Will ya'll vote for Onyx??

I entered a bissell vacuum giveaway, and they are judging by votes...
so if you have an extra minute (there's no registration - only an email addy needed) would you mind?

Vote for Me :)

Baby Timing Game {RAK involved}

Since we are fairly certain the baby will be here on the 21st, I wanted to have a fun game. The doctor says it will likely take 12-13 hours, which puts him arriving around 5 or 6 in the evening.

Now, for the game...
Take a moment to leave me a comment with what time you think the baby will make his great appearance. Whoever is closest will get a fun RAK from me!
{side note: I have gotten the RAK together, but haven't gotten a picture yet... hopefully I'll get one up tonight!}

And, be sure to check out the baby's blog often for updates on him!

Scrap Attack Scrapbooking Online Crop!

Scrap Attack Scrapbooking is hosting a Friday & Saturday online crop. The DT over there has awesome challenges that will definitely keep you hopping! I love how they make me overstep my bounds and really think! Oh... and I should mention that Lauri's prizes are top notch!! So come on over and check it out!

Treasured Scrapbooking NSD Crop

I can't believe it's time for National Scrapbooking Day... can you?!

In honor of NSD, Treasured Scrapbooking is hosting "Just the Scraps, Ma'am" - a weekend crop! The first challenges will be posted sometime on Friday, May 2nd!

Feel free to come on over and visit sometime over the weekend - there are always lots of great activities going on during the crops!

Guess what I'll be doing in a week?!

Well, time sure does fly! I can't believe this pregnancy is almost over! What happened - seems like just yesterday that I was in the first trimester - getting sick everywhere and struggling to stay awake. Oh wait - that is still happening now! LOL!

Well, I do have to say that the time has flown - but I am ready! After talking with the doctor today, we think it's best if I can go ahead and get back on my Crohn's medication. I am taking some of it, but I can't take the steroids and sadly, I think I need those more. :(

Anyway - we are scheduled to be at the hospital on the 21st at 5AM! Holy cow - 5 in the morning!!! Ack!! We were both like, ummmm... does is HAVE to be that early? I mean, I'm usually up at 5, but come on... I'm definitely not ready to go anywhere! Oh well, guess I will be in a week!

Okay - so when inducing was still a possibility, I was ALL for it - now that it's scheduled... I'm scared to death!! Imagine that!!

The Amazing Scrappin' Race

You would think not being able to sleep would be bad enough, but NO - I have to feel hideous on top of it. I just don't know what pains I'm feeling are or if I should be concerned. I told Jeff tonight I was almost going to ask him to take me to the ER today, but I decided to wait. Right now my biggest problem is that I can't get cool {I swear it's gotta be spiking 100 degrees in my house}. Jeff has the heated mattress pad on though - ACK!! I need to find another fan!

I'm super excited that the rain has stopped (although temporarily) around here long enough to take a picture or two. Tomorrow is supposed to be 74 and sunny, so maybe I will take a walk around the neighborhood!

So I decided to enter The Amazing Scrappin' Race on Scrapbook Heaven and I thought I would share my entry layout. I love this picture of Zoeller - it's the first chair she mastered around our house!

I rarely do this with layouts, but I included a close-up of the gathering of embellies. Apparently I'm going through a pop dot phase because I can't get enough of them! I seem to be using them on anything and everything! With this project, I used it to layer up my primas!

Oh ya... I did get good news this week! I have a couple toots coming up in some popular ezines, so be on the lookout!!

Anxiously Waiting...

Well, with 2 weeks until my due date... I am axiously awaiting the arrival of our little one. I'm grumpy, I can't sleep and my feet are the size of small watermelons... I'm sure most of you know what I mean!! LOL! Add into that my Crohn's is beginning to rear it's ugly head... and it just makes for a great attitude.

In actuality, I think I'm pretty upbeat and I have spent lots of time crafting over the past couple weeks! I got tons of Thank You cards done and mailed. I didn't scan them all in... but you can check out the cards in my gallery. I've also been diligently working on my pregnancy album... I'll never really get a chance to go back to it, right?! I even put a page about Jeff in there :) I just love this picture of him!

I had a great baby shower - we got tons of stuff and I'm so excited to use it!! All these cute little outfits - everybody said I got too many, but I'm thinking... the more I have, the less I have to do laundry! How can that ever be bad?!

In other news...

* I've added a new slide show to the right... it's some of my Rusty Pickle creations!

* I got word that I'll be published in an upcoming issue of ScrapStreet - woohoo!!

* I think Zoeller is making small steps toward housebreaking.

* New shows are starting to come back on tv - so I can stop watching sappy movies!!