...and in love with the video camera:
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Charlie's Collection
- sharing by rkdsign88
- discover by rkdsign88
- modern baby clock elephant by decoylab
- elephants parade mobile by lollipopmoon
- natural wood toy dinosaur by nwtoycrafters
- a day at the beach postcard by tuttistudio
- small sailor postcard by tuttistudio
- muddy morning by belleandboo
- red and blue alphabet print by simplesongdesigns
- lowercase 'c' cross stitch pattern by andwabisabi
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...government employee? coming to a bathroom stall near you
...Imagine Gabby's glee when she walked into work today and saw a poster for the Combined Federal Campaign featuring one Charmer Kurz. I showed Charmer, reminding her how lucky she is that we rescued her. She wasn't impressed.
...suggestion box
...I guess I have one. Because someone suggested they weren't seeing enough Charmer. Without further ado:
(She has been walking around limping for the last day...We are hoping she just "twisted her ankle.")
She is still adjusting to Charlie - the fact that they share four letters in their name complicates things a bit. Sometimes she will stay upstairs when he's napping and I'll hear the tap tap tap of her paws across the floor and on the monitor will hear her walk into Charlie's room. When I am up in the middle of the night, she always wags her tail at me. When I make Charlie's barley cereal, she turns in circles, begging for it.
Her life is different, but she's not. And we still love her just as much, in case anyone's wondering.
...the other baby
...charlie is really enamored with the other baby that lives in our house. You know, the one in all the mirrors:
(And my hands look like they belong on a giant).
...organization smorganization
I have taken approximately 3,256 photos since Charlie was born four-and-a-half months ago. Many of them are crap (what did we do before digital? was I actually picky about the photos I took?)
I am an organizer. I am a scrapbooker. And I needed to figure out a way to make these two things work together. So here's what I do:
-Throughout the month as I edit photos, I put them in a "develop" folder in iphoto
-At the end of the month, I upload that month's photos to scrapbookpictures.com
-I pick which ones I will truly "scrapbook" (as in, spend more than 10 minutes with) and get them developed 4x6, 5x7, or even 8.5x11 for those full-page layouts. I am not a paid spokesperson (but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night): scrapbook pictures is REALLY reasonable. And really good. My photos arrive within just a few days looking like the photos I actually uploaded. That's not always the case, I've found.
-The rest I have developed as wallet size, and I have developed the template above to scrapbook all of them. The text on the right describes the photos. The background patterned paper will change, the stamp will change, and the date will change. That's it.
-I have purchased every Heidi Swapp glossy chipboard heart package I could find in the whole world wide web. If you have any and are willing to sell, I could potentially part with my first born for them.
-I also fulfilled my nine year-old-self-office-playing-dork's fantasy and purchased a big-girl laminator. So far I have laminated some of the paperwork from the hospital, and all of Charlie's growth sheets from the pediatrician. I am a laminating fool. Pretty soon I might laminate Charlie.
-And that's it. Earth shattering, right?
(Page is copyright 2peas in a Bucket)
...one year ago today
...I came home late from a work event, feeling a little off. Decided to take a pregnancy test. Waited two minutes as the hour-glass turned over and over. Felt my heart leap into my throat when the word "pregnant" appeared. In that instant, our lives changed forever.
"For a long time there were only your footprints & laughter in our
dreams & even from such small things, we knew we could not wait to
love you forever." -Story People
...i tell myself that someday his wife (madeline) will appreciate these
...i am a different scrapbooker since Charlie was born. Super Speedy Scrapbooker. I have fallen back in love with the hobby.
Both pages are copyright Two Peas in a Bucket. I plan on sharing my uber-anal organizational method later this week so stay-tuned. I know, you won't be able to sleep in anticipation.
...a hot date, by all means
...they couldn't keep their eyes off each other:
...and Madeline showed no self-control:
...and charlie decided it was OK to share your playmat with the girl you love, your future wife:
