I'm 29 years old today.

So, yep it's my birthday. I'm 29 years old and yep I feel old. I never thought I would feel old at 29 - it's really not that old so what's my problem? I woke up this morning to find little notes hanging around the house. My husband wrote Happy Birthday on all of them. Some in the doorways, one on the microwave - I took some pictures and when I loaded them on the computer I noticed the microwave one had 3 0f 29 written on the bottom. Got me thinking -are there really 29 notes hanging around the house somewhere and then I noticed the J.K. on this one.


I had to go back and read the bottom of each note to see what # was on them and I couldn't find #4 for the life of me and then I found it in my purse. Made me smile at least - gave me & the girls a little scavenger hunt this morning. Thankfully there wasn't 29 of them (I think there are only 7 total, including the Just Kidding one). It would probably have taken me all day to find 29. Who knows maybe I'll find more later. Rob is such a goof. So, no real plans - not for today anyways. Still need to do laundry and dishes - a housewife's job is never done, lol. My sisters are taking me out this Saturday - out to eat & a movie. A girls night out - that'll be fun. We haven't done that since I was pregnant w/ Emma (make note Emma is 3). Rob wanted to do the same thing like we did w/ his birthday but the way the weekends are lately - it won't be until October that we get to go out. Something to look forward to.

Well, I got to scrapbook over the weekend! Yeah! I went to the crop on Saturday and I had a blast. Got to meet a new friend from Scrapjazz. Kim's a sweetheart. Amazing how the internet can connect you to people you would have never met otherwise. I only got 5 pages done but I'm so thrilled about them. I haven't worked on stuff for my girls in a long time - been too busy making gifts for others. And then I just got overwhelmed w/ the whole chronological order thing. I'm not doing that anymore. I brought recent pics from this year w/ me and I had so much fun working on current stuff. I'll eventually do the other ones, but in order to have fun and have it not seem like a chore, I need to work on stuff that strikes me at the moment. I'll put them in order on another day. So, now I need somewhere to keep them. I need to buy a new album (not a Creative Memories album which is mostly what I have now). I'm sick of having to trim all of my 12x12 paper. I do have a pink 12x12 album that I was going to store the pages in until I get a family album and do you know I still have to trim the page!!!! I could have screamed last night. Not to mention, I thought if I took the screws out of the album and took the pages out that somehow I would be able to get the page in the protector. Nice thought, still doesn't fit. So, any suggestions on a good album would be nice - please suggest!!! There was a woman at the crop that makes her own 12x12 albums. Both her & her mother stitch fabric on the covers and they use velcro to keep the pages together. It was definitely something to see - I need to get her website address from my LSS. The albums are $39 - a little expensive but I'm still thinking it's an option. I guess she has a ton of styles to choose from. She had said her son kept breaking the pages of the other albums and so her mom & her came up w/ this idea of the velcro. She has the protectors made from a company and they are a side load w/ a flap so the page doesn't fall out. After the stress of unscrewing my album last night, the velcro is sounding like a good idea. I'll let you know when I get the web address. Well, I guess that's about it for now. So, I'm off to do some chores and take care of the kiddos!

A whirlwind of emotions...

Let me just say it has been an exhausting couple of weeks. I've have been so overwhelmed w/ emotions and frankly I'm so physically tired from it all. I don't even know where to begin w/ this posting. Let's start w/ Sadie. Sadie is doing well and had an ultrasound of her brain done last Thursday. Originally the doctors said that the frontal lobes of the brain were missing and this is why she wouldn't have been able to eat, or even breathe on her own. The ultrasound confirmed that the frontal lobes are there and working well. Sadie also had her hearing tested again and she has 60% hearing in one ear. The news just keeps getting better!!! I am so thankful to hear and even see how well she is doing. I attended her blessing at their Parish on Sunday. My mother accompanied me and it was a very emotional service. I felt honored to be a part of their community if just for a few hours. Tracy's husband Brett wrote a beautiful poem that was passed out before mass and it just brought everyone to tears. It was so touching. They also had a slideshow at the gathering held after mass. It was beautiful. Sadie is 27 days old today. A true miracle. I also gave Tracy 6 scrapbook pages on Sunday and explained who they were from and that there are many people from all over praying for their family. She was very touched and I can't wait to bring her some more. I have received 5 more already and that was just yesterday. I've never been so happy to get mail in my life. And to think, it's not even for me!!!! I couldn't have done any of this w/out the help of some wonderful ladies on SJ. I am truly grateful for their generosity. Unfortunately, I don't have any pics to share from the blessing - I forgot the digital but as soon as I have the others developed from my film camera I will post an updated pic of this beautiful little baby.
Last week we spent 4 days at the Cape. The weather could have been a little warmer but all in all it was a great 4 days. The girls got to play on the beach and walk in the bay. We collected sea shells and built sand castles. The town built a new playground right down the road from the trailor and the girls could not get enough of the slides. It was so nice to just sit and play w/ them and give them our full attention. No phone ringing, no emails to check, just the 4 of us. Just our family. We need to do this more often. If Rob only got more vacation time - that would be so nice. The nights were rough but we got through it and the girls didn't even want to leave when it was time to go. It's been crazy since we got back. I had to finish my niece Amanda's 18th birthday gift. I made her a 5x7 album of pieces from her life. Her party was on Saturday and I finished it Saturday morning. To think I started the album in February. I really must plan and finish these gifts sooner than that!!! She loved it and couldn't believe I made her an actual album. I'm thrilled she liked it so much. Then, on Sunday we had the blessing to attend for baby Sadie. By the time I got home, Rob told me Abby was napping and she had a fever. I was very thankful at that point that I didn't bring them w/ me. She's doing better now. Her fever got up to 103.8 yesterday and I called the doctor but they said it's probably just a virus and to keep pumping her w/ fluids and the tylenol. I'm just getting annoyed w/ why she's getting fevers so much lately. It seems like at least one a month and I'm not sure why. Maybe this is totally normal but I hate to see her feel this way. I'm looking forward to this weekend - I have a crop to go to so I need to start preparing for that. To get back to scrapbooking my own children - Yay!!! I really need to get moving on their albums. I haven't even started Abby's yet and Emma is only about 4 months old in hers. I have some major catching up to do!!! All in time, I suppose. I still have lots to catch up on so I should go do some of that! For now here are a few pics of our mini vacation!