Have a great day!
Charin

My little cutie :)

Just wanted to share these pictures of Katie. :) She is such a sweetie!! :) And this is a new page that I made from the pictures last week. It looks very crooked here, sorry! I love these new KI Memories letter stamps! Def. some of my new favorites. :)
*So* happy to have the day off today! It's been good, rested some, took some new pages up to

Brandi's store for our design team display and have pretty much done no cleaning like I said I would! :) But the day's not over yet, right? :) Have a great day!
Charin

5 things that are making me smile :)

1. Sunshine :) I love that the days are getting warm and sunny! Love this time of year so much :)
2. I have the day off tomorrow! I am hoping to clean my scrap desk off so I can actually fit a whole 12x12 page on there! ha ha! :)
3. Elsie is coming out with a new book!!! :) I am really excited about that, I read her first one *all* the time. Love her work so much! She's so inspiring.
4. Buttons :) I am pretty much falling in love with using them on my scrapbook pages and cards all over again....never really stopped loving them but lately I have been using them a *ton*! :)
5. My husband because he loves me :)
Just wanted to share that, I think it's good to sit and thing about what you're happy about every once in awhile, ya know? :) Have a great day!

Fun :)

Look at these cutie babies together! :) My baby Katie is on the right, and her cousin Zoe is on the left. :) I can't believe they're only 3 weeks apart! Zoe just now weighs 8 lbs, and she seems so little to me. :) She is precious.
Me and My niece Summer being crazy :)
My niece Keonna giving Katie some sugar :)
Katie saying Mama! Get this other baby off of me! (This one just cracks me up! Zoe was just chilling, and Katie kept kicking and kicking until we got Zoe off of her :) )

And this one is my brother Joel with Katie. :) I am so glad that they all came up from Louisiana for a few days! I love them so much, and really miss them. This was their first time meeting Katie and my first time meeting Zoe. :) We all had fun, slept too little and wished the time went by a little slower. :)
Charin

This proves...

That I *seriously* need some sleep!! Lol! :) I mean, it's totally not normal to get a glass of OJ and put it in the cabinet with the glasses instead of the fridge. Sheesh. :) At least I realized I had done it right away before the juice went bad. :)
Just wanted to share that silly moment I just had. :)
I will be posting some fun pictures that I'm taking of my family from Louisiana sometime this week...we're getting lots of fun ones. :)

Some new pages :)

I had some fun scrapping last night. :)
I am falling in love with using buttons all over again! :) Not that I ever really quit loving them. :)
I hope everyone had a Happy Easter! Ours was good, we had a little cookout at my in-laws :)
And I am *super* excited, because tomorrow my brother Joel and his wife Brandi are coming up from Louisiana!! :) They have a little girl Zoe that is just 3 weeks younger than Katie that I haven't met yet. :) And I get to see how much their cutie son Gabriel has grown since Thanksgiving. :)
And they're bringing my nieces Keonna and Summer with them! It'll be fun. :) I miss them all soooo much!
Have a great day :)

Happy mail day :)

I was so excited today, I got my order in from Elsie's Etsy shop. :) I love love love this little bird print that found a happy home on my cluttered refrigerator and this flower pin. :)

Her work inspires me so much because it's so *pure* and happy. :) It reminds me of days spent swinging in a hammock and drinking lemonade. :) Happy stuff :)

So when I got this in today I had to try my hand at painting. :) I used her house painting as my inspiration....and I am so not good at it like she is!!! :) Hope she doesn't mind that I pretty much copied the whole idea. :) But trust me, no one would buy mine! Ha! :) It was lots of fun though.

Have a happy day!
Charin

Papas are the best :)

Kevin and I had a little scheduling nightmare Friday (we both had to work during the day and didn't have anyone to watch Katie) and my sweet Dad offered to come over and watch her since he was off work for Spring Break. :) (He's a teacher)

It was the first time that we've had anyone else watch her, so I was a little nervous....and he could tell!! ha ha He kept telling me, it's ok we'll be fine. :)
So when I came home on lunch I walked in and he was singing to her and had a burp rag over his shoulder. Aww! :) He did such a good job with her. It's so cute to see him with his grandbabies, you can tell that he really loves them. :)

Have a great Wednesday! :)

Smile sweetie!

I'm a little afraid that Katie is getting tired of mama's camera already!! :) I had to share these super serious pics of her, they're so funny!! :)