Stuck!

Ok people I'm stuck! I've been working on these two pages for a craft fair that I'm doing on the 28 and I'm stuck. This first one I'm just not to sure about. I've been told that its cute but I just don't know. I don't know if its the colors or something else about it that's just making me question it. Maybe I'm just being to hard on myself. But this is my first show so I want to make sure everything is just right... So here it is let me know what you think. I'm going to play around with colors to see if thats whats bugging me about it...

Now this other page is not only for the fair but its also a page that I'm making for a baby book for my cousin's little girl. So I want this one to be extra cute. This is what I hate about scrapbooking late at night (which also happens to be one of the only times i get to) I get on a roll only to have to stop mid way to go to bed. I lose that momentum and get stuck. To me there's something missing and for the life of me can't figure out what it is! Its more like just half done... It doesn't look finished. So I'm hoping you can help finish it up...

Its started here


Then a friend gave me this idea.... And here I am stuck!

Catching up

So I have a lot to write about. So much has happened that I would like to share. Lets start off with the Zoo

Zoo
So last weekend Jason was pulling in some BIG time over time so my Dad and I took the boys to the Zoo. It so happened to be the first time they've been to a Zoo. It was a small Zoo so there wasn't much to see and we went late in the afternoon so most of the animals were sleeping. Non the less it was fun and I think both boys enjoyed seeing all the different animals. I have pictures to post but there on my Dad's camera so there just going to have to wait.


Birthday/Anniversary
Tuesday the 27 just so happened to be my 25th Birthday (no really 29) as well as my 3rd year Wedding Anniversary. Who's great idea was it to get married on my birthday. MINE... Don't know why I thought that day would be good I just did... Its started like any other day. Ayden woke me up we went into my office to check my email and in the 3 mins I was on the computer Ayden was so kind to get into my craft stuff and split a 1lbs bag of rhinestones all over the place. That was fun to clean up... But he helped and we made it into a color lesson... So we all (Dominic as well) went down stairs to have breakfast. We did all our morning duties as normal. Then at 12 I dropped off the kids at my parents house stopped at Mickey D's for some food and went home. I then seat down on my couch, turned on the T.V., and enjoyed eating my food catching up on my DVR recordings. I love my kids more then life it self never get me wrong on this! But, let me tell you how much I enjoyed just relaxing and having time to myself. Loved it. So a great big THANK YOU goes out to my parents mostly Mom... :) Around 4 the hubby came home with some very beautiful flowers

There's meaning to the KIND of flowers he got me. Most of the ppl that really know me will tell you that my favorite flowers are red roses and WHITE daises. Which they are. But, I have added a new favorite flower to this mix. Lily's. Why you ask. Well not only are they a very beautiful flower they where also the flowers that my 3 boys gave me for Mother's Day and are also NOW the flowers I have lining the front of my house. So that's why the white Lily's. There are 3 red roses to represent the 3 years that we have been married... Aw... Right... I knew he had a romantic side.

So then we went to dinner at PF Changes. This place use to be one of my top picks but after this last visit I wouldn't say it still is. It was good mind you and I enjoyed it again for lunch today. But yeah just not the same... But dinner was good. Then we ended the night with a movie and popcorn at home. Yes ok Jason fell asleep right away. I mean 2 mins after I hit play he was out. But he worked hard so its ok...

This is the card I made for my Hubby



Today
Today nothing really big happened. My mom, the kids, and I went on a hunt for this sliver-wear set that I want (birthday gift from the parents) only to strike out. Was a little sad about that. But we'll find them. Then I babysat the Nelson girls... That was fun for the boys. They love having kids their age to play with... Momma came and picked the girls up, we had dinner, boys got their baths, and bed time. But I do have to say that Ayden was really cute tonight. I took Dominic out of the bath first (since I can't leave him alone EVER) and as I was getting him all lotion-ed up and dressed Ayden thought he would take it into his own hands and got out himself and joined us. So I dried him off and sent him to Daddy to get dress. Little did I know Jason was out cold on the couch... So while I was getting Dominic dressed Ayden got a hold of the lotion and went down stairs. Dominic and I headed down as well so that I could make their night time shakes. Well as I was making them Ayden went ahead and started to apply lotion to himself. Well when I got to him he had enough lotion on him for Jason, Dominic, Ayden, and myself. No I'm not joking at all. He really had that much on him. I should have taken a picture dang-it! So I cleaned up that mess and got him dressed, put Dominic in bed, woke Jason up and sent him to bed. Then I moved on to Ayden. I asked him "Ayden you ready for nite nite" Ayden said "No".

