Scrapbooking 101

There is a whole world of scrapbooking out there that I have so much to learn about just like I am learning how to blog. Man, where have I been? Under a rock I guess.
I must be honest and say that I have pondered the option of buying a pre-made scrapbook, 1 to save time and 2 to save money. However, I feel like it is more personal if I make the scrapbook myself.
My daughter will turn 1 in August and I would like to give her a scrapbook of her first year with us.
What a very special year it has been. I am totally digging this whole Mommy thing and becoming more domesticated every day...yeah!!

We just recently took Zoe on her first beach trip!! The beach embelishment page would be so cool to own. It would go along perfect with the other events I want to highlight from her first year.

Won't you pick me for this awesome give away. I have never entered a competition before on blogger. So, I am a newbie to contest entering as well and to twittering. I am learning so much. Watch out as I love free stuff and I am competitive so now that I have entered my first contest, I am sure I will enter many more in the future and who knows one day one of you may be entering a contest I am giving.

Happy Blogging and Good luck to everyone.

Make sure you visit Poohs Corner for this awesome give away!!

Wrinkle Free Thursday

I was hoping to have a wrinkle free Thursday, this means my day is absolutely perfect, no wrinkles in my plans but Zoe had other ideas.
Actually this happened last night but it is still very fresh on my mind today and when I say fresh, I mean I can still smell the smell on my nose. What are you talking about you ask, ok well here goes. For dinner last night we fed Zoe, sweet potatoes and bananas in the jar. Then she had half a piece of cheese torn up into small bits but she ate all of it. Then we decided we would let her try meat for the first time. That's right folks, good ole pork roast. She tried one itty bitty bite of pork, gagged a couple of times and threw up everything she had just eaten. Luckily she had a big with the food catcher pocket on at the time so it caught the throw up but man did it stink. I still have that smell in my nose. Poor baby right? That is what we thought. We thought ok, she is probably going to drink a big bottle tonight before bed, wrong. She drank 3 0z and crashed, slept all night long. I thought, ok, she is going to be hungry this morning, wrong, she drank 2 oz and wanted nothing more to do with her bottle. Crazy. This kid is super petite. I am very frustrated with the solid feeding, finger food feeding. She likes nothing we have tried yet and we are no closer in teaching her to eat on her own. Any advice from all of you Mommies? I am just going to keep continuing to put things in front of her for her to try, I mean what elses can I do? Hopefully she will start getting use to the texture of the food and start enjoying "big girl" eating sooner rather than later. I keep second guessing myself and worrying that I am not doing something right!!

Emergency Room visit number 2 in 10 months!!

Yep, that's right...we visited Scottish Rite (Spelling) Childrens Hopsital yesterday afternoon. I'm not sure if it was the cantalope or the avacado or something else that broke Zoe out but man did she give us a scare. Ok, she gave me a scare....Dad wasn't as worried as me. She had some strange breathing going on, plus some weird twitching going on (similar to what I would think) a seizure would look like. I've never seen anyone have a seizure before but what Zoe was doing reminded me of what I would think one looked like. Couple that with the rash on her arms (that daycare failed to mention to me throughout the day) and a few hives on her arms and we did a dash for the ER. Of course once we got there, she had settled down and it seemed that all was happy again in her world. It was a reaction to something so she got a dose of Benadryl and we were on our way home. The rash is still there today but it doesn't look as red...yeah!! Hopefully by tomorrow she will be 100% again and ready to spend some quality girl time with Mommy as her Daddy is going to play golf with some of his buddies. Anyway, this first time Mommy worrisome that I have got going on has to get better right??? I mean I can't go continue to stress so much over every little thing that happens to baby girl right? They say that by the time baby number 2 comes along that you are much more relaxed and prepared for the second child...I hope so, my poor heart can't take much more. I want to give a shout out to Dylon, Lindsay and Bentley who have just recently undergone open heart surgery. Man, you three continue to amaze me with your strength. Keep on keeping on and us blog friends will continue to keep up the prayers and well wishes!! I am truly inspired by each of your stories. That's all for now. Peace out!!

Praying for Lindsay

Please keep baby Lindsay in your prayers. She just went through open heart surgery and she is doing great. Please pray for her continued recovery. Keep fighting princess!!
Our Blessing From God

Pray for Dylon

Big prayers are going out to the Smith family today and their little boy Dylon who is undergoing heart surgery. All of us blog friends will wait patiently to hear some good news. My heart is with the Smith family today and always. May they draw strenth from our beloved father and from each other.

WHERE DID THE TIME GO?

My baby is 10 months old today. Some of the cool things she is currently doing is crawling everywhere, she has learned how to crawl up the steps. We have been trying to find a gate that would fit the opening as it is not a typical "door frame" size...any suggestions? Babies R Us, Target nor Wal-Mart carry the size we need. Zoe finally learned how to say Mama. She has been saying Da Da for some time now. I was getting worried that Mama would never get props from Zoe but she finally can say Mama, this came out of no where but it's awesome! She is pullin up and "crusing" the furniture. It will not be long before she is walking. The sweet baby is sleeping through the night almost every night. She loves bath time and playing with her bath toys. She is trying all kinds of new foods and some of her facial expressions are hilarious! Parenthood is the absolute, hands down the coolest thing I've ever done.

Happy Early Birthday my precious little angel! Mommy loves you with all of her heart and I am so proud of my baby girl!!

First of many beach trips!!

Fun time at Aunt Andrea and Uncle Ashley's!! I had the best time at the beach. I must have mistaken the sand for my oatmeal because I couldn't keep the sand out of my mouth. It tasted just like my oatmeal (no flavor) and had the same consistency!! Mommy and Daddy did a good job keeping me from getting sun as I have very fair "Lockette" complexion. I was hoping to get my Mommies complexion but like most other things, I am just like my Daddy!! That's ok though, my Daddy is a hunk, at least in my Mommie's eyes!! Anyway, I loved the beach and the pool. The pool reminded me of my bathtub back home, except much colder. I hated the ocean however. The big waves were extra scary and the fact that there are so many unknown things floating in the water really scared me. My Mommy isn't a fan of the ocean either, although she has learned to go a little further out everytime she goes to the beach.

We had the best time at the beach. We went on my first beach trip when I was 9 months old.

I am 10 months old today...Happy early Bday to me!!!