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Listography: Ten Things I Love About My Son

1. His peach-fuzz hair.

2. The soft, sweet-smelling skin on the back of his neck.

3. He ADORES his sister.

4. He loves to cuddle in, lay his head on my shoulder (or Daddy's) and suck his thumb whenever he is upset or sleepy.

5. That contagious smile. With double dimples. 

6. His sweet, sweet voice. Even if it can be rather loud at times.

7. When he crawls over and pulls on my pant leg to be picked up. When he wants to be held, he can be rather insistent. 

8. His incessant curiosity and his willful personality. It will prove to be an interesting combination, I am sure.

9. He gives open-mouthed kisses. So cute.

10. That stare that means he's trying to understand something.

11.  (Once again, can't stop!) His innocence.

Ten on Tuesday: Ten Things About Caleb

Caleb is ten months old today!

It's only fitting, then, that this Ten on Tuesday is all about the Little Man:

1. He DOES not like to be in any sort of restraining device. That includes highchairs, strollers, car seats, or snowsuits. All of which we use on a daily basis. He pulls the "stiff man" routine and refuses to bend his legs while screaming at the top of his lungs. It's good fun. 

2.When he really wants to look at a toy, he stares at it while holding it up over his head. Like so:

3. He loves baths, and he's tried on several occasions to climb - or rather, tip into - the empty tub.

4. When he gets REALLY mad, he holds his breath. I'm not overly fond of this behavior.

5. Anything Sadie does is either riveting or wildly funny. Sometimes both. He does not, however, think it's riveting or funny when she snatches a toy out of his hands. He has, on more than once occasion, tried to bite her to express his discontent.

6. Proof that it wasn't a fluke. He's genuinely captivated by Dinosaur:

7. He weaned himself, and he loves every minute of his bottle.

8. The best solid foods do not come from a jar. (He won't even entertain that idea.) He'd really like to eat what we are eating, but he'll settle for bananas, sweet potatoes, peas, and crackers. Especially the crackers. 

9. Terrain to be conquered: the stairs. He can climb five by himself before he loses his composure. 

10. When the nap is done:

 

Lil' Pumpkin

Little Man went Halloweening this year too. His costume was a hand-me-down, however, and he did not appreciate the hat. He wouldn't wear it. I have a few snapshots of him wearing a fuzzy duckling body, with fuzzy duckling leggings, and fuzzy duckling feet.  But there is no fuzzy duckling head. He wore a snow hat instead.

I like this shot better:

He is just now sitting up on his own, and he's feeling all casual about it. (I swear I did not pose him. Other than plopping him down next to the pumpkins. The rest is just plain ol' good luck).

For this one, I had S stand behind me and talk to him. He loves her. He watches her constantly, and he just beams when she notices him. It's really something. 

And now, I have to do something with the 56 other lil' pumpkin photos I took today! 

Baby Feet (a layout)

I know I'm not the only one who can't get enough of sweet little baby feet. Here's a new page over at Two Peas (more details and links to supplies here):

©Two Peas in a Bucket

Supplies:

• Bo Bunny Double Dot patterned paper
• October Afternoon patterned paper
• Bazzill Basics kraft cardstock
• American Crafts cardstock
• October Afternoon die-cuts
• Hero Arts star stamp
• Tsukineko Versamark ink
• Making Memories Oliver Trims and Treats
• American Crafts silver mini-brad
• EK Success label punch
• Making Memories paint
• 7gypsies sticker 
• AL Softhearted font

Things to Note:

• I made a very similar page with Sadie's footprints. You can see it here. 
• To create the stamped feet: I taped a piece of cardstock to a large book, and while D was holding Caleb, I painted each of his feet (one at a time) and brought the book to him. I applied gentle pressure to make sure all of his foot left an imprint on the cardstock. It's not perfect, but it's sure cute. It helps to have a box of wipees handy. 
• I used the October Afternoon Farm Fresh 8" x 8" stack, but I couldn't find it in the store, so I linked the full-size collection. Same with the star stamp and paint, so I've linked other options. 
• Crazy how time flies. Caleb is rounding the corner on six months this Friday!

Have a very happy Monday!

