New favorite photo!

Here it is! My new favorite photo. Sam has perfected the "cheesy grin" and we cannot get enough of it!

Catching up!

That is what I am doing around here lately. Trying to catch up on laundry, housework, blogging, scrapbook layouts, etc. I just need a few more hours in the day. I have been frantically trying to get Sam's 1st year documented before baby #2 arrives. Here is a shadow box frame I created using his 1st birthday photo. I get so emotional looking back as his photos - especially his newborn photos - and wondering where the past 15 months has gone. All of a sudden he is just such a big boy. Make it stop!

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to the best Daddy in the whole wide world! We are so lucky to have him.

Sam's first swimming party!

Sam had his first pool party this weekend. We invited my sister, Amy and my sweet nephew, Brayden over for a fun afternoon of swimming. It was going to be the cutest thing in the whole wide world! Two sweet little boys playing "nicely" in the pool. Perfect photos were going to be taken. Well - not so much. Sam created his own little "splash town!" Poor Brayden. He hung in there for a while but Sam was just out of control. I am not sure why Sam thought the duck should go on Brayden's head? Brayden will be returning next week for another pool party - but he will be bringing his own pool. (B.Y.O.P.?) wink.

I scrapbooked!

I scrapbooked! I am working on finding a balance between "Mama time" and all the other happenings around the house. Unfortunately it seems to be late at night when everyone else is sleeping. It is totally worth giving up a little sleep to have some creative alone time. I cannot tell you how much fun it is to scrapbook our little monkey. I love the feeling that I am documenting his little story. I have a few layout shares. Enjoy!

Welcome Home Frame

I am such a lucky girl to have Janet Hopkins live near me so I am able to take her local classes. They are amazing! It is so much fun to just sit and have someone else tell me where to "stick stuff" down. No thinking involved - I just do what she says and I end up with a fabulous project! Here is the "Welcome Home Frame" we created in our last class. It is 10X20 in size. We used a bunch of fun House of 3 goodies. I have to tell ya - I am hooked. So quick and easy!

Happy Memorial Day.