{It's all going tooooo FAST}

OMG Sam is 5 months old already I wish it would slow down. He is the most gorgeous adorable little boy you could ask for. SO SO SO happy and did I say cute :o)

Here are some photos I took on friday. That day I also gave him a taste of farex which he mostly spat out but today he actually swallowed most of it. Brie was just eating a banana so I squished some up for Sam I think he liked the taste of it but would squish his eyes up when he swallowed it I wish I had it on video camera it was so cute.

Salts mum brought us some chooks a few weeks ago, so today Salt made them a chook house so we could bring them over to our house. He did a pretty good job just using stuff that was lying around our back back yard. Mia is pretty excited to own the chooks and she has called them Charli, Brooke, Mia, Brie, Ella & Libby. She is now talking about when they will have chickens...... apparently they will lay eggs in a couple of weeks how exciting will that be. They are pretty friendly chooks so I sure Mia will have lots of fun with them. Brie on the other hand isn't too keen on any animal and just screams if they come near her.

A couple of months ago Salt put up this tyre swing for the girls out the front they just love it and have so much fun on it I finally grabbed the camera the other day while waiting for Mia to come home from school. Best toy ever they reckon!

The last few weeks has seen Mia being sick the poor little thing. She has had the vomits, splats & now croup. I hope she gets better soon it is really knocking her about :o(

I haven't been in my scrapbook room for at least 2 weeks I think I am getting withdrawals LMAO I am in an Apron Swap atm with Sonia, Gab & Briony so I am hoping to get it made this week sometime. I have so many things I want to sew but just to find the time. Tonight I saw the most gorgeous fabric baskets on Mel Goodsells Blog I am going to have to go and buy the magazine just so I can make some.

Anyway I am off to feed Sam and go to bed Mia went to bed at 6pm and Brie has just gone.

Goodnight All :o)

{Soccer, Busy Busy and some Scrapping}

Mia played her first game of soccer in Tottenham a few weeks ago, she just loved it. Salt was so proud of her for getting in there and having a go. She wasn't scared at all. It was great. On the weekend we headed back over to Tottenham for her next game of Soccer where she got to be the goally for a quarter. She let one goal in out of a few attempts so that was great. The team made her job pretty easy though as they stopped the ball a couple of times too. Mia got the encouragement award for the game she was pretty impressed about the whole thing. Afterwards we headed out to the Westons for a sleepover. On the way we stopped at the centre of NSW's and took some photos. Salt is such a poser.We had a bbq in the bush the kids loved it especially Denis's chips and toasting marshmallows.

Libby and Sam are missing in this photo.

On the 23rd May we went to Cowra for my brothers 21st. Steven had a great night. It was great to see everyone, Nana and Grandad came over from New Zealand and met Sam so that was pretty special. Only my Aunty Julie and cousin Adam have seen Sam since the day he was born so the rest of my family actually got to meet Sam and give him a cuddle. Here are some photos from the next day.

This is a photo of Nana & Grandad and the grandkids & great grandkids. This is the first time we have all been together in nearly ever.

Naughty Brie thought she would cut her hair last week :o( she has taken a big chunk out of her fringe lets hope it grows soon so we can straighten it up for her. I think she has learnt her lesson cause Mia said that she was going to cut her hair the other day and she said NOOOOO Jody only cuts it!

We have been so busy in the last few weeks which has been great, ( Mia has had speech therapy in Dubbo which went really well. We go back next week for another session.
Sam is growing up way way way too fast :o Sam is such a happy baby as soon as you speak to him he gives you the biggest grin and talk..... lots and lots of baby talking I just love it. This week he has started holding his head up really well when you put him on his tummy, He has started arching his back so you pick him up. He has started rolling toward his side as well so I am sure it won't be long until he can roll over. I think I will have to get his jolly jumper out soon. He loves it when his Dad comes home he always give Daddy a big smile which I sure just melts Salty heart. Salt said the other day do you think he will love going out to the bush with me when he is bigger. Well if he is anything like his sisters he will. He has also discovered his hands and is starting to hang onto things. We just love him so much he is such a beautiful little boy I think he is going to be a bit of a joker like his Dad cause he is so cheeky already. He just loves the kisses and cuddle I give him I always get a grin when I give him lots of kisses on his cheeks. The other morning I was feeding him and Mia came out well he stopped feeding and looked at her as if to say well come on talk to me!

