The week before Easter

A few years ago my friend Erin told me about this lady Becky Higgins and a different style of scrapbooking that was suppose to be easier/quicker, but it was all paper and I knew I wouldn't do anything in paper, (paper scrapbooking scares me, it might be the scissors). Anyways, fast forward 3 years and 2 kids later, I wanted to change my scrapping style and I needed to if I wanted to keep the memories fresh. So, the last week of 2011 I fell in love with the Project Life way of keeping my memories and since it was available digital I knew I needed to try it out. So, for all of 2012 I am up to date and I am really enjoying doing these pages. 
I really can't explain it well so, if you want to check it out you can go here. Basically it is a 2 page spread about the week. These are the pages to Week 14. 


Left page

Right Page

This page is actually going to be cut in half when it is printed and placed in the middle since there was just so many pictures from Grandma and Grandpa's Easter Celebration.
Journaling Reads: Friday afternoon we loaded up and headed to Grandma’s house for a family Easter Celebration. We got there at about 3pm and hung out until Uncle Mike and Aunt Sarah came with your cousins. Katelynn is always so excited to see them and play with them. Grandma made some deviled eggs and Katelynn wanted to try them. So as I was helping her with the egg I was holding Mark on the counter top and he was helping himself to some deviled eggs too. We had a wonderful dinner of Tri-Tip and many sides. After everyone was finished with dinner we colored Eggs. Katelynn dipped one egg in the pink container and didn’t want to take it out, ever. I finally had to take it out so that we could clean up and have the Egg Hunt. Katelynn was out hunting first and Max and Jesse were so worried that you were going to find all the eggs. That did not happen. Of the 96 eggs we hid you found 7. You would find an egg, open it to get the candy and then eat the candy and then try and find another egg. I am glad that you didn’t find that many eggs because we don’t need that candy in the house anyways. By the end of the egg hunt Mark was ready to go home and go to bed. So, we called it a night. 

7 Months

Oh Mark you are just growing up way too fast and you are just getting cuter and cuter by the day. Your first tooth came in on the twentieth and your second bottom tooth is going to pop through any day now.
You have started to move, moving backwards that is. You really love to have some alone time during the day where you are awake but not being held. You are rolling proficiently from tummy to back and back to tummy and just today you are able to get up on your knees and rock back and forth, we are in such trouble now! Everything that is in your reach though is fair game If you want and can reach it you are going to grab it.If you start getting fussy and it isn’t time for your nap and you aren’t hungry I will put you in your exersaucer and you are as happy as can be. We have all had colds this week, but I think it is a little miserable for you since you are teething and have a cold.
You still drool like crazy and have drool multiple times on Daddy’s face while he is playing with you. You started talking this week. You talk at the top of your lungs saying, ba-ba-ba-ba and ma-ma-ma-ma. I love when you are saying ma-ma-ma, I always answer you and get a huge grin back, the perfect reward!
You are wearing size 3 diapers and 12 month clothes. You still have 30-36 ounces a day and 3 meals. You don’t like baby food. I always try and give it to you but you would rather have the mash bag with an avocado or banana in it. You have had carrots, sweet potatoes, peas, green beans, bread, rice, noodles, refried beans and squash. You LOVE to poop in the middle of the night. I think you get on your belly to sleep and then all the pressure builds up. It isn’t very fun to be changing your stinky diapers at 3 am.
I don’t know why you do this little head tilt. You will usually do it when you are eating but I did catch a picture of it since you look so cute when you do it. You always tilt to your left too.
You don’t like to cuddle, you just want to be on the floor checking everything out and seeing what Katelynn is doing.  When your happy or excited your feet and hands just start spinning away, it is so cute.Your favorite game is peek-a-boo, especially if Katelynn is playing it with you. She can get you giggling so quick.
We love you so much Mark! You are just so cute and fuzzy!

Here is the link to the video that is on the Scrapbook page.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pnm2FOHPjOU

6 months

Six months old! Really!?! I can’t believe it. I swear I just had you yesterday. You have fit into our family so nicely and we are so grateful for that. This month had some big changes for you. You can sit up unsupported for a good twenty minutes or more and I can tell that you really do like to be sitting up now. You have started to eat solids and are still trying to figure out why I keep putting this foreign object into your mouth. You have had just oatmeal, carrots and rice. You don’t have a favorite yet so we will keep trying, next up is peas and squash. I have noticed that if you have your own spoon to hold you will eat better
You and Katelynn are starting to play nicer together. At least for a few minutes each day I do not have to remind her to be soft while you two are playing together.
You will sleep on your side, back or I have found you asleep on your belly a few times too. You fall asleep by yourself, if I try and rock you to sleep you will arch really far back and won’t relax enough to fall asleep with me so I put you in your crib and you will be asleep within 15 minutes without crying. Which makes me sad since I love that cuddle time with you. I think you are going to be a blanket lover. You will move around your crib all night but that blanket will be with you where ever you end up.
When you roll onto your tummy you are able to pivot in a circle and will push all the way up on your arms, it won’t be long till you figure out that you can move.
You have been crabbier the past few days but I think it might be a mixture of teething and you weaning to only two naps a day. I will miss that third nap for sure.
 You drool, a lot, I mean A LOT! You have to wear a bib and I know I never really put a bid on Katelynn to catch drool, but I have to for you or else you are soaked to the bone by noon!
You love to be able to see me. If I have to put you down and leave you to do something with Katelynn you start to whine and cry and that always makes me so sad to hear.
You are still wearing size three diapers and size 9 month clothes but I do believe that 12 month clothes will be coming out by the end of your 6th month. You like the regular Similac formula better than the generic and are eating between 30-36 oz a day. At your six month check up you weighed 17lbs and 13oz and were 27.75 inches long. Your weight is now at the 50th percentile again! I am glad that you are doing so well and can’t wait to see what the next month brings.

W's

I have been SLOWLY working on potty training with Katelynn this week. I ask if she needs to use the potty about once a day and she usually is successful. I give her 3 M and M's if she uses the potty. So, today before her bath she used the potty and I gave her the M and M's (which she calls m m's). After her bath she was wanting some more and I could tell that she wanted to say the name of them but she couldn't remember the name so after thinking about it for a minute and pointing to where they were she said, "W's?" I just burst out laughing! She was so cute. I then explained that the M and M's were only if she used the potty. We have been working on letters and numbers and W is the letter that she really knows.