Two Posts in Two Days MIRACLE

Just wanted to share this page I did last night using the Echo Park Winter Park Collection. Love how it turned out and trying to get back into using flowers. I find it so hard especially on boy pages.

Better go Sesame Street is on and well Mama has to watch it too. Have a great day xoxox

**Warning** Long Post

Well firstly I apologise for not updating my blog when I said I would....life gets in the way and well lets just say I am making a lot of positive changes in my life this year. Last year was just horrific and I never want to go through all the emotional heartache that we experienced ever again.

Perfect time to make changes a New Year and one of my biggest changes is to committ to my first love "scrapping" more so for my gorgeous little boy (okay and an outlet for Mummy). So I have been (every chance I get) getting some pages done for his albums.

Some awesome news is that the gorgeous Tiff Sawyer has put together an amazing talented Creative Team of girls to feature on a new challenge blog check it out here its called This Ones A Winner. I am totally flattered and honoured to be asked to join the Creative Team, I have to say I am speechless. Anyway this is the page that I did for January to feature on the blog, head on over and check out the amazing work and join in the fun.

Homemade Muffins



Sticking to my committment to scrap pages below are the pages that I have created in January. I am trying to get at least one page done a week and if I do more well that's awesome. Now that I have started I just can't seem to stop.

1st Drawing

Watch Over Me

Monster Curls

Baby Boy Laughing

Your Bike

Birthday Cheers

So there are my pages phew and I have a few I did last year that I will load up another day and have 3 on the hop on my desk....I am loving it all over again. I'll be posting once a week and when I don't can you do me a favour and kick me up the butt, I need to stay motivated.

I have also joined in on the Becky Higgins Project Life just waiting on my order to arrive in the new couple of weeks and then I can start and will share some more projects.

Also wanted to thank so many of you for your emails and for stopping by my blog (which needs a revamp HELP). Okay until then end of the week......have a good one xoxox

The Guilts

Well regardless of whether anyone visits this blog anymore (and thank you to the ladies that do and have left me such gorgeous comments) or not I am feeling the need to keep track of my life after being away from it for so long. Boston is growing up so fast and I am already starting to forget important memories and loved how I had my blog to read and bring back so many memories.

So I am cranking it back up again. As for the guilts well am I right in saying every mother feels guilty, guilty for not being organised, guilty for not having the housework done, guilty for not paying that phone bill, guilty for not keeping up to date on your babies scrap album. Well hello yes to all the above and more. This year has been very emotional year for me losing my Dad and I just haven't felt that I wanted to scrap and just have spent months running on auto pilot.

I decided a few weeks ago when I couldn't believe I had thousands of photos of Boston and nothing was scrapped an in an album. So I went through all his photos and printed thumbnails then went through my complete stash and put papers and embellishments together with the photos in a sleeve in date order ready to scrap. Okay I had a shopping spree at Scrap Therapy as well to get the must have papers. Well it's just what I need to kick me up the butt.

This is the stash that I purchased and my 3 albums and 78 layouts to do later.

This has now turned into 3 albums

So it was time to start, this is the first page I have done for Boston's album. I have used Echo Park Little Boy Collection showing his love of driving Dadda's carcar up and down the cul de sac.

I have to say I am really enjoying scrapping now, no pressure no-one cares how I scrap or what I scrap (Boston certainly doesn't) and I can do it when I want how I want. It's a nice feeling. Gotta say it's has so much more meaning when you get to scrap your own child and cry as you write the journaling or laugh at there antics....

Well I have to get ready for work tonight but thought I would load this first page up and share another one tomrorow.

Hugs to you and yours have a great night
Janey
xoxox

Is anyone out there?

I was just wondering if anyone even reads or visits this blog anymore? I was thinking of cranking this blog back up again and giving it a revamp as yep 12 months later and I have started scrapping again and want to document it all....

Tap tap anyone there?

Dear Dad

Dad my heart aches the pain hurts so bad and the tears wont stop as I wish that you could of stayed with us forever. I know it was time but this feeling I have in my heart is crippling. You fought till the end and your courage is like no other man but the pain and the suffering had to end and finally now you have peace.

I will miss you so very much and everyday when I look at my son I see traces of you, his smile, his flared nostrils and yes Dad he has the Ettia temper. He truly was a gift from you and I promise I will teach him everything you taught me and tell him all about his wonderful Pa. I will be so proud if he turns out to be half the man you are.

Goodbye beautiful man you are and will always be my hero. I love you with all my heart...........your little girl forever xoxoxox

Welcome to the world Boston

His finally here born 27th August 2010 at 5:27pm weighing in at 9lbs 3 ounces (big boy). Well what can I say except it was worth it, the horrible pregnancy, the painful c-section process and nightmare of a public system. Thankfully we got into the Private Hospital and got the most amazing dr's on our side and this little man has finally come into the world and his just perfect.

We have been home a week today and I have to say it sure doesn't feel like we have a new born baby in the house, this little guy is nothing like me at all. His so placid, so quiet and you really only ever hear from him if he needs his nappy changed or is hungry.....wow how blessed are we. His just precious everything and more than I ever could of dreamed of.

I think he looks more like his dad than me other than that Ettia nose and mouth oh and yeah see that curly black hair I think he got that from me poor little bugger his got the most piercing blue eyes i have ever seen like a little old man I swear it's like my dad is looking at me.

So all is well and the I feel like the luckiest person in the world to have this little man in my life. I must of done something right to be so blessed. Well off to do some catching up while the little guy sleeps but will post up some more pictures soon. His getting use the camera already.

Long Overdue Update

Hi Everyone

Gosh I know it's been ages and I just got yelled at for updating my blog with the cybercrop details and nothing else. So here we go.

I am 37 weeks pregnant today and sooooooo over being huge and sick all the time. As most of you know it's been a pretty awful pregnancy between the diabetes and having to have an infusion and lets not even talk about the morning/day/night sickness that returned this trimester.

But in saying that all is well, Boston is doing great he measured in at 7.9lbs at last week ultrasound here is a picture of him. These 4d images are just amazing. Thats the umbilical cord on the left hand side of his face, I think his hanging onto his food making sure he gets it all (little piggy). And well check out that nose, isn't that my dad's nose or what.

So all is well, had my check up on Wednesday and the monitor said I was having contractions and feeling a bit funny for the last couple of days so fingers crossed this little man decides to grace us with his presence really really soon.

Hopefully the next time I post I can show you all real photos of my little man and aye aye aye I can start to feel normal again. Until then hugs to you all and thank you so much for all your emails, phone calls and messages it has meant so much to me and kept me sane for the last 8 months xoxoxoxox

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