Oh my husband :)

He has changed me! If you look on my new playlist you will see the imperial march listed on there :) Yes, that's right!
I love the Trans Siberian Orchestra, love how they mix classical with a little bit of ROCK! :)

So Merry! :)

I am trying to make a few Christmas cards...I'm not going to stress myself out though, trying to send a handmade one to everyone on our list! :) We need to take some family portraits to send out...and tomorrow we are really really going to try to finally get our tree up! :) I love this time of year, love the Christmas spirit :)
Do any of you have any fun plans? :)
Charin

Got a few done....

*special thanks to Amber on Flickr for her help making Gabriel's eyes *pop* in this picture!


I got a few pictures edited from last week! :) I have almost 400 to edit, so it's going to be awhile! ha ha I'll share as I get them done though! :)

The first and third picture are of my adorable nephew Gabriel! I love him so much. He is one year older than Katie and they really bonded last week. Every time she cried he would come running over with her bottle or noonie (pacifier) to make it all better. :) He called her sissy a few times because he has a little sister Zoe who is three weeks younger than Katie :) It was *so* cute seeing all of these little ones together! :)

The second picture is my beautiful niece Keonna! She is such a little cutie. She has my sense of style too, so that makes it fun! All week we were talking about Gwen Stefani being our fashion icon and on Friday when we went shopping we kept reaching for the same clothes and accessories! :) I have been wanting to use this building for awhile now, so glad I got the chance! :) And thank you Amy for pointing the building out for me!

And the last picture is me and my brother Joel :) He is always so much fun to be around, I MISS HIM!

OK, so I promised an update on me and Katie. :) We both had a doctors appointment this morning for different reasons. She had developed a skin infection last week and the doctor said that there was a possibility it was a Staph Infection! I was so worried about her, she wasn't eating like she normally does and I could tell she wasn't feeling very good. They told me this morning it wasn't Staph, but she does have to be on Antibiotics for one more week.

I had to go to the doctor because we all had a lovely bonfire Friday evening, I was sitting far back from it holding Gabriel. How this happened, I don't know, but a piece of the wood shot out (still on fire!) of the fire, over to me and inside of my shirt!!! I was a lot more concerned about making sure Gabriel was OK at the time (and he was, it didn't touch him) but I have 2nd and 3rd degree burns. Lovely. I have some medicine to pick up today, and have to go back to the doctor next week. What are the odds of that happening? It's actually kind of funny, we will definitely always remember this Thanksgiving! :)
Charin

Muah! :)

Hi!

I have been neglecting the blog a little lately, but will be back *soon* with lots and lots and lots of pictures from last week! :)
It's been a little crazy lately, and tomorrow Katie and I both have to go see the Doctor (more about that later!) Be back soon!
Charin

It's the best holiday ever...

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!! :)

Merry and Bright

I am so excited about Christmas this year! :) It's going to be so much fun. :) I found this cutie little Christmas tree for Katie at Wal*Mart, I was so excited! It's perfect in her nursery, and she loves it! I need to find a small tree skirt though, does anyone know anywhere that I could find one for it? (It's 4 feet tall)

So this next week, my family is coming up from Louisiana! I am sooo ready to see them. Thanksgiving is my absolute favorite holiday because of them, that's when we all get together and it's so much fun. ;) My oldest brother Brad isn't able to make it this year, I'm really going to miss him and my nephew Hunter being there. I get to see Brad for just a few hours tomorrow though, so I'm grateful for that! I hate that we're all apart so much.

My brother Joel and his wife Brandi have a little girl Zoe who is just three weeks younger than Katie! It's going to be so much fun seeing them together :) : )
Bye for now, I will be back soon with lots and lots of pictures! :)
Charin

She loves some vanilla pudding :)

Katie is trying to feed herself these days, doesn't really like Mama always having control of the spoon. ;) She was very happy to get some vanilla pudding after having to eat sweet potatoes and carrots! I *love* the little cheesy smile she's doing in the second picture!
That's her new thing.
Have a great Thursday! :)

Eye candy! :)

Hi :)

I wanted to share a few pictures..a layout I made of my *beautiful niece Zoe Christabelle*! :)

and two that I made from the pictures of Katie that Elsie took. I am having so much fun scrapping those! :) And I'm really loving making 6x12 pages lately, especially since I almost always scrap only one picture per page.

Ooh, and that last scrap page made

the Catwalk on Scrap in Style TV!

I feel so honored to have been chosen for one of the SISters showcased this week! There's a lot of crazy good talent over there! :)

I have had two days off from work and it's been so nice! :) I actually cleaned my scrap desk! I'm still a little shocked that I can actually lay a piece of cardstock on there instead of scrapping on my lap! ha ha

There's a couple of sneaks into my scrap room, my lovely stash of ribbons and my first scrap love-buttons!

