so, this weekend was SBO's (scrapbookeronline) 2 yr. anniversary...
to celebrate, each design team member hosted a challenge...I entered 3 anniversary and 1 monthly challenge...well, one of my entries won!!!
posted below is the entry (that won) from the ribbon challenge that Nikki hosted...
(congrats also to Shell to tied with me with her entry)


click one the link below to see other entries I made as well as other pages I have scrapped...(okay, so it's not clickable, so just copy/paste it into the address bar)

http://www.scrapbookeronline.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=1158

Tonikka, sorry it took me so long to get a pic of Shawnessy up, but better late than never, right???

things to do...

1) buy some socks that fit my son's abnormally long feet :) I don't think his 0-3 month socks have fit him since he was 1 month (if even).
2) get bunk beds in and set up.
3) call phone company and cancel old # so we're not paying for two phone numbers.
4) water the flowers I got on Sunday so I can maybe stay away from the ever so loving title "plant-killer".
5) load the dishwasher...AGAIN!!!
6) sit and ponder how a dog can possibly need to go to the bathroom more than I did as a 9 month pregnant woman.
7) tell the dog AGAIN I just took her out and she can wait.
8) keep trying to convince Will that we should go to Utah March 2-3 for a marriage retreat (I really want to go, he doesn't).
9) feed Scott...AGAIN!!! (dang, this kid can eat).
10) tell Will how wonderful I am for figuring out what was wrong with the printer so now we don't have to go buy a new one. (kinda sad, cause the one I wanted was also a fax...that woulda been nice to have).
11) try out my new breadmaker.

please go look at Scott's new blog...
http://scottie-land.blogspot.com

more things about me...

1. I place all cd's/dvd's in alphabetical order and put them in their cases so they are straight...(another neurotic tendency).
2. I don't mind washing, drying or folding laundry, but I hate putting it away.
3. when I was pregnant the smell of rotisserie chicken made me sick.
4. I still can't stand the smell of rotisserie chicken.
5. my favourite flower is a daisy.
6. I love scrapbooking.
7. I always sing along to songs that I love.
8. I am almost always singing or humming a song in my head throughout the day.
9. despite what Michelle says about a pool being hard work, I still want one.
10. I get so excited about Jo-Ann's and Michael's flyers for their 40% off coupons,
even when I know I can't afford to buy anything.
11. I have not met my father-in-law yet...he lives in Missouri.
12. I did call and talk to him once, though...he sounds very nice :)
13. because I am Canadian, our nephew, Collin, thinks he is part Canadian.
14. sometimes I have to ask Will how old I am cause I forget...I am SO serious when I say that!!! lol
15. I think my best feature is my eyes.
16. I think my worst is my legs.
17. I think my tush is pretty alright, too...lol
18. I can hardly wait to go to the San Diego Temple.
19. I prefer dogs over cats.
20. I think one of the best things in the world, is crawling into a bed that has just been made with sheets and blankets that are freshly washed. (it makes me wish I had the time to wash them every day)
21. I love the smell of fresh cut grass.
22. I wish I had a lawn to mow.
23. I hate drinking water.
24. I hate wearing shoes and socks.
25. I will choose sandals almost ANY DAY over shoes and socks.
26. I am very proud of my heritage.
27. I can't function among clutter.
28. I can be a bit of a pack rat if I'm not careful.
29. I love driving.
30. I get scared when trying new things.
31. I used to be very gullible.
32. I am now very skeptical.
33. I love salmon.
34. when I was pregnant, I swore there was not enough steak and seafood in the world to feed me.
35. sometimes I go into hysterics laughing and I can't breathe and I sound really weird.
36. I once thought a sign said "hypnotic gardening center" but it really said "hydroponic gardening center".
37. I couldn't figure out why they would try hypnotizing plants.
38. I cried for days when my wedding dress got lost by the courier company.
39. I had to buy a new dress a week before the wedding...it was nothing compared to my original dress.
40. I'm still kinda upset I didn't get to wear my original dress.
41. I had really bad heartburn before and during pregnancy, but not after.
42. we have a plant we call the Lazarus Plant...if we forget to water it for a long time, it starts to
wilt and droop and die...but then we just give it water and within an hour it's alive again...that's my kinda
plant...unkillable. :)
43. I am a plant killer...I can't help it.
44. I can keep a child alive, but not a plant...except Lazarus, of course. (and in all fairness, I don't think we can REALLY say I keep it alive)
45. I hate it when I forget my wedding rings on the bathroom counter...I feel naked without them.
46. I love soft tortillas all wrapped up with apple, cheese and peach yogourt inside.
47. I ate a dog treat at christmas...at first, it wasn't so bad, then, yeah, not so good :)
48. I hate clothes shopping for myself.
49. I hate bra shopping even more.
50. I think I will get that sexy haircut a few posts down after I lose the weight I want to and feel more self confident.
51. I hate being late.
52. when I want something done, I want it done now...I hate waiting.
53. I think $20 for a picture with Santa is a total scam.
54. we have a change jar that we put all our change in...one day we will roll it all and cash it in.
55. I wish I knew what hair products I could use to help my hair's natural curls be more defined.
56. I have no clue how to do makeup...I really wish I did, though.
57. I have a HUGE permanent knot in my right shoulder blade...I don't think it will ever go away (even though I would love it to).

