Jaemen's World

New blog home...

2010-01-03T22:53:00.002-05:00

Hey everyone

I have changed blogs since I was recieving spam mail here. So update your favorites or how ever you get to my site to

www.livelovetakepictures.wordpress.com

Whatcha waiting for I have a new post there with new baby pictures. CHECK IT OUT!!!

Karidan

My first cake..

2009-12-10T20:02:00.004-05:00

From SCRATCH... and it was Delicious!!! I don't care what anyone says the combination was excellent even though it was pretty rich! And yes of course this post is for my father!!! He knew it was coming... (Chocolate Banana Peanut Butter Delight)

Now there is a point to this post! I have been told that I am incredibly weird for taking pictures on the holidays and other occasions. I am not weird and here it is to prove that I am not the only one.

This women is the worst that I have seen she does go over the top since most of her Project 365 is what they are eating that day since they dont have children.
Emilie takes pictures at every step usually while she is cooking something so that everyone can have the recipe and made a separate blog out of it!!
Heather is where I got the idea of the recipe book I showed the other day.

These are just a few of the blogs that I follow most days. The first two blog everyday which I have tried to do over and over and just can NOT!! The last one blogs from 1-3 times which I almost do!! Well that is all for now!! Be back soon!

Karidan

What we have been doing??

2009-12-07T19:45:00.005-05:00

First of all... I need to know if all of you guys on my email list are getting spam email. I have a source (meagen) haha that is getting emails trying to sell her sex tapes I think she said, they are coming I am pretty sure just how these emails are coming. Please go to the blog and answer the poll at the right to let me know.. if you guys are then I might be changing the blog over.

Ok.. On to the rest of the our lives. Jaemen's Dad and I have been WORKING.. Of course it is Xmas season and we have been working our little tails off. Other then that though we have taken out some time for a little fun...

We went to the Piston vs. LA clippers game on Nov 27th after Thanksgiving..

We have decorated our tree and rearranged our living room even though.. now we are thinking we should have done it a different way and Sherrow has been thinking he wants to lift the tree up with bulbs and all.. I wont let him.

Then, we had Jaemen's 2nd Birthday party... And he had a ton of fun. Here is the cake that I made him

And a couple of the presents that he recieved...

Other than that I have been working on a few things including some scrapbooking pages and a recipe book that is neater then my own writing and if something spills or spashes on it.. it wont bleed!

Problem is I need a picture for it all... Ahh hopefully the next cake I am going to make for JJ's last birthday hurrah will turn out. I have been wanting to make this cake for a while NOW!!

Until next time,

Karidan

Our little boy is...

2009-11-30T15:48:00.003-05:00

TWO YEARS OLD TODAY!!

(he had just ate breakfast on thanksgiving.. forgive his mouth)

He is getting so big and so grown. Everyday he is getting so smart and I love it... But as any momma would be I am sad. I miss that little lovebug that would just cuddle with me all day if I wanted him too. Sure he cuddles now at night and I am sooo thankful for that but I miss the baby. On the other hand I think to many people have told him he is turning two and he internalized that which has told his mind he can act out in a "Terrible Two" way. Whew!! That boy has been something else lately. We are going to celebrate his birthday a little today just give him our present and then later in the week we are going to have small parties for him with Grandma's and Grandpa's. So pictures to come from that..

Happy Turkey Day!!!

2009-11-26T13:10:00.003-05:00

I just wanted to wish everyone a happy thanksgiving... If you follow me on Facebook.com, you have seen I have been trying to keep up with things that I am thankful for.

Not in a specific order...

1. My family

2. My warm home.

3. My Job and hopefully the new one to come (more about later)

4. My child and how no matter how bad of a day I have had he makes me smile.

5. My camera to allow me to capture these moments in life.

6. My health.

Karidan

Picture Total...

2009-11-16T18:42:00.003-05:00

So I have been wanting to do this for a while but of course I wanted it to get closer to the end of the year. This is a pie chart of every month and the amount of pictures I have taken each month. This figures do NOT include any phoot shoots that I have done with clients or with JJ. I usually put those into a separate folder by themselves. Pretty crazy and even though Project 365 tailed off in about August, I have been steadily taking pictures the rest of the time.

Some Stats:
Total pictures so far: 2,316
Largest month: July, Why? I am not totally sure.. Kristen was home so I did take some pictures of the kids... and Jaemen and I played a lot in the water this month but other then that it was like every other month just took A LOT of pictures.
Lowest month: August... And I guess I just took so much in July I thought it was time for a break.
Average: 210.54 pictures a month

I am sure that November and December are going to top all of those because of the holidays. November already has a great start but I also have not went through those pictures and deleted the bad ones.

Until next time,
Karidan

Scrapbooking update...

2009-11-13T18:50:00.007-05:00

Of course with Sherrow gone, I have been getting a little scrapping done. I am hoping to get a little more done tonight or tomorrow night since I cleaned and organized my room a little again today...

Wow... Let me say that again.. WOW!!! I havent showed you guys a page in quite some time. My last post with a page was September!! So I guess I have a few to show you!! Well I guess I will go most present to oldest.

This layout has to be one of my favorites so far.. I really like this one!!! Hope you do too!!!

Next, I just finished a layout from last xmas. Of the twins and Jaemen all wearing their Santa hats. I am hoping to get a picture again this Christmas and the next few christmas'. I think that would be pretty neat!!

Then yes of course my little boy is turning two here soon and this picture was when he was about 20 months... and Almost Two... Then last but not least. I created these when I did get some decent pictures of the twins... I swear I thought I posted these but I can't find the post. So if I have posted these I am sorry for the repeat but I wanted everyone to see these. Hopefully I can get more pictures of them from their first year and now to document more of there lives, like I am doing for Jaemen.

Having Jaemen's first album done is sooo satisfying to me! I love it. It is the first album I have ever completed and I really don't think it ever going to be completely complete. As you can see I am still adding to it!! But I have what I set out to do done. I am now working on more of his second album and already have 5 layouts done in that one. I know that others might not understand the whole scrapbooking world and think that I am a little obsessive about it sometimes. But I love that there is more then just pictures to look at and a story behind it. From this point on I really want to focus on more then just Jaemen in my albums and create a separate family album. So if on the holidays I ask you to pose for a picture!! Warning you might end up on my blog on a layout!!

Well until next time...
Karidan

So when do you think it is going to happen??

