Happy Birthday dear Hailey

It is a special day in our family, the day Hailey turns the big 1-0.

She such a miraculous blessing to us and I am so grateful for her.

She is smart, witty, a little awkward at times but so talented and responsible and kind.

I got very sick when I was pregnant with her, laid up in the hospital for a couple of weeks while they tried to figure out what was wrong with me and not knowing for sure how our baby would be affected by all of that.

She is amazingly perfect. At least for us.

Here is a look at Hailey through the years, something I like to do on all of my kids' birthdays.

We love this beautiful, creative, smart, quirky girl! 

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just for fun *new layout

Well, we survived our adoption homestudy this past weekend and now there is just a little bit more for us to do before all we can do is wait and wait and wait some more.

With the looming home visit over I took a break from everything yesterday and did some scrapbooking and it was so nice to sit down and play. I haven't had many assignments to do lately since I've paired things down so I just pulled out some things that I wanted to play with and created this:

Created using some Dear Lizzy Polka Dot Party and My Mind's Eye Cut & Paste. I used Heidi Swapp mists and a little glitter star cut file from Studio Calico, a mix of alphas for the 9s- American Crafts and Sassafras- a butterfly left over from the banner I made for Hailey's party, hearts are from MME except for the large one which I cut from a Dear Lizzy Project Life card. The tape is MME as are the epoxy dots. 

For Hailey's 9th birthday she invited a bunch of friends over for an art party. We had canvases and lots of paint, they got to decorate their aprons and we had so much yummy, colorful food. I hanged paper globes from the ceiling in the kitchen and dipped rice krispy treats in colored white chocolate. It was so much fun. This picture is of the girls after the painting was done. They did a fantastic job!

Thanks for stopping by today!

I am going to try and scrap a bit more now...we'll see how it goes.

I have to mail a big packet of paperwork to the adoption agency and that will start the ball rolling so that we can get our referral. That could be anywhere from 6-18 months. It is quite a rollercoaster.

I'll keep you posted!

♥♥

Hailey's first day and a Creative Charms reminder

It's hard to believe that it's back to school time already. Just when we thought the summer would last forever it's now the second day of school.

The first day of school last year was exciting, sad but a big step that Hailey was ready for. Yesterday she was nervous, she'd had a hard time sleeping the night before and was so nervous that Matt had to help her with her breakfast Monday morning before heading off to school. I think that part of it was because she had a new teacher and change is hard for her. I think another part of it was because her good friend, Landon, who lives across the street from us, wouldn't be in her class this year. She's a bit shy but once she gets warmed up a bit she'll be fine.

Here is a picture of her from yesterday. We got some pics of her before school- alone and with her sisters and her friend, Landon.

Overall she had a great first day, she's excited about the new "specials" classes and got to see a lot of old friends from last year's class during their playtime on the BIG playground.

p.s. just a reminder about the August Deal of the Month at Creative Charms. You have about a week to get in on this deal, available in pink or blue.

Here is a sneak of next month's deal that is up on the Creative Charms blog today:

Super cute, huh? You can take a look at the other products at the Creative Charms site:

http://www.creativecharms.com/