I know, I'm slacking...

Sorry I haven't updated in a while-thanks for the reminder Carol! :) We are all doing great here. Life is wonderful. We are so incredibly blessed. Alexander is growing more and more. He is around 6 pounds now, and will be 6 weeks old tomorrow! He's still in preemie clothes though, and probably won't make it to 0-3 months clothing for about another month! He is the sweetest baby. If I didn't have a house to run and a crazy 2 year old, I would just cuddle with Alex all day! Here's some new pics of the little man:

He looks really big here, but he's not! I guess its just because I was so close with the camera! Aaron just adores him. He wants to be wherever he is-he even goes and sits in the rocker in Alex's room when I'm putting Alex in bed. I have to carry him out because he won't leave! He just wants to sit there and be his protector. He's the best big brother in the whole world. :)Why is my kid always naked??!! In all of my pictures he has no clothes on! He always manages to get out of whatever outfit I put him in, although I don't know how. Maybe he's going to be a magician when he grows up. ;)

Here is one of the thank you cards I made for all of my wonderful friends and family who helped us out with Aaron, gave us gifts, and brought us food while I was recovering. I used one of my new Rachelle Anne Miller stamps that my hubby got me for my birthday-how cute are those turtles?! I colored them with colored pencils and used my OMS. I used my Tiny Bubbles Cuttlebug folder, my ticket punch, Stickles, sheer white ribbon with eyelets, and my patterned paper is TLC. On the inside I used a "Thank You" Heidi Swapp stamp. Very simple, which is what I needed since I had so many to make.

Thanks so much for stopping by. We're slowly getting in a routine here, so hopefully I will be back soon with some more creations! I have so many pics to scrap!

Alexander is home! :)

After a LONG 22 days in the NICU, Alex came home last Thursday. We are SO happy to have him home! Life is perfect and I am so very blessed! We're getting into a routine, and everything is going great so far! Aaron LOVES him and is being the perfect big brother. If he can't see Alex, he walks around yelling "My baby, my baby" like he is missing! Being the protective older brother already! Alex had his first doctor's appointment yesterday and he is up to 5 whole pounds! The doctor said he is perfect, but we already knew that! :) I've even had some time to get some cleaning and crafting in! I've been making some thank you cards with my new Rachelle Anne Miller stamps! LOVE THEM! Jamie ordered me 5 for my birthday, plus some other goodies, so I'm a happy camper! Plus I made a few pages for Alex's scrapbook. Now I just need to take some pictures, but the camera is charging so that will have to wait. So I will leave you with this picture of my little man sleeping. Thanks for stopping by!

A few new pics of Alexander

Thought I'd share a few new pics with you guys. Alex is getting stronger everyday. I haven't gotten his weight for today, but yesterday he was at 3 pounds, 15.9 ounces. He will be 2 weeks old on Wednesday, and this has probably been the longest 2 weeks of my life. I just can't wait to get him home. I will be so glad when I don't have to drive 30 minutes to the hospital! When he comes home, him, Aaron, and myself are staying inside for a month just to recover from all of this!! Anyway, here are some pictures of the little cutie. :)

Here he is smiling at me!!
If you look really close you can see him smiling. He was awake, too (which is rare!), but I happened to take the picture in the middle of him blinking!

Here's the handsome little man sleeping.

Thanks to everyone for all of your kind words and prayers. Having a child in the hospital isn't the easiest thing I've ever done, but it will be over soon and he will be home where he belongs! I am so anxious for Aaron to meet Alex I can hardly stand it! I wish he could see him in the hospital, but you have to be three to go into the NICU, so Aaron is about 8 months too young. :(

Hope all of my bloggin' buddies are doing great! I'm going to try to scrap some pictures this week when I have time-can't waste time and get behind now that I have TWO handsome men to scrap! I'll be sure to share them when I get done. Thanks for stopping in!

Pic of Alex

Here's a pic of Alexander right after he was born. Its hard getting decent pictures of him in the incubator, but I'm hoping to get some good ones today. And even though he looks nothing like this now, here's the pic. :)

Update: Here's two from today! I look horrid, but I am still recovering! :)

Baby Alex is here!!!

Just wanted to let everyone know that Alex is here! I'll give you all the details really quick, then I'm going back to bed. :) So, I started feeling kinda bad last Monday, and then on Wednesday I woke up and was bleeding. So my mom came and drove me to the hospital and Jamie met us there. It turns out I had toxemia, and my blood pressure was insanely high. So I had to have an emergency c-section, which is the one thing I didn't want! We got to the hospital around 10:30, and at 1:21pm, Alex made his entrance into the world. He was screaming and flailing around and perfect. He's so stinkin' cute! He was born at 3 pounds, 10 ounces and was almost 17 inches long. He's been in the NICU ever since, but he's doing really good. He had a little jaundice, but that is gone now. And last night they took him off his IV fluids which is awesome! He is doing great with his feedings, and hopefully they'll be able to take him off his feeding tube soon. He is so handsome. I can't wait for him to come home. But its probably better that he is being well taken care of there, because I am not handling this c-section well! I can't believe how badly it hurts! Its been 5 days and I still feel like death! Aaron doesn't understand what is going on. Why can't he jump on me to give me hugs like he always has?!?! He came almost everyday to see me at the hospital, but he is very confused. And he's too young to go in the NICU to see Alex which stinks. He's going to be mighty surprised when I bring a baby home! So thats all for now, just wanted to let everyone know that Alex is here and happy and healthy, just tiny! I will hopefully post some pics of the handsome little man later, so be on the lookout!

