What have we been up to??

The days are just slipping away at the moment and I can't believe Emily will be going back to school on Thursday - where did the summer go? (both weather wise and school holiday wise!)

I've been doing a bit of knitting for Alice Rose (being a November baby I feel she's going to need some cardigans!) On Thursday, Emily and I went to Holyport near Maidenhead to pick up some baby clothes for Claire. My SIL's step son and his wife had a little girl a couple of months ago and asked if Claire would like some Newborn clothes, hence our trip. Unfortunately, the weather was horrible and our hoped for picnic in Windsor didn't materialise but we did stop off at a local pub for lunch. The food was very tasty and it was nice and warm inside. Emily always has a book in her bag so when I popped to the loo, her book came out of her bag ;o). She can also read in the car - something I've never been able to do - so had a chance to read on the way home as it was pouring down and I had to concentrate on my driving. We still did it in good time and were home in just over an hour. It was my niece's birthday on Friday so I made a card for her on Thursday evening. I love this Martha Stewart butterfly punch so it was good to get a chance to use it. On Friday we went round to Theresa's in the afternoon for tea and cake. Tyler was so excited about the cake and the candles and ended up blowing them out for Mummy :o), while Mum and Dad (Tyler's Great Grandma and Great Grandpa) looked on. Alyssa just wants to walk all the time so my sister was kept busy as Alyssa'd only let her Mummy or her Nan hold her hand. She's teething at the moment and didn't want to go to anyone else.

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Apart from that Emily and I have been school shopping for school shoes and uniform; I bought my first pair of Converse and love them ;o), I worked yesterday and today and I'm enjoying feeling a bit more creative again. I'm wanting to start another quilt and am toying with the idea of using this pattern on Susan Weinroth's blog, it would be something different for me and I thought I could try a small Moses Basket size in pastel colours and see how I get on.

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For now though, I need to decide what I'm going to make for dinner and I should really start tackling the ironing pile before it grows any more - I'd much rather start cutting out strips for the quilt though! I wonder which will win ;o).

Hope you're enjoying your weekend, whatever you're doing...

xx

A layout!!

Please don't faint, I know it's been a LONG time since I've done any scrapbooking but this evening as I was about to check my emails, this photo of Emily came up on my screensaver. I had forgotten I had it but it is so Emily at the moment and I knew I wanted to do something with it. The layout is a little out of my comfort zone with all the flowers but I'm quite happy with how it's turned out :o)

The journalling reads:

I had forgotten all about this photo until it came up on my screen saver. When I saw it I knew I had to do a layout because this photo is classic you! When I come looking for you I'm likely to find you in your bedroom either reading or on the computer, while listening to music or chatting to friends. This is so YOU at the moment and I love that it's been captured! Photo: 04/2010

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Perhaps it's the cooler weather that has got my creativity going again. Whatever it is, I'm not complaining - it felt good to scrapbook again :o)

xx

Playing catch up

This afternoon has been spent catching up with my tag books. I've been making notes of what I've done most days but today I sat down to transfer my notes on to my tags. My problem is, I haven't taken photos every day so I'm going to have to use general photos from around the house/garden to fill in on those days - either that or leave those days photo free. June is complete but needs to have the holes punched and rings added to hold it together. July has a few days left to write up and August is nearly up to date.

I feel so much better for getting this done at last! It's fun to flick through the books and see the photos and read the everyday happenings :o)

xx

28 Weeks Today

Claire is 28 weeks pregnant today. We normally take a couple of photos on the 20th of each month (I can't remember why we started on the 20th, but we did). This morning we were back at the Princess Royal for Claire blood tests to be taken.

She had the morning off but was back in work this afternoon. Craig was working late tonight so, when we remembered we hadn't taken proper photos on Friday, we decided to take a few this evening :o)

Claire says there is no way any of you can say she hasn't got a bump now ;o). It's certainly getting bigger and growing week by week. Less than 3 months now till baby is due!

xx