2009-11-11T20:02:00.004-05:00

When will be the first snow fall??? I know everyone has reprogrammed their stereos in their cars to 100.3. Unfortunetly our new car does not get the reception all that well with that channel so I will have to put together some cds for the down time. Well the weather is calling for 60s again so I propose for you wonderful men that put up the xmas lights every year in the freezing cold.. to get out there this weekend and start getting them up. At least this year you wont lose your fingers. Also if there is anyone out there that would love to help me and put mine up this year, contact me!! haha... No Sherrow knows what is on his list when he comes back from Dickson, Tenn.

Next on the list to update you with are pictures of the TWINS!! Not!! They are not in the picture taking mode at this point of there lives and didnt give me much to work with.. I had some great ideas like I always do. And they wanted no part of it. I think at one point Afton is like how to regular people get pictures. I told her they have REGULAR children. Haha.

And the only one I really liked... I have wanted to get this shot of myself, Sherrow, and JJ but at least I could capture this for my sister and brother....

I, of course, did get a few pictures of Jaemen. He is turning Two, YES TWO, in two short weeks. Wow, I think that this is going to be harder for me then one. He is growing sooo fast! He is learning new words everyday and of course hitting those terrible twos fast also.

Well, until next time....

Karidan

Halloween Activities...

2009-11-01T20:40:00.009-05:00

Well, our Internet has been down for about a week now. So I have fell even more behind then I normally already are. With Sherrow only home for two weeks we have been trying to spend as much time with him and get all of our activities done.

So first off we have the pumpkin patch. We had to go on a Tuesday so unfortunately the hay ride wasn't running to pick pumpkins. But they did have a few nasty ones up at the front. Jaemen thought he was strong enough to pick them up. And I am a sucker for cute jeans on little boys.

Note: Why are we looking for a new pumpkin to carve, Dad?? That is becuase we had a little critter I believe one night that was a little hungry and took a rather large chuck out of his pumpkin and left blood from there gums all over it.. Very upset!!

He has sooo much fun at the ceder mill. They have a corn box instead of a sand box.. which for adults is disgusting and you can't even go in with your child because of all the dust in the air but the kids love it. They have a wood train for them to climb in and play in. And last but not least they have these huge drain pipes I think they are for slides and JJ loves coming down those.

Then there is trick or treating... We werent out very long because it was nippy and I am guessing the rest of the people in Michigan thought the same thing cause we didn't have half the amount of people that we did last year. Everyone again loved the costume and it was a hit!! AND I didnt see anyone else have it so I am very happy. Of course Jaemen wasn't really up for pictures he was way to interested in candy.. but here are the pictures I did get. p>

Well until next time,

Karidan

Jaemen's X-mas list...

2009-10-16T19:29:00.003-04:00

Well first I just want everyone to know that Sherrow comes home MONDAY!! I am soo excited but he does leave again in 2.5 weeks for another 17 days. But that is pretty short compared to the last 48 days.

Next, I know. I know. You are all thinking like WHAT??? ALREADY?? But as you ALL know I am NOT Rich and I dont think Sherrow is either. So I have to plan a little for Christmas espectically with his birthday just a week short weeks before that. Sherrow and I have come to the conclusion we are pretty much going to do the same thing we did last year. One nice gift for his B-day and then probably 3 gifts for Christmas depending on how expensive/inexpensive the presents we decide on. We understand that he is ONLY two and has no idea still what is going on and doesnt need his parents going bankrupt for x-mas. I love Christmas and would love to give him 15-20 presents to open but seriously he got enough last year that we were overhelmed.

So here is what might show up under Jaemen's Christmas tree. Oh have I mentioned, I have NO idea where I am going to put the tree this year??? As you can see HERE that our tree was in the corner where you go into the kitchen.. Problem this year??? We have accquired a love seat that sits there!! Opps.. So it might be a little snug in our house this year we will have to see!!

Anyways....

1. Jaemen has become a coloring fool so with his new room (that I still havent been able to paint) this will match perfectly...

2. The little people Spin n Crash racer set... I think this is pretty cool and I guess I should keep the tradition going since last year he recieved... The little people.. airplane... dump truck... farm... and I am sure more that are not coming to mind. But these toys he plays with on a daily basis..

3. Lastly, He is really into "choo choo's" as he would say... so I am pretty sure this train that picks up it's own track will be nestled under the tree from Santa!!

I have also heard from a few birdies that he might expect something like this, or this... or maybe this to go with the others.

Until later,

Karidan

Braylon is now a JET!!!

2009-10-13T19:03:00.004-04:00

Yes I just wanted to give everyone an update of the ONE AND ONLY BRAYLON EDWARDS...

He is no longer a Cleveland Brown. He has been traded to the New York Jets. And this looks like a WONDERFUL move. Last night he started and can I say only 3 WR (wide recievers) in NFL history have started on one team one week and then started on another team the NEXT week. He was only in NY for 2.5 days and was already on the field with a TOUCHDOWN. Should have been TWO but they said he was down on the one yard line.

So.. Of course this means that I am no longer a Brown fan and I am now a JET fan!! haha...

At a later date...

Karidan

Trick and Treats, Birthdays, and Baking Lessons..

2009-10-04T19:16:00.010-04:00

This weekend was a busy one for us. Actually just Saturday.. We had Halloween at Metamora State park with the whole Hill Family. It is a great time for all of us to get together. If you remember last year we did this BUT we were at Holly State park. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get a whole group picture this year but I did try to get around and get pictures of most of the kids that were just wee babies last year and can't see in the picture last year. Everyone had a great time despite the FREEZING temps.

The Twins (Dave then Dylan)

The twins were Pirates like JJ was last year. But they had a good time before the Trick or Treating. I actually got pretty good pictures of these mover and groovers above looking at the camera. (since my dear sister wont give me any pictures to scrap I will get my own) There was a Bubble Fogger that all the kids just LOVED.. actually a lot of the adults also thought it was awesome also. You can see little Davey playing with the bubbles... Look at that excitement.

Then I have been holding off showing pictures of Jaemen in his costume until this point so the surprise wouldn't be spoiled. Jaemen is the UPS Man!! I LOVE this costume!! It is SOOO adorable!! He wasn't so good about pictures this time but below the collage of pictures this time is a picture I got of him in August when he went Trick or Treating before.
This little girl has the most GORGEOUS blue eyes ever and is just starting to walk. Don't mind her jacket but is was also the Michigan vs Michigan State game and unfortunately her Daddy went to State. I wish I could have gotten a better picture of those eyes though. She was a tiny little pumpkin last year and this year she was a bumble bee for Halloween. Which complimented the little guy below...

Who was celebrating his 1st birthday!! This is Cameron, my cousin missy's baby. He was Winnie the Pooh even though for some reason I didn't get a picture of either of them... weird. Anyways.. Happy Birthday Cameron. Just a year ago you were just this small.