And just a little bit of scrapping from me........not much happening in the scrapping dept but I have got some new goodies coming from the forever always shop so lets hope it brings some mojo with it :o)

{A Show. Photos & some Scrapping}

On the weekend we had our local show. The girls had a lovely time, as yo can see. Mia had to dance at the show I always love to watch her dance and all the other kids they are always so cute. I expressed a bottle for Sam to drink while we were there but he didn't go much on it. I just had to take a photo of Salt trying to feed him with it, a little father son bonding time :o)


A few photos from this morning that Kristal quickly took, just so cute.

This is the LO I did for my Recipe Scrap at Forever Always tonight a nice quick and simple LO that only took about 20 mins which is always a good thing. Most of the girls are away at the FA retreat I wish I were there with them using all the new supplies Sonia has in stock. Anyway enjoy your weekend girls.

You can join Renae and I this friday for our weekend High Tea Cybercrop. Make sure you pop in and say hello.

Nite all

Amie xx

{Sam cutie pie Sam}

Just wanted to share these cute photos of Sam :o)

{Happy 3rd Birthday Brie}

{Happy 3rd Birthday Brie}

Brie had a wonderful birthday on Friday, she just loves her kitchen that we gave her. Now I am going to have to make her some pretend food out of felt I sure some bacon and eggs would be easy enough. We had her party in the afternoon, she got lots of lovely presents/money and came home that night all tired out, which is always great!

Sam giggled for the first time on Bries birthday too.... it was so cute and the best thing was that James was home for lunch and got to see it as well.

Below are some layouts that I did for the Forever Always Newsletter you can read it here

This is my scrapjack LO for my it is very plain but I love it. Hope you all give it ago this month.

Last wednesday I took some photos of my friends new baby and her 3 year old. We are really happy how they turned out.

Mia marched in her first Anzac march last weekend, it was great to see all the kids marching, and very emotional to see the old diggers marching as well.

Sam also had his first bath in the big bath the other night he really loved it which is great. He was just getting to big for his little baby bath. I also got some photos of Sam in his christening dress as well since it was a bit dark on the night :o) I made it into a collage and sent it as a thankyou card as well.

Well enjoy your sunday everyone we are off to a 6th birthday party so I best get off here and get organised.

Amie xx

Join us at Forever Always for our SUPER CROP to celebrate National Scrapbooking Day.

Friday 1st May - Sunday 3rd May 2009
So many challenges and games, you won't believe your eyes !
And, here's the twist...as well as scrapping up a storm, you can join in the fun by setting your very own crop challenge !!!
Lots of inspiration, fun, chatting,
RAKS and some prizes up for grabs !!!
Register now in the FA forum for your chance at a Lucky Door Prize !!!
Bring a friend/s and go into the draw for a RAK !!!
Hope to see you !!!
http://www.foreveralways.com.au/forum/viewforum.php?f=78

{Personalised baby birth announcements & thank you cards}

I would just like to share with you a business that my SIL has started on Ebay. Feel free to pass this link onto your friends as well. Kristal also designs birthday party invitations and thank yous, wedding thankyou's, engagement invites and thank you's and pretty much anything else thatyou can think of. All of her cards are designed to print onto the standard10x15cm photo paper or they can be printed onto card stock if your printerallows for this. You can print at snapfish for 15cents a print or your local photo lab if it is cheaper. Kristal made the girls birthday invitations this year for me and everyone that saw them thought they were great. It beats writing out 35 invites at a time :o) If you are interested in having a card design personalised for you or know of anyone who would find this service useful please let them/me know. You can leave a coment here and I can forward it onto Kristal or you can contact her through ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280336942084QQssPageNameZMERC_VIC_RCRX_Pr3_PcY_BIN_IT&refitem=280335257646&itemcount=3&refwidgetloc=closed_view_item&usedrule1=CrossSell_LogicX&refwidgettype=cross_promot_widget&_trksid=p284.m183&_trkparms=algo%3DCRX%26its%3DS%252BI%26itu%3DUCI%252BSI%26otn%3D3
Thanks Amie xx

{Happy Birthday Mia!!!}

Mia turned 5 on Friday and she had a wonderful day and recieved lots of beautiful presents and money which she brought a DS with, so she thinks she is pretty special now :o)


I took these gorgeous photos of Sam this morning he was 3 months old yesterday and is gooing and gaaaaing it is so gorgeous to hear. He is full of smiles and I reckon he is trying to giggle.
Check out the girls playing dressup I got these bargins at Target on the weekend $2 a costume we got Snow White, Batman and Hannah Montana, the girls thought it was christmas when I came home.