And that drawer of Love, Elsie goodness makes me happy every time I open it. :) I have devoted two drawers to Love, Elsie! I can't help myself, I use it on pretty much every page/project that I make. :)

The last two pictures are just some fun things that I've picked up lately, I am really loving blank note cards and yummy scarves. :)

Got to go bathe my little girl and get her ready for bed now!
Charin

ETA

I meant to add this tag from Danielle! Oops :)

1..If you could have the last hour prior to reading this tag again, what would you do differently?

I would have remembered to bring Katie's pacifier into the bathroom when I was giving her a bath! Ha ha. She got a little cranky :)

2..You can go back in time for exactly one hour, where and at what time in history would you go?

Hmmm...I think I would go back to the 50's and hang out in a malt shop in a cute poodle skirt :)

3..You have one hour to make a handmade item, what would you make?

Scrapbook page, definitely

4.. If you cold lose one bad habit, what would it be?

Laziness!

5.In less than sixty words, describe your perfect Sunday night..

Cozy pj's, hot cocoa, family, hugs, movie, early bedtime :)

6..List sixty things you could do with that extra hour (after time change).

I'm a little late getting this one posted! :) Load dishes in dishwasher, start a load of clothes, pay bills online and scrapbook. :) And that is definitely all I would have time to do!

If you are reading this and want to join in on the fun you're tagged! :)

Peace and love :)

Our assistant manager Cheyne
Meagan! She always looks cute

yep, that's me :) Kevin took these oustside of our house before I left for work
peace!
this is Phillip...we did not plan to have matching hair but that made it even more funny!
look closely! That's fake chest hair from his wig!! ha ha
The rockstar hippie manager, Jennifer :)

Here's some pictures from work today! :) We had a good time, I'm not gonna lie, our bank is pretty much the best place to work at...ever! :)
The lighting is not the best for pictures, but you get the idea :)
I am not *that* into Halloween because of the darker side of it (no likey witches, scary movies, or anything scary/bad. No thank you!) but I do love candy and dressing up is fun :)

Peace out,

Charin

my *fairy princess*

Hi! :) I wanted to share these pictures of Katie in her little fairy princess costume :) I *love* having a little girl!! :) :)
She started getting tired, so our photoshoot didn't last too long. :)
I will be back tonight with some pictures of my costume for work...let me just say this. It involves some (very!) big hair :)

1 a.m.=scrapbook pages :)

I couldn't stand not scrapping any more! :) I hadn't been able to in several weeks, and that is just not cool. So I stayed up till 1 this morning and made these :) I couldn't wait to use these pictures! :)
Charin

They're heeeeerrrrreeee!! :) :) :)

Look what came in the mail!! :) Elsie sent us our pictures from our photoshoot last month, and look at the box of goodies she sent along with it! :) She really is the sweetest girl :) Love her!
(I meant for the picture of the goodies to be either on the top or bottom, but it didn't work that way and my computer is being too slow to try to fix it) :)

I can not even describe how much I love these pictures :) She completely captured the emotions that I feel about my family, especially the love that we have for our little baby Katie :) And there are *lots* more pictures! These are just a few of my favorites :)

I can't wait to scrap these!!!!!

And I have been tagged by Silje and Dani for my list of fours, so here goes! :) These are so much fun :)

Job's I've Had

1. Housecleaner (ick!!!)

2. Cashier/Sacker/Stocker at Town & Country discount foods (and they totally took advantage of the fact that I liked to stay busy, I should have been paid for three jobs! ha ha)

3. Personal Banker at US Bank

4. Financial Services Representative at Arvest Bank (my current job, which I absolutely love!)

Movies I could watch over & over

1. Amelie

2. Down with Love

3. While you were Sleeping

4. Napoleon Dynamite

TV Shows I watch

1. America's Next Top Model

2. American Idol

3. Cops (I have my hubby to think for that one! ha ha)

4.

Places I've lived

1. Flippin, AR
2. Gassville, Ar

3. Mountain Home, AR

4.

Favorite foods

1. Sesame Chicken from Benihana's (yummmm!!)

2. Fresh Baked bread

3. All Mexican food :)

4. Blueberries

Favorite Colors (these will change by the next time I get asked this question!)

1. Pink :)

2. Aqua

3. Lime Green

4. Yellow

Places I would love to be right now

1. On a beach :)

2. In Hawaii

3. In London or Paris

4. Anywhere that my husband and daughter are, which means I am already there :)

Names I like but would not use for my children

1. Nicholas

2. Matthieu (love the spelling!)

3. Lance

4.? (all of the ones above I had picked out for a boys name but Kevin vetoed :) I have a feeling that our next baby might be a boy though, because we actually agreed on one!)

I think all of my blogger friends have been tagged, so I'm just going to say that if you are reading this and would like to join in on the fun consider yourself tagged :)

:) Charin

Photos :)

This is my cute friend and co-worker Meagan who let me take some pictures of her this weekend :) I *love* having willing friends to practice on! :) I have oh-so-much to learn about photography, but I love it. So much fun :)