Other then that, I was baking again for the first time in a LONG time and learned a good lesson. Taste test EVERYTHING before putting everything together or you will be doing this on more then one occasion.

YES that is my WHOLE cake in the garbage!!
It is a Peanut Butter fudge cake. Or at least half of it! The cakes were sooo good I almost couldnt wait to eat before putting the icing on. And that is where everything went WRONG. The recipe calls for Dark Chocolate... Whiped in boiling hot whiping cream. Not that hard right?? WRONG when you use 8 oz of UNSWEETENED Chocolate. It didnt look right before I but it on the cake but I just told my self you went exactly to the recipe and it will come out alright. So I frosted it. When I put it into the fridge to set up a little frosting got on my hand so I figured you are all done just lick it off! Glad I did before anyone tasted that cake it was the GROSSEST, NASTIEST cake ever and it took a cup of milk and candy corn to get the taste out of my mouth. So needless to say I will be rebaking this cake!! Two questions...
1. Should I just buy Hershey's Dark Chocolate candy bars for the dark chocolate?
and
2. Is heavy cream the same thing as Heavy WHIPPING cream??

Ps. For the family members... If you want the pictures you can go to the link at the right of the blog it says Jaemen's Pictures.. Click on Karidan's Gallery at the top and it should lead you to all of my web albums and you can print them right from there!! Let me know if there are any problems!! There are a lot more pictures then I show here!!

Love,
Karidan

Jaemen's Bedroom Renovation

2009-09-27T15:39:00.003-04:00

For a while now I have been thinking of things to do to Jaemen's room. It is a little to babyish for him now and he needs a new bedset anyways for his new big boy bed!! Yes... Our little man has grown up and moved to a big boy bed. It has been wonderful. He goes to sleep all by himself and stays asleep in there until about 6am and then wakes up and wants to sleep with mommy and daddy. SO MUCH IMPROVEMENT!!!

So the two colors which I can not get a paint sample of online to show you the colors are Red Delicious and Rich Navy. I hope it is going to turn out. Not sure if the red should go on top or bottom... I have it on top though. Next, here is the bedspread I have picked out..

I think this one is cute and will grow with him... He is loving sports and anything to do with balls ever since I can imagine. So I think this will be good for him. I am going to add these on top unless I think it is to much.

I will lose my much beloved Jaemen letters that were above his crib... So I think I will either just redo them or I think but the saying, "You have to take the shot, to make the shot" above his bed to keep the theme going..

The last thing that I am thinking about is on his closet door just buying a little quart of chalk paint and doing the inside of the door panels. I am not sure about this. He has been showing major interest in coloring lately BUT... I also do not want him to think that coloring on the door/walls is ok. So I might just do it for now and not give him the chalk for a while yet until he can comprend.

I need to get navy blue curtains for his windows so that the sun doesnt come through that sliding glass window in the morning and I am thinking about getting iron on a big basketball to the one on the sliding glass window. Not sure how I am going to do that though yet since I dont know how to sew. My craftiness will figure it out though.

That is what I am up to right now and hopefully we can get some of that done before his Daddy gets back from Texas.

Until later...

Karidan

What I have been up too....

2009-09-17T19:57:00.008-04:00

Ever since I graduated I have been really trying to have a little bit more of 'Me' time. Pretty hard with a nearly two year old but you gotta try. When I was in school I always wanted to read a book other then a chemistry book and that is exactly what I have gotten back too!!! And thanks to my father and Maryanne and the gift card for my B-day I have picked up some great novels. These are three books that I have really enjoyed (one I just finished a half hour ago).

"How to Score" by Robin Wells ****-

This book had a great plot and a great twist at the end. One thing you have to get over though is reading this book out in public with the cover saying how to score. At first I thought this book would be a little too "romantic" if you know what I mean, but it turned out to only have maybe one or two parts in it that were a little on the "romantic" side. ;)

This author has another novel, that I want to pick up soon, that I went looking for when browsing with my gift card. I could not find that book but it lead me to this next author....

"I'm in no mood for love" by Rachel Gibson ****/2-

I gave this book 3 and a half stars (see above :)). This book was a little more on the "romantic" side but not to bad again. The plot was good just thought some parts of the story could have been told better, even though author Gibson started the story right away to be exact on the eighth page. And tells all with the main characters fiancee being found with his gay lover in their walk in closet... Yes this is how the story starts so it does catch your attention right off the bat.

But... as I read some of the reviews of this book. Other readers that have read her previous work say that her others are WAY better. Luckily for me I started with this book!! hehe... I picked up the book listed at the top of this cover... Sex, Lies, and Online Dating which is getting GREAT reviews. Can't wait....

"Love me, Love me Knot" by Heidi Betts *****

WOW!!! I loved this book. (this is the one I finished a half hour ago) Although for those of you that don't want to read the really, and I mean really "romantic". This one is NOT for you. This book really surprised me a FEW times. I guess that is what I get for picking up a romantic novel and not knowing anything about the novel. With the title and the author knitting on the back cover I thought I would be good. NOPE haha...

But do not get me wrong!! I finished this book in three sittings.. It definitely didn't want me to put it down. Now that I have read more about the author I have found out this is the second book in her trilogy so that means I have to go pick up her first book, "Tangled up in love". But as for this book, I loved the plot it started out a little slow in the beginning and I didn't know if I would like it but trying to figure out what was going to happen after the main character decided to drug her ex-husband and impregnate herself, I couldn't put it down.

I think I will be on this romantic kick for a little bit... Sorry dad haha. But I am just enjoying reading something that I can get wrapped all in without having to think all that much about!! Or memorizing it! I have two more books on stand by also that I will probably start one of them tonight or tomorrow depending on how I feel so.. Stay tuned for the books below. ;)

P.S. I could stand writing such "book reports" for school and now I am doing that sort of thing for my entertainment!! haha

Love,

Karidan

Then... and Now

2009-09-08T20:26:00.003-04:00

What I am about to show you below is kinda crazy..I am always trying to take pictures that look like pictures that I love just so I can compare and just so I have that shot again. So tonight when JJ went to take a bath I tried my hardest to get the first shot again. Did not work all that well BUT you get the point that I was getting at. I am not to sure if other kids grow like this but look at this.. He was 8 months old in the first picture (LOVED this picture and that little butt) but he isnt even up to the top of the cabinet and now he at 21 months a little over one year later. Is almost a whole HEAD above the cabinet(probably would be if his knees weren't bent). IT IS NUTS!?!? Now do you believe me that he is growing TOOO MUCH!!!

