sleepy little angel

credits:
traci reed's free spirit kit - digital tag team #3
paint from traci reed's blendstrokes at scrapbookgraphics
angel wings by papermoons
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fonts: his name is honey

Lunch at 2Toots

credits:
Jan Hosford's Presto Chango Template 1 at ScrapDish
Curly Sue kit by Beth Hesselberg & Carole Neale at ScrapDish
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fonts: pharmacy

This is the cute little restaurant we went to when we first got to Illinois. They bring your food to you on a little train with baskets. The food is okay. So cute! :)

we're not contagious!

whew! at least that is what the doctor says. They think Shelby may have an ear infection. She's on antibiotics now. That's it... nothing new! I actually did a couple of scrapbook pages last night. I can't post them quite yet, but they are pretty darn cute! :)

spicey

credits:
laura burger's doodle templates set 1 at digiscrapshak
laura burger's tropical mist petite bytes at eclecticdigitaldesigns
laura burger's grungy stamped alpha at eclecticdigitaldesigns
paint stroke by christine smith
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fonts: ck handprint

oh no!

Shelby has had a really low-grade fever for the last couple of days, about 99.5. She's been around the babies. I am totally paranoid about any fever, but my mom kept insisting that it was fine. The fever was only at night, and not really a fever. This morning Shelby woke up with a 100.5 fever. Lovely. My throat and ears hurt. It feels more like allergies than anything, but you just never know. I really hope that the babies and I don't get sick. I can't deal with that right now. At least not without going nuts! :) So, my mom has Shelby at the doctor right now and I am waiting to see what he says. I really hope that it isn't something contagious. Can little tiny babies even have antibiotics unless they are in the hospital? I know that they don't like to give them to small babies. We don't even have a doctor here. Why would we? We're just on vacation here! I don't even know if we have insurance that works here. Ugh.

Other than that, things are great here. The weather is beautiful! It is only supposed to be 73 degrees here. Hannah has on an adorable outfit today complete with cowboy hat! She loves that darn cowboy hat. I have been trying to get pictures but she doesn't want Mommy to take pictures. I'll try to sneak some later. Ainsley has a dress that goes with the set, but it is still a bit too big. Okay, way too big! :)

Well, Ainsley just woke up from her morning nap. So, I am going to go bathe her and get her dressed for the day. I'm sure I'll post more pictures later.

just a few photos

Hannah with Ainsley and Zoey before church on Sunday

This is Ainsley sitting on my mom's bed. Doesn't she look beautiful in this soft pink color? :)

I was trying to get ready to catch the train into Chicago to see my sister and Ainsley started crying. I walked into the family room to find Hannah sitting in front of the swing singing to her little sister. What a sweetheart! When she wants to be at least!

My sister lives in Little Italy, so we stopped and got an Italian Ice on the way to her house, since it was 5 million degrees out. Hannah loved her strawberry ice!

We got caught in a torrential downpour on our way home from Angie's house. This was just from running from the train into a restaurant across the street! Imagine what we looked like when we got home, about 1/2 of a mile away! :)

Ainsley didn't have much patience for picture taking this morning!

Hannah got her first haircut today. Kim trimmed about 1/2 an inch of the uneven part off the bottom. Nothing too dramatic, just enough to make her hair less mullet-ish.

Hannah's first haircut! Complete with glitter spray!

Hannah with Ainsley and Zoey

Ainsley has such a big pretty smile, but I can't ever catch a photo of it! This is a small glimpse of her cute smile!

nothing new

we are still here in chicago and hoping to get to utah soon. i really miss everyone, especially my husband and hannah is going crazy without daddy. seriously. the kid is misbehaving constantly. i don't know what to do with her anymore. timeout is funny to her. oh well. at least she is having fun with grandma and the rest of the family here. she is upstairs "helping" grandma make her bed right now. She really does try to be helpful. She put the silverware away this morning while I unloaded the rest of the dishwasher.

Ainsley is two months old now and is smiling all the time and starting to "talk" a LOT. I think we may have another vocal baby on our hands. She is so sweet. It seems that she is past the last growth spurt and is now eating and sleeping more regularly. I just adore this baby!

