the little things

project life. week eleven.

Well, I have to be honest. This isn't my favorite week completed, but what's important is that another week of my precious family is recorded and in the books book!

I didn't even open the album once this week. Let alone, plan pages or print photos. Thankfully, I did write down little things up until Thursday and then just got too busy/tired/forgetful to continue.

It was still a wonderful week around here. Music class. Hitting week #32. Grayson saying 2 new words; "blue" and "purple!" Enjoying the beeeeeautiful weather in Ohio nearly everyday. I could go on.

I used some fun stuff that my friend Alex sent me from our PL swap! It was fun to include some new things, since I pretty much use the same papers, alphas and stickers every week! Haha.

I didn't even get around to rinting photos until yesterday and had a busy day even then, so I just had to do it all as quickly as I could while Grayson napped in the afternoon. I am just happy to have it done!

Again, I'm linking up with The Mom Creative this week. :)

project life. week ten.

 

Happy Week #10 of PL!

I kept things pretty simple this week. Just not much time this weekend to put it all together, but am so happy I did it! 

We had a hectic week, almost making it more difficult to take photos and remember what the heck even happened most days! Haha.

We did make LOTS of time for hanging out, playing and relaxing out back on the sun porch which was a blast! I even did these pages on that porch Sunday evening! We love it out there!

Nate and I both had some Photobooth fun with Grayson and I had him journal on their photo. He's part of this album just as much as anyone and I love having his "guywriting" in there! :)

Another good week in the books! :)

I'm linking up with The Mom Creative and my bestie, One Happy Mama this week!

project life. week nine.

Why, hello there week 9!

Aside from the date card, I pretty much didn't work on this all week. Instead, it had to wait until I had some free time and energy on Sunday to get completed.

I was able to print many of my photos on Saturday, so that helped a bunch. I always get a bit overwhelmed at that part-the photo printing. Choosing, selecting size, and the worst part-sneaking away from Grayson to print them because he is obsessed with the printer!

I had a really hard time photographing the pages today. Thank you, gloomy Ohio weather. ;) But, am really happy with this week's spread.

I used more cards from Kristina and Crystal's kit, as well as the daily card freebies Crystal shared on her blog last week. How sweet are those gals? Love! I also cut out some numbers and such from a piece of American Crafts paper. That was fun to do, too!

I enjoyed adding lots of little bits from this week-like the Rite Aid receipt (where I scored two Playtex sippies for Grayson for a whopping $1.05 after tax and such!) and the printout from my doctor's appointment last week.

I am really loving these busy, hectic days. Even though they are just that; busy and hectic. But, I've only been given one life and I'm gonna take it and make it the best one I can!

Not perfect. Nope. No way. But, mine. :)

Happy Tuesday! Happy 31 weeks of pregnancy! (whoa.) Happy Project Life Day!

project life. week eight.

8 weeks in and still loving this! I just thought today, "how am I going to do this the first few weeks after Liam is born?" Hadn't thought about that (or much of anything else for that matter!) yet.

I would LOVE to plan a bit ahead somehow...maybe make up each week's card and place in the pocket, or have a notebook nearby for all the days with a newborn again. That's in a perfect world though, so I may have to just skip a few weeks. But, I refuse to stress about it. So silly. I'll just have to see how it all goes, I suppose!

Anyways, on to this week...

(you can click on the images to make them bigger if you need :))

I am loving those sweet tags from my bestie, Kristina! I printed some more this week and love how they complete the pages.

Per usual, nothing real fancy here. Just how I like it! :) It's hard to tell in the photo, but the top right photo of Nate and Grayson is actually a 4x6 protector with more photos from that morning underneath. Grayson has been loving flipping that open over and over again!

It was another fun week around here. A walking, almost running baby (can't believe he'll be a "toddler" next month! ack.), new recipes tried thanks to Pinterest, lots and lots of reading, beautiful weather, a first wagon ride, the auto show, and so on and so on.

Life is grand. Just trying to soak up as much as I can and enjoy it.

:)

I'm linking up with The Mom Creative again this week for Project Life!

project life. week seven.

My first full week of no work was so...FULL! Great, but full. I loved being able to do so much with family and around the house. It was wonderful! It was also so fun filling each pocket with something special. 

Special, like moments of catching Nate (napping) and Grayson just lounging with him! Or moments of finding Grayson in the living room sitting upon a stack of freshly laundered towels he had pulled from the basket to make a comfy seat!

Or moments where I discover the deliciousness that is Panera's tuna salad sandwich. (Please don't worry, I know a pregnant lady isn't supposed to have tuna, but I had it every so often with Grayson and we were just fine and when it's darn near about the only thing that sounds good, you have to give in sometimes. ;))

There were LOTS of special moments this week and I loved each one.

Here's the left side-celebrating reaching the 3rd trimester of pregnancy and making a fun trip to Columbus to visit my cousin, Steph and her cutie patootie son, Michael!

and the right showing special moments between Grayson and his great-gramcracker, a quick visit to see Nate at work and an impromptu dinner for just Nate and I Saturday night (those are the best, aren't they?!)

One thing about it: I am SO blessed!

*Okay, so pregnancy brain totally got the best of me when I originally posted this entry today! Oy. I totally forgot to mention that several of the new cards I used this week are from my bestie, Kristina that she and Crystal Wilkerson designed in the cutest set of PL cards I've seen yet!