Project 365... and a Scrapbook Page

2009-09-07T22:07:00.006-04:00

Sept 2, 09 - The reason I can not get Jaemen to let go of the passie... Cause I am thinking we have probably taken out stock in Playtex. He finds them everywhere. But this is a common sight in our household one in his mouth and him playing with two-four others...

Sept 3

Sept 4thThen... I think I have fallen in love with 8.5 x 11 pages.. Which isnt cool since I just bought his 12 x12 album. But I think I am just going to inter-mix them since the smaller ones fit too.. Tell me what you think?? And dont you just miss that little face??

Until next time

Karidan

While the cats away...

2009-09-01T19:31:00.005-04:00

the mouse will play.. haha yeah right..

Well with Sherrow here... that usually means I scrap a lot more because we are not watching tv together or just spending a little quiet time with each other. This time has been no different. Although I have not got a whole bunch done I plan to! Thanks to my Dad and Maryanne, I was able to get a lot of supplies from one of my favorite scrappin stores and here are just a few pages I have made from them so far.

I LOVE this page!! It is soo cute and I know I said I was done with his baby book but I will probably forever add to it.

And this is one of those pages I will talk about that doesnt have a home.

I also have a now a couple of pages waiting for a home since I do not have an album for Jaemen's pages from 1-->2 years old. Yes now it is really setting in that I am about a year behind BUT I got a whole book done, a whole year accomplished. And I am soo happy for that since I have never finished a book yet. But this wont be for long since I ordered THIS and it should be on its way. These albums are going to help me be able to display them on a shelf in the living room or something so that I am not the only one. I am getting the same books as this picture and I love the look of this for display(although mine are leather not fabric). I am hoping to get every color of these albums and two in each since I hope someday that I get so many layouts that I can fill more then one. But for right now just one in every color a different year in each color.

I know that I have not posted Jaemen's halloween experiences BUT he has an awesome costume and NOBODY better steal it.. Haha just joking. But for real I am just waiting for a little closer plus I didnt get the best of pictures of him. He has another escapade here on Oct. 3rd... So we will see..

Lastly, I am going to do my darnest to bring back the Project 365... I know I have not been taking any pictures and honestly I think it is a little much for some one that works. Maybe great for someone that is a stay at home momma like Jennifer... She has done awesome for two years in a row... Go check out her blog it is awsome and I would love to have those results but I am thinking next year Project 52... A picture a week...

And to prove it here is September 1st's Picture.. This is a picture of the AWESOME lamps I got today at Target thanks to my mom for my Bday. I got two for each side now we just got to get the bed off the floor with a frame and a bracket for the tv to put on the wall and two nightstands and the room with be complete. Oh I also need to take a picture for the wall behind the door that I have been wanting to take.

Until Later

-Karidan

OH MY GOODNESS..

2009-08-29T18:58:00.003-04:00

He is going to be TWO here in just a few short months. I can't believe it... even though you know he is going to be because he is starting the terrible two's way to early. But I finally got some good pictures of him when he was out camping last weekend and 'trick or treating'. ( I know way to early but that story will be later once the colder weather hits OH WAIT that is right my computer is telling me it is 61 degrees right now!! ) Anyways... The only problem with the pictures is he is in the wrong teams sweatshirt!! I will have to find him a Michigan one SOON football is here!!! More update later.. HEY it is my birthday I dont need to be spending my time on the computer so I will be back later.

Sneak Peak..

2009-08-25T22:49:00.002-04:00

So I have had a couple of shoots in the past week. But I believe this little one has stolen the show!!! He was haming it up for the camera for a couple of minutes and then the 3 year old came out and he is "done". As he kept on saying... But here is a little sneak peak for his Momma. You will probably recognize him from about a year ago I took pictures of him. Thanks for looking... I will have pictures up of my little one here soon.

Summer fun...

2009-08-12T22:06:00.006-04:00

So we have been finally having summer weather here in good ol' Michigan and Jaemen has been loving it. He can finally play in all the water that he wants to. Every night when we come home he has gotten on his swimsuit and went right out to the pool... He loves playing in the hose and drinking all the water he can choke down.

Oh and as you can see one thing he loves to do is use his slid like a waterslide and he goes down feet first on his belly. He is nuts.

Other then playing in the pool last Sunday we took him to the Splash Pad in Grand Blanc and he LOVED that. Well at least until some big kid knocked him down and he took a pretty big knock to the head... THank god the ground was the real soft rubber flooring so he bounced but I am sure it hurt at least it looked like it hurt. After the fall, he got back out there but then he wanted us to go where ever he went so it was about time to go. He just drank all the water there too haha...

Here is a scrapbook page that I just threw together today after seeing a layout like it in a gallery that I look through almost daily. I loved it and it was for a mothers girl so I just knew I needed to make it for a "mama's boy" since everyone knows that is what my little man is.

Lastly, before I get out of here. I am sorry I have taken so long to get back about my medical scare. I am ok.... The doctor told me that it is due to the fact that my nerves run accross my body down my leg and are getting blocked by the scar tissue of my incision. Because of this the nerves are coiling around each other. There was a name for it but I cant find it online and dont know how to pronounce it... So anyways that is why there is a lot of pain since it is all nerve endings. Solution: I have to have steriod injections into the coil and hopefully this will reduce the pain and after a coupld injections do something to the nerves that I didnt understand haha... I was very relieved but the next day I was in about the same pain so I am upset that it didnt really work.

Well to end this, our lives are just consisting getting ready for Sherrow to leave on the 21st. And I think while daddy is gone we are going to switch Jaemen to a Big Boy bed... and start potty training... I was going to try and get rid of the pacifer but I think the two above things is enough for the little guy.. We will work on the pacifer later!!!

Until then

Karidan

U @ 20 Months..

2009-08-08T23:08:00.004-04:00

A new layout I did of Jaemen... Hopefully I will be able to get all these pages I have been doing lately printed out soon.. about to upload them to the print lab and see how much!! Of course I missed the 99 cent a page sale.. agh..

Should be back tomorrow to update everyone on my medical problems which you should be happy to know aren't that big of problems actually... Yea!!

Until then... Karidan

A boy and his

2009-07-30T19:36:00.004-04:00

bowl of water... You would never think that a bowl of water and the wand from bubbles would give a boy something to do for hours. Here is a picture from the other day... And again today... Yes this is what Jaemen does.. Drinks the nasty water, plays in the nasty water, and I can't do anything about it... He is a BOY!!! Here he is today much better picture...