I have taken over 500 photos since I have been here and I haven't scrapped many of them yet. Maybe 5 scrapbook pages so far. Eek! Never gonna catch up! A lot of them are blurry. I can't figure out why. I think the battery in our camera needs to be replaced. Even fully charged it doesn't last too long. I am having to charge it every other day, but then again at 500 photos in two weeks, maybe I am just using it too much!

I am gonna go try to take a shower and get my kids ready for the day. Hannah may be getting her hair cut for the first time today. It depends whether the stylist can fit her in after Ashley and Shelby get theirs done. IF she gets hers cut, I'll post photos. We aren't doing anything dramatic, just trimming the back so that it is less mullet-ish and maybe adding some layers to blend the short hairs on top and the sides with the LONG hairs in back. I have to admit, I am nervous! We'll see what happens...

check out my new albums

Look at what I did! I have two albums up for sale at ScrapQuick.com! I am working on a third album! The Growing Up Brag Book is my favorite stuff yet!

Family Tree 6x4 albums at ScrapQuick.com

Growing up Brag Book at ScrapQuick.com
This is another 6x4 album for Baby's first 12 months!

Concerts!!!

I have been to more concerts this week than ever before in my life...okay, maybe not quite, but pretty close! :) We saw The Manhattan Project earlier today and then tonight we went and saw Foghat. They were awesome!!!!! I ended up having to leave early because Ainsley was screaming, but it was soooooo much fun!

Hannah sleeping during Foghat

Foghat... sorry it's a bit blurry!

The Manhattan Project

PICTURES!

Hannah having fun at the festival!

Hannah sleeping on her car

Helen eating Zoey's toes

Hannah eating someone else's french fries at the Gin Blossoms

Shelby & Hannah on the motorcycles

Shelby & Hannah on the rides

Hannah & Shelby on the train to downtown Chicago

an update!

Things are going great here in Illinois. We are having a great time in my parents' little town. We went to the Downers' Grove Heritage Festival last night and saw Gin Blossoms perform. Ainsley started screaming halfway through and we had to leave so I could get home and feed her. There wasn't anywhere I could go and nurse. Hannah rode all the little kiddie rides and had so much fun. I am hoping that I got some good photos. It was kind of getting dark so there may be a lot of shadows. We are going to see the Cinderella ballet at the Tivoli theater today. Hannah is at the festival with Grandma right now. So, I am enjoying a few minutes of quiet time while Ainsley is sleeping. I am going to go make some lunch and do some laundry! The fun never ends!

I'll post more photos when I can!

another new layout

this is the girls with their pediatrician, dr. o'reilly! she was my pediatrician when i was kid, too! i love her! she's the best doctor ever and i have no idea how we are ever going to find another doctor that we like half as much!

credits:
Curly Sue kit by Beth Hesselberg and Carole Neale at ScrapDish
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fonts: CK Handprint

new layout

credits:
Beth Hesselberg's Wrecked Paper Pack at ScrapDish
Jenna Nelson's altered Phonebook Bits 'n' Pieces at ScrapDish
paint, paper fold by Christine Smith
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fonts: century gothic

has it already been eight weeks?

yep! and she is getting so big!!!!

my sister is coming in town tonight with her baby, so we'll have more photos later this weekend or at the beginning of next week! Only a few more days until we get to Utah! Can't wait!

new haircut!

you can't tell much from the photo, but there is at least 4 inches of hair gone from the front and about 6 from the back... and i just realized how badly i need a tan!

this is the side of my hair...

zoo photos

Shelby & Hannah at the dolphin show!

It's so hot!!! Grandma got Hannah an Icee

Hannah looking at the elephants

Hannah on the carousel

ainsley & uncle tom

Hannah looking at all of the butterflies in the butterfly garden

a cicada landed on ainsley's head... they are EVERYWHERE!

layout of me in labor

credits:
traci reed's vibrant kit at scrapbookgraphics
negative strip from traci reed's boy theory kit, recolored
paper tear by christine smith
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fonts: his name is honey

a beach layout

credits:
traci reed's he'll break your heart kit at scrapbookgraphics
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fonts: century gothic

new layout with traci reed's new kit

credits:
traci reed's faded tee kit at scrapbookgraphics
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fonts: century gothic

new layout with laura burger's stuff

credits:
laura burger's encinitas floras at digiscrapshak
photo action by holly mccaig
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fonts: century gothic