One Week From Today!!

In case you haven't noticed, the "creepy fetus" to the left (as one friend calls it - lol), is off. The widget is based on my due date (April 6), not the c-section date (March 27th). If all goes as planned, baby Jack should be here by about 2pm next Thursday afternoon. I have to go in at 10am, and they are supposed to do surgery at noon... but this hospital (in my experience) is late with EVERYTHING so I'm guessing it won't happen until a little later.

Of course, then there is the message that was left on my machine tonight while we were at dinner asking me to call about my "hospital admission scheduled for April 3". That was the original c-section date. The nurse supposedly changed it to 3/27 a week ago and cancelled the April 3 appt.... but obviously not. Why doesn't that surprise me? I am getting to the point of frustration/disgust with this healthcare facility that I am almost afraid to give birth there. :o(

Ok, enough of the negative Nellie routine. Everything will be fine.

If I just keep telling myself that, maybe I'll believe it!

In other news, we're picking up the crib this weekend, and I'm getting a pedicure Sat a.m. so I should be all set. :o)

Ready for Spring!

Although the temperature hasn't warmed up nearly as much as I would like it to, Henry has all but outgrown his winter coat! UGH! I didn't want to buy another one this late in the game, so I went looking for a warmer spring jacket, and found this one. It has fleece lining throughout, so hopefully it will carry us through all of these 40 degree days! It's super cute on him, but get this.... it's a 4T!! How did that happen?! I think part of it has to do with the fact that Oshkosh B'Gosh just runs small to begin with. I tried the 3T on him, and there was very little difference between that and the 4T so I went with the larger one. Despite the large size of the jacket, he is still wearing 2T clothes...



Here it is with the hood up. The hood is HUGE. Every time I put it up I hum "...trust the Gorton's fisherman..." to myself (from the fish stick commercial in case anyone is wondering). LOL!

In other news, the c-section has been rescheduled!! We are now set up for March 27th - only a week and a half away!!! It sounds like the surgery will happen some time around noon. We'll keep you posted!

A Few Cards...

I don't participate in swaps very often, but decided to sign up for a friend's "Girl You Rock" swap, where the requirement was to make cards to let your girlfriend know you were thinking of them (or something like that!). I went with this cute little skunk. You can barely tell from the photo (if you look at the bottom), but the black is stamped with the Print Pattern background stamp in Versamark ink. It looked *so* cool when the ink was wet, but after it dried you could barely see it. Ugh. Live and learn! It's still a cute card though! I colored him with chalks, and added dazzling diamonds to the white areas on his back/tail/head.



I wanted to make an Easter card for my Mom and Grandma, but didn't think I had any Easter stamps (must add to wish list before next year!). I was searching through my collection for daffodils or tulips or something else that would look "springy" when I spied this little egg in my Tag Time set. WHO KNEW?!!? lol! I used the smallest Karen Foster snap stamps for the sentiment and added dazzling diamonds in random dots around the eggs.

Plugging Along

No pictures to post today, but wanted to give an update on the pregnancy and let you know that I *finally* got some things listed on Ebay. I have a link to my auctions to the left. Check it out - you never know what you might find! I'm hoping to add more Tuesday night as well, so check back!

The pregnancy is going well. It's hard to believe it's almost time for baby Jack to be born. Yes, in case you didn't know, his name will be Jack. But the middle name is a secret - for all of us! :o) We still haven't quite decided on one, so I can't share that yet. The c-section is currently scheduled for Thursday, April 3 but my Dr. suggested moving it back one week to March 27th when I saw her this past Thursday because the baby is measuring 3 weeks over and I'm having a number of braxton hicks contractions, etc. etc. etc. We're going to discuss it more at my next appointment (March 13), so hopefully I'll know more then.

Meanwhile, we are frantically trying to get the nursery in order. The room used to be our office and my stamping space, but now we have laptops and have moved my stamping "room" into part of our bedroom. Our master bedroom is HUGE for those who haven't seen it - it's actually two separate rooms connected by an archway, so it's not really "in" the bedroom, yet it still is. It's kind of hard to explain. Anyhow, we still need to get some things out of the room and up to the attic but I'm hoping to be able to paint the room by next weekend at the latest. Then we either have to buy (or mooch ;o) ) a crib and we should be set. The nursery theme will be Raggedy Ann and Andy. We had originally intended that theme for Henry, but then changed to dinosaurs at the last minute so I still have all of the stuff we acquired for it.

So, that's what I know for now! Keep us in your thoughts, and pray I don't go into labor early... or at least not until the room is finished!

Happy Birthday Princess!

For those of you who have surfed the gallery at SCS, you might know about the "recycled Christmas card" craze (see a sample here, by paperprincess1973). Well, why not do the same with Valentine's cards? Henry and I received two Disney Princess valentine candy packets this year. All of the writing and greetings were on the paper packet, not on the image, so I thought maybe I could recycle the images. Here is one of the two cards I made. Each was for a little girl's birthday card. This one says, "Happy Birthday Little Princess" on the inside.

Better late than never!

These are some (most) of the poses we got with Henry's Christmas picture package. I was supposed to be able to view/share them online, but that feature never worked for me. I took pictures of the photos (our scanner isn't working at the moment) to share with some online friends, so I thought I'd post them here as well. The bottom one and the top one are my favorites of all the poses we got. :)

Lego-mania!

Henry has a number of Duplo Legos (i.e. the bigger ones), and he and Darrin enjoy playing with them regularly. Darrin spends his time building things, and Henry spends his time destroying them! ;o) It keeps them both happy though, so that's all that matters!

Here is one of Darrin's creations... Do you know what it is?

It's Brett Favre!!! :o) Now do you see the football and the #4?!

And here are a few with Henry and his fortress... He loves to drop pieces in those little windows and try to fish them out. He's all about the search and rescue! lol!

Cards!! Finally!!

Here are the Valentine cards I made this year. Check my SCS gallery for more details on paper, ink, accessories, etc. used (sorry - don't feel like typing all of that again!).


This one was for Papa from Henry. Getting the heart in that little dinosaurs mouth was a trick, but I think it turned out cute in the end.

This one is for Darrin from me (thanks gain to Uncle Donnie for cutting that So Many Sayings stamp set apart)! Otherwise I'd never have been able to use just the "Be Mine" and hearts on this one.

This was to my sister and her kids. I love this little mouse. It's actually part of a bigger image that I think is geared more toward birthdays, but I thought it looked a little Valentine-y with all the hearts!

This was from Henry to his godparents. I love this stamp! lol!

This was from Darrin and I to my Mom and Grandma. I have had the SU air brush tool for EVER, and this is the first time I've used it. I thought it worked well with this "Love" image.

And finally, this was from Henry to his Grandmas. I thought adding the dazzling diamonds on the heart really made it pop!

"I'm Dreaming of a White....." Valentine's????

These pictures were taken today. It has been snowing since midnight, and we have about six inches on the ground with another 1-4 inches projected before all is said and done. If you know me, you know that winter is my favorite season and I especially love snow but this is getting old!!

This one is looking out into our backyard through the kitchen window (and screened porch). You can get a good idea of total snow fall by looking at the bird bath on the left.

This is looking out our dining room window into the neighboring yards (our property ends at the fence you can see a little of at the bottom of the picture).

Happy Valentines Day!!

I I can't believe it has been almost a month since I have posted again. Ugh. I just took these this morning and wanted to get them posted right away before I forgot.




And here's an older one from the NFC Championship game... that we lost.... :o(