Christmas isn't over around here!

I'm slowly but surely working my way through the Christmas photos. Every year I buy each one of the kids a special oranament that they get to open on Christmas Eve and put on the tree. I try to find something that represents the past year. So for Autumn it was Tinkerbell. Her favortie pj's are Tinkerbell and she carries her Tinkerbell phone all over the place. She was Tinkerbell for Halloween, etc!!! I found this adorable ornament that has Tinkerbell sitting on top of a bell. Of course within minutes of opening it she had broken the wings off :( I was able to glue them back on and then it went high up on the tree with the rest of the ornaments I didn't want her to destroy. I used a fabulous sketch from 52 sketches for this LO.

Finally scrapped it!!

I have had such a hard time with trying to figure out how to scrap Autumn's pictures from the day she was baptized. The new Dreamgirls challenge was the perfect inspiration. We had to use a line from the song Time After Time. The line "If you're lost you can look and you will find me" immediately popped out to me and seemed to be the perfect sentiment for this special day.

Gadgets

It is a rare thing to have my 3 little ones sitting next to each other for even a minute. Of course electrical gadgets always help, at least for a little bit. Austin was so excited when he got his leapster. He now feels he is quite the big boy sine he can do some of the same things his big brother can do. I used a great sketch from 52 sketches for this LO.

My baby girl did wonderfully with her surgery. We go back to the dr next week to see how the tubes are and if all the infection is gone. Most of her symptoms have diappeared so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Thanks for all the prayers.

Say a Prayer

My sweet baby girl is going in on Thursday for sugery to have tubes put in her ears. I know it is just a minor procedure and we have been through this with Jacob before but it is still scary. The thought of them taking her away and sedating her makes me think of all the horrible little things that can go wrong. So please say a prayer that all goes well and the tubes help bring back her pleasnat personality that seems to have gotten lost in the last week during yet another ear infection.

Finally Scrapping again

After being sick last week and then the yucky weather it seems like it's been forever since I scrapped. I had no desire to do anything and no inspiration. But I'm happy to say that it is over and it felt so good to get a LO done today. And what better way than to be challenged. This LO got me really motivated and met the requirements for 3 different challenges from Memorable Seasons, Dreamgirls, and Ad this.

My Cutie Pie

I'm thoroughly addicted to little girl clothes. I used to think boy clothes were adorable until I had Autumn. The boys clothes just don't even compare. Of course everytime she gets a new outfit I have to try to take a picture of her in it. I absolutely love this outfit she got for Christmas. It wasn't even very cold on Christmas but I still wanted her to wear the adorable striped tights and sweater. She wasn't cooperating very well with taking photos that morning though, but I've learned to take what I can get.

Sketches are a great way to help get you started on a layout. I love using sketches for my inspiration. And you don't have to alwasy search for a new sketch. You can use the same sketch as your inspiration and have it turn out completely different. Sketches can be turned, used upside down, or used as a mirror image. Several small photos can be used in replace of a larger photo and the other features of the layout moved around. I used the February sketch from My Sketch World for both of the above LO's.