Clay at 4 weeks

Happy Easter

Happy Easter. I hope all have had a very uplifting day remembering Christ and his atoning sacrifice.

I thought I'd share some pictures of our Easter. We don't do traditional Easter baskets as we don't like to have a lot of sweets around the house. Also, it is so difficult to get my kids to eat healthy in the first place, the last thing we need is for them to be filled with unhealthy food and not want to eat the good stuff. So each kid only got one sweet, a chocolate egg. These eggs came in a gift set that included a ceramic plate and mug, a plastic knife and a "toast stamp". You press the "stamp" into the bread and then toast it and you can see the design in the toast. Natalie got a Little Miss set, Robbie got a Thomas the Tank set and Clay got a Whinnie the Pooh set (even though he can't eat that yet, we asked the Easter Bunny to bring him one so each will have their special set). The big kids also got a paddle ball and an Easter character with Play Dough inside (thanks to my friend Rhonda from Canada!), 2 hard boiled eggs (which Robbie didn't like and Natalie tried to eat with the shells still on, lol), 2 story books and a DVD. Clay got 2 books and a stuffed chick.

Natalie's place

Robbie's place
Clay's spot, lol

The books and DVDs and Clay's chick

Natalie and her stuff

Robbie and his stuff

Here are the kids all dressed up for church.

Natalie in her new dress that Auntie Janie sent to her
Robbie looking smart in his tie (he just loves wearing a tie and won't go to church without one now)
Clay looking so grown up, he is changing so much everyday!

Roberoony's Dancin' Moves

A couple cards

It's been a while since I've posted anything crafty. So I thought I would take pictures of a couple of cards I've had to make over the last couple of weeks.

This card was for a 6 year olds birthday. I tend to be really good at making "girly" cards but I have a harder time coming up with boy cards.

Supplies:

Stamps - Prehistoric Pals & Family Phrases

Card Stock - Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango, Very Vanilla

Ink (all classic pads) - Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango, Old Olive

Technique - Direct to Paper... You rub the stamp pad directly to the paper like I did for the Baja Breeze "sky" and Kiwi Kiss "grass"

This card I did in "MASS PRODUCTION." I needed a bunch of them because people have been so generous in bringing gifts for the baby and making sure we are taken care of. I made some extras too, in all I made 20 of them in less than an hour (seriously!). This was an inexpensive card because it's not complicated and doesn't have accessories on it. It's just paper and ink.

Supplies:

Stamps - Manhattan Flowers & Thank You Kindly

Card Stock - Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla

Ink (all classic pads) - Pacific Point, Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss

Are you sick of pictures yet?

Well, tough if you are, no one's making you read my blog. I know my mom will be pleased.

I can't believe how quickly Clay is growing up. He is not looking so miserably unhappy anymore and is more awake and aware of what is going on around him. Now if we could just get him to sleep at night! I can't believe he's 3 weeks old already. The last 3 weeks have been a blur, by the way!

Random Pictures

We had the camera out the last couple of days and I thought we would post pictures.

The first two pictures are from when we were taking Clay's passport pictures, they weren't right for the passport because they didn't meet all the insane criteria for a passport for an infant (they have to have their eyes open, can't be crying, can't have anything in their mouth like a binky, you have to see both ears, can't have funny shadows, it has to be 2 inches x 2 inches with the head being between 1 inch and 1 3/8 inches - so you can see, for a newborn of less than 2 weeks old, this allows for a very small window of opportunity), but they show how cute and chunky he is. Oh and he was weighed on Wednesday and is up to 9 pounds already!!!

Natalie took this picture of him in his swing. He's not really a fussy baby, but it is nice for him to be in the same room as us when we eat dinner.

Finally a better picture of the two of us, I wish I knew how to get the date stamp off of the picture so I can frame it, I usually just crop it out but that would take out half of Clay's head.

OK, I had to throw this one in because it shows how thin I have gotten (still not where I want to be, but compared to the size 22 I was when I was at my heaviest and the size 16 I was when I got pregnant this time around). I went out and bought new jeans the other day and I am so excited because the were a UK 14 which is a US 12. I haven't been this small since College and just 10 more pounds to lose and I will be at my smallest adult weight.

Finally a picture with Daddy

I was finally able to get a picture of Shawn and Clay together. Don't they look cute? Oh, and Shawn doesn't know I took this picture because he is still in there sleeping, hehehehe!