december daily..

Wow.. two posts in one day! Well here is my "December Daily" album totally inspired by Ali Edwards.. Obviously it is a work in progress, but I wanted to share.. Page 12 has a distorted area in the photo on the left side because I had the twins names wrote down, and the family doesn't know them yet. Still a secret : ) I will post a more complete album next month.. Here are only a few pages, not yet finished. With lots of envelopes and pockets too! I will be adding daily photos and/or journaling about our month and Christmas. The Red Numbered Circle Tags are from Etsy Every Jot and Title.. And you can see more of the album and better bigger photos by clicking here December Daily Album. Later : )

thanksgiving album..

Here it is.. my Thanksgiving album.. so simple. Used all the same two patterned papers, added all the photos in sepia and some embellishments.. The album was from Targets $1 spot.. : )

getting stuff done..

Sure, not house work... BUT lots of scrap work getting done : ) Here are some new layouts from this week.. These are all lifts from the We Dare You book.. It is absolutely my most fave book right now.. also note that on the first page, I glued 41 individual sequins on to the page one at a time.. FUN! Anyway turning out some layouts and finishing up a Thanksgiving Book (will post later) and working on 3 different Christmas albums.. You can see these LOs better by clicking here 2peas.. Just trying to keep up with myself before the TWINS arrive on Monday!!

photos to share.

Dr. Jason in the house here.. He sure enjoys milking all wounds.. His father got the ace bandage out the other night cause he had a microscopic scratch on his chest. They then wrapped his whole chest up with the bandage and an ice pack too.. He has a "broken" arm here.. poor thing. No need to worry, he was miraculously healed in minutes : )

And this lovely box arrived yesterday from Jason's fairy Godmother who wanted to ensure I had to vacuum the house after he was done.. BUT actually the hubby vacuumed for me! Jason had a great time destroying all the packing peanuts.. Thanks Bell. Loved the package..

outgoing mail.

We mailed this to Santa today.. Daddy helped Jason write his list out this weekend and we got it all ready to go. Jason added a picture of Santa and our chimney to the outside of the envelope. And here is what is on his list this year..

I know that numbers 1, 2, 11, and 12 have already been "picked out" by Santa.. Be sure to read number #13.. he thinks Santa is made of money : ) And I thought that #15 was odd too.. Email me with any questions regarding Jason's list. And I have to tell you a cute story. After it was all sealed up, he asked if we could add something.. I said sure. He wanted to add a Spongebob tennis racket and an adult one.. I asked why he wanted an adult one too, it is so his dad can play with him. I thought that was really considerate that he made sure to ask for an adult one too.

And I had my 36 week check up today with no changes and no news.. I am being admitted at 10:30 am on December 3rd (Sagittarius Babies! Woohooo!) and the C-Section is scheduled at 12:30 pm.. We most likely will NOT be making any calls until after 2 or 3 ish.. And there is wireless internet, so at some point I will post and email photos to the world.. SEVEN days to go!

more from thanksgiving.

I got some great shots from Thanksgiving Day and played around with some this morning.. Loving the sepia.. Our day was great. We hosted our first Thanksgiving and it went really well, and was a lot less stressful than I had imagined. We had a couple of soldiers and their families over to help celebrate.. One of the wives is expecting twin girls in January, so it was fun to chat up with her. Jason had a great time with a playmate and he ate 30 some dinner rolls with tons of butter.. and corn.

we went bowling..

We took Jason bowling today. Trying to get in lots of "quality time" with him cause his world will be turned upside down in ONLY 10 days.. can you believe that? Jason did great and got a turkey or three strikes in a row, beating both of our scores even. Yes, I bowled, it wasn't pretty but I got the ball down the lane : ) Then we stopped for a quick bite at Applebees, stopped at the mall where I picked up some Polaroid film for $30, OUCH.. That's like over $1.49 a photo! And then over to Best Buy.. nothing exciting there, then home.

Also a SHOUT OUT to my main man, Lewis who is celebrating a VERY large double digit birthday today! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! (Just a thought, but maybe you should hold off on the cake after yesterday, huh?) Love you Bunches.. FLO.

Happy Thanksgiving!

about today.

Today we had a picnic at the park and went to feed all the geese.. Now I am sick with a head cold and have it in my neck and throat.. I just downed some Tylenol Night Cold medicine, so hopefully I will pass out soon.. Don't worry, I got the doctors okay to take meds..Zzzzzz!

Oops! Sorry I dozed off there for a minute.. So on to an update on my 35 week check up that was this morning.. We are back on for a scheduled C-Section on December 3rd.. The babies are not moving into my pelvis, so the doctor preferres a section.. I am okay with that too, just get me my happy healthy babies! Sooo another check up in a week.. Night!

more layouts.

Turning out the layouts lately.. Just sharing a few and working on more right now.. Love that I was able to scrap a couple older photos from 2005 and 2006.. And the purple LO is almost girlie, which I never get to do! It is textured paper that is why the scan is so bad.. Later.

my pilgrim.

Jason had his first Thanksgiving program today at school. It was their "Pow-Wow." He was a little nervous his teacher told us but he did great.. He was a pilgrim and sang very well.. and very loud.

And of course, there were indians in the play too. Later Jason tried his headband on for photos.. I know there is alot of glare in the photo, but he could almost passes for "angelic" with that face : )

project complete.

