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Thank You

      I'm planning to make some thank you cards as gifts for three para's that help in my classroom.  Here's one of the cards I came up with.  I'm really struggling with getting my creativity going.  I rarely have time to craft and when I do find time, it's just a very little bit of time.  Anyway, I'm happy with this one and I hope to get some time tonight to work on a few more.  

      

      This is the photo we're using for our photo Christmas cards.  At least two of us are smiling, right?  :)  Lily was bouncing off the walls and Jack was cranky.  We were fortunate to get this one.  Lily celebrated her 2nd birthday on October 14th and Jack will be 4 months old on December 17th.  He is a good little baby.  We feel so blessed.

      I have no idea when (or if) I'll ever be back to blogging regularly.  For anyone stopping by to read this - thank you! 

Family Pictures

I haven't had time to do any crafting (imagine that, right?), but I want to share some family pictures with you.  

 

He's Here!

     Jack Andrew Gilreath was born Wednesday, August 17th, 2011.  He was born at 1:02 pm, weighed 9 lbs. 10oz and was 21 inches long.  Jack is healthy and so handsome.  :)  We are so blessed. I'll share more pictures later.  

Cheeeeese!

     I'm trying to make a few layouts of Lily before baby Jack gets here in August.  This picture of Lily and my sister Samantha was taken on Easter Sunday.  I used PTI's Spot Dot stamp set and TAC's Miss Moxie paper.  
    I'm on summer break and loving every minute of it!  Lily is 19 months old and keeps us on our toes.  We recently purchased a water table and sand box for her and it's so much fun to watch her play.  She's such a happy kid!  

Lily Jean  19 months

 

Birthday Wishes

     It's the start of a new year and that means starting over on my perpetual birthday calendar.  For the month of January, I have 9 birthdays to recognize and my card stash is pretty much gone.  I've been trying to find time to build it back up so I'm ready to go.  I always seem to struggle with coming up with masculine card ideas and was happy to come up with this card above.  Nothing spectacular, but it works.  Hope it's not too '4th of July-ish'...

    

     Lily is 15 months old today.  I still can't believe how fast she is growing up.  My sister snapped this picture of her.  My sister says to Lily , 'And this little piggy went wee, wee, wee, all the way...' and Lily says, 'Hooooooome'.  So, so cute!  A lot of people already know, but I haven't posted here yet...Lily is going to be a big sister!  I'm due August 23rd.  We are very excited and I think Lily is going to be a very good helper.  Well, I better see what else I can accomplish before Lily wakes up from her nap.  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Birthday Wishes-

PTI Kraft cardstock
My Minds Eye patterned paper
The Angel Company Birthday Wishes stamp set
VersaFine black ink

 

Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice

     My brother and his wife are expecting their first child in November.  They just found out they are having a girl and I was excited to go out and buy them a little something.  Between my parents, sister, and I, we are going to send them a nice little package of girly, baby items.  How fun!  I haven't made any cards in awhile, so it was fun to sit down and make this baby girl card.

 

     This little bunny comes from TAC's Fresh Spring Things stamp set.  I've seen the ribbon ruffles, but had not tried one until now.  I was in a hurry, so I used needle and thread to tack down each little ruffle.  I think the ruffle adds a fun little touch to the card. 

     Before I go, I will share a couple pictures of my baby girl, Lily.  She is now 9 months old and is just so much fun!  It's going to be hard to go back to school at the end of summer.  I'm going to miss all this extra play time.

'Swimming' in her very little pool.  :)

Love that smile!

Supplies-

Gentle Beginnings PP - TAC
Joyful Noises stamp set - TAC retired set
Fresh Spring Things stamp set - TAC
White CS - PTI
white grosgrain ribbon
pink cs
Copic Markers
Tuxedo Black Momento ink

Lily Update

     Our little Lily is 2 1/2 months old now and is growing and changing right before our eyes!  She does a lot of cooing and is starting to make cute little spit bubbles.  (they are cute right now, anyway!)  She just noticed that she has hands and loves to stare at them.  Here a few pictures for you. 

Spring

       One of my kindergarten students gave me these tulips.  Aren't they beautiful!!  It sure brightened my day. 

      While I was taking this picture, I decided to take a picture of my mom's beautiful violets. 

     My mom's Grandma, Alice Yoakem, had violets and my mom got starts from her and started growing her own violets about 35 years ago.  The plant above was started from one of my Great Grandma Yoakem's violets. I don't have much patience when it comes to growing things, but my mom sure has a knack for it. 

Almost Twins

  My sister got a haircut today and now we look even more alike!  :)  She took this picture of us while I was straightening her hair.  Samantha will be 21 in January...just a baby!  Love you, Sis!

9 Wonderful Years!

     Chris and I celebrate our 9th anniversary today!!  Wow...9 years...where did the time go?  You can see our wedding picture here in a post over at my other blog.  Chris was barely 19 and I was almost 20 when we got married.  We watched some of our wedding ceremony on an old VHS tape (once we found a VCR and got it hooked up!) and had a few laughs.  I think we may be the only couple that has 'toe nails' mentioned in their ceremony.  My Grandpa Jack officiated the ceremony and had many words of wisdom for us!  
     Chris gave me my card and a bowl full of chocolate kisses when I got off work yesterday.  He couldn't wait until today.  :)  I made him a card using the man and woman stamps from his birthday party invitation.  Chris is currently going back to school to become an elementary teacher.  He'll be in my building today doing a pre-lab, so we'll get to eat lunch together.  That will be really nice!  We are going away for the weekend - we plan to eat at our favorite restaurant, Johnny Corinos, have ice cream from 'Shake's' and then go and watch a movie.  We're staying at the same hotel we stayed at for our honeymoon and then we'll just have a lazy Sunday.  I can't wait!!