me

I really don't like having my picture taken, but I needed one. Mike and I soldiered through it and there were a couple I ended up not hating.




This, however, was me at the end of the picture taking: "NO MORE!!"

The many faces of Lynn

I know someday Lynn is going to be a model. She has her many "moods" down pat!

This is her "Pretty Girl" face:

Here is her "Pouty" face:

Here's her "Crazy!" face:

And her "Oh no!" face:
She cracks me up!! Here's a shot of Lynn and my niece Abby. They're just a couple of years apart in age and play together in the nursery at church. I'd love it if they could play together more and grow up as friends, but they don't get to see each other as much. Lynn's mom tends to focus her time on her own friends and her dad's family . If I want my family to see Lynn, I have to be the one to facilitate that.

new baby tootsies

I love pictures of baby feet! I may have to make a little album of feet pictures....hey! There's an idea :) Here are Hunter's 8 day old feet:

And Hunter sleeping, which he does always when around Grandma:

More sleeping:

Hunter and Abby:

Hunter and Lynn:

Lynn says that Hunter is a "cute baby"

Scrapping fun

Well, I got a chance to go to one of my lss yesterday. I spent more than I intended to...but I can't help myself!

To be honest, there is one person I would really like to scrap like - even though our styles are not overly similar -- my best friend Drea. I just love her style! But mine is different and she has one thing that I don't. Well, she has lots of stuff I don't, but one of the main ones is patience. She takes her time with each layout. You can see it in the resulting works of art. Mine tend to be whirlwind creations! But she's the one I have to thank for introducing me to my favorite hobby and sanity saver which lead to my other two hobbies and sanity savers!

Here are a couple of recent creations:

Newest addition

My oldest daughter gave birth last week to her second child, another son. Hunter Gene weighed 6 lbs 14 ozs and was 20 inches long. His big brother Chris is okay with the interloper as long as he doesn't have to share mom or dad's attention too much! Big cousin Lynn thinks the new baby is "cute."

I'm really proud of my daughter. She screamed pretty much the entire pregnancy the first time, culminating in a scream-fest while she gave birth to Chris from the moment she walked into the hospital. This time - with the addition of a timely epidural - there was NO screaming and barely any noise at all. She was around and walking - very well, I might add! - within a few hours. She's become such a great mom!

I'm hoping to get more pics of Hunter before the week is out!