Grace

I have been hard at work on Grace's album. Most of the time, it's a lot of fun for me to put these pages together. I usually figure out how I want it all to come together before I put anything down permanently, and it can take me a while. Sometimes, it's even like I get scrapper's block, if there is such a thing, and that's when I try to move onto something else for a while until I'm inspired again. Don't over think it right? This one though came together incredibly easily, and I'm really pleased with it. 

I really love the buttons and flowers. Lately, I'm just loving the color yellow. I keep buying yellow fabric, paper and accessories. And I could use the wood chip letters on every page. They add a lot of texture, which is one thing I appreciate about traditional scrapbooking. Digital is great too, but you don't get the texture and dimension if you put it together the old fashioned way.

And I am so in love with Grace. She is such a gift to us. When I look at her now, I can't believe that she is completely out of the baby stage and already two and a half. She'll be going to pre-school in the fall, something I still can't wrap my mind around completely--that she's already old enough for school! I just want to remember it all. To soak up this sweet time when she still wants hugs and snuggles and tons of time with mom and dad.

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What's Missing Here?

Beej volunteered to do all the grocery shopping and run quite a few of our usual errands once Adon arrived. "At least through Christmas" is what he told me. What a great guy huh! I knew I had a few months where I didn't have to juggle two kids and bags of groceries!

I have been very thankful for this act of love from him! When it was just Grace and I, we'd make a morning out of it, running tons of errands on the same day. She loved her car seat and was pretty entertained as long as we were out and about. I wore her in the ergo while grocery shopping until she got big enough to sit in a cart.Yes, I was that mom, sweating as I bagged groceries while wearing Grace, but it worked for that season! I would just nurse her in the car and she'd konk out on the ride home, and usually stayed asleep once I whisked her inside the house. Even now, if she's in the car for a long time, she'll just fall asleep. 

Adon, so far, does not share his sister's love for car seats. This is unfortunate and something that I hope gets better as he gets older. I've heard friends tell stories of how their kids screamed the entire time, every time, they were in the car. We're nothing near that, thankfully! But it's just obvious he prefers to be out of it, held up, looking around more. So far, I've ran quite a few errands with just the two of them, but nothing like the marathon mornings I used to plan.

Anyway, this was one of the times Beej took Grace out with him to run errands. He made it all the way to Target before he realized he'd packed her in the car without any shoes! I don't think either of them cared. Usually she loves getting out with her Dad because of all the extra attention and treats she gets!

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Grace's 2nd Birthday Party Pages

Here are two pages I created to capture Grace's 2nd Birthday. A couple of the new products I purchased and used were the pennant banner stamp, which I love, and Amy Tangerine "A slice of the good life" cardstock shape. The little "Happy Birthday" Elephant card I have been saving since shortly after she was born. I picked it up at a local second hand store's card boutique area and knew I wanted to include it somehow.  See, I've been thinking about this album for a long time! I have five, count 'em, FIVE pages done already and it feels great to finally be putting it all together. 

I still want to hear your own ideas about how you capture family memories!

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