Ramblings of a Stay-at-Home Mom

Welcome to Week Four of Project Life 2014 (January 19-25)     Full layout   This week was basically the same old. Pre-Natal appointment, nesting kicking in more (but still much work to be done in the Baby Room), visiting parents and in-laws and Violet growing up faster and faster before our eyes.   Left side of layout   Yes, I got some good funny photos of Violet this week. The bottom left photo is 2, 3x4 photos on a 4x6. The leg photo is where she decided to draw all over her leg with pen. It took 3 days of baths to get that fully off. The adjoining one still flummoxes me. I had put her to bed at night with just her diaper on. She came to me at 8:30am dressed like that. Sweat pants fully on and a full pyjama on backwards. What?! Apparently she was cold in her room (which is damn near impossible because she likes having her heater on). We've been into watching movies this week and I borrowed Tangled from my sister, thinking that Violet would like it. S...

Welcome to Week 3 of Project Life 2014 (January 12-18)!   This week brought on some busyness. Visiting my grandparents (Violet's finally warming up to my Pepe! Yes!), attending our first Pre-Natal class (we never took on when I was pregnant with Violet as our work schedules didn't really allow for it), and just spending time as a family together.   Left side of layout Yes, I'm still set on using the Midnight Core Kit . I didn't do any embellishing at all the week (!!) and I like the way it looks. Because of the amount of photos I had, I combined a couple 3x4 onto 4x6 photos in order to fit more in. Love the photos of Violet with my Grandparents. She saw that my Meme had nail polish out, so she came to me and asked me to do her hands. I told her to go ask Meme instead. She boldly walked up to Meme, held out her hands, pointed to the nail polish that she wanted and said "hands." Meme took the hint and painted not only her hands, but her feet as well. Violet was...

Welcome to Weeks 1-2 of Project Life 2014 (January 1-11)   I decided to combine the first 1/2 week with the first full week of this year and make 2-2page layouts. It actually worked out quite nicely as I got to put my new Sillhouette Cameo to good use and got to journal quite a few stories and photos.   I'm still working on finding the perfect spot to photograph my layouts. I don't have a lot of natural light coming into my house, so right now I'm photographing on my kitchen floor. Not the greatest, but I guess it will do. I have some ideas on how to better it, it's just getting around to doing them.   1st page Full Spread For this week and a half, I used only the Midnight Core Kit for all my journaling cards and filler cards. I like the way it looks with the rest of the colours from the photos and doesn't distract too much. Perfect! This was the week that temps dropped into the -40*C (that's with the wind chill) here for a couple days and my car decided to be...

Where to start? Guess we'll start with last week and go from there. Last Saturday (Jan 11), Violet started getting sick with a flu/cold. Just a lot of coughing, no fever, and not wanting to eat anything, except fruit cups, peanut butter sandwiches and bananas (??!!). Keith mentioned to me on Sunday (Jan 12) that she had been puking in the morning and just off the entire day. Violet ended up being off the entire week and again, not really wanting to eat. Poor girl. Although she was drinking a lot and still kept up with going on the potty. Even my Dad noticed that she was off as he had her over the weekend while both me and Keith had to work. Again, not eating much and not her usual self. Me and Keith both ended up getting sick as well. Luckily it was just sinus problems for the both of us (mine was partially due to pregnancy and winter) and we got over it pretty quickly. Thankfully we're all back to normal now, complete with Violet inhaling (almost) everything she can find to ea...

So ready to begin my 2014 PL album! But first, the closing page for 2013: I used the last page cards from the Sunshine Kit , with our family photo. Feels so good to be done it all! Don't you think so? As for 2014, I'm still going ahead with the weekly layouts. Because of so much that's going on, complete with a little addition to the family in April, it's just easier for me to do it week by week. I finally found a little planner that I like (at the Dollar store no less), so that I can keep track of what's going on, new words Violet is saying and stuff she's doing (seriously, she just learned the word "fart." And tells me when she farts. She is so her father's daughter), this pregnancy and when Jr. gets here. So far so good! I'm also going to try to stick with one kit this year, although I will still be adding in digital elements to my photos. This year's kit will be the Midnight Kit (the Sunshine Kit that I bought during boxing week is for ...

Last 2013 Project Life update! I'm combining the last couple weeks in one post, just so that they are done with and I can move onto 2014 Project Life. Week 50: December 8-14, 2013 This was the week that we started putting up Christmas decorations, with Violet's help of course. And we got to see Baby #2 on Ultrasound! Oh, and The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug! Good week indeed. The journaling cards are a combination of PL Merry and Bright and December Documented . The title card is from Ali Edwards December Daily Sentiment Box and the 'Tis the Season is from Hand Drawn Holidays . Week 51: December 15-21 This week we spent a couple days in Minneapolis, therefore I needed a couple inserts to hold my favourite photos from the trip, as well as what went on when we got home. The journal cards are from Ali Edwards Hello Days Journal Cards and the filler card from PL Merry and Bright . Week 52: December 22-31, 2013 As this was the last week and a half of 2013, I decided to combine...

Day 18: Today was all about documenting unpacking from our trip and scrapbooking. Both card are from December Documented . The journaling reads: Today while Violet napped and Keith was at WarHammer, I managed to keep up with 6 loads of laundry AND get caught up on my December Daily. Next up: Project Life catch-up. Day 19: I caught some perfect pictures today of what our day looked like. Mainly, all of us lazing around on the couch. I think we're trying to store up all our energy for the slew of Christmas gatherings next week. Day 20: My youngest nephew (on my side) had his first birthday today. He wasn't quite sure what to make of all of the fuss about him. The journal card is from Karenika Holiday Overlays with Airplanes in the Night Sky as the font. The journaling reads: Today was our nephew Payton's 1st Birthday! We went over to Natalie & Brett's place after supper for cake and presents. Payton did really good opening his gifts and actually stayed pretty clean e...

Pregnancy at 25 weeks  - Jr (as that's what Baby is nicknamed) is more of an afternoon/evening/night baby for moving around. Mornings he/she is pretty quiet, but once Violet is down for her nap, Jr wakes up and gets to moving. - Craving lots of peanut butter and jam sandwiches, as well as chocolate and fruit. Also include pizza on the list. - What not to eat? Eggs and smokies. Both still taste disgusting. - My stats so far: 10lb gain from the beginning (boo yeah!!!), tummy circumference at 33 inches (feel bigger than I was with Violet at this stage), and fetal heart rate at 145bpm. So far so good! - Jr. also has lots of fun playing in my pelvis and making sure to cause some pain when I've been doing lots of walking. - Nesting has kicked in. Seriously. The amount of stuff I get done in a 4 hour period is crazy! Never mind the baking that I'm doing (Tuesday was 4 dozen peanut butter chocolate chip cookies and a dozen banana muffins). Now if the baking would last more than a w...

Only a couple more layouts for 2013 and then my Project Life 2013 is done! The title card is from PL Merry and Bright with alphas from Basic Grey. I can't remember right now where the journal card is from. Yes, we have been finding Violet sleeping on the floor for the past 2 weeks. Not sure why as she's never fell out of bed (that we know of). She just started sleeping on the floor on her own accord and has been doing so ever since. It really doesn't bother me as she sleeps pretty good and we haven't had any problems. If it ain't broke, don't fix it! Violet's current words that she has learnt in the past month. All the journal cards are from PL Merry and Bright or December Documented. I love how it gives the page a Christmas feeling.