But on a little bit serious note. I am having a little bit of the medical problems. Yes I say a little because I really dont want to over react but it is getting a little harder to. I have always had a lot of pain with my incision due to my c-section with the boy. I went to the OB-GYN about 5 months ago and he told me it is no biggie and that a lot of women have problems even a year and a half afterwards. He gave me the option to have a steriod blocker injected into the problem spots but also warned me that this would not be covered under my insurance he was guessing and it would cost a pretty penny and would probably have to be done several times. So I needed to weigh my options and if I could deal with the pain deal and it would go away. Well about a week or two ago I was having a much worse pain. A burning sensation now and cant even have my pants rub up against the area. I went and felt the spot again and found a mass about the size of a marble. It has since then became more and more painful and harder. So I do have an appointment with the OB-GYN again on the 6th. I have heard a lot of different options it could be from different people of course they are not doctors... But because of my mother's history with cysts this could very well be one... a hernia... or the best but still real painful option is scar tissue but I am not sure why scar tissue would just appear and be this hard and this painful. And of course when someone finds a lump or mass there could also be another option in which I wont even let myself think about! I will keep all of my close family posted on this topic of course... Until the 6th though we will not know. Thank you everyone for listening...

Hopefully you have enjoyed my pictures...

Karidan

2 Posts in 1 Day...

2009-07-28T23:02:00.005-04:00

Yes Sir!!! And guess what?? I decided to scrap someone else other then MY child!! Wow... I have been wanting to scrap some pictures of my nephews for a while and since Afton has not forwarded any pictures to me to date I will just use the pictures that I have. You have seen these pictures before but now they are scrapped.. I have a lot of digital pages to get printed off and I plan on getting to my Project 365 pretty soon too. So it looks like I need to pick up a special shift just to get my pages printed off haha. Anyways... I am tired as you can see from my rambling. So here they are.. I am thinking cute enough to get framed and put on the walls of their bedrooms!! Afton SEND ME PICTURES and you might get a whole scrapbook one day!!! Anyways thanks for looking...

---Karidan

Time Flies...

2009-07-28T10:23:00.003-04:00

Another page that I finished up... Yup the boy is 4 months off of turning two and I am just getting to it. But the only thing that matters is it is getting documented. Doesnt matter if it was when he turned 15.

Should be back soon with a some updated pictures...

-Karidan

Jaemen goes "Retro"...

2009-07-22T13:11:00.003-04:00

Sherrow has wanted to get Jaemen a red pair of Chuck Taylors for almost a year now. Yesterday was the day. He decided to go and pick him up since he hasnt gotten a new pair of shoes in quite sometime. But look how adorable they are... I am seeing a pair of these in every color haha not really but here... or even the low tops!!

You can also expect a photo shoot with daddy and son with their chuck taylors... He has wanted that too...

Well now for the promised scrapbooking layout... I know it is what 3-4 months off of halloween again this year but I am trying to knock out the rest of Jaemen's Baby Album so we are now getting to his first holidays. At least Halloween, Easter, Mother's Day, and X-mas even though his real first one was when he was a month old he slept through the whole thing so we will pretend!! haha... Here you go!!

-Until Next Time....

Scrapbook update...

2009-07-21T09:17:00.003-04:00

I was feeling a lot of creative juices trying to come out of these little fingers the last couple of days so I knew I needed to get back in that room. Once I did though it was like I couldnt get what I had in my head to come out on the paper. This is pretty close even though nothing like what I had in mind at first but then I changed it.. "Perfection" is the first page in Jaemen's second year album. It really doesn't have a home yet since I really want to get these albums. I will do a different color for each person or topic... But that is so I can put them on a shelf in our living room and display them so everyone can see them and not locked all up in my ScrapRoom for only me to see. Anyways.. I am thinking I really like it. Whatcha think??After finishing this up last night I really wanted to finish up some of the holiday pages for Jaemens first year album.. But in the probably about 1500 sheets of paper (underestimate most likely) I did not have any plain black 12 x 12 paper. Wow!! So I will be hitting Joann's today for a whole pack of black since I think this happened before. So expect more tomorrow.

Retweet..

2009-07-13T19:56:00.005-04:00

Yes I am back again... but the designer I scrap for just got me another kit for the first time in a long time so I decided to get on it. This kit is perfect for little girls... Yes what I dont have. So I decided to use it for my preggo pictures. At this point I am deciding if I am going to keep all of my digital pages together in an album or mix them in with his baby book already made. Not sure yet??

Here is the kit... It is called Retweet and you can find it here at DigiRidoo Scraps

And here is the layout I made from the kit!!! Probably another one coming soon!!

Should be back tomorrow with an update for Project 365... Trying to get back on track.

Karidan

First little taste of...

2009-07-12T22:37:00.004-04:00

weddings. My friend of mine had a little wedding party and really she just wanted candids of everyone but of course I tried to go a little bit and above. It was completely nerve racking still and there were wasnt that many formal shots. Here is just one picture that I took while I was there...

Let me know what you think for my first time... Never know I might just get a Wedding gig one day!! I would be pumped but totally NERVOUS!!!

Karidan

Pictures...

2009-07-09T14:05:00.003-04:00

I was over at my dad's house last night and got a few pictures of the kids cause they have sprung up in the last couple of months..

The twins are WALKING.. full time now... Here is Christopher... He is getting huge also. He is starting to take some of his first steps also at 10months old.

Then of course we have Jaemen...

I am working with my camera getting some pretty dark shots so I am working with that... Until later..

Karidan

So Sorry...

2009-07-07T19:59:00.005-04:00

So a lot has happened since the last post...
1. I was in another accident.. Everyone was ok but the car did not make it
2. We have bought a new car... 2004 Grand Am... and LOVING IT!!!
3. Sherrow had a family reunion
4. The internet was down for almost a week
5. Jaemen had a temperature of between 102-104 through the whole week of the fourth
and last but not happy to report...
6. Project 365 has taken a major hit.

So I guess let's recap a little more in detail on each one of those.

1. So the day of my mother's side graduation open house/party. I was traveling to go and get Sherrow from work and was in an accident. It was pretty bad but everyone (Jaemen and I) made it through. I suffered pretty bad the next day considering I turned the car so I was take the blunt of the accident and not Jaemen. I suffered also on the emotional side for a little. I had a lot of guilt about having JJ in the car and not being more careful.. About smashing another vehicle and no this one was not quite paid off. But after a late night breakdown Sherrow and I conquerred all of my feelings since I held them in until now and I had to see through all of it.

