Jovie’s B-Day Pics

Posted on | June 7, 2010 | 14 Comments

A little bit of the girls to share with you…

Here’s M helping Jovie with the candle.

This is a raspberry jelly cupcake. None of us are really into icing… well Jovie is but we’re going the healthier route… good jelly with no odd ingredients and homemade cupcakes.

I missed the shot but I got it below…

Guess Jovie wasn’t so sure about getting her fingers dirty in the red goopy stuff. So she just dove right in.

After…

Finally decided that touching the cupcake was pretty safe.

Eating like a normal person.

And she’s done… she throws ALL her food to the side after she’s done with it. The dogs LOVE her!! I guess it’s not bad having two portable and automatic vacuum cleaners.

M helping Jovie with a gift. Jovie’s not into it though.

Here’s Emma trying to get Jovie excited about the gift.

Very NOT into opening presents. She crawled away towards her other (old) toy.

Finally she got interested after she found out that the new toy makes noises too (M HATES it!!) and she’s been pushing this and the Leap Frog farmer tad one ever since.

Last night hubby was getting ready to go upstairs and he tripped over all three… the new gift, the farmer tad, and the table that Jovie was crawling towards. NOT happy, ha ha!!

DT Announcement + Mac and Cheese

Posted on | April 13, 2010 | 9 Comments

Hi again!! I made some more cards last night out of necessity. My box load of cards are in a crate somewhere (scheduled to arrive on British soil the 25th of April per the carrier, YEAH!!) and I do need to give a few thank you cards before I leave. If you noticed most of my cards lately have “thank you” or “hello” or “for you” on them.

This card was made using WPlus9’s stamps: Woodgrain Silhouettes and the Addition. Each are $19 OR, get both for $33! These stamps are BEAUTIFUL!! I love them. Dawn did a great great job with these!! Here are the full images of these two sets:

You like? Well, head on over to WPlus9 store, they’re available now!!

Now, do you LIKE WPlus9’s stamps quite a bit? You think they’re ones you can work with or just your style? Then you need to head on over to Dawn’s blog and read all about the WPlus9 DT details. Dawn’s really easy to work with. Very fun and laid back and like she said, which stamper doesn’t like free stamps, right? Do try out and we all can’t wait who Dawn picks!!

I am not done! Need a few giggles? Check out this set of pics…

I told you Jovie loves my cooking ha ha ha… We had mac and cheese that day. The cheese around here wasn’t part of the meal. M wanted extra cheese and she left the container within Jovie’s reach. The thing is Jovie won’t eat the cheese crumbs. She doesn’t like feeling mushy things on her fingers/hands. But, she did love the meal so much that she felt the need to grab the bowl and lick it all up.

You all have a great one! I hope your Tuesday is wonderful!!

Materials:

Stamps: WPlus9
Cardstock, red ink and button: Clear and Simple Stamps
Twine and white ink: Papertrey Ink
Rhinestones: Martha Stewart

God IS High Tech + Video

Posted on | March 11, 2010 | 13 Comments

At least according to Miss Emma… here’s how that came about:

M: Mommy, do people in heaven work?
Me: No, they don’t go to work like we do, they work on other things because in heaven people don’t have bodies. It’s more like going to school than working when you’re in heaven.
M: Do they eat?
Me: No, they don’t eat. People are like Casper in heaven. Remember, when the ghosts ate? The food didn’t get digested. But you don’t get hungry. You’re just full all the time in heaven.
M: Oooh. Do people talk in heaven?
Me: Yes, but with their minds.
M: How do you talk with your minds?
Me: It’s called telepathic. In heaven people talks that way and they’ll just understand each other.
M: Mommy, can you ask God why people don’t work in heaven?
Me: Hmmm, I’m not sure how I can ask him that and get an answer.
M: Why don’t you email him? I’m sure he has a computer because we have a computer.
Me: (hmmm, she does have a point, ha!)

So, does anybody know God’s email address? {::SMILE}

Ok, I think I am going to paint our UK living room this color:

Whatcha think? I love the touch of pink but I’m not sure hubby would like it. I am talking paint now because the landlord of the house we’re looking at getting is going to let us paint. He said he likes bright colors — it’ll make the rooms brighter he thinks. I’ll share more info on the house later… once everything is settled. I can’t wait because things are driving me nuts right now. There are just a lot of little details to go through between now and the 22nd. After the 22nd I’d be able to breath better and just arrange for our airline tickets!

