Where was I?

So, I ended up neglecting the good old blog last week but I do have some stuff to show for what I was doing instead. Yes, I was scrapbooking and having a great time doing it too. So, here are a few pages I did.






I have really enjoyed Sweet Shoppe's new challenge program (Making pages to get 40% off their store). The big project I did was make a little badge album ABC book for Katelynn. I think it is cute and she is able to hold on to it pretty well. I just need to figure out how to control the drool factor! Her drool gets through the openings and has damaged one page and I just finished it today. I think that I might put some clear tape on it to protect the pages.






Other than that I have been a mom this week and enjoyed most of it. Things can get a little hairy in the 6 o'clock hour. Ever since birth that has always been the hour she has the hardest time getting through. Nothing seems to keep her happy for longer than a minute, even if I am right there with her. But she is just so cute and fun and learning things all the time.

I did go on a "Girl's Night Out" on Friday. Amy picked me up and we met some other girls (moms) for dinner at Dog House Grill. Which is so good. I get their Tri-tip tacos because I like their Tri-Tip but they put way too much on their sandwich. Their salsa is very mild but flavorful which is a plus for me. After dinner we went to Roller Town. (Dude, WAY too many memories of going there for honor roll, or something like that in elementary school) Not much has changed. I brought my roller blades that I hadn't been in for a couple years and made it through the night without falling on my bum. Ben told me before I left that If I came I came home with a broken arm I would be in trouble. We then went to McDonalds for ice cream but Amy and I didn't stay long since her kids were starting to go crazy, and it was way past their bedtime for crazy. It was a great night and I had a great time with the girls. The one thing we did notice was that of the six that were there and of the ones that couldn't make it, we had the youngest kids. I guess we needed a break.

Talk to you later.
Anna

I Scrapbooked!!

I am so excited to say that I finally scrapbooked a page. I am thinking about getting back into Sweet Shoppe's challenges again so we shall see. I am just excited that I actually did it here's a preview for you.


Journaling Reads:
Max and Jesse’s 4th Birthday party on December
19th, 2009. This was Katelynn’s first Birthday
party and she had a great time. The boys were
happy with all of their presents and were still
talking about their trip to Disneyland on their
Birthday. We gave Max and Jesse Transformer
Hot Wheel cars that they were fighting over
before we had left their party.

Have a great weekend and I hope to get another page done too.

After 8 months and 1 day ....

.... we have our first tooth. She has been "teething" for the past 4 months. Since Amy was so kind as to show me Alyson's tooth a few weeks ago of what a gum looks like with a tooth about to cut I knew more of when to expect it. The past couple of days I knew it would be soon. And here we are, the sharpness finally came through. No pics of it because you can't see it and she won't let me in her mouth. She thinks that it is her tooth or something and Mommy doesn't need to know about it!! The second tooth seems to be right behind it. It will be so weird to see her with teeth. I love her gummy little smile. I should get some more pics today of her before the tooth take over her mouth.

8 Months

Katelynn is beginning to be my big girl. In this past week we have had to drop her crib level, she isn't pulling up yet but I know it will be soon and I don't want her falling out of the crib. We started putting her in the big tub since she was rolling around too much in the baby tub. We have her big car seat waiting in the family room to be installed and we have the stroller for her to sit up in since we won't be using the carseat stroller anymore. She is moving all around too. She is starting to perfect her army crawl and will get on to her hands and knees for just a second. She is talking a little more saying ba-ba-ba-ba and ma-ma-ma-ma and da-da-da-da. She hasn't said those thing to me yet so I don't think she knows mama yet. We may have turned a corner in her solid food eating. I am relaxing more and letting her have more from my plate and she is starting to eat better from the spoon. There are still many things I won't let her have but we are exploring her food options. She loves to feed herself and when she is getting bored with eating she will start blowing raspberries in the spoonfuls. It's great times when she is doing that. She is giggling more at us and it is so cute to hear her laugh. Her teeth are days away from coming out I am starting to see the tooth through the gums it is so close. She is such a cutie and from what everyone tells me, she is SO tall. I am around her all the time so I don't have anything to compare her to, but what else are we to expect from Ben and I. She is still wearing 12 month clothes and size three diapers. She also cut out her five am feeding and gets only four bottles a day. She won't have another Dr. appt for a month but I know she is over 20lbs. Here's a video from Wednesday of her doing all sorts of tricks for your viewing pleasure. We have army crawling, rolling, talking, playing, and flying.