I really needed to scrap...to be creative. But for some reason, the creativity has not been flowing. I want to make something, to create something, but I get so frustrated. Ever have one of those days? I tried to do a layout last night...my intro page for the Manda Bean creative team, but after over an hour...NOTHING, NADA, ZILCH. I hated everything I did and so I just deleted it. All of it. So, instead of scrapping I have spent my time browsing the galleries, trying to soak in some inspiration. Or, I read blogs. Anything other than create. Frustrating. But, tonight I MADE MYSELF do something...anything. So, although I am not looking at these pages saying to myself, "How beautiful!" at least they are done and I have some memories of a really fun morning this week. And, patting myself on the back, I used TWENTY pictures on two pages. Not bad, huh?
by Princess (Tropical winter) and Jen Wilson (Butterfly Haven). Butterfly elements (pink one recolored) and quote also by Jen Wilson (Butterfly Haven) Butterfly and swirly stamp from the Compassion kit by Shabby Princess and Gina Cabrera.
Papers by Shab
Okay, in other news. Hmmm...I'm almost 28 weeks pregnant and I swear this baby is trying to kick its way out -- now. Odd, though. It will go days without me even really remembering I am pregnant and then one day, as if to say, "Hey! Don't forget about ME!!!" It kicks, and kicks, and kicks. Feisty little thing.
Speaking of feisty...oh my. Alaina has been quite the handful the last few days. SO MUCH ENERGY. Where did this child come from? Jason and I are fairly low-key and laid back but she has won herself the nickname of PSYCHO CHICK since she was about 7 months old. She just goes and goes and goes and goes and then she crashes. Unfortunately, she often wants to crash in the middle of the afternoon which we CANNOT let her do. It sounds cruel, I know, but if I let this girl sleep for more than about 5 minutes during the day she WILL NOT fall asleep at night. And I SO NEED her to go to bed by 7:30 (which is usually more like 8). I need this for two reasons 1)She gets up at 6:45 EVERY DAY so she needs to go to bed early to get enough sleep and 2) Because Caleb desperately needs some time alone with us when Alaina is not around. He is just so sweet and content (though he is giving us the impression the last few days that there is a stronger will lurking inside this child) that Alaina just steals the show all day. If Caleb does anything good or praiseworthy, she has to do it too and do it BETTER. Of course, we are not impressed when she who is almost three can figure out how to put her dish in the sink but when Cabe does it, we clap for him. So, when we weren't clapping for Alaina, what does she do? She stands in the middle of the kitchen and TAKES A BOW! And then says sweetly, "No one clapped for me!" Dare I say this girl needs attention?
Caleb wants to talk SO MUCH. He knows WHEN to talk, he just doesn't have any words. So he makes unintelligible sounds at the appropriate times (like when we hand him something he mumbles something with the inflections of "thank you." I swear one day this kid is going to get out of bed and be speaking in sentences. He might be five by then, but hey, a little late than never. Mind you, he really isn't that old to not be talking (he'll be two in May) but it was just a little shock to us since madam Alaina was speaking in full sentences by this age. She even had all the words to say on her second birthday, "I don't want any cake. It's blahh." (I must say, her birthday brought on one of her worst moods ever. She usually isn't this snippy.)
At least they love each other. They are starting to fight a little but they are also playing more and more together. The other day I was nice and gave each of them a chocolate chip cookie. I then walked into my room to find this:
How sweet! Of course, about two minutes after I took this there was chocolate ALL OVER my comforter, but hey, it was hard to be mad at my little sweeties. Just glad we have an industrial size washer on campus to use!
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