one of the ladies from scrapbookeronline.com posted this today on one of the forums and so I thought I would share it with all of you...
make sure you remember to press stop on the video at the bottom of my page so music from both videos don't overlap...

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so, I got my Valentine's Day present...
I know it is early, but Will figured why wait to give it to me...so, naturally, I didn't argue...
he got me the pink razr phone...I have wanted one of these for quite awhile now, and he thought of it last night (after water leaked from his water bottle in his gym bag on his phone...oops!!!)...so, he went and got each of us a razr...but his is silver...not pink :)
so, I have been busy trying to figure it out, get the ringtone I like and enter all my family and friend's numbers...that took awhile :)
I have not given him my present to him yet...he has to wait until dinner tomorrow night...but tonight we are going to See's Chocolates to buy each other a chocolate...I hope I get a mint truffle...those are super yummy!!!
well, I better go keep cleaning the kid's room while Scott is sleeping...I do, after all, want a place to put a desk so I can scrapbook...

do you think that I could pull off this hairstyle???
basically same haircut, except that her hair is longer in the pic with it curled...

100 things about me...

1. my favourite colour is red.
2. I live in California, but am Canadian all the way.
3. I make a point of calling it pop...not soda.
4. I also make a point of saying "zed", not "zee".
5. I "heart" scrapbooking.
6. when I was 6, I fell asleep on the toilet after my sister's b-day party...
7. there is a picture to prove it.
8. I have a hard time finding perfume that sticks to my skin for hours.
9. I am a mother.
10. I am also a step-mother.
11. I think I am addicted to chocolate.
12. I think "beanie" is a dumb word...it's a "toque", okay???
13. I think it's totally sexy that my husband is a cop...
14. and I think he is totally sexy in his uniform.
15. I love camping...the real camping in a tent...
16. but I secretly would like a big fancy schmancy rv one day...or at least pretend I could afford one.
17. I went hunting for rabbits with Will once, and found a tarantula.
18. I am not a neat-freak.
19. I love watching my son sleep.
20. I love steamed broccoli with grated cheese on top.
21. I am taller than my husband, Will.
22. I got married at a park that overlooks the ocean.
23. I have a beautiful dog (despite what my family says), Shawnessy.
24. I don't like 85f+ weather (30c)...it's just too hot.
25. and I hate 107f.
26. I am addicted to lip balm.
27. I love buying "just because" gifts for Will.
28. I was born 9 days before Christmas.
29. I never got scammed for gifts because of that.
30. I won an iPod at the grocery store.
31. I entered a watermelon eating contest at the zoo when I was a kid and won!!!
32. my auntie entered a pie eating contest the same day and she won, too.
33. I played flute gr. 6-12.
34. I love keeping in touch with family.
35. I won a spelling bee in gr. 3.
36. my favourite NKOTB was Joey McIntyre, baby :)
37. I remember him being on Oprah and gushing to my mum about how cute he was.
38. my favourite track and field sport was hurdles.
39. I would buy hurdles off eBay if I had a big backyard.
40. have I mentioned yet that I am addicted to eBay???
41. the first time I was at the ocean, I was 26.
42. the first time I went to Disneyland I was 26.
43. my current favourite tv shows are Scrubs and Ugly Betty.
44. I started blogging when I came to California for the first time.
45. I count stairs.
46. I have other neurotic tendencies that I just don't know how to describe.
47. 47 is one of my favourite numbers...I have many.
48. I miss my family.
49. I check my email all too often.
50. I don't know how I am going to think of another 50 things.
