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I’m pretty sure that’s what Nic was thinking when I snapped this shot…

Hahaha! This picture cracks me up! I have to tell you, the first few months after Nic was born were ROUGH…to say the least. I think he’s turned a corner and life might be a little easier from here on out. I can dream, right? Nah, I really it’s gonna be easy breezy {as compared to the first few months} from here. He’s developing a very cute little personality and this picture just captures him being a little goofball.

As much as I could go on and on about my kiddos {as seen by the past 3 posts, too}, I will move on to the craftiness part of this post. TONIGHT is the big release for THE CAT’S PAJAMAS! There will be TWELVE new sets and FOUR new die/die sets available. I have been working my little {a relative term} hiney off getting all these samples done. Last week I showed my Dracula project, which at the time was my fave of this release. It’s fallen in the rankings to be a close second to my WITCHY card here…

A couple of detail shots…

I love playing with new Halloween images! These ones from TCP are fun and are great to color or paper piece. I chose to color this lil’ witch and then use my Sakura Stardust pen and rubbing alcohol filled aqua painter to create an all over glittery effect. I dove into my Halloween embellies and dusted off some that I fell in love with when I purchased them, but then they sat and sat until a card to perfectly marry them with was made. The calendar page is from Jenni Bowlin and the little spider is K&Co. The button is topped off with some of that great TCP Divine Twine that I can’t put down. That open pinked border is also from TCP and is one of the new CutUps that is part of this release.

As I noted earlier, TONIGHT is the big release. We’ll be having a release party on our forum on SCS from 9-11pm EST. There will be games and prizes, so I hope that you will join us!

I’ll leave you with one more picture of Nic from that same photo shoot…

Kinda cute, right? Check out that tooth!

We are getting into the swing of things here. Nic has a little attitude that can be a bit exhausting at times, but I think that we are starting to figure out what the heck he wants and when he wants it. I’m pretty sure that our windows have rattled during a few of his fits! LOL! I have never considered “baby wearing” before, but I think that he might be a good candidate for it. Still thinking on that one though. There’s more pics of baby Nic at the end of this post, but first I want to show what I did for TCP Tuesday. This week’s challenge is to create a project using this picture as your inspiration…

Here’s my take on it. As you can see, this is certainly not a literal interpretation. I took the idea of “love” and “Valentine” along with some of the colors and created this card using The Cat’s Pajamas set, Be Still My Beating Heart and Sweet Thing Glitzy Glitter…

Detail shot…

Ok, now onto the baby pics…

Greetings! I have lots to share today, both stamping and non-stamping related.

First, I would like to thank the Cat Pack from The Cat’s Pajamas for surprising me with a Welcome Baby Boy Blog Hop as their TCP Tuesday this week. The start of the hop is HERE on Joanne’s blog. THANK YOU GIRLS!!

Second, I have another Verve sneak peek for you. Like yesterday, I made an ATC. Unlike yesterday, I didn’t make it into a card {just ran out of time before baby got here}. This is from the soon to be released set, Accent Notes…

Detail shot…

The Kraft paper with the white pattern is not DP, it’s stamped with white pigment ink with one of the accent stamps. The sentiment is framed under the stamped scallop circle frame that is popped up on glue dots. You can see more sneak peeks from the Verve DT on the Verve blog HERE.

Lots of family and friends have been asking about how everything baby went and for some more pics. Well, I will start out with the pics and then tell you the birth story.

Snappin’ to the beat…

Doing the Cha Cha…

Ellie giving her “Brudda” some love…

Nic with Gramama…

The story of Nic…
Last Wednesday Tony and I ventured to the hospital around 9am. I had to be there by 10 for my scheduled C-section {lil’ Nic was breach} at noon. We got there and did all the paperwork and such. The blood pressure machine said that I was calm, cool and collected, but my hands were pouring sweat. After they got me all hooked up to an IV we played the waiting game and watched America’s Funniest Home Videos on TV to keep my nerves {and Tony’s} at bay. Just a little before noon they came to get me to roll me away to the operating room. I thought that Tony would be with me the whole way, but he had to stay behind until I had my spinal block. That’s when I kinda lost it. I shed a few nervous tears and took some {really} deep breaths before they gave me some “Vitamin V”…aka a small dose of chill out drug. After I was numb, they went to get Tony. He said it seemed like an eternity waiting, but I think it was more like 15 minutes. My doc and his nurse {2 of my favorite people!} came in. Then the start of the surgery was called at 12:07pm and Nicolas was introduced to the world at 12:12pm. I remember talking to Tony a little during those 5 minutes and asking the doc what was happening, but none of the details really. After he was born, they brought him around and I couldn’t have been more delighted!! He was screaming like a mad cat and I had to laugh. After a bit, I was off to recovery and then off to the 4th floor where I called home for about 4 days. I couldn’t have been happier with all of the staff at the hospital! They were WONDERFUL! I think I had better service there than any hotel/resort I have ever stayed at…LOL! Now we are home, Nic is a week old and all is going well. Thank you to everyone for their love, support, friendship and well wishes. Love ya guys!!

‘DH’ again… more pics, mostly of big sister Ellie and her little brother.

This is the ‘DH’ commandeering the website for a few quick pics. Scroll down below to participate in Jen’s blog hop.

Introducing Nicolas Robert, 7lb 13oz… momma & baby doing great!