Zane jumperooed himself to sleep

a whole lot of jumping in the jumperoo makes Zane tired

follow Santa around the world

NORADSANTATRACKER
I always thought this was a nice site to get the kids excited about Santa's journey to deliver presents to all the children all over the world.

Enjoy - go get your little ones excited.

our house in the middle of our street

We have keys!!!! to our new house ;-) to new beginnings and new memories to be made - to happy days ahead.

rediscovering Calvin&Hobbes

these snow themed Calvin&Hobbes totally make me smile, giggle and laugh....

MORE Calvin&Hobbes SNOWMEN

look who just turned 8

Phoenix just turned 8!!! where did the time go???? Daddy made it home just in time for the B-day celebration.

Happy Birthday big boy (and big brother - note Zane at 5 months!)

and now you know too...

so if you ever wondered why birds are black, Phoenix got it all figured out !!!

about my Tattoos

A layout about my decision to pick timeless designs for my tattoo choices at a time when a lot of people where getting flowers or cartoon characters. I knew then that I wanted them to be neutral if you can call body art neutral. I never regretted them.

Green Kids crafts

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StampinUp Thanksgiving Special SALE

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Happy Thanksgiving

...here kitty kitty...

Nala has no shame - she lays down in all places baby... so far I've caught her in the maxi cosi (car seat), the babybathtub, and now the crib....

Look at Zane he's loving having Nala hang out with him, and he sure has a death grip on her neck ;-)

enter to win

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Grateful

I am not a huge thanksgiving fan - but I have a great appreciation for the little things in life. I am grateful that I have 2 healthy children and just wanted to say it out loud. I love my children more than life itself and I would be totally devastated if anything were to ever happen to them. I feel so sorry for all the families out there that have sick children and there's nothing they can do for them.

I am grateful - I truly am and I will cherish every moment with my little monsters because you just never know what tomorrow holds. I will go cuddle with them now.... be back soon....

It has been 4 months

wow time flies - baby Zane just turned 4 months and he is just perfect. Full of smiles (we're still trying to capture a real good one on camera) but here's one that kinda captures his silly nature...

Phoenix is being a great big brother and spends lots of quality time talking to Zane and playing with him. They really enjoy each others company, I can only imagine how much mischief these two will get themselves into over the years....

Zane is here

checking into the clinic today

So excited to meet this guy tomorrow ;-)

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Hier die Richtige Loesung - von MyTho

Der Stempel mit der Rockstar-Stern findet sich im Spring/Summer katalog ´09, auf Seite 20, die Produkte für die Hostessen:
A Little Somethin’ 113415 (level 2)

Paßt das so?
Gruß und schönen Tag noch,
Wiebke - MyTho

Thank you card

Using only Stampin Up products - card I made for Charlene who hosted my Babyshower.

List of materials:
Stamps – Stempel :
Hostess set Level 1 – sweet little sentiments
Jumble Alphabet

Ribbon – Band:
From SaleABration 2009

Punch – Stanzer:
Scallop edge

Cardstock:
Certainly celery
Bashful blue
Barely banana

Patterned paper:
Parisian breeze

Ink – Stempelkissen:
Chocolate chip

Rockstar Attitude

A Layout about Phoenix's obsession to become a ROCKSTAR. He still gets shy though when I sneak up on him to take pictures. I cut along the PP to use the elements I really wanted to keep on my page and also to add dimension and make some elements pop.
just like the rest of the LO distressed and inked edges - ribbon accents in coordinating colors (american crafts)
This detail is a Stampin Up stamp (hostess level 2 - a little somethin')stamped with archival ink on a paper bag and covered in glossy accents (ranger)
and here a picture of the Kahihikolo Tribe at Chris Cornell concert in Luxembourg on 9 June 2009 - Phoenix's 1st live concert experience ;-)

BLOG candy over here

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3 Omens

This is a LO I made after the birth of Phoenix in December 2001 - showing 3 omens that showed up in my life between 1999 and 2000.
The description of the photos are on the tags below the respective photo.

I've been thinking a lot lately about how I felt during my first pregnancy 7 years ago. The biggest memory apart from being super-excited to become a mom was overshadowed by the 911 attacks (I was 6 months pregnant).
This time around I don't feel anything like I did back then - less worry, more relaxed, I am as sick during this one though as I was during the first one. Unable to really eat most days because of the constant nausea I have only gained 7 pounds in 35 weeks. Baby will be here on July 3rd and we can hardly wait to meet the little man.
We are having a really hard time deciding on a name this time around - See my poll on the side bar (Just for fun!).

Baby countdown is on

Wow - time flies doesn't it - in 1 month exactly our new baby boy will be coming into this world. Kepa, Phoenix and I are very excited to meet the new guy, which doesn't have a name yet because we can't agree on any ....

A winner

has been chosen for my MAY RAK

CONGRATULATIONS TO

RACHEL


Please contact me with your mailing address ;-)

Memorial Day Layout

In Honor of Memorial Day I wanted to share this Layout with you.
Yet another Phoenixsm - he put this 'memorial' together at a beach in spain and had a very logical explanation as to what it represented (this happened completely unrelated to the actual Memorial day the Photos were taken sometime in February 2007)- I will post some more detailed photos later on (camera battery died on me).

fell off my pledge there ...

at fault is the nice weather - keeping me away from the computer.... and still the extreme tiredness that comes with Anemia (Iron Deficiency) but enough excuses. I am preparing my next posts in advance so I can get this Blog updated more efficiently and more quickly..