51. I don't know how I thought up the last 50 things.
52. I drive a very big and sexy Dodge Dakota truck.
53. I am freaked out by mascots...I think they're creepy.
54. I hate playing board games.
55. come to think of it, I hate card games, too.
56. I will play solitaire, but only on the computer and it makes me mad sometimes.
57. I hate reading.
58. I love my digital camera.
59. I "heart" Target.
60. I want to lose 40 lbs.
61. I should probably drastically reduce my intake of chocolate to do that.
62. in gr. 6, I told my dad if he loved me he would buy me the NKOTB biography books.
63. in gr. 6, I got those books.
64. I was total teacher's pet in gr. 10 social.
65. I had the highest mark in class in gr. 10 social.
66. I studied French for 8 years.
67. I studied German for 3 years.
68. I did better in German than French.
69. I also am addicted to hand lotion.
70. I remember making blueberry pies with Grandma D with fresh blueberries we picked on Blueberry Island.
71. I remember her almost having a heart attack at seeing me eat a pork chop with my hands.
72. I have been told many times, but still don't know, how to set a proper place setting.
73. I guess I really don't care what side the fork or spoon should be on.
74. I try to be a good cook...
75. it doesn't always work out well for me.
76. I REALLY need to pluck or wax my brows.
77. I would like to learn how to play classical guitar.
78. I need a seriosuly low maintenance hair style so I can wear my hair down.
79. I want to go back and visit my family and friends in Canada.
80. I remember thinking I was dressing all stylish in high school.
81. I really wasn't.
82. I cried when I saw my grad pictures.
83. Kari-Lynn said she woulda cried too if hers looked like mine did.
84. I love my sister, Kari-Lynn :)
85. I am not photogenic.
86. I get frustrated real easy sometimes.
87. I want to go to Scotland, Ireland and Italy.
88. when I grew up I wanted to drive the trucks with all the new cars on them.
89. I also wanted to be a ballerina and a firefighter and a paramedic.
90. I am none of the above.
91. I have 10 things left, and I have to leave the house now.
92. I hate socks.
93. I used to say, "I don't bet suckers, I get them free for Halloween"...such a nerdbomb...lol
94. I never flipped a u-turn before coming to California.
95. I "heart" the higher speed limits down here.
96. I hate forgetting my wedding rings on the bathroom counter when I leave the house.
97. I have entirely too much change in my change purse.
98. I am a people-pleaser.
99. I think 'Fergie-licious' and 'My Humps' are the worst "songs" (and I used that term loosely) EVER written.
100. I am Bunny-licious. (if you wanna know the definition of that, ask Will).

so, apparently Will and his mom were not kidding when they said that by last night or today, I would feel like someone had slugged me in the arm (because of the tetanus shot)...it hurts so bad...it actually feels like an infection mixed with muscle pain...you know when you have a cut that gets red around it and infected and hurts...that's what it feels like!!!
sucks to be me...

oh, if pin cushions has feeling...
I could tell you exactly how they feel...
I had the opportunity today to get a few needles...
I had my immigration dr. appt. today and, to say the least, I got a few pokes...5 to be exact :)
now I don't have an issue woth getting needles, they don't bother me, but 5 times is a lot of times to get poked...they took blood, gave me a TB skin test (they inject liquid just below the skin's surface so I could actually see my skin bubble up at the place of injection...that was weird...lol), gave me tetanus shot, chickenpox shot (I can really see why I needed that one...lol), and MMR (measles, mumps, rubella)...
so, that was my fun day...
after that, we met up with my mil and went to lunch at a bbq place...it sure was scrummy :)
well, I guess that is all for now...