2. The accident was on the 6th and drove off in a car I think 18 days later. I am very happy that we could bounce back from the accident and not take as big of a hit as I thought we were going to take. We went from a 1996 Bonneville to a 2004 Grand Am and only increased our payment by $50.. We have been wanting something more but I definetly didnt want to smash one to get the other. But we came out on top and are very proud of ourselves.

3. Sherrow had a nice family reunion over the fourth. Unfortunely, Jaemen was not feeling his best and could not enjoy the beautiful beach at Seven Lakes State park. (which is very far out) Flint did not have fireworks this year due to the recession so we just enjoyed a few back at his sisters house. Also due to the fact I had a sick child in my arms the whole day I only have one picture and I didnt even take it.. But at least it is of our family.. You can tell that JJ was not feeling it.

4. Not much more to say the laptop was acting up and no internet.

5. On the 3rd when I went to put Jaemen to sleep I noticed that he was a little warm but nothing serious. So I went to check on him about two hours later and low and behold he was burning up at that time I think it was 102.4. So gave him some tylenol and hoped he would wake up and be better. NOPE... about 4 o clock I woke up again and he was still burning up this time it was 103.1. Long story short... Everytime the dang tylenol would wear off his temp would be right back up in the 103's. He didnt eat anything other then one helping of applesauce and one juice. I knew then something was up. So the next morning I took him to the clinic and there you go he has a throat infection. This poor kid just got over pink eye.. oh yeah I guess I should have put that in the list too.

6. Well sad news.. at least to me. Project 365 has taken a major hit in June. I thought ok Karidan just bounce back in July and yeah I think I have only taken 3 pictures of the past 7 days. It will be ok I will get back to it. And hopefully pack to blogging more also.

Meagen also just came to see us for an hour. I am soooo excited they might (fingers are crossed) be moving back to Michigan. I CAN NOT wait to hear if Mike gets the job.. But while she was her she was more the kind enough to TRY (key word) to get some pictures of us together. It really didnt work. Jaemen still wasnt feeling the best and Sherrow WOW Sherrow was giving the craziest faces ever. I should post them just to embarrass him so he wont do it again even though he claims he didnt know these were serious pictures. WOW... anyways here is the best and ONLY picture I can pull from the batch...

Well I will try to be more on top of the blog now that the internet is back up...

Karidan

So he doesn't like...

2009-06-14T22:11:00.001-04:00

The beach!! Today we went to the beach but Jaemen was NOT having it AT ALL!!! He didnt even want me to stand with him in my arm in the water. He also didn't like the sand. Yes he is a wimp but he will get used to it!! He ended up playing in the sand only if he could sit on a towel though. Wow never really expected this from the boy that plays all day in the bath tub. So we will keep going back and sooner or later he will get better. I hope...

Yes... I am having extreme troubles taking pictures of JJ outside. You have to be quick on your toes and I am trying to stay in Manual mode the whole time but it just seems like he is always soo dark in all of the pictures. Or I get a good picture of him and then blow out the background. What to do?? I dont know!! I will be researching some photography websites and figuring out my problem though!! Maybe Fill Flash?? Why am I still talking though the only one that probably knows what I am talking about is Meagen so I will just call her later.. So Meagen expect a call!! haah

Love you all

Karidan

Miss Fuhr....

2009-06-10T22:48:00.003-04:00

I had a newborn shoot yesterday that I have been waiting for since I found out my girlfriend was having a little girl. Expect to see a lot more of this little one to come.. I have visions of cute little of these , this, and this... But here she is at 10 days old...

Look who's 18 months

2009-06-02T16:29:00.003-04:00

Yes my little boy is one and a half years old... and the neighbor across from us had this cute little house and slide so I decided to get it for him. I have been looking for more things outside and I think this completes his little collection of toys but this boy LOVES to be outside. Dont you just love that laugh below in the second picture he is such a nut. At this point I wish I would have had my new lens on so I could have gotten closer but I guess we will just crop.

Just a few facts about Jaemen at 18 months....

1. He is in 2T shirts and 18 month shorts and 2T pants with a belt to hold them up

2. He has All of his teeth and I am sure actually he has had most of them since he has been 14 months

3. He is the best cuddler when he wants to be but will tell you "NO" in a hot second and doesnt know how to say yes!

As you can see the pictures are getting better outside but they are still a little dark sooc (straight out of camera) so I am still trying to work on that but I have a newborn shoot coming up and I cant wait!!

-Karidan

He made up for it allll.....

2009-05-26T13:50:00.004-04:00

He (Sherrow) might have missed a couple important dates due to a work commitment but he certainly made up for it today!! I have been asking for a mixer for about 2 years I think now!! I love making cookies and cakes, I don't know I have just have wanted it!! And guess what it is sitting on my COUNTER!!!

I LOVE IT!!!!

First thing up to bake:
1. Chocolate Chip Cookies
2. Sock it to me Cake (for sherrow)

-Karidan

Twelve Months Documented...

2009-05-23T14:51:00.005-04:00

I finally have the first tweleve months of my sons life SCRAPED!!! I am very proud of myself since I rarely finish a project!!! I have a few more pages to get done like his first easter, thanksgiving, xmas that kind of stuff!! But the monthly is done!! I will put them all on here for you guys to recap in a slideshow! I should beable to get more done tonight since I wont be cleaning the house hardcord from Sherrows homecoming since I broke my little toe!! So perfect time to SCRAP!!!

ok so it is hard to see but trust me it is black and blue and on the side purple!!!

Here is your slide show!!!

Love ya Karidan

Project 365 Marches on...

2009-05-21T14:47:00.006-04:00

May 17, 2009

My mom, Jaemen, and I took a trip for the first time down to Canton, Mich to visit the IKEA store!! It was everything I thought it was going to be!! I LOVED IT!! I was on my way for two tables for my scraproom that is currently being revamped even though it was never really "vamped"

May 18, 2009

My Camera is BACK!! All nice and cleaned and FIXED!! Oh I also had to give JJ a hug because it wasn't his fault.. I guess they are having a lot of problems with the AF censors!!

May 19, 2009

When we went to IKEA I picked up these rods that are normally used for hanging kitchen ultencils but I am using it for my own "Clip up"!! Now I can see everything that I have!! I have two of them right beside each other, one will hold all my stickers and rubons and the other will have all bigger embellies and clear stamps...

May 20, 2009
Went over to Grandpa and Grandma Chapman's last night... Great day just to sit out and play with the camera! Not a very good shot but this is JJ showing me that he has something on his hands with he hates!!

Lastly, I have done two more layouts for JJ's Baby Book almost done and I should finish it up tonight when JJ goes to bed!!! Here you go!!

So fast..

