Not 1,not 2, but THREE times!!!

I have been pretty much stressed since before Thanksgiving. Since Thanksgiving though my stress levels have gone through the roof.

A few days ago I realized I was late.

Not for work.

Not for school.

A week late.

Ya know......{whispers}...... for "my friend"!!

GASP!! GASP!! GASP!!

Tell me about it!!

This made me MORE stressed! And FREAKED OUT!!!

I am done with the 2 beautiful, healthy kids I have. I am over getting up every 2 hrs. I am through changing diapers.

And yes I did think of the blessing that a new baby would be.....for someone else -- I'm DONE!!!
(not that I wouldn't love a baby BUT......KWIM???)

So yesterday I broke down & got a 2pk pregnancy test. I had to know. It's been awhile since I bought one of these so I chose this one thinking "it's easy". I mean c'mon, it says so right on the package.

Well I went & used the 1st stick....waited the 5 minutes, and got.........an error message. Crap!

So before going to bed I decided to give it another try. I had to know!!!

Know what happened?

I got an error message!! I swear someone's messing with me!!

So this morning on the way to work I stopped by Target & picked up a 3 pack of the kind I used way back when. Yes a 3 pack, cause I wasn't taking any chances.

I waited to do the test until I dropped Gianna off at school, then I got down to business. Within seconds I saw some activity.....................and finally got my results................1 simple line. Know what that means??

I'm just STRESSED!!

WHEW!! I called Joe & told him I am a lunatic & that I passed my test--finally! It only took 3 stinkin' times!!

ETA: In case you're not familiar with pregnancy tests, 1 line means you're NOT pregnant. So there are NO maternity clothes in my future!!

Dominic's Christening

It's been a weekend of babies for us! Today we had a Christening for my cousin Angelo's baby boy, Dominic (sound Italian??). He and his wife Jennifer live in FL (LUCKY) & are Disney Fanatics like Joe & I.

Here I am happily getting my baby fix. Believe it or not this was the first time I've held a baby & not felt "the urge" to have another. Interesting..........

Here's the happy little family.
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While this weekend has been fun, I'm tired!!! I'm glad the girls are off from school this week...somewhat.

Sabrina's 1st Birthday

Today was my little girlfriend Sabrina's 1st birthday!! Her mom Patrizia & I have been friends since the 7th grade way back in 1987!! Still blows my mind that we're both married & have kids. She's now expecting baby #2!!

Anyway back to the birthday girl....
We went to her party & got to see her be the belle of the ball! She is just a happy baby!Here she is as the clown is painting Elmo on her hand.My girls will never pass up the opportunity to get their faces painted!! Marissa was a Butterfly...Gianna was "Ariel-the-Mermaid", that's how she says it.

Here's the birthday girl singing "Itsy Bitsy Spider"

She was mesmerized by the puppet's mouth & kept putting her hand in.

Happy family of 3, soon to be family of four come July.

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY SABRINA!!!!

Cards

Once again I'm behind on my sharing. I made these cards way back when I made these LO's.

***Colors are off but I left the pics dark for detail....don't judge me.....


I was channeling my "inner Laura" on the 1st card. She inspires me with all her wonderful ideas!

This was pretty simple & pretty quick.

This next one was another "WWLD" moment (what would Laura do?")

So there's some more scrappiness I wanted to share. Enjoy!

FYI...Once again I just wanted to state that I'm NOT preggers....really!!

I Scrapped!

I now know the real reason why I can't scrap during the day & have to wait for everyone to be in bed.

THEY INTERRUPT ME TOO MUCH!!

Oh and I spend a lot of time online...but that's not my point!

Somehow through all the interruptions, I managed to create some LO's. I stayed off the computer & played with papers & pics until it came together & made me happy.

The only thing is I didn't do any Disney LO's. Nope! Not a one! I figured I wouldn't feel guilty if scrapping these would break me out of the dry spell I was having. Besides they didn't take as long as mini album would so I feel no guilt in taking a break from the Disney albums. The topic that I scrapped is way off of Disney as they could possibly be!

The only reason I can give of wanting to scrap these are that I found the journal that I kept when I was pregnant with Gianna & it brought back so many memories of the belly. So I dug up these pics.

Looking back, I wish I had taken pics of the belly each month, but I didn't so these are the best I've got. I have even less when I carried Marissa. Both of my girlfriends in the pics had boys & both had different due dates than me. I actually scrapped this LO second & kept it pretty simple. The colors are REALLLLLLLY better IRL. I swear!

This LO was inspired by Amy's, you can see her LO here. I went & channeled my inner Laura on this LO. I used buttons & floss AND I used my new threading water punch! LOVE that thing!!

So there! I did get some creative juices flowing & I'm a happy girl!

FYI--Just in case you're wondering....I AM NOT PREGNANT!!!

Cutie Patootie

Today I got to get my baby fix! My girlfriend Patrizia came over today to visit with her little sweetie pie Sabrina. I just could not put her down! She's got this amazing amount of hair that's so silky smooth. Love her to bits! When I see babies this little it almost makes me want another. I said ALMOST!!!! LOL!! It was so good to sit & play with a baby while having adult conversation.

As for scrapping, I forced myself to play with some patterned paper trying to pick one to go with a pic. I found a LO that inspired me in "Page Maps" by Becky Fleck. I'm not following the sketch exactly but I'm playing around with some ideas so I'm happy. At least it's better than the block that's been plaguing me!

Just call me - MUSH!

