Death be quick

I haven't died, I am here, barely at times, but here!! I have been a bit under the weather topping out yesterday into a sinus infection- no worries though my brother in law medded me up on antibiotics and now I just wait for the pressure in my tiny nasal passages to subside, wait, and wait...
On a brighter side I have been trying to scrap a page everyday this last week, I have fallen so behind it is scary! I was almost a year behind in Liv's book so she has had my full devotion! Thank you Audrey for the cool shadowing technique, I have put it to use on all my layouts and I love it!!
Here are a few- enjoy and hopefully next time I post I will be feeling much better (cross my fingers!).I am pretty proud of these next two, because I saw these layouts in a magazine and made my own templates for them!!

The good and bad of Vanity

Because Abby has the day off from School, Liv was done with hers at 11:30am, and I was up and at'em at 6:10am to get Abby to a Dentist appointment at 7:00am (I know, just kill me, it was dark and 10 degrees outside and Abby just kept saying "can I go back to bed?"), which during it was discovered that she truly is her father's clone and is missing the same permanent lower bicuspids!, I know it could be worse, she could be missing some of her front teeth like him also but now we are looking at more dental work in the future and it's not fun, so I decided today was the day for an all girl salon trip!
(I should have taken before pics, I didn't, so what can I do!!)

Abby has been telling me for quite a while that she wanted to cut her hair off at her chin- this gives me a heart attack because I LOVE her long hair, but the ends were getting straggly and something had to give. We compromised and cut it just past her shoulders- I do think it looks really cute on her and I can still do fun hair with it!!
Liv- I just LOVE having her hair chin length!!!! It just looks so darling with her sweet little face. This time we had them modernise her bob a bit with a little "A line" in the back. It looks so darling and dries perfectly into place- she has great hair!Eva- again, Eva is the anti-sister!! This was her first hair cut so I will cut her some slack but seriously, crying and screaming and had to have it cut on my lap. The other two just climbed up and grinned their first times! All I was doing was evening out the back because I am trying to grow out her front (that is REALLY slow!). In the end she got her lollipop and felt proud to stand with everyone and have a group picture. Hopefully next time she will be better about it!!

Fun day and cute hair all around, now I just need to get the time to have mine cut.....

I tell you...

Why is it that when you are out doing the monthly stock up shopping trip and just as you have filled your cart to the brim (and I do mean that it wouldn't hold another thing so you will be making another trip to get the last items!), and you have just settled your more than tired two year old into a tiny little spot in the front of the cart between the loaves of bread to get her to stop crying that you need to hold her because her legs are tired from walking 50 miles around the store, and you have been waiting in the longest lines ever because everyone was out doing the same stocking up that you are, and you finally reach the conveyor belt only to have your trooper of a three year old tell you very urgently "Mom, I need to go potty!" I tell you, this happens to me all the time, why she waits until just then to decide this, I don't know. I need to start saving myself some trauma and take a preventative stop before we get in the lines!! Needless to say, she was a trooper, danced up and down the ile while I worked magic getting everything back into that cart, held it all the way to the bathroom and- success, no accident! Yes, she earned herself a treat from the checkout- worth every penny!!!

Belated

Abby celebrated her 6th birthday on New Years Eve. She wanted a balloon party and a balloon party is what she got! Six of her dear friends joined us and they did a scavenger hunt around the house to pop the balloon and find the next clue leading to the treasure- make your own candy necklaces. After making those they did the Great Balloon Pop to see who could pop the most balloons (yes Paul and I were very light headed the night before!)
She blew out the candles in one swoop and I hope she gets all she wished for and more!!Girls are such a hoot, I love these sweet faces!!We love you Abby - Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!!