Ok I know that all Mothers think their kids are the cutest in the world and to them they are. But I just have to say that Ayden is just one of the cutest things I have ever seen in my life. I just can't get over it!!! I've only seem one other boy as cut as him and hes also my son. My baby Dominic! They just kill me!

Living HELL!

So I'm sitting here in my office home alone. Got to say that I love having time to myself from time to time. Well as I was sitting here I thought I would go through some old pic to get some for the boys scrapbooks. Well I came across some moments in Aydens life that I really wish we didn't have to go through! well I think the pictures will speak for themselves!


This is us taking him up to his floor


This is us giving him his med to help put him to sleep (under)

And this was my living hell! This is Ayden TRYING to wake up after surgery. When I walked into the recovery room and saw my little baby laying there moaning in paid hooked to all these tubs and machines was HELL at its best! I walked over to his bed side and I didn't see my baby he wasn't there in side. I thought I had lost him. I just wanted to rip him away from that nurse and hold him so tight in my arms and make it all better. But when she put him in my arms i couldn't wake him up, I couldn't stop the pain, i couldn't do anything other then pray to God to give me back my little Angel! I told him that its wasn't his time I still NEEDED him. I sat there for hrs waiting, pray, crying for him to wake up. Seeing the nurse all nervous didn't help much either. The surgen even had to come back down to see him... Just sitting here writing about it all brings all the pain!







But God didn't take my baby! Nope he gave him right back to me. And for that I'm thankful for each SECOND hes in my life.




And now a year letter if you looked at him its like nothing ever happened to him. Hes my perfect little boy! He never stops. I think hes very grateful to be here and takes every moment for all he can! He's amazing! The only pain we face to this day is the memories that we (Jason & I) still have of it all and the pain of knowing that Ayden was one of the healthier kids in that hospital. I could ONLY image what all the other parents have to face. There were babies in Ayden's room that had never seen a day out of a hospital... So I end with this. Be grateful for what you have! When you think life can't get any worse IT CAN. And last pray, pray every night for all those who truly need it! My heart goes out to all those families I saw and my prayers are with ALL those little brave and STRONG babies fighting for life.

Need Help

Hello everyone. This is going to be a short post asking you all for just a little of your time and thoughts. In the last week I have been talking to an old school mate (thats also a crafter like myself) and together we are going to be attending about 15 crafts fairs in the next 5 months. We won't be shoppers we will be one of the many venders out there. So heres where you come in. I've totaly redone my website (mind I'm still working on it) and really need some feed back! I also have some work that I would also love some thoughts on. Not only would i love to know what you think about the work its self but how much you would pay for the piece. This is a "Momma & Me" page... Its one of my pre-made pages...

Then we have a "Baby Girl Dress" invite. This can also be used as just a card or a baby announcement.

Once again would love to know what you think about the piece and how much you would pay for the card.
Then we have our last one for this post. Its a Christmas card. Yes its early but its a coming.
You are all getting the first look at this work. Its not up on my site cause I want to make sure its just right before I put anything else on there. So Please let me know what you think. You have no idea how much it would help me out. Its hard for me to get an outsider view on things cause well I'm not an outsider... :)

Date Night

Last night I had one of the greatest date nights ever. We didn't do much in fact we just stayed in and watched a movie. So what made this date night so great? Well date night last night was just Ayden and Momma. Yep thats right I had date night with my son. Jason went to bed really early and since Ayden took a late nap I knew it was going to make for a long night. So with Jason and Dominic tucked away sleeping I thought it would be the prefect time to spend some one on one time with my first born. So I popped some popcorn and put in Alvin and the Chipmunks the Sequel. It was nice. Ayden sat right next to and together we ate popcorn and watched the movie. But about half way through Ayden had enough of just sitting and decided to watch the remainder of it hoping from one toy to the other. After the movie I tucked my sleepy boy in bed and called it a night. Perfect ending to a prefect date! The joys of being a Mother!

Trying not to give up

Ok I’m trying to be a good blogger so here I am. I wanted to post sooner but I was lazy and didn’t. last night I had a rough time falling asleep. My mind was going a hundred miles a min. What was I thinking about you ask? Well let me tell you.
Scrapbooking…

Yes yes yes I know… Of all things in the world to think about I was thinking about that. But, it wasn’t just scrapbooking. I was thinking of way to get this business of mine off the ground. Yeah I know that right now with the economy the way it is probably isn’t the best time to but I’m tried of not helping out our family as far as income goes. I’ve had a hellish time trying to find work. With so many ppl out there also employed no one wants to hire a stay at home mom that’s been out of work for 2.5 yrs. So I’m trying to make money on something I’m good at.
So here are the steps that I’ve taken… I put together a website to show case my work and to give a place for ppl to get infor about me and what I can do. Urlifecreations.com…. Yes it’s a work in progress. Me being not so gifted in the world of web design did the best I could. Can I use some help yes LOTS. But I don’t have the money to pay someone to help me out. So if your looking at it and see some areas that can be improved PLEASE feel free to let me know! Its hard cause I’m on the other end. I don’t look at it as a customer would. I need that point of view so please feel free to give it to me.