{Recipe Scrap with Renae}

Hi everyone....would love it if you could all join me for my first recipe scrap challenge this wed 15th April. Get your stash sorted and lets make use of those scraps for this one!!

INGREDIENTS:
12 X 12 cardstock base
PAPER A - 3"x7.5"
PAPER B - 4.5"x 10.5"
PAPER C - 3"x 8.5"
PAPER D - 3"x 6"
(patterned or plain papers, all paper sizes are approx so if you have one near enough....use it )
2 x ribbon - 1 x 9.5", 1 x 8.5"
journal box
4 x photo corners
12 or more assorted buttons
alphas for title (mixed is great) andmini alphas &/or journal pen for subtitle
and the most essential ingredient....6 x 4 portrait photo
meet me here at 8 tomorrow night so we can mix it up!!

{Sam's Christening Night}

Last night Sam was christened during mass, it was a really lovely night, Sam had a lovely time he slept the whole way through it :o) Being at night the photos are not the best which is a shame. I am going to dress him up again and get a photo of him in the family christening gown.
Joshua our nephew and my bestfriend Kristy were the godparents, My Aunty Julie and cousin Adam came up from Dubbo for the night which was really great to spend time with them.

This morning Mia woke up and asked me if the easter bunny had been and left a MAP....... I forgot all about the map I made her last year, so she was a bit dissapointed but I told her the easter bunny couldn't hide easter eggs this year as the mice would have eaten them I think she was pretty happy with that but still sat there with a sad look on her face :o( Until Aunty Julie said the easter bunny left some eggs somewhere else. Mia was pretty happy with her box of goodies from Easter Bunny Aunty Julie. I didn't take any photos :o(

Anyway have a lovely easter sunday everyone :o)
Amie xx

{Cross Country & Chocolate Mess}

Mia had her first cross country today, the kids were all so excited. It was such a long course too for little kids it would have had to of been a kilometre at least.... Mia kept stopping and looking about I think she needed a drink. She enjoyed herself heaps though.

Yesterday I made some chocolate cupcakes for playgroup today and guess who had lots of fun with the beaters!!! I couldn't help but get a few photos of her :o)

Some photos and a few LO's

Not much happening around here atm, Sam is getting christened on Easter Saturday night so that will be nice. I am going to make his christening cake, there are so many gorgeous ideas on the internet I just hope it turns out how I want it too.
I have been having fun making collages in Picasa as you can see. I have been trying the the last 7 weeks to get a nice photo of the kids together for their twinkle toes frame and do you think I could so I ended up putting together this collage for the frame Nichole loved it and I can't wait to see the finished result.



I just love overalls and Sam looked so gorgeous in these on Saturday I just had to take a photo.
Sonia your quilt makes for a gorgeous background too :o)



These are a few LO's that I did for the FA newsletter the first 2 are using the monthly sketch and the other one was for the newsletter feature that I sort of didn't get finished but we will share anyway as it is finished now :o)

The kids are going great, Mia is loving school, she is counting down the days until her birthday. So is Brie they have been picking out their cakes Brie has gone from Bob the Builder to spiderman and I think Mia has decided on the cake that you can hit with the hammer.

Brie is enjoying being at home with me and Sam which is good that she doesn't miss Mia too much I am sure Brie will love the holidays so she has her sister home with her.

Sam is going great, starting to settle right in now and just being a good little baby. It was really cold last night so I put winter pj's on him and today he really wasn't sleeping well I think I might of had him just a bit too hot cause he hadn't slept all morning and now I just have him in a summer romper and he is asleep. It has warmed up this arvo though.

Well I best go and make some cakes for playgroup tomorrow.

Amie xx

{Whats been Happening Here???}

Well it has been a few weeks since I posted, so I thought I would share some photos of Sam and his hernia...... It is quite funny looking but after talking to a few mums who's little boys have had them I am pretty sure it will go away by the time he is 1 :o)

I need to get a photo of the 3 kids for their twinkle toes hand sculptures and it is so hard to get them all in a good mood at the same time. So far I haven't had success but I will keep trying it has been 6 weeks since we had them done so I need to get the photo back to Nichole soon. Here are some from the other day.

Sam and Brie decided they didn't want to be little models :o( Mia will pose for me most of the time.


Sam is 2 months old in this photo I can't believe how quick time is going..... I want him to stay a baby forever. He had his 8 weeks needles last Thursday and he weighs 12p 12o he is 57cm long and his head measured 40cm. He is starting to sleep from about 8 -9 pm at night till around 4am in the morning which is great, 6 hours straight sleep does wonders. His favourite thing besides feeding and sleeping would have to be having a kick without his nappy on. He will lay on his change table for a good 20mins kicking away.