2009-05-20T21:40:00.003-04:00

My little man is growing up so fast in 10 days he will be 18months old. I got a new lens from Maryanne for my Graduation!! I LOVE IT!! I am still getting used to the lighting outside with all the shadows so work with me!! But anyways..

At 18 Months Jaemen has...

1. conquered running including running away from me.

2. he says... Ball (all the time), Momma, Da Da, and Wa Wa

3. He waves bye to everyone

4. Knows where his belly, nose, eyes, ears, and mouth

5. He knows where his clothes are suppose to go including socks and shoes.

6. Infatuated with Keys and putting them in holes... We cant get out of the car without the keys coming out of the ignition and him having them.

7. Is one of the sweetest kids you will meet... WHEN HE WANTS TO BE!!

Update of Project 365 will be tomorrow hopefully!!

Karidan

New Release by Felicia...

2009-05-14T15:40:00.004-04:00

I liked this kit a lot!! Probably do another layout here soon with this kit!! It is called On The Playground... You can get the kit and the alpha here...

And here is my layout I created with the Kit...

Part One update...

2009-05-07T13:57:00.007-04:00

Ok ok ok ... here we go... (I think I am going to split this up into two posts)
First Project 365... we are back on track but I am finding it extremely difficult now days to take a picture of something... Some days it just comes to me and others it is like 11pm and I am like ahhh I need a picture!! Then we had a little interuption with the REBEL going down but 24 dollars later to ship it to New Jeresy to get it fixed I should have that back in about 10-14 days!! We are on day 127 and Jaemen fell the other day and for the first time actually has a pretty big bump on his noggin... So I tried my best to get a picture of it..

Day 127/365

With Sherrow being gone it has been a little stressful this time. Jaemen seems to be acting up a whole lot more. Maybe he knows that daddy is gone or maybe he just felt he was going to be a brat yesterday but YES!! Yesterday was Jaemens first official time out!! I am pretty sure he didnt get and thought I was just leaving him in his crib and running away from him. BUT I needed a minute. This boy has been a hurricane of emotions and throwing himself to the floor which most of the time I just step over him and let him figure it out but yesterday, wow yesterday it was just different... So this is what I came back into yesterday after I left him in there just to throw that fit!!...

But we will move on to another day 125/365... The rebel being all packed up nice and tightly..

I will update Shuttercal here in the next couple of days when I get all the pictures all situated and I also will start getting back to scrapping them once all of my mothers day cards are done.

Lastly, MY GRADUATION!!! It was wonderful. Again thank you to everyone that attended. I am still in the mist of collecting all the pictures that were taken by everyone that attended!! But I should have those ones this weekend... Here are some for now though...

Then there was the outfit underneath... I LOVED this outfit yes it was a little sexy but heck I am about to be 24 years old and it was my day and I wanted to feel important and feel like I looked great and I am pretty sure the oversized gown wasnt doing it for me. So I got a great outfit under it, it was a little sexy but corporate and professional looking....

In the next post I will show you the GREAT presents I got from my Dad and Maryanne... and hopefully more pictures... I have a few throw back pictures haha of Jaemen!!

Karidan

Quickie.. (haha)

2009-05-04T21:51:00.002-04:00

I will update more tomorrow because YES i have French homework (when I just walked across that stage not more then 24 hours ago) And I am trying to get all my mothers day cards done!! Also I am still collecting pictures from everyone. BUT I just wanted to say THANK YOU!!!!

THANK YOU

to everyone that was there to support me and share my graduation day with me!! I love you all and it meant a lot to me!! Tomorrow I will share some pictures from the big day and hopefully soon I will have some pictures from the ceremony that are good that my father took!! But we used old technology since the REBEL is out... so we have to wait for 35mm developing hehe.. How did we ever do it???

But seriously THANK YOU!!!

Interruption in Project 365..

2009-05-02T09:50:00.008-04:00

The REBEL is down for the time being. It had a fall from the one and only Jaemen Jackson. So I had a little interruption in Project 365 but we are back on track with a replacement camera. Meanwhile... I am trying to finish up Jaemens Baby Album. And today is National Scrapbooking Day so hopefully after todays activities (manicures and pedicures with my girls for my graduation tomorrow) I will get some scrapping done!! I am up to Ten Months now though... with the addition of these two ~~~~~>

You can always find all of my layouts at scrapbook.com and in the margin to the right ~~>

The first kit that has been put out during my creative team has went on sale today and I have two layouts for that!! You can go here to check it out. Everything in her store is $2.00 or half off if under 2, EVEN THE BRAND NEW KIT!!!

Here are my pages for it.. Great kit for a little boy that loves his dinosaurs!!

But she did put out a kit for National Scrapbooking Day called Rainbow Bright...

I will have a layout for Rainbow Bright in a few days here... I just want to leave you guys with my new favorite picture of JJ. I caught it right before the camera stop working.. I think this is going to replace the picture in the frames in the living room (time for an update). Oh now that I think about it I forgot to post the pictures of Jaemen's First hair cut!! Well here is your first peak at it. I was making it a suprise for the grandparents so I didnt post it and then forgot!! I will get that up in a couple days!! It is a love hate relationship with me and his hair!!

Gettin' it done....

2009-04-23T13:40:00.003-04:00

I have been cranking out the pages for Project 365 since I was almost 10 weeks behind!! WOW.. wouldve probably had more done but Christine and I went to see STOMP last night!! It was great!! I didn't take my camera because they said no cameras but she took her small one so I will have pictures in a couple days... (hopefully tonight)

Here are a couple.. and the girl I am designing pages for said she would have a kit for me pretty soon so be on the look out for that!!

Changes

2009-04-18T10:52:00.002-04:00

I made a few mistakes on the post I made last night.. Sorry it was about 11 pm haha.. they are now changed. You actually will probably have to go to the website becuase the website will just change the post not resend out an email!!

Love you all, espectically you DAD!!!

Karidan

Update (107/365)

2009-04-17T21:51:00.008-04:00

WHERE DO I START??

Well lets start at some cool news!! I have been picked to design for a digital scrapbook designer. Now that I dont have school (well in a week) I will have time to do some of the things that I love. What this entails for me to do is turn in a layout per kit that she designs (will try to do at least two for her) and for me to post those layouts in the galleries that I already do post plus her store ahhscrap.com. You will see her blinkie to the right and below to go to her blog and see all of her designs. Felicia is a great designer so please go and check her out if you are interested. ****OK so I just want people to know that I didnt think my dad would want to go her store but I guess he is interested soooo click above DAD!! LOVE YOU!!****

But that is pretty exciting... So watch for some layouts to come!!!

