Just got a birthday wish from Debbie Abbe on Facebook.  Reminded me of this LO I did several years ago using her kit Birthday Girl.  I kept Luke and Avery on my birthday since summer club hadn't started yet.  LaChelle came by for lunch and brought some cupcakes so we had a birthday party after lunch.  They called today and sang Happy Birthday and it was awesome.  They added cha, cha, cha at the end and eat more chicken.  These two are quite a pair!

 

Love looking through scrapbook pages of years past...such great memories!

 

Thoughtful Moment Using Vintage Whimsy QP Freebie

I love this QP freebie made from Helen's Vintage Whimsy kit.  I also love this photo of Reese...would love to know what her thoughts were at this moment.  She and Dad were on a bike ride when they spotted this vacant lot full of bluebonnets.  Luckily Dad had the camera along and took so many wonderful photos that it was hard to narrow it down to just one to use here.  Reese's "thoughtful" look reminded me of the thoughtful little girl shown at the top of this QP so I chose this picture.  Obviously, by the the next photo, this thoughtful moment only lasted for just a moment!

Vintage Whimsy and it´s now available in Retro Designs Online store. And you´ll find more info about  Vintage Whimsy and this QP freebie HERE.

Helen's new kit "Vintage Whimsy" was released just as my DD's sent pictures of my grandchildren in the lovely clusters of bluebonnets celebrating spring all over parts of Texas.  The bluebonnets were a great reward of all the recent rains.

You can find previews of Vintage Whimsy and more layouts at  Retro Designs Online Store.

Thoughtful Eyes made using Simply Serene

Thankfully, I always save my program's PNG Plus file with all layers still available so all I had to do was correct the name from Avery to Reese.  Interestingly, in my program even if I convert a LO to jpg, the layers are available until I close the file. This was my original LO...I added the background when I had posted it to Retro Designs' Blog and it didn't show up very well against the blog background.  Since I hadn't closed the file I had only added the background in the jpg view and didn't go back and change the original PNG Plus view.  Decided to post the original LO w/o the background this time.  OK, Nana...next time get the grandkid's name right and you won't need to make any changes...LOL!

I knew when I first saw Helen's restoration of her mother's childhood photo that I had seen those eyes before.  My first thought was what sad eyes.  I quickly search through photos and came up with these two.  Fortunately for me I know the story behind these somewhat sad looking eyes.  Tonia was observing lots of activity outside the nursery viewing window during family time as many parents, grandparents and siblings were there to see the newborns.  Moments before she was smiling and pointing to her new baby sister.  Avery was helping mom by holding Miller's bottle while mom changed Miller's diaper.  Moments before she was smiling at Papa telling her what a good girl she was for helping Mom.  Seems that sometimes the camera captures a split second of deep thought that we may never know what comes to mind between the smiles.    Retro Designs kit, "Simply Serene" used for this LO may give another insight...the camera captured a simply serene moment.  Previews of "Simply Serene" and additional LO samples can be found at Retro Designs Online Store.

Brody...Just Too Cute!

It was such a blessing to get to hold Brody this weekend after him having to spend his first month of life in NICU.  These four photos were snapped as Brody was dosing off to sleep...his time to smile and peek out at you every once in a while.  Maybe he is having sweet dreams or maybe it was Nana telling him just how cute he is!  Journaling:  Okay, I get it.  I'm just too cute.  And it does make me smile to hear how cute I am, but could I catch a few winks here before it is time to wake up and eat again!

Helen recently added Flight of Fancy to her Online Store and this is my most recent LOs using this wonderful kit.  Love all the bling and how perfect to have a safety pin to use with this LO of Brody. 

I am also posting a few of my other LOs using Flight of Fancy...a very versatile kit as you will see from the variety of LOs below.

This photo of Avery is one of my favorites.  Her mom took it before church on Mother's Day a few years ago.

Look closely and you will see a double rainbow...this photo was taken from my front yard.

This Flight of Fancy QP was perfect for Jojo's photo...such a sweet smile!

A collection of my Granny's valentines she received as a child around 100 years ago.

You can find Flight of Fancy at the Retro Designs Online Store!

Brody's Home and Made the Local News

Yesterday was a very exciting day for all of us.  Brody's going home was the big news, but he also made the "News".  He was a part of a feature story a local TV station was doing on a lady who knits caps for the premature babies at Children's Hospital in Dallas.  Our little Brody is a star at one-month old!  Of course, he was a bright star in our lives from day one!  God is so good and we feel so blessed!

Knitting Caps for Premature Newborns

If Brody's story isn't still up, click on Most Recent or Top Video or you can go here-video is a bit larger here also:

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/health/Heart-Surgery-Survivor-Knits-for-Premature-Newborns-143896316.html

Video Credits:

Mom - LaChelle, our wonderful daughter and very happy and proud mom
Baby - Brody, Our Sweet and Adorable Grandson
Videographer on right side of first screen - Curtis, Body's very proud Daddy who we know will take extraordinary care of our precious little bundle!
Big Sister - Lexi, sweet and loving sister for Brody to look up to through the years and, hey, built-in babysitter, too!

This moment was made possible by Brody's Papa and Nana, Tony and Lajuana, almost 32 years ago when we brought our precious bundle, LaChelle, home from the hospital.  OK, a little cheesy, but grandparents have to take a little bit of the credit, too!

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Happy Birthday Cowgirl

I was working on Avery's LO with the QP and decided to make it a two page with one for Luke to match.  Just got Luke's done first since I was extracting Avery on a horse to go on her's!  Helen...here the horse and you are right...the butterfly trail does looks like lassos !

You can tell by the smile on Avery's face that she is one happy little Cowgirl.  All the kids at the birthday party got to ride this horse, put their hand print on a white horse, and go on a hayride.  It was such a fun party for everyone. 

Here's Luke and Avery's pages combined.  I may play around with them a little more before adding them to a book to be printed.  Love the deep rich colors and touches of gold on these pages. 

Check out previews of this gorgeous new kit and see some sample LOs at Retro Designs Online Store! You can find this QP under Kit Previews on Retro Design's Blog.