Here We Grow Again (a layout)

I admit that I like digital scrapbooking. It's faster and easier, and though I have yet to do this, I like that I can create a page, change a few things and use it for both of my kids. That's a nice option. Having said all that though, I really miss my paper. I ordered a box of "boy" papers and embellishments from Two Peas, and I picked it up from the post yesterday. I'm very excited to dig in, but I had a little mental block since I haven't scrapbooked with paper since January. How do I do this again?? I'll might be pondering that for a while, so in the meantime, here's a digital page that went up at Two Peas earlier this month:

©Two Peas in a Bucket

Supplies:

• Patterned papers (star, blue) from the Safari Street kit by Vinnie Pearce
• Patterned paper (brown) from the Birds, Blooms, and Bicycles Paper Pack kit by Stacy Marks
• White cardstock from the White Foundation Papers I kit by Vinnie Pearce
• Notebook paper from the Notebook Basics kit by Jen Martakis
• Giraffe sticker from the Safari Street Elements kit by Vinnie Pearce
• Silver brads from the Bit of Pretty kit by Jen Martakis
• File tab from the Artsy Edged Punches kit by Rhonna Farrer
• Stitches from the Spool of Stitches kit by Tia Bennett
• Basic Stitches No1 kit by Mary Ann Wise
• Vellum tape from the My Animal Friends kit by Brandy Buffington
• Photo corners from the Fall Primitives kit by Brandy Buffington
• Distress Brush Kit Set 01 by Vinnie Pearce
• Cross-Eyed font by Amy Grendell

Things to note:

• This page isn't finished. It's a work in progress where I plan to keep little man's weight and height changes over the year. When I've included everything, then I'll print it for his book.
• Sadie has a similar page, and I am enjoying the comparison:

57 Minutes (a layout)

A simple, simple layout that went up in the gallery (more details here) at Two Peas earlier this month:

©Two Peas in a Bucket

Supplies:

• Patterned paper from Typography Corner by Vinnie Pearce
• Solid paper from Bloom Papers by Vinnie Pearce
  
• Flowers from Peach Hill kit by Vinnie Pearce
• Basic Stitches by Mary Ann Wise
• Curled Photo Frames by Mary Ann Wise

Things to note:

• I tried adding more to this layout. If you follow the blog, then you probably scrapbook, and if you scrapbook, then you've probably noticed that I am a sucker for little details on my pages. But it just wasn't working here. This layout wasn't having any of that detail-schmetail stuff. Derrick tells me that is OKAY. :)
• I played around with the opacity of a brush to get the layered watercolor paint "frame" for the photo.
• I layered a solid green over one of Vinnie Pearce's Typography Corner papers and changed the opacity for a soft, vellum-y look.
• Those cute little heart flowers are from Vinnie's Peach Hill kit.
• Someday, I will blog about something other than scrapbooking.

365 Days Later (a layout)

June marks the first anniversary of Write.Click.Scrapbook (go check out anniversary week happening now!), and today is the release of the new gallery One Year Ago. I especially like these two layouts showing photos from a year apart (something I'd really like to do with birthday photos of each of my kids):

• 525600 Minutes by Jody Wenke
• A Year Later by Moon Ko

But for my layout (links to supplies here) this month, I chose a different route, since I have my baby on the brain. When I started working on this layout, I was thinking how last year we were hoping to get pregnant, and this year, we welcomed our little boy into the world. What a change a year can bring.

 

Supplies:

• Patterned Paper from Typography Corner and Peach Hill digi kits by Vinnie Pearce
• Messy Stitches from Love kit by Wilna Furstenberg
• Distress Brush set by Vinnie Pearce
• Flourishes Brush set by Rhonna Farrer
• Rhinestones from Polky Dots kit by Hero Arts

Things to note:

• This layout started out so differently, and the enlarged photo was actually a mistake, but then I decided I liked the dramatic effect much more than the series of photos I had planned.
• I used the distress brush set on the numbers "365" for what I hope looks like a stamped effect. It's a great brush set for giving digital elements more of a realistic look.
• Those little rhinestones are from the Hero Arts Polky Dots kit. I've noticed that the Hero Arts digi kits I've downloaded all have little extras in them like digi paper, rhinestones, and buttons.
• This photo was taken almost immediately after Caleb was born. He looks so much like Sadie that it would be hard to tell their baby photos apart. Whenever people ask me who she looks like, I say, "Sadie." Simple enough. And true. :)

Ten on Tuesday on Thursday

The overdue newborn edition or "ten things I love about my little man:"

1. His impossibly small fingers and toes.

2. The soft peach-fuzz skin at the back of his neck.

3. Dimples!

4. And that adorable smile that makes me wonder what he's dreaming about.

5. Newborn smell. Yum.

6. His wondering stare trying to memorize every detail of my face.

7. The cutest. little. bum. ever.

8. Losing 16 pounds just by giving birth to him. :)

9. Those sweet little ears. Same as mine and Sadie's. Love that.

10. Another wonderful photographic muse, who all ready knows how to make me work hard for the shot:

Our Sweet Little Man

The long wait is over! Our sweet little man, Caleb James, joined us on April 1 at 7:18 a.m.

He's healthy and perfect, and I'm totally in love. :)