Taking a vacation...

Just wanted to let you guys know I probably won't be around for a while. Not getting any new crafting done to show off anyways! I spent yet another night in the hospital, but still no baby, thank goodness! I hope you are all enjoying your summer, and I can't wait to share pics of Alex when he gets here! Take care!

Great American Scrapbook Convention!

Well, its been 2 days since the GASC, and I think I've finally recuperated enough to share some pics and my recap! So first, here are some pics of some of my yummy goodies! This is a long post-sorry!
These were some of my favorite things of the day! The Maya Road train album is going to be turned into Aaron's counting book! (If you don't already know-he's into trains BIG TIME now!) I got 2 new Cuttlebug folders-the Tiny Bubbles and the Floral Fantasy! The Jolees are hard to see, but the one is a little red tricycle that looks exactly like Aaron's little Radio Flyer trike, then there is one that says "Boys and their Toys", and one that says "Little Brother"! (I already found "Big Brother" a few weeks ago!) The Deluxe Cut of the Exersaucer looks exactly like ours, so I had to get it for baby Alex! And the dragon/knight Sandylion stickers were one of the few things I was looking for, and I found them! YAY!

Ok, these were some things I got at the DollarScrapbooking booth. Lots of Bazzill stuff-the large blue brads, those adorable felt brads, the flower brads, the crocheted flowers, and the black chipboard alpha. Also got some Karen Foster Loopy Brads and Bug Brads, and a couple other odds and ends! By far my favorite booth!! Who can go wrong with stuff for a dollar??

And here are the stamps I bought! There were only 2 things I was looking for in the entire convention-those Sandylion stickers, and these Imaginisce penguin stamps! I was 2 for 2! Yay! I also got the popsicles because they looked so yummy! I bought 4 Heidi Swapp stamps-cherish, baby, cute, and delight. They were at the DollarScrapbooking booth! I got the large MM foam stamps for a project for the boys that I am working on, and they were only $5! But my best purchase of the day were the Karen Foster snap stamps for $2 each!! Can you believe that?! So I only spent $17 on all of these! I am a happy camper!

All in all, the convention was definitely worth it. It wasn't as good as the Creating Keepsakes Convention we went to last year, and if I had to choose, I would go to CKC over the GASC anytime! But this one was close to home, so we were able to make it a day trip which was nice. My class was great! A Quick Quotes class where we got enough supplies to do 4 layouts and a few little extra projects! I LOVE Quick Quotes classes! We got a free Quick Quote for taking the class, and I got this really funny one about potty training! I think Jill and I both liked the Chantilly LSS better than the convention though! She spent more at the store than at the hundreds of vendors! I can't think of the name-I think it was Scrapbooks N More but I may be wrong-but the store is GREAT. If you live locally you should make it a point to visit! They had a really large selection of EVERYTHING. Their baby/kid stuff made me very happy! They have gorgeous papers too. I LOVE paper! :) They have a huge crop room, and a place for the kids to play as well. Plus they were at the convention handing coupons out, so we got 10% off our entire purchase at the store! All the employees were very nice and knowledgeable as well. Two thumbs up!

So that is my recap. I'm sure I forgot something, but thats ok, I will remember later. :) Oh, the Skinny Cow ice cream was delicious as always! Its been a great weekend so far. First the GASC, then yesterday my mom and I set some things out a friends community yard sale. We made a more money than we ever have at home-enough to make up for my shopping trip!-and we even shopped a little. I didn't go far because I didn't want to overdue it. Wish I could've went through the whole thing, I bet I would've gotten a lot of good stuff! I stopped at one and almost didn't get out, but when I did-JACKPOT! Turns out the lady is a manager at Michael's, and when they change seasons, all of the $1 stuff goes on clearance for 50 cents, and whatever doesn't sell, they get to take! So she had bins and bins of M's $1 stuff for 10 cents each! I spent $3 and bought all of this ribbon, plus a bunch of things to alter! (Sorry for the bad pic!) Then at the next sale I stopped at, I FINALLY found Aaron a Thomas train track. I found one last month at a yard sale, and they wanted $50. YIKES! This one was marked $4, but the woman was feeling generous and told me to take it for $2! No complaints from me! I would've paid $10. ;) I also got a train table freecycled to me from the message board, so now Aaron has an awesome table and Thomas track, and the whole thing cost me TWO BUCKS! Can you tell how happy I am??!!

Well, this is probably the longest post ever, and I feel guilty for not having any work to share! After this weekend I will probably stay in bed all week and not move! I feel really, really good though, and haven't had anymore new problems with baby Alex-for now. I'm nesting REALLY badly right now. I wake up in the middle of the night and think, oh, I should clean the fridge, or scrub the floors! So far I haven't gotten up to do any of that, but the urge is there. I am almost finished with Alex's room, so it should be all ready when he gets here! I really am feeling good. I really think I was just overdoing it with work and Aaron and everything. Now that I've been resting so much, I feel like Superwoman! I'm even hoping to craft some this week! I bought all these new goodies, I just can't wait to use them! So that's all for now. I hope you all are having a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by, and I hope to be back soon with something new! Have a great day! :)

P.S. Not sure why all of my paragraphs are running together-it won't let me fix it. Sorry!