I LOVE them! And you get SO many adorable cards and quotes! LOVE LOVE LOVE!

They can be purchased here if you're interested. :)

Oh, and I've said a million times and I'll say it again, I love Project Life! So thankful for this new form of letting me getting our memories down, because otherwise, it just wouldn't happen like it used to before kids! ;)

Have a Happy Tuesday! It's Happy 29 weeks for me today! Whoa. Whoa. Whoa.

I'm linking up my PL with The Mom Creative this week.

project life. week six.

A new week! I unintentionally tried something different this week-waiting until Saturday (the end of my PL week) to work on it.

Not a fan of that!  I felt a bit overwhelmed. So, I won't be doing it again!  I didn't like having to figure out the pages, the info, the photos, etc. all in the same day. My days are so choppy as it is, it was a pain trying to fit it all in. 

But, I did it! ...as not to get behind, remember? ;) 

This one shows the insert I made using a 12x12 page protector and cutting it the width of the valentine's cards and because I don't know a thing about sewing, I used the Washi tape idea I had seen on Pinterest a long time ago. Too bad that tape has barely any stick to it. :( It's working...for now anyways!

I did try something new this week by adding a "currents" card I typed up in Word. I plan on including one every week now! Funny Story: before I had printed the list, I left it up in Word. Well, Nate found it one night after work and decided to fill it out and not tell me. It was a nice surprise and I love having "him" in this project too! Plus, he made me laugh with his thoughts. Per usual. :)

And we're done for the week! Another one documented and I couldn't be happier! Yeyy! 

In other news-I hit 28 weeks today. Third trimester. Whoa. Unreal to me! This pregnancy is FLYING by!

SO thankful for a healthy little guy growing in there and for his strong and often kicks and jabs! :)

project life. week five.

Is it just me or do these weeks just seem to be going faster? As I was finishing this week's spread I kind of couldn't believe it was Saturday again and another whole week had gone by! Geesh. Too fast!

I had to be kind of quick in taking the photos for the week because someone was VERY interested in our "book!" :)

He loves looking at each photo, especially when he sees himself or daddy!  He's also a big fan of going through the pages and trying to crinkle the protectors between each little finger! Haha.

A sweet friend of mine, Heidi asked if I'd like to join her and another friend, Alex in a tag/embellishment swap this week and I was happy to join and give them some of the extras I had to use in their Project Life!  Heidi sent some adorable papers and tags and I used many throughout this week! (Thanks, Heidi!)

It was fun including another grocery store receipt (yey, Aldi!) and my most favorite part this week? Grayson's first "drawing!" Melts me. Another reason I am SO happy to be doing this form of scrapping because otherwise that sweet little memory would still be sitting in a box somewhere until "I got to it one day." 

Link your PL in my comments, too! I'd love to see! 

project life. week four.

Welp, a whole month of recording our life is complete. Yessss! It feels wonderful and exciting to have documented the little things and the bigger things that we have experienced this past month!

This week seemed so full. Well, I guess it really was-it was mostly me working so many days straight, which made me do two things; extremely tired and extremely forgetful about what had happened! 

Fortunately, I got the entire left side done as things happened earlier in the week. The bummer was the entire right side was not touched and I found myself doing it all (printing photos, cutting tags, etc.) all on Saturday evening.

It probably sounds silly, but I am going to try SO hard and not fall behind in this. I'm to afraid if I get behind I will lose steam-so I find it best to just do it.

Good and bad to that.

I am going to try very hard this week, however to keep on top of things while still doing the most important thing: LIVING LIFE and enjoying it!

(left page)

Journaling cards I used mainly this week were a free download from Cathy Zielske and can be found here. (aren't they fun?!)

Side Note: I cannot believe I am 26 weeks pregnant as of today! Where in the world the time is going is beyond me! I am so thankful for another healthy baby growing strong in my belly. We got to hear his sweet little heartbeat yesterday-it was simply amazing! That sound never gets old! I also felt a full-on flip in the morning while Grayson and I were having breakfast yesterday morning! WAY COOL!

Off to Grayson's music class we shall go! ;)

project life. week two.

So, this week I had even more fun with this new format of scrapping! I loved including more "stuff" along with the photos and stories.

This week was one of a couple firsts for Grayson. first snow. first haircut. oh, and his latest word, "papaw!"

Awesome.

 I was 23 weeks pregnant with Liam and we even got to hear his sweet little heartbeat! *bliss*

This was the first week I used a little "extra" pocket for some more photos. It's a 4x6 protcetor and I just stapled it to the big page. Fun stuff!

Gramcracker cut Grayson's hair last week. It was his first chop and I had to work, but I am so thankful she thought to keep his locks in an envelope for me! (She knows me so well! hehe) I was able to reuse some scrapbooking packaging (Jenni Bowlin chipboard packet) to put his hair in after I cut it down to fit in the pocket. I sealed it with Tombo glue and Washi tape. I love how it can be seen in there, yet still be secure for years to come.

As usual, I'm pretty excited for the coming week. I'm using some new tags made by my best friend, Kristina!  They're absoutely adorable and I can't wait to incorporate them into our album!  Check them out here if you're interested for your own Project Life!

Oh, and how much did I melt when I Grayson came by while I was taking photos for this post the other day and showed genuine interest in my Project Life? VERY!

Proud and happy mama here! ;)