July 4, 2009

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I made these pages myself using the pieces I downloaded from Digital Express.

June 2009

Playdates

May 29-June 1 Lake Gladewater

Digital Scrapbooking

May 22, 2009

Originally posted January 4: Well, it's official. I started this new adventure in July when Mandy came all the way to College Station to show me how to do it. After she left I was nervous about doing it all by myself...there are a lot of steps with the downloading and saving. I finally started up again several days ago and I feel good about what I've done so far. I can't wait to have all of 2009 done so I can actually publish it into a book.

May 2, 2009 Lauren's recital

First Swim and Kids Playing

April 12, 2009 Easter

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April 10, 2009 Circus

March and April '09 Messy Eater

What kids say and do

Abby just turned 2 on December 20 but you would think she is closer to 3. She speaks in 7 word sentences most of the time and has amazing ideas for such a little thing. Last night at bedtime, she decided to stall by putting her 12 dolls, one by one, into the doll pack and play. When she was finished, she said, "There's one missing." Are you kidding me? So I asked her where it was and she said in the playroom. Sure enough, there was one more doll in the playroom. She told her dolls, "Mommy and Daddy love you" and crawled into her bed.

I covered her with the requested duckie blanket but then she asked for the, "warm one". After some thought I realized she wanted the extra blanket that we've been putting on her these passed few nights that have been dipping into the teens. I had been telling her it would keep her warm.

After a few minutes she started crying for her water. I asked Lauren to go tell her it was next to her pillow but it didn't make Abby happy so I went in myself. Abby was saying she couldn't find it but as soon as I turned on the lights she was a happy camper and never cried again.

This morning all 3 kids woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Caleb kept begging to go to "Books and Marbles" (Barnes and Noble) to play with the train table. Abby woke up demanding eggs. She is usually happy with cereal, toast, fruit, or a waffle but she was not going to be satisfied until someone made her eggs. This is one morning when I was happy I got to leave for work and let Stephen deal with Abby and Caleb while I brought the older Grump with me.

March-St. Patrick's Day and Bluebonnets

Sandbox 2009

Potty Training Update

Abby continues to amaze us. She just turned 2 on December 20 and she wants to potty train. She begs to wear a pull-up and she likes to go pull her pants down and sit on the potty chair. This morning I asked her if she wanted to potty and she said yes. She started singing the ABCs (one way I get the kids to stay on longer) and I heard her tee tee! Our house is pretty noisy at all times so I second guessed myself but when she got up, sure enough, she had gone potty. I hope it continues and I hope we can continue to encourage her to go often.

Caleb's Thomas Party

POSTED JANUARY 24: This is one of my last layouts for 2009 . I waited until the end because there was just no template/layout on Digital Express that I felt was perfect so I knew I would have to find all the pieces from various layouts and make my own. I'm pretty pleased with the outcome.