So I did this album for my local scrap shop.. I am not sure you all know, but I am on their Dream Team Design Team, so I get lots of free goodies to scrap and they display all my work in the store.. That almost makes me a professional, huh? Jason loves to go into the store and see his photos hanging up.. Anyway I did this album for my lover to note our 6th wedding anniversary.. This is the finished project.. And here are a couple of the pages..You can see the whole album by clicking here, 2peas and you can see lots of my scraps by clicking here, mandydake. And here is my next project, I think I may be drooling..

found it..

i am thrilled.. i found this today at the goodwill for $3.00.. just in case you are not yet excited too, it is a polaroid 600 camera.. they are ancient, yet fun! i have been looking for one for quite some time.. welp not any more.. jason and i picked up this baby today (and a new pack of crayola pencils for $1 and a baby bottle dishwasher rack for $1).. now i need to get some film which is way expensive per photo.. it comes to over more than $1 per photo.. but this camera is just for fun and scrapping.. please try to calm down and then read the post below too : )

34 weeks, 2 days

UPDATE: So totally forgot to mention this, but I have over 10 pounds of baby in me.. Wow! And I didn't realize this either, but delivery would be only 20 days away! Holy Moly!

Another milestone, I am over eight and a half months pregnant today! Woohooo! I had a great check up today.. My cervix is still closed, but soft.. which means "a reassuring signs that labor may be approaching." I asked him if he thought they'd stay put another 2 weeks and 6 days (still hoping for the 3rd here) and he thought so. He said we are going to go vaginally, but we will still have a football team ready nearby.. I also asked what length the babies would be be in the hospital and he said just a couple days and that they would go home with us : ) He said we would all stay an extra day just because I'll be exhausted, another plus! And the babies are weighing in at 5.4 pounds and 5.6 pounds! That means we should have a couple of 6 pounders on our hands! Now I will be going in weekly, next check up on the 20th!

monday..

After school today, we visited the zoo with Daddy. He had the day off because of Veteran's Day. It must of been close to feeding time cause all the animals were out and about and very active. First we went to the reptile house where this guy seemed to be annoyed at the flash photography : )

And about the nerd in the photo above: Jacques had an eye doctor appointment this morning. They dilated his pupils and then he had those roll up sunglasses to protect his eyes... AND Jason absolutely loved them! He wore them around the whole zoo the entire time! He looked like some old man. It was hilarious. I even saved this image in the computer under "nerd dake"

Then while we were at the zoo, I would ask Jason what animal he wanted to go see next and he would say, "I want to see the statues." And I am thinking, here we are at a zoo with over 360+ animals and the kid wants to see the statues!

And on our way to the zoo, he told his dad, "They have Graham Crackers out front." And we are thinking ummm... Then I realize what he is talking about, the Nutcrackers! Heheheh..

And just three more things: I accidentally rolled up the van window on Jacques foot.. He milked it all day.. Honestly, who puts their foot out a moving vehicle? ADUR.

On our way home, Jacques almost through us threw the windshield after slamming on the brakes to miss a dog that sprinted out in front of us.. He threw his arm out over me to save me.. And he missed the dog.. I was happy.

And last a Big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my sister Shelby who is 16 today.. Happy Birthday!

random things

Ummmm here is a photo of what fall looks like here in the SC.. Note the one discolored leaf as of November 9th.. Maybe this tree is a late bloomer. I dunno..

Not really sure what this is all about.. Maybe it is illegal to rake pine straws there in the south, I dunno..

Jason and Me at Fort Jackson.. Notice all the lovely port-a-potties in the background? Nice.

A reflection snapshot of myself at 33 weeks and 5 days pregnant with the twins. I look large, huh? All the photos were taken at the Ft. Jackson Military Museum on the 9th.. The hubby and I started AND finished ALL of our Christmas shopping yesterday with one expensive stop at Toys R Us.. No peeking under our bed : ) And we also finished the last of our baby shopping, and now we are all ready for babies with 3 weeks to go.. Thank You all for your wonderful gifts too, we couldn't of done it all without you! HUGS!

busy bee..

Okay.. turning out some layouts lately! Here are a few from the last few days and I am working on even more! Plus I did a mini Halloween album for Jason's teacher and a soccer one for him.. while working on another on going album and our own Halloween album... Starting to think of getting a Christmas album ready to go too, just to stay ahead.. I am wondering exactly how many days after the twins come home before I will get to scrap something? I am aiming for under 2 weeks, I'll let you know how that goes.. I bet I am going to be somewhat busy : )

I also started a rough draft for my Christmas cards too.. I plan on making them this year (HEY, why not add more to my plate, huh?) But I plan on keeping them simple and making less than 50 (i hope.) My sister will be here and I think we could start an assembly line to whip them out! I also should let you know that I am NOT planning on sending baby announcements.. I figured that with the babies so close to Christmas, that a Christmas card should be good enough.. Oh and my favorite thing is writing out the babies names on the card.. Ohhhhhhh wait, nobody knows what those names are! Hehehehe... Okay you want a hint then?...... HINT: There are 16 letters in one baby's name and 17 letters in the others name. Now if you do happen to be one of the lucky people who has been entrusted with the sacred names, Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! Please Don't Tell... there were only a few of you, mostly the hubby's family.. Thanks.. Love You All, Out.