I also put together a facebook and a myspace page together for the purpose of networking. I’ve been adding ppl like crazy and I thank you if your one of those ppl that have accepted.

I’ve told all my friends and family about all my pages and have asked them to pass along the word. I’m sure like many there all sick of me asking or talking about.
And now here I am blogging about it. What more can I do? Well that’s free or cheap? I’m running out of ideas and nothing seems to be working. The only clients that I’ve had are my mother-in-law and my wonderful neighbor Sam that hires me to make every card that she needs. Other then that nothing. At this point I want to give up! I know its not a lack of talent or drive. At this point its more a lack of buyers! I don’t want to give up on my dream I really don’t but it seems hopeless! I’m not trying to toot my own horn but I do make some cool stuff! I personal think I have skills. But what is a girl to do????

New blog

Ok people I give up. Yes I'm bad! I got one day into my 60 day body challenge and quite. I wouldn't say its from being lazy I would say its more the lack of motivation. So I'm changing this blog to ME. Its going to be about my life, my family, my dreams, and my journey throw this thing we call life. so here's the first post.

My name is Michelle. I’m currently a stay at home mom to two PERFECT little boys and a wife of 3 years to Jason. Yes I have my hands full! They keep me running around. Its more far to say that I have 3 little boys rather then 2. Jason is just a kid at heart. Which is the reason I fell in love with him in the first place. But at times it drives me crazy.

Ayden my oldest at 2 is more then one person can handle. He has so much life in him. He just never stops. But, considering where we've been with him I wouldn't change anything about him. Ayden you see was born with something called Congenital heart block. For more information go here

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/hb/hb_whatis.html

Last Sept we where face with having to go throw surgery to have a pacemaker put in. Seeing my baby go through that was the hardest thing I have ever done. I wouldn't wish what we went through on my worse enemy. Just writing about it is bring me to tires. Painful for a parent to see their child in so much pain! Ah. But I'm GLAD to say that hes doing great. Looking at him you wouldn't even know there was anything wrong with him. He's imperfectly PERFECT!

Then you have my youngest Dominic (1 yr). He was the totally opposite of his brother as a baby. Ayden was colic to the point I thought he was going to be an only child. Lets just say it was HARD with Ayden. Dominic on the other hand was the perfect little baby. Slept all the time ate well growing normally. Just as easy as can be. He was a mothers dream baby. It all my babies where like him I could easily have 3 more (which Jason wants). But now that hes a little older hes becoming more of a hand full. It doesn't help that Ayden loves to show him all the bad things to do. Its to cute to see them playing together. Well I should say TRYING to play with each other. Ayden is still a little to rough. A day before Dominic's 1st birthday he started crawling which was fun. Now hes everywhere. Now at 13 months he pulling him self up on everything. The other day (yesterday in fact) we where at Travis & Jenna's house (our neighbors) he just decided that he wanted to crawl up the stairs for the first time. Which put me in amazement since we both have the SAME floor plan. For some reason he thought it was best to do it at their house and not here. It was to cute.

On to me. I'm your average 28 yr old woman. I love my family and the little firends that I have. Everyone one in my life i hold dear to. In the last 5 years my world have been flipped upside down in more ways then I would have liked. Some things were great while others I really didn't care for. Cleaned up a lot of the baggage in my life (about time) and the ppl still in my life I choice to keep cause I love them and I hope they choice to continue to remain a part of my life for years to come. I’ve been scrapbooking for about 10 years now and I have to say that I LOVE it. Some would say that I might be a little obsessed. I like to think I’m just passionate about the hobby. Its been a dream of mine to have my own business so here I am trying to do just that. Friends come over and walking into my office and tell me I could open a store right out of my own house. I don’t have that much… Do I? I have a old friend to think for getting me hooked on this wonderful hobby. Thank you Danielle. Lets see what else would you want to know about me. I’m just really a simple girl trying to reach her dreams really. So join me on my road to reaching my dream of having my own scrapbooking based business . This should be interesting…