Oh, I want to share this little video of Jovie too. It’s super short but REALLY cute (or at least her mama thinks so):

Dreams…

Posted on | March 9, 2010 | 11 Comments

Well, I’ve been wanting (actually needing — part of being a DT is that you’ve got obligations and deadlines) to do some crafts but the moving thing and Jovie’s wonky (teething) schedule have been taking over. I want to unwind though… I am feeling quite overwhelmed… and figured writing might just do it…

So here I am, pooped from dragging all sorts of empty boxes upstairs from the basement, sipping some hot cocoa (while it’s still chilly out) and thinking about all the exciting stuff that’s going to happen soon. For the longest time I’ve always wanted to live in Europe and wow, it’s going to come true in just over a month! The best part is that I’ll be sharing this experience with a great husband and the two most adorable and sweet kids. I kind of feel like I need to run around our house and yell: whoohooo!!! But I won’t… it’s dark and rainy first of all and I think our neighbors would call the police thinking something is wrong with us here.

I really have no idea what’s in store for us there but I really look forward to each and every one of them. A few weeks ago I was wondering what I’ll be doing there and today I have more of an idea in that department. I can’t share yet but hopefully soon enough I’ll have the courage to tell you what they are. As much as I’ve learned about myself and have an idea of what I can and cannot do, I am hard on myself and I do feel self conscious about me and new things.I also envision a different kind of blog. I’ll still be sharing my paper crafting creations but I want something more. Right now it’s not all that clear but hopefully it’ll be better.

Ok, I guess I’m not that talkative today. Before I go I want to share a picture… or two… my friend said according to the Chinese culture big ears are a sign of wealth. What do you think? My baby’s 9-mo-old and weighing at just a tad bit over 14lbs. She’s petite! I’ve been continuously playing with my light kit. I definitely need another one to even out the light.

Flabby Butt and Signing

Posted on | January 27, 2010 | 12 Comments

My M said this evening:

M: Mommy, when are you going to start working out again?
Me: Why?
M: You have a flabby butt.
Me: (deep inside: AAAAAAURGGHHHHHH!!!!)Thanks, M.

So I was doing the P90x but that was short lived. I blame it on M. She puked all over my workout rug. Don’t ask me what happened. I think all the rolling around and crazy moves that I did made her sick. After she threw up she went to bed and was all better the next morning. I ended up watching the video while cleaning up M’s mess. I had to air out the room too and it was probably 0 degrees outside.

BUT, it will continue! I have the kids on a schedule this week and so far so good. If this continues I should be able to workout at around 9:30 p.m.! Of course we’ll see. My hobby might just distract me, ha!

The signing deal… my baby is growing up!! Jovie can sign “milk” and “change“. I use change instead of “diapers” because it’s harder to see the sign for diapers. She’s also understanding “bath” and “all done“. The milk sign started a few weeks ago but I wasn’t sure until a week or two ago. We have this parents as teachers program here and her mentor was here when Jovie signed milk. We’re so proud of our little peanut!! M signed when she was 6-months-old and she got “dog” at 7-months. The rest came tumbling through quickly (we watched the My Baby Can Talk video and Signing Time) and at 14-months M knew about 33 some words. M started talking at 14-months. She skipped babbling and went to talking but a few words were sometimes unclear and so M would speak and sign until she was 18-months-old. By then she was speaking in 4-5 word sentences.

We’re hoping Jovie can do at least the basics. We’ve noticed that she’s a lot slower than M in terms of development timeline. M had a few teeth at Jovie’s age while Jovie’s still toothless. M was already pulling herself up too while Jovie is still not crawling although she loves to sit up by herself and jump on her jumparoo. It’s so interesting to see how different each are. Fun fun!!

I did make a card and this one is based on the current Embellish magazine challenge: stripes and the colors kraft, purple, and brown. So ok, it’s not a traditional stripe but I’ve got some lines in there, right? I wanted to use more of the PTI stamps I got!!