Friday Freebie - NSD 2010 Template

National Scrapbooking Day is officially tomorrow, but I felt like starting the party a little early and wanted to share a fun freebie with my blog readers - a 2 page 12x12 digital template based on this sketch: The design is saved as two 12x12 templates.  Each has 6 layers including background and smaller grid sections for masking of photos, papers, etc.  Template 1 (left side) also features layers for the title and journaling. Click...

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Wordless Wednesday: New Use for a Boppy

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Baby Steps

This past week I was busy taking LOTS of photos for the Week in the Life project by Ali Edwards.  I've seen it mentioned in the past but have never participated.  Not sure exactly why.  Just didn't.  After reading a blog post by my friend Laura at Cameron Crazy blog, I decided to jump right in.  Life changes so fast and it will be fun to look back and see what a week during Dylan's first year was like.  I'm so glad I...

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Handprint Thank You Notes

It's never too young to teach a child the importance of a thank you note, right? That's why I decided to have Dylan "help" me with the notes I wrote last month to thank family for the gifts he received following his baptism. I placed Dylan in his high chair, got out a bottle of acrylic paint, squirted some onto a paper plate, helped Dylan stick his hand into it and and then we made a handprint on a piece of white cardstock. Sounds easy enough...

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First Snow

I've been working on getting photos into Dylan's album. It's a mixture of scrapbook pages & photo pages. As I came across this photo from December, I knew I had to scrap it for two reasons - 1) Dylan looks so cute bundled up in his stroller and 2) it was his first snow. Almost impossible to tell the latter from the photo because it was only flurries and, of course, they had slowed by the time I got this shot. It was a joy to watch his excitement...

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9 months

A few highlights of Dylan's 9th month...* Added more new foods to the menu including prunes, cantaloupe, rice, millet, kiwi, butternut squash, etc. Definitely prefers self-feeding and has switched to using his right hand.* Can pull himself to standing very easily. "Cruises" while holding onto furniture. Has learned how to squat to sit back down:* More chatty. Frequent sayings are "ma ma ma ma" and "ba ba ba ba." He'll occasionally throw a "da...

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Planes

Dylan has a fascination with planes right now. We live close enough to the airport that we frequently see (and hear) them during the day. Dylan will completely stop whatever he is doing to look around for them - even inside the house! (Thankfully, no planes have actually been spotted inside our house.)Late last month, Trent & I decided to take him to the airport's Observation Park so he could get a closer look. Nevermind the slight scowl...

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Tweet Challenge

Here is a simple layout I created for the Oscraps Tweet challenge which needed to include a twitter or facebook status and an element from their cute Tweet collaborative kit. Skimming back through some of my recent tweets, I came across one from Monday afternoon and remembered this adorable photo I had taken of Dylan. Could he get any cuter?? :)Supplies: quote cloud & paint from Tweet: Oscraps Collaborative kit; ledger paper from Rhonna Farrer's...

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Thank you, Munchkin!

We recently won the Corner Bath Organizer from Munchkin as part of their "Munchkin Monday" on Twitter (#MunchkinMonday). After opening the box, I handed the package to Dylan. He was patting it while I tried to take a photo:And patting or clapping is his form of showing excitement so I took this to mean he was quite pleased.This organizer is a bit unique from others we've seen. It attaches snuggly in the corner of our bath with 4 suction cups. ...

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Beautiful Day

We've been suffering under a thick layer of yellow green pollen this week.  According to news reports on Wednesday, our pollen count was 3 times normal.  Overnight we had a good thunderstorm which washed it all away.  And while I'm sure some more may appear in the next few days, it was nice to walk outside this morning and find the world clean & colorful again. ...

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1st birthday card

Card I made for one of Dylan's friends who celebrated a first birthday over the weekend:Supplies: Die Cuts with a View card; Cosmo Cricket journaling card; twill; staple; Studio G & Heidi Swapp stamps; StazOn black ink; QuicKutz Moxie font; miscellaneous red cardsto...

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Easter

Dylan found a special little basket waiting for him yesterday morning ...It looked a bit like a little chick ...And inside was the book What Is Easter? which talks about the fun of chocolate bunnies and egg hunts while also explaining the most important part of Easter - Jesus' resurrecti...

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