Happy Belated Mothers Day!

Well Happy (late) Mothers Day to all the Moms out there! I had a nice day with Gilles and Isabelle :) I woke up to breakfast being made for us - scrambled eggs, homemade hashbrowns, bacon and baked beans Mmmmmm! It was so good! We just hung around the house together, went out for a few groceries and bbq'd for supper, it was a nice day! And a great end to a fun weekend! This past weekend was the LCOM Spring Crop, and as usual, Tinkie did a fabulous job! I don't know how she does it all! Awesome food, great prizes, great challenges, great people, great sales at the store, and awesome goodie bags for each of us, handmade by Tink! I can't wait for the next one already!

Isabelle. Omg. She is growing up WAY too fast! It's crazy! I can't believe she will be a year old this month! She is sooo amazing! I love to just watch her, see her exploring her world, she is awesome! She is so smart, so funny, so beautiful! She has 7 teeth now, is drinking from her sippy cup much better, and still nursing! LOL I'm not sure how I will get her away from this, I love nursing her, and she loves it too!
Watching her with Shadow is too funny. She likes to lay on the floor and look at him under the coffee table, she thinks this is hilarious! She also likes to share all her food with him haha. No wonder he is always near her! No really, he seems to be quite protective of her. The other day she was coughing, and he ran over to make sure she was ok, then licked her face when he reallized everything was alright and left lol. He is pretty funny!

Do you spring clean? Ugh, I feel like there is SO much to do here and so much I need to go through and get rid of. We have only been here three years, ow did we accumulate so much?? Isabelle already has I don't know how many garbage bags full of clothes that don't fit her anymore that I really should go through and get rid of...there are a few things that I will keep though :)

Until next time...hopefully not in 3 months hahaha...

Getting back to it

Ok I haven't blogged for over a month! I didn't have my computer for over a week and a half as the hard drive died, that was not fun!
I sure missed my LCOM ladies when I was gone!! And there is SO much going on on the boards!! Lots of new members, which is awesome! Challenges galore - The 'So You Think You Can Scrap' Contest is in full swing, we are onto the week 3 challenge already! I was voted off in the second round, but I plan to continue the challenges because they are great! There is also the 'Random Hearts' challenge - Random challenges will be posted on the boards and you will earn 'Hearts' for completing each one, and the gal that gets 30 hearts wins! Plus the 52 Pickup Sketch challenge will be on all year - good for me as I haven't started yet! And I need to, they are some great sketches!!
The DT reveal is tomorrow, I have taken pics of my work (I need to learn to take better pics!!!) and just have to get off my tush and post them!
I can't wait til this weekend, its the LCOM Spring Crop Friday night and Saturday!!! I'm going with my scrappy gals Emily, Amanda, Kelly, Sheena and Linda :) I think I'll work on my February DT kit, and hopefully scrap some Valentines pics of Isabelle that I plan to take this week. I can't wait to have Tinks yummy food and see everyone!!

Isabelle is still moving around like crazy, trying to get herself into a standing position, its so cute. I know I'm going to have my hands full with her, she is always on the go! She is so determined! She is cutting her fourth tooth already, and I think it is bothering her a bit...she has had a hard time sleeping, and been a bit cranky, especially at night. I feel bad though, I can't imagine what it feels like to have those sharp little teeth cutting through your gums! I'm sure glad its something you forget!

Yesterday I went to Indigo to pick up my copy of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' - this months selection for the LCOM Book Club. I am on page 97, and I have thought several times about quitting reading it, not something I often do. I am finding the boring, and somewhat hard to follow. But I will keep with it, as I hear it gets better, and I don't like to not finish a book.

Off to spend some time with my little family on this beautiful sunny Sunday!

My little Santa Baby!

First Christmas

Isabelles first Christmas was so great!! She really seemed to like opening her gifts - even if she really did only want to eat the wrapping paper haha. Having her here makes everything better, and it certainly made Christmas awesome! Isabelle did really seem to like her gifts, particulary an Elmo phone and Super Sleuth Winnie the Pooh from Daddy! My parents and one of my younger sisters came for dinner which was nice, I love spending time with them, and Isabelle adores my parents.
On Sunday Gilles took me on a date - we went to see Avatar, and it was amazing! It was the most beautiful movie I have ever seen. The 3D was awesome, and the graphics and scenery in the movie were breathtaking. I laughed, cried, and yelled at the screen. Yup, crazy lady right here! I love getting out with Gilles, but it is definately nice to see Isabelle when we pick her up at my parents!
Monday was my neice Madis 2nd birthday. Its hard to believe 2 years have gone by already...I remember when Stacy was in the hospital, and I was there as her birthing coach. I was the first one to hold Madison, and it was amazing. Also watching what she went through in labour really prepared me for when it was my turn. She was so cute at her birthday party, mostly interested in her helium ballons though lol. And I had no idea that a 2 year old would like to receive clothing! She was squealing and grinning when she opened my gift, it was so cute!
Isabelle was 7 months on Sunday...I can't believe that either...she is growing so fast, learning so much, changing all the time, and always making us laugh! She really keeps us on our toes now as she is all over the place! She is amazing, and I feel so lucky to have her, and that she is healthy.

