After All These Years

{Announcing}

It's a boy!

 

I am so happy to announce the safe arrival of our baby boy!

Noah William

4.37kg or 9lb10oz

19-7-2011

It's taken me a little bit to post this . . . still settling in! We had a bit of scary drama the week before the birth (that's a story for another day maybe). Close friends and family knew that we had a repeat caesarian booked for the 19th and it was such a different birth experience to the first one - in a positive way!

It wasn't without a little drama. Noah's head was quite stuck and facing the wrong way and it took a bit to get him out. He ended up being taken to special care nursery for the first 24hrs as he had some respiratory distress and needed some antibiotics also.

But all is well, we came home after a few days and are still getting used to the fact that it's a boy! LOL! Amelia is the best big sister - as suspected she won't leave poor Noah alone and showers him with kisses and cuddles.

Here's a very unflattering photo of me as we were leaving the hospital:

 

Thank you for all the best wishes I received before the birth! I loved reading each and every one!

 

{The Girl Can Accessorise!}

From a really young age, the 'girly' instinct kicked in for my daughter and she has loved to accessorise! It started with sunglasses and handbags now it's jewellry, shoes, hair clips and bands, jackets, you name it!

These photos needed a bright, fun layout!

 
A fairly simple layout but just what I was after! Zva Creative has heaps of gorgeous flowers in their range and the large pink one (FL-04CA-103) was perfect for this layout! It was actually a lot bigger but I took it apart so it fit my layout better - and I have the 'leftover' flower to use on another project!

 
I did need a couple of little bling swirls so I (once again) cut apart a much larger swirl (CR-04Ca-136) to get just the right amount to embellish the pocket!

I've also used some single pink rhinestones (CR-01CB-111) to highlight my strips of journaling.

Thanks for looking!

 

 

{Boy Or Girl?}

That is the question at the moment. I'm just dying to find out. We have a name picked out for a boy or girl, the baby's room is neutral, waiting for some colour once we find out the sex. Of course, a layout was necessary.

 
I've used patterned papers from the latest range from Echo Park Country Drive. And some Zva Creative goodies too!

 
Like that gorgeous white layered flower (FL-04CA-124) which is the centrepiece to this little embellishment cluster.

 

And something I've been wanting to do for ages - I've stitched a couple of large circles on the background and added a few coloured pearls. I've just used my plain white pearls (PE-02CB-1047) and coloured them pink and blue with Copic markers.

It's hard to see in the photos but I have a kraft envelope behind one of the photos with some hidded journaling - our names we have chosen!

Stay tuned to find out the answer to the question! By this time next week we will know! Eeek!

 

{Waiting & Last Chance!}

I'm still here . . . still waiting for baby to arrive . . . growing bigger every single day! LOL! I'm at the really uncomfortable stage now hence the lack of blog posts and scrapping!

 

On the crafty front, In case you haven't heard the fabulous Kim Archer has launched her very own online magazine and the first issue came out last week.

 
If you haven't already, head over to the website here and take a look. I'm excited to say that I've contributed a layout to the first issue, and there are a couple of mentions of my Greatest View etsy shop too!

And finally, I just want to let you know that I'll be closing my shop down on Friday for a few weeks while I have the baby. I'm planning to re-open in August (if all goes according to plan) so if there's something you are after, you can still place orders up until then.