so I figure it is by inspiration alone that I started calling Scott "Chunky Monkey" for a nickname...
we had his 2 month check-up today and, well, he's definitely a chunky monkey...
he is weighing in at a whopping 13lbs 2 oz (and he's only 2 months old)...the chart has that weight for 4 month olds...lol
and he is 23 3/4 in. long...
so, he is 4 oz. shy of 5 lbs heavier and has grown 2 3/4 in. since birth...
but for what it's worth, the dr. isn't concerned...he said it is a significant weight gain, but it's not abnormal (so, I guess Maigan and Madisyn are abnormal being as they weigh the same, pretty much, at 6 & 7 months...lol) whatever helps me sleep at night, right??? hee hee
I guess he's a healthy boy :)

I WON!!! I WON!!! I WON!!!
which I might add was very busy from everybody buying food for their SuperBowl party (but that's beside the point) and they have just finished doing a huge remodeling job of Von's (aka Safeway), so they are doing a grand re-opening party thing...free samples and prizes (apparently) and stuff...
so, I'm going through the checkout and in the aisle next to me, aisle 4, the cashier proclaims over the intercom that the customer who has just paid has just won an i-Pod...cool!!! that's cool that they are giving away i-Pod's...
then it's my turn to pay, at aisle 3...so, I pay and as she is ready to hand me my receipt, she gets on the intercom and announces that a customer in aisle 3 has just won an i-Pod!!! well, that would be me!!!
how cool is that??? I never win anything, and I win an i-Pod!!!
I was giggling the whole way home...I called my husband, my mum and my sister to tell them :) I'm such a nerd, I know...but this is a cool thing to win...
it kinda made me wonder, though...had I driven and not walked to the store, would I have still happened to be a winner??? if I had gone through an express lane instead of a normal lane, would I have won??? if it hadn't taken the bakery section so long to help me, would I have still won???
I'm so glad I won!!!
so, I had to just share my happiness!!!

here's a video of our little boy "getting his groove on"...lol
(now, there is music on this video, so make sure you turn off the music video first by scrolling to the bottom of the blog page, and pressing stop or pause on the music video) :)

I know that every mother says this, but I cannot get over how cute my kid is...
I just downloaded a few pics I had on my camera and I just am overwhelmed...he truly is a beautiful child...and he holds such a special place in my heart...
I have been so blessed to have him in my life...I love getting to know him...I love how he gets upset when I leave the room (okay, that is frustrating sometimes), I love how he smiles when he sees me, or I know that he's crying cause his diaper is wet or if he's hungry or if he's tired...

I love his personality...how he bops his head around when I'm standing him in my lap, and how he will totally stop crying as soon as the wet diaper breaks contact with his skin, how he'll clench his legs so I can't put the new diaper on (trust me, this kid is strong)...how he'll smile when I ask him if he has a smile for mama...
I love that he has been holding his head up since he was 3 days old, and how he can push himself up on my lap to a standing position (of course, while being supported)...
it's funny how sometimes he just wants to be held...he doesn't want food, he doesn't want to sleep, he doesn't want to sit...he just wants picked up and held...and sometimes, okay, most times, being held just isn't good enough if it's not his mama holding him :)
now that's a special feeling...

anyone with kids can relate to this post, I am sure, and for anyone who doesn't have children yet, it is an incredible experience...
all these things that I have mentioned and so many more are worth more than most other things in life...
I feel so lucky and blessed to be trusted by God with this precious child, and I hope and pray that as he gets older that he will feel the same way about having me as his mother...I pray that he is proud of me and thinks the world of me and will trust me and know how much I love him...but i imagine that is what every mother hopes for...
well, that's an ode to my son...
now for some more of the preciously adorable pictures of him that inspired this post...