Christmas baking!

This is the first time I have ever done my own Christmas baking, and I discovered that I have really missed baking! I made skor squares, frogs, scotch cookies - thank you for the super easy recipe Amanda!! - and mud puddles - thank you for this new to me treat and recipe Darlene!! I think we need a bigger fridge because there is no room left in there now! Going to have to eat it all before the turkey gets here! Haha!
Well I was hoping that Isabelle was going to go to bed early tonight, I know, its a crazy request, but she did go to bed last night at 8:30! I guess it was a one time deal! Of course the one time she does go to bed before 11 or 12, the phone has to ring at 11:30 and then I couldn't get back to sleep for a few hours! Grrrrrr! Right now she is fussing and rubbing her eyes, but she still won't sleep. Thats my stubborn little monkey!
I went to Amandas Christmas party on Saturday - Gilles stayed home with Isabelle, so I got to eat and drink on my own without her little mitts trying to steal everything! There was lots of food, I was stuffed when I left! And I got a great Christmas gift from Amanda, as well as an awesome cupcake from the Royal Cupcake Company which Emilys mom owns - thank you Lorraine!!
Well, tomorrow is another Monday, I can't believe Christmas is only a few days away! I hope to get out tomorrow and grab a few last things so I don't have to go out again before Friday! Have a great week everyone!

LCOM DT Reveal and then some...

The LCOM DT reveal was this past Friday evening, and here are a few pics of my work :) Ok, more than a few lol. But I like them all!

I had a great weekend. Friday night we stayed in and watched a movie....but then Friday night I couldn't get to sleep for some reason?? Isabelle went to sleep, but I couldn't for hours. Then I was up a few times to feed her, so I only got about 2 hours of sleep. Saturday morning I got ready for the crop - packed up my scrappy supplies and packed up Isabelle to take her to Mom and Dads for the day. I always feel like I am forgetting something when I leave the house...and Saturday I really did. I was almost to Moms and realized I forgot Isabelles bottles. Well I was going to be scrapping for about 7 hours, so I think she may need some food in that time! Luckily Gilles drove them in so I didn't have to drive back home :)

Ok, off to the crop! It was at KVHS, a charity crop for one of the LCOM ladies MelW - for Jostens Renaissance. I sat with Emily and Kelly - I had really been missing Em (yeah, she lives down the street lol) and I hadn't seen Kel in awhile, love scrapping with her! Plus Em brought me and awesome Christmas gift!! Love you!

The food was really good, Kelly had the tunes going, and I got a few DT l/os done, and a few cards for challenges! Not too shabby! I ate way too much, had about 4 skor squares! They are too good!! Tanya was there with the LCOM store which was awesome as usual!! Picked up some orders plus some! The new Maya Rd goodies are so beautiful! And seeing Tanya always brightens my day. I also won a couple cool door prizes, and won some of MelWs gorgeous cards in the Silent Auction!! I wish mine were that good!!

After the crop I went to my sisters house as my parents had Isabelle there for a visit. I ended up staying awhile, it was nice to spend time with the family! Kathryn had some great goodies for me too from her trip to the states. I drove home really slowly as it had been raining and snowing, and the rds were slippery and there was quite a bit of water down.

We woke up Sunday morning to everything being covered in a perfect white blacket of snow! Now, I am not a fan of winter, snow or cold... but there is no denying the beauty of that first snow when everything is pure white and sparkly and clean. I got a pic of the backyard to scrap. Plus Shadow loves to dive into the snowbanks which is always good for a laugh! Gilles got the studded tires on the car, and brought the tree in tonight, it looks so nice! I can't wait to get it decorated!!

The 12 Days of Christmas at LCOM!

12 Days of Christmas LCOM Style!!! I can't think of a better way to get into the Holiday Spirit!!!
The LCOM Design Team will be hosting 12 days of challenges, there will be 12 days of prizes just for checking the forum and signing up in the appropriate thread! And of course there will be something new on sale each day!! I hope you will join us!! We began today, so get on the boards!!!