Flashback Friday!

I'm going to "flashback" to March 25, 2009. The happiest day of my life.

Before she was born, while in labor, between contractions.


Being placed in my arms for the first time after countless hours of labor and finally, a c section:


I was overwhelmed with the love I felt for my little family:


One of my favorite family pictures:


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Our first Camping trip with Samantha

And it was great. Wonderful, relaxing. We had a great time. Not too much to say about it, but here are some pictures:
When we got to the campground and daddy was emptying the trunk:


Breakfast time!

Enjoying the outdoors:



Our tent... I'm so glad we have a big tent and could bring the pack n play!


Look who came for breakfast!


He got crazy close!




Samantha got a kick out of "walking" the dogs! She cried whenever we took the leash away!


My cutie pie!


Playing with grandma


And a great end to a fantastic weekend:

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Hilton Head, South Carolina, 2006


My very first time in the ocean.


A wave crashing down on us:


And looking back at the beach:


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Project Number 1

I totally stole this idea from Ann Marie. Completely. 1000000%. So she gets ALLLL the credit here.

I am trying to re-organize and clean up my daughters room. I wanted something to hang on her walls that was cute, and she LOVES Elmo. So I bought this book from the dollar store.





I also bought these photo mats.



Then I carefully tore the pages out of the book (don't worry, it was CRAP anyways. Falling apart and the binding was completely ruined) that I wanted to use (and I did read it to Samantha BEFORE I ruined it), and set them aside.



Then I put double sided tape on the back of the mats around the edges and taped the page to the mats.

Here is the finished product. :-)



I'm pretty happy with them!

The "Before"

This is the project of Samantha's room.

Here are the "before" pictures:
This is her closet. We will start there. It is a HUGE disorganized mess:

and the other side:


And this is her dresser... the stuff on top ALL needs to go to storage, so that will go away soon, but it has looked like this for the past 2 months or so?


Here is the wall with her rocking chair:


And her bed:


And the corner:


We have this nifty little thing too, but I need to think of more creative use for it:


And then this is the last wall:


And last, but not least, her ceiling:



I am hoping to really make some progress with her room and make it more fun for her! Wish me luck!!!