Now to share this beautiful present that Sam received on Monday this picture does not do it justice at all.... The gorgeous Sonia designed this cot quilt for Sam and it is just stunning. I just can't stop looking at it. If you pop over to Sonia's blog you will be able to buy the pattern from her. Now I have searched the net for something like this and couldn't find anything. I am going to buy the pattern from her and make one just because I love it and think it would be a nice easy first quilt for me to make.

Brie has the most gorgeous long dark eyelashes and I have been wanting to get a photo of them so the other day I snapped this. I can't wait to scrap it :o)


Not much else has been happening, Mia and James went camping on the weekend. Brie so wanted to go she had her bag packed ready to go the poor thing. She was just a tad upset when we told her she couldn't go :o( You could just tell Mia loved spending the weekend with her Dad. After James comes back from Darwin I think they are going to Brewarrina fishing.

Mia is really enjoying school and has nearly learnt all her site words. She comes home most days and writes letters in her own little language and tells me what it is. Her colouring in has gotten really neat too, it is amazing how much they pick up so quick.

Well I best go and get some house work done.... :o( I was sick yesterday and James had to stay home from work and look after the kids. Today Brie is wondering why her dad isn't home LOL.

Bye for now :o)

{ A few Layouts to Share}

I did these LO's a couple of weeks ago for the Forever Always Retreat booklet, so the ladies had some inspiration while they were scrapping away on the weekend. I wish I could have been there. My thoughts are with Sonia's mum today who broke her leg on Sunday at the retreat. Wishing you a speedy recovery Gran {{{{Mwah}}}}}

Last night I was talking to my mum on the phone and Brie came into my room and told me that she had put Sam in his bed! HUH We had just been for a walk so Sam was still in the pram sleeping anyway Mia had wheeled his bassinet into there room and Brie spotted it and decided to put Sam in it. I have know idea how she would have done it as she s only as tall as the bassinet but he was still sound asleep. So she must have been pretty gentle NOT........ We have given her a good talking too about not picking him up and that sort of thing so lets hope it doesn't happen again. At least she come and told me I would have nearly died if I had gone into the lounge room and he wasn't in his pram.

{Blowing Kisses}

Here of the photos of Little Miss Brie riding her bike, she has gotten really fast now and decided after playgroup the other day that she didn't want to ride home I said Brie come on we are going home and she said NO I am going to FOODWORKS ummmm no we are going home NOOOO FOODWORKS and off she took on her bike, now I have been in this situation before when Mia learn't to ride her bike and I couldn't catch her :o( so I put the breaks on Sam's pram & ran straight after her she thought this was quiet funny and pedalled even faster and THEN she got really wobbly and stacked it big time!!!! Straight over the handlebars it winded her big time the poor little thing :o( But that is what happens when you don't listen to mummy Brie I told her.

Last Sunday Salt took the girls fishing, and before they left Mia came running in to give me a kiss goodbye, Brie was already in the car so I went out to give her a kiss but Salt was in the road and we couldn't reach each other so I told her to blow me a kiss....... Well it was the cutest thing you have ever seen she blew me a kiss like she was blowing out candles. Both Salt and I were like ooohhhhhhhhhhhhh you are so sweet!

Mia came home from school on Friday and asked me when I was taking her to church so GOD could rub the stuff on her forehead. I didn't know what she was talking about so I told her to ring Grandma and ask her to take her to church this weekend. Kay then told me that it was Ash Wednesday and the kids would have gone to church for school. But how cute is Mia so GOD can rub stuff on her forehead.... I asked her who god was and she said The man in the church.

Brie and Sam the day he turned 1 month old

Sam has an umbilical hernia I will have to take a photo of it IT is HUGE, he has been a little unsettled this week I think he might be growing..... Salt told me to take him to the hospital to see what was wrong with him LMAO can you tell we have never had a baby who cried for more than a second. I think he only cried for 5 mins when Salt got worried and said we should take him to the hospital. He is back to being a good baby again now. I tried to get some nice photos of Sam the other day and he just wasn't in the mood as you can see.....

It was just a bit tooooo bright for him


Then I gave him his dummy so I could get a nice relaxed photo and when I took it out I got

THIS

So we came back inside and he opened his eyes for me, I can't wait to get him smiling :o)

I had Sam weighed on Tuesday 24th Feb he is 4.7kg 54cm long and his head was 38cm so he is growing heaps which is great he is quite chubby it is so cute.