Today I finally got to meet my girlfriend Patrizia's new baby. I can not tell you enough how she just melted me! I'm just a big pile of mush I tell ya! She's beautiful and tiny and sweet and just precious!! She just brought back so many memories of my girls when they were little! It's amazing how fast they grow & how easily you forget how tiny they were! Look!! She's just perfect!!

Sabrina

I was in such a good mood just for the fact that I got to spend some time catching up with Trizia! Holy crap! I just did the math & realized we've been friends since 1987! That's 21 years ago!!! O-M-G!! It seems like we just got out of high school & now we're both mommies! That just blows my mind! Where did 21 years go???? I think my mind just shut down.....

After I un-willingly left little Sabrina I went to pick Marissa up from school. She comes out with the biggest smile & tells me that she lost a tooth (her bottom tooth)!! She has been wanting to acheive this fascinating accomplishment while at school because then everyone treats you like something of a celebrity in class--you know "Can I see your tooth?". She went to the school nurse & was given a little treasure box to bring her tooth home in. Seeing how happy she was made my day an even happier one.

BTW-Today the Girl Scout Cookie orders were due. Wanna know whose daughter was the top seller? Mine! Not that I would brag or anything...just sayin'!! Wanna know something else? Today's snack mom brought in.......brownies!!! I went back to my car & just LAUGHED!!

It's Raining....

It's POURING!! The old man is nowhere in sight! Seriously. It's coming down in bursts. Now I think it's letting up.....

I'm off to visit my girlsfriend Patrizia's baby, little Sabrina. I can't wait!! I'm sure I'll come home later telling Joe I'm ready for #3. I already warned him about that & told him to smack me if that happens!! LOL!!

Yesterday I got my Feb. Kit from Heather over at Scrapbook Bakery. Can I just take a minute to say it is such a FUN looking kit! It's all reds & pinks & so Valentine-ish!! I'm not even putting it away because I can't wait to play with it!

Which brings me to mention how crazy I've been this year so far with a Scrapping Shopping Spree (say that 3x fast!!). For Christmas Joe gave me some pre-paid credit cards with some obscene amounts of money on them & I let loose! Things I have been drooling over are now in my possession. My only problem now is where to store all this stuff! So instead of being scrappy in 2008 I've been re-organizing my supplies (which I seem to do every Jan). I'm just itching to scrap!! Yesterday I started going through some pics to get ideas on what I what to start with & can not wait for some free time!

Speaking of free time I don't see any in my near future.
Today besides my baby visit, I have to go vote & just for the record it will NOT be for Hilary!!

Then I have to tally up all of Marissa's Girl Scout cookie orders because it's due today when I drop her off for her meeting. And no I'm not the snack mom today! LOL!

Then tomorrow myself & the cookie manager will be here in my messy house to enter in all the orders together. Apparently I somehow volunteered to help out. I have got to learn to keep my big mouth SHUT!

Then the rest of the week I seriously have to clean my house because we will possibly be celebrating Joe's birthday this weekend since it falls on the 12th & that's a Tues. Somehow we still haven't decided on which day.

So that's my week of craziness. Hopefully I can pace myself & get it all done & not wait until the last minute. I usually do put things off till the last minute & then get pissed off at myself. Sorry I'm grumbling but that's what I do best.

Oh & in case you're wondering...it stopped raining & there's the slighest hint of -dare I say-sun peeking through the clouds. That's all from the weather desk--carry on.

Guessed right!

I was right! Susan went into labor & now has a healthy baby boy to smother with love!

Congratulations Susan!!

Guessing....

Since checking her blog earlier & reading her post I have to guess that Susan is in labor. I just want to send some "Happy Thoughts" & LOTS of LUCK her way! Just thinking about her.....

GOOD LUCK SUSAN!!!

Welcome little one!!

I just found out my girlfriend Patrizia just had her baby girl last night! We've been friends since 7th grade & I can't tell you how excited I am to see her happily married & now with a precious little angel to love! So I just wanted to say....

WELCOME TO THE WORLD

SABRINA ALESSANDRA!!!

Can you believe it???

Tomorrow is THANKSGIVING!!!! I have warned Joe that I will be drinking. This is not something that I normally do but due to the fact that his Dad will be here to drive my stress level to the ROOF I will be drinking. Got that? For the past week Joe's told me that his dad has asked if he should bring any pastries & each time Joe tells him no. Now my F-I-L KNOWS I bake whether he knows that it's fun for me is another question but he KNOWS I bake. So today after I got home from doing a little shopping I check the machine & see that his dad called. Can ya GUESS WHY he called? Yep you did--He wanted to know if he should bring PASTRIES!!! Can you BELIEVE the man?? He DOES NOT LISTEN! THIS is WHY I'll be drinking!!!

On a different note. For about a week now I've had URGES. GET YOUR MINDS OUT OF THE GUTTER!! No wait it's ok-it's true BUT that's not the point of this little story!!! You'll NEVER guess what those URGES are for either.... Not sure where the 1st urge came from exactly but the 2nd urge came last night flashing on my screen saver. I had the urge to have another BABY! I saw the cutest little pic of Gianna from when she was about 18 months old & it struck a motherly chord in me.

Now Joe would LOVE to add on to our family but I've said for awhile now that I'm done. The girls are both at the point when it's fun to go places without lugging a diaper bag among other reasons. Why does the urge still hit me when I'm thrilled with my 2 happy & HEALTHY girls?? Could you believe it's all the sweet little baby things that I've been keeping "just in case". Could you believe I'm one of those people that just aren't happy unless they have a baby attached to their hip?? hmmmmmm.... Maybe I'm an insane women that's escaped from a mental institution...could you believe THAT??