adding to the noise

a good day in scrapbook land.

lots of good stuff going on in scrapbook land today....

first off, there is a huge, incredibly exciting announcement over at scrapjacked. we are looking for our newest jacker! this is the first time there's ever been an open call for a new jacker so bring on the fresh talent! can't wait to meet our new jacker! go check it out!

secondly, today is the scrapbook expo in NJ. i'm pretty excited. it's typically pretty lame because no one wants to travel to NJ to showcase their goods... but i'm keeping my fingers crossed... and if all else fails, i have a cart just waiting for me to press the buy button of hambly goodness.

and finally, some more new pages.... got two more to take photos of..... i've been a scrapping machine lately, at least compared to the last year! sorry for the crappy photos... i'm too lazy to scan and stitch. oh, how i long for a 12x12 scanner!

have a great weekend, my friends!

20 weeks.

hello, love.... mama had to go back and count how many weeks you are because i have been such a slacker with writing.... bad, bad momma. all for good cause though.... the more time i spend off the computer, the more time i spend with you, right? right. you are currently sleeping so i am sneaking on to show the world the beauty that you are at 20 weeks:

see, beautiful.... i told you :)

you are getting SO big. moving and grooving all over the place. i will lay you down in your crib and when i go in to get you after your nap, you are flipped over completely the other way. you are just dying to be able to sit up and i caught you yesterday trying to use the side of the bed to pull yourself up.... but the second you saw me, you stopped..... i think you thought you were doing something you weren't supposed to ;)

we only have a few more days together because momma has to go back to work (yuck) on september 1st. my heart is aching knowing that i have to leave you. i wish i could spend every single moment with you. i can't fathom missing out on so much of your life. it is going to be a rough, rough day and i'm sure i will call Mimi a million and one times to make sure you are okay.

i think that you are teething because you are sucking on EVERYTHING. i feel like you could suck off my face at times. you are also giving LOTS of kisses.... it's the cutest thing in the entire world. you are such a lovie girl. i think you'd really like to eat, but aren't allowed to yet...

every day with you gets better and better... but you're growing up a little too fast. i cannot even remember what you were like as a newborn. it seems like forever ago.

we've been pretty busy the past few weeks. we bought a house and then it fell through... so that was pretty disappointing.... you would have had the most perfect playroom.... but something else will come along...

i love you, pretty girl. stop growing up so fast, please!

scrap.

i'm very honored to be the guest designer this month for Tessa Ann. She has an awesome etsy shop with the most beautiful, detailed buttons. Here's what I did for her:



i did that last one for this month's scrapjacked. we jacked mandi.

also, never shared last month's scrapjack. We jacked Natasja. Here's mine:

and finally, just some other pages that i did:

lots of other stuff going on around here so if i disappear for awhile, don't worry... i'll be back

4 months.

4 months old today. it seems like just yesterday that you were 4 weeks old. but it also seems like you have always been a part of me. you are getting so big so fast. too fast. at the doctor's yesterday, you were 14 lbs 14 oz (75th percentile) and 26 inches (90th percentile). WOW. How did that happen? You've grown 4 1/2 inches since you were born and gained 6 lbs 8 oz (if i did my math correctly -- gosh knows im awful at that).

you are rolling over more frequently now and i'm pretty sure that you've gone from your back to your belly, too, but i don't know 100%. you seem to be teething and just can't get things in your mouth quick enough. you LOVE kisses - giving and getting... though, your idea of kissing is really just sucking on mommy or Mimi's cheeks (cutest thing EVER). you've started to belly laugh when being tickled. you are just dying to eat real food, but dr. shah said not yet (but Mimi snuck you a pickle on vacation). You love playing with other kids and just love when your cousins and Jack and the babies are here. You are trying to sit up and desperately want to, but are not successful yet. You love people and are pretty easy going most the time when going from one person to the other, but you definitely prefer mommy and Mimi. You love being outside and love trees and birdies (and when you were outside the other day with mimi, you followed the birds and watched them... mommy missed it though because she was doing laundry or cleaning or doing something to catch up!). You are still not sleeping through the night and mommy's not really sure that will ever happen. You still sleep with mama more often than not (my spoiled child). You currently have laryngitis and are so hoarse sounding that it breaks mama's heart if you cry.

In your short life, you have already done SO much.... you've been to or through the following states: New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. You've been on car rides as long as 8 hours. You've been on a ferry. You've been to the beach, to an amusement park, in a pool, to mommy's work, to the airport to drop Aunt Rissa off, on all kinds of shopping trips. You've had thousands of photos taken of you. You attract attention everywhere you go and everyone thinks you are absolutely beautiful and you smile at them as a thank you for their kind words. Such a good girl.

You are the light in so many people's lives. There are so many people who love you. You are such a lucky girl.

Happy Birthday, my beautiful princess.

birthday winner :)

a bit late, but better late than never, right??

random.org said that the winner was #18....

congrats to:

Happy Birthday!!!

Posted by: Melonie | July 24, 2009 at 09:56 PM

Melonie, please send me your address to lucinaselima@gmail.com and i'll get a little something something out to you!