Scraplex: Random

Because its been a while... I'll be back to update with more scrap pages!

THE EVOLUTION OF A MOM

Yes, parenthood changes everything. But parenthood also changes with each baby. Here, some of the ways having a second and third child differs from having your first.

Your Clothes
1st baby: You begin wearing maternity clothes as soon as your OB/GYN confirms your pregnancy.
2nd baby: You wear your regular clothes for as long as possible.
3rd baby: Your maternity clothes ARE your regular clothes.
The Baby's Name
1st baby: You pore over baby name books and practice pronouncing and writing combinations of all your favorites.
2nd baby: Someone has to name his or her kid after your great-aunt Mavis, right? It might as well be you.
3rd baby: You open a name book, close your eyes, and see where your finger points.
Preparing for the Birth
1st baby:You practice your breathing religiously.
2nd baby: You don't bother practicing because you remember that last time, breathing didn't do a thing.
3rd baby: You ask for an epidural in your 8th month.
The Layette
1st baby: You perish your newborn's clothes, color coordinate them, and fold them neatly in the baby's little bureau.
2nd baby: You check to make sure that the clothes are clean and discard only the ones with the darkest stains.
3rd baby: Boys can wear pink, can't they?
Worries
1st baby: At the first sign of distress--a whimper, a frown--you pick up the baby.
2nd baby: You pick the baby up when her wails threaten to wake your firstborn.
3rd baby: You teach your 3-year-old how to rewind the mechanical swing.
Activities
1st baby: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics, Baby Swing, and Baby Story Hour.
2nd baby: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics.
3rd baby: You take your infant to the supermarket and the dry cleaner.
Going Out
1st baby: The first time you leave your baby with a sitter, you call home 5 times.
2nd baby: Just before you walk out the door, you remember to leave a number where you can be reached.
3rd baby: You leave instructions for the sitter to call only if she sees blood.
At Home
1st baby: You spend a good bit of every day just gazing at the baby.
2nd baby: You spend a bit of every day watching to be sure your older child isn't squeezing, poking, or hitting the baby.
3rd baby: You spend a little bit of every day hiding from the children.

I snatched up this free mini kit today (and one day I'll start giving credit when I get more organized!) and had a picture of Juni sucking her thumb from earlier... I thought it was simply adorable... so I went ahead and scrapped it!!! I think that the page turned out cute, even though the elements weren't my favorite. I went ahead and added a few from a couple different sets I had as well... so that kind of beefed it up a little. Eventually I'll stop updating my blog at 1am and actually spend some time typing again. Tomorrow we have the air conditioning repair dudes coming over to completely replace our air condition... I can't wait! It's so friggin hot in here, my digi scrap pages are starting to wilt!!

Today was a pretty constructive day. I put chicken and dumplings in the crock pot this morning, cleaned the kitchen, moved laundry around, fed babies, changed babies, played with babies... once the kids were down for a nap, I got into the thick of it. I steam vac'd my carpets with the new Oxy deep steam cleaning solution. It was awesome! My carpets are gleaming white again. Yes... I moved furniture around, turned on a fan and got to it... it only took 30-40 minutes once I got going and boy does it make a difference. I then paid bills, filed paperwork and decided to do some upkeep on the group I run locally for moms who get together. Once that was done I edited some pictures, made a siggy (posted below), finished my bootcamp project and cleaned the lunch and breakfast dishes. It's amazing how I can do all that work and then look around and feel as if nothing has been done! One of these days I'll take that big black garbage bag I always talk about and go around collecting random items to just donate. I want clean. Clear. This is why I've moved towards digi scrapping. The name of the game is consolidation and streamlining my mess... at any rate, I was then asked to take over another group, so I started some work on that before the kids started getting up in waves. Tomorrow I'll attempt a momvan trip to Staples for copies and faxes and to the grocery store for some food stuffs. Yay. Then I can come home and start it all over again... one of these days... one of these lovely days... I'll be completely organized!

So... here are my first few digital scrapbook pages... please be kind to me... I'm a total newbie with digital scrapping... I do, however, have some experience with regular scrapping... so this is very touch and go for me... I'm loving what I see so far...