Bilder mit dir

A LO of myself with LaithAlDeen a German Soul R&B Singer having dinner in 2000 - the title is a take on one of his most famous songs (Pictures of you - I turned it a bit around and called it - pictures WITH you.

Ein LO von mir mit LaithAlDeen beim Sushi Dinner in 2000 - Der Titel ist eine Anspielung an seinen Hit - "Bilder von Dir" von damals.

Migraines suck

After a looong while whithout any serious headaches - but boy oh boy what a migraine from Hell did I just go through - ice packs and IMITREX got me through it but it still sucked.

Perfect Bubble

A circle (bubble) inspired Layout starting with the polkadot patterned papers - I used transparency to create the title (TIP: print mirror image on reverse side of the transparency sheet to avoid smudges) and layered elements on this page, inked all the edges with the fired brick distress ink (ranger)to add more dimension and texture.

I see a RAK forming ...

... as I am cleaning up my scrap-room (finally!!!) leave your messages on the BLOG - you can enter every day in May - I will post daily - you can earn extra entries if you link to my RAK post (let me know where you linked from) and invite people to enter as well - as long as they mention you sent them you get another entry. I will announce winner on June 1st ;-)

Good Luck to all

Monster Orange Thief

This LO is all about the color ORANGE and of course the fruit too - these photos were taken in Spain in the citrus fields. The title is made of different sized chipboard letters, painted with a rich orange acrylic paint and then 2 coats of glossy accents to make them really shine.

Spring 2007

Here's a layout of some really cool spring pictures I took in 2007 when my friend Sarah was visiting with her girls. I love the vibrant green color of the fields and it's the main inspiration of the color scheme on this page. I used Hambly prints white rub-ons to accent directly on the photos. The title are chipboard letters covered in pp and the edges painted a coordinating pink color.

MAY is here and here's my pledge

I have neglected my blog for a while now but hey - here's my MAY Pledge. I will post daily during the month of May or else ;-)

1st I will be creating more and the The Nook Scrap-Off is just the incentive that I need to get my act in gear.
TheNook Scrap-Off
You can also still participate and play along - just sign up before May 5th and let them know who sent you so I can get credit added to my tally ;-)

I will also need to finish up some 'almost finished' projects on my pile ;-)

So stay tuned ;-)

my daily fix - babysteals.com

I religiously check this site every day BABYSTEALS you just never know what awesome product they will have on sale on any given day.

check it out for yourselves - for your own kids or for gift-giving ;-)

how cool is this - baby preview

I did not have the possibility to have a 3D rendering Ultrasound done while pregnant with Phoenix - this is just so amazing to see so much detail on your unborn baby.

Please visit my FLICKR (my Photos) and YouTube (my Videos)links which can be found on the right navigation/menu bar for more images and videos of the baby at 23 weeks.

On Top of My World

A simple LO of Phoenix at the Playground - minimal embellishments - ChipBoard Letters are from Close to my Heart - also used the negative spaces - ALPHAS are American Crafts - RubOn Wings and Crown are Hambly - some accents are RANGER Liquid Pearls White Opal

Fashion Model

Phoenix participated in a Fashion Show for a Children's Charity, he had terrible stage fright and needed a lot of convincing to go out on the catwalk. He did good even though he had the silliest facial expression - still very cute...

Raconteurs Concert Atelier 28 August 2008

Unfortunately I don't have any actual Photos from the Gig - but when I went to their site to get some Images - the Vintage Feel of them inspired me to really distress this page.

papers are PRIMA - IronOrchidDesigns

Anatomy of a Dinosaur

The Dinosaur is at the Kaiserslautern Gartenschau in Germany - a great place for taking the kids - lots of play areas and of course all the different Dinosaurs which are throughout the park.



The Hidden Photo and Journaling - the Photo was taken by Phoenix who was very curious about the gender of the Dinosaur.

the wild child

Since our baby is going to be a BOY I still have the need to do GIRLY pages - this one of my friend Sarah's daughter Faith (aka Peanut). I miss that little sassy girl. Why do you have to live in Wisconsin ?!?!?!?!

scrapping for Christine Post

The BLOG for this cause
I have joined this effort to help out and give back - it feels great to be a part of this great cause.

How it all began 10 years ago

This is a picture of the moment I met my hubby 10 years ago - on January 1st 1999 in a club called Riverside in Trier Germany. We have not spoken yet ;-)

now I need to scrapbook this event - I will post the outcome here when it is finished

homecoming 2007

A LO I did about the day Kepa came home from his 4 month deployment to the middle east.
Ein LO um uns an den Tag zu erinnern an dem Kepa nach 4 Monaten im mittleren osten endlich wieder heim kam.
Un LO pour nous souvenir du retour de Kepa qui etait parti 4 mois au moyen orient.
Un LO del dia quando Kepa volvio de 4 meses en el oriente medio.