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Changes

Melissa — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:41:08 +0000

There are changes coming this year. As to what you will have to just wait and see. But one change you can see is the layout. I tweaked the header, footer and some of the images to make it more of my style. I’m really loving it. Haven’t scrapbooked any new pages. I do have some pictures from Rachel’s birthday party to share. Since there are nine of them I am adding them gallery style. To view them larger just click on the image.

Happy Birthday Rachel

Melissa — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:45:52 +0000

Last year right now (its 10:39am) I had just gotten checked into the hospital and had gotten my epidural by now. Then at 11:22pm that night Rachel was born 8lbz 1 oz and 20 inches long. My sweet baby was finally here!

This is my baby girl on Saturday at her birthday party. She is currently 28 inches and 16 and a half pounds. I can’t believe that we survived her first year. We did it.

Here are four scrapbook pages I made about her party.

1 week & counting until the party of the year

Melissa — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:38:12 +0000

Rachel’s birthday party is next Saturday. Only one week away. Wow. That means that in nine days my baby will be one. She’ll be a toddler. Oh wow. Its crazy. So I have been in birthday party planning mode. I got Rachel’s thank yous in the mail yesterday and have wrote them all out already! Way to go me! I wanted to get them done so I can enjoy spending the last few days of Rachel’s “babyhood” with her.

That’s a little sneak peek of the thank yous. I had to stuff and “jazz” up the envelopes. We decided on putting a generic message on the outside so this way we didn’t have to go through 50 of them as people are leaving. Thinking about it. They are more like “favors” and not thank yous. The thank yous will be mailed after her party. But oh well. I have fun creating them and writing them out. This is going to be a awesome princess party!

Busy Rainy Day

Melissa — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:05:22 +0000

Today was really busy. We got Charles tax refund so we caught up on some stuff, paid the bills & hit the mall. The kids both have at least a weeks worth of new clothes. Which is really good since they both need it (badly). I would still like to get Rachel a couple more dresses and she needs some shorts. Troy got a ton of t-shirts (needed sooooooo badly) and a couple pairs of shorts ($5 each! Score). Old Navy had the cutest rain jackets on sale (double score) so the kids were sporting new rain jackets today. I think I may go back and get Troy the matching rain boots – esp since he needs new shoes. His current pair have a hole in them. We looked at the mall but didn’t find any we liked that were under $20. And we finally found a Thomas t-shirt. Thank you Sears and it was on sale for $8 (regular $18 – ouch!) so got $10 off. Woo hoo.

So my grandma, aunt Kathy, uncle Andy, uncle Pete & family, uncle David & family are coming to Rachel’ s birthday party! This party just hit about 40 people.. Wow!!! I’m thrilled I can’t wait to see everyone again. So her theme is “Rachel’s Princess Party’. Of course PINK is the main color. Yes thats right I said PINK. Me the one who hated pink and was deathly afraid of having a daughter because I hated the color PINK. I am throwing & planning a to die for first PINK birthday party! We’re going to get the cake from Sams Club and have her picture on it. Pink & white – table cloths, plates, napkins, cups, balloons and streamers. We’re going to do it up GOOD.

The birthday girl is wearing a pink ballerina outfit, with a pink tutu and either pink or white tights. Its also the same outfit she’s going to wear for her one year pictures. Soo pretty. I’m debating as if I should get her little ballet shoes or not for the pictures. Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I’m so excited.