Next, Jaemen going to the hospital. I am still getting asked what happened so I guess I will go through the whole 24 hours that we were in the hospital. Well it first started out that night after I put him to bed. But let me remind him that he was perfect ate a whole dinner and everything. At about 10 pm though I had a feeling something was wrong since he wasn't sleeping well at all. He was waking up about every 30 minutes... finally about 3 am I pulled him into our bed with us and he was crying like he was in pain and a little bit of agony. I thought maybe an ear infection so I gave him a little bit of Tylenol. Waited for that to work and 3o minutes later he was still crying and now screaming at times. I was getting pretty worried so I work Sherrow up and asked him if he had went to the bathroom that day and he said no. So now I am really thinking a belly ache plus now I can hear his little tummy bubbling. I finally get him to practically pass out with us at about 6:30. He woke up with me at 9 but still he was moaning and whining all the way through those three hours. At nine I got him some gas X for babies and then went to store for some Prune juice and left for work telling Sherrow to call me if he thinks it is getting worse. Sure enough like an hour into work he text me telling me he is really screaming and still hasnt even walked a step. (very unusual for our on the go little boy) So I called the doctor and they said get him to the ER now. So we get there and they were telling us it sounded like Appendicitis, which is completely scary. So they ordered labs, X-rays, and ultrasounds to check. As we were coming back from x-rays they were telling me the labs did not come back good and we met the pediatrician surgeon that was called in for my child. That is scary. And she felt him and told us she didnt think it was appendicitis but something was wrong still and it could be that his bowels were retracting into themselves causing a lot of irritation. So he got a barium ***enima*** (Sorry spell checker changed it he is not anemic, I have also linked it if you dont know what the poor little guy had to go through***where we good see all of his intestines and after this happened we were admitted for the night. It was so sad to see my little boy so out of it. But it was like something just clicked and he came back to life. We were so excited that he had stopped crying and it seemed like everything was better. So we were discharged the next day with the doctors not really knowing what happened because they didnt find anything during the anemia but they said that it might have not been happening at that time and the anemia fixed it. Whatever it was the anemia fixed it he might have just needed to be flushed out. He has been ordered to eat more fruit and veggies but that is pretty hard we have resorted back to baby food fruit cause he wont eat real fruit and he only eats peas. Oh and LOTS and LOTS of water. (which he gets a lot anyways so that didnt matter) So all in all he is fine and thanks to every one that gave him your prayers and to my dad and maryanne for bringing up the great calzone ever since I didnt get to eat until like 7 that night.

I have updated Shuttercal with pictures. Lately it has been getting pretty hard to find something to take a picture of but hopefully after this little last hump of school I will have time to actually think about it and get a little more creative. Because I have hit the 100th day of Project 365 and I think that is something that I have made it that far. Sherrow asked me the other day, "Have you been taking pictures everyday or have you fallen off?" I was like "Heck no!! I am on top of it!!"

On the school front, I have a final on Monday along with my poster presentation. I also have a paper due (which I knocked out today) and 3 lab report to wrap up on Sunday. Then just my final Analytical lab report for my mini project and I WILL BE DONE!! YEAHH!!!

At last, I am going to leave your with a picture of Sherrow at the casino with his winnings for his first time at the blackjack table. I didnt take my camera (i know, I know) but Sherrow wanted me to just leave it at home so I could just have fun and not worry about pictures. BUT I did was like oh man I wish I had my CAMERA!! So I just took pictures with my Camera phone like I did with Jaemen in the hospital.

Karidan

Poster is DONE!!!

2009-04-16T13:31:00.005-04:00

Ahhh... I am completely done with everything that is due in my Senior Seminar class. I just have to stand around on Monday and answer my professor's questions. So here you go a little progression of the poster...

(ok dont mind the pj pants and chilis shirt combo hahaha) but this is the start of the board I was up until 2:30 am last night finishing up most of it and just had to glue it all on and position it today. And here is the finished project....

And then just a little more up close look on how I gave my poster that scrapbooking touch!! haha.. I added depth to the poster by putting foam squares to the back to my letters! OH yeah and THANK YOU to my CRICUT!!! All those letters from the title to the heading were all cut out by the CRICUT it certainly has been worth the money just on this project I LOVE IT!!!

Now on to a research paper, 3 lab reports and to the CASINO for the first time ever for Charmaines b-day!! Oh and a couple more LONG nights!!

Karidan

Favorite Easter Pictures

2009-04-14T09:44:00.003-04:00

Here is Jaemen while opening up presents!! I love this picture... Thank you Dad for taking the camera and getting some good shots!!! (and some shots I didnt need) haha..

Here is also the only good studio picture that I could get of Jaemen... after two attempts I just couldn't get him to sit still and SMILE!! he is the hardest thing to get to smile anymore!!

Dont have much time to write the update and everything because even though I have finished all of my Formal Presentations ( got B's on all of them even the BIG one I was happy with that) I still have homework in Adv. Analytical due tomorrow, Lab reports, A paper over the presentation I did yesterday, and a Poster Presentation over the Large presentation I gave all due on Monday!! So still a very busy week ahead of me but I am almost DONE!! YEAHHH!!!!

Be back soon!!

Karidan

Short Update

2009-04-11T09:02:00.002-04:00

For right now I just wanted to give a short update and let everyone one know Jaemen is ok. We had a little scare but for right now (considering the fact that he goes to the bathroom here real soon) he is doing just fine. I will be back with more of the story later but I have to get to work, and now I have to pull a long night since easter is tomorrow and I have to finish a presentation.

Senior Seminar {Day 96/365}

2009-04-06T20:37:00.000-04:00

First of the bat, only 4 more days and we have hit 100 days of 365!! yeah for me!! Next, today was my Senior Seminar day. My 45-50 minute presentation to my professiors aghh... Very Very nerve wrecking.
But all went pretty good.. I answered all but one question so lets hope it was good enough!!
(swear my hair looked better then that when I left the house hahaha)

Thats all today, I have another presentation on Monday and a paper due on the 20th, along with a Poster presentation on the 20th of the presentation I just did today.. Oh and dont let me for get I have an exam on the 20th also... But this was one of the biggest stresses!!!

Day 81-85

2009-03-26T19:51:00.003-04:00

I just wanted to post some pictures from this week couple of things going on around here in the Jackson/Chapman Household..

First Day 81... I never thought a load of laundry getting washed would make me so happy, but when you havent had a washer/dryer since July then you would know what I meant! It did take a little work though.. First the store didnt have any washers or dryers and then we had to wait until the next day to get them delivered since Sherrow didnt want to break his back... then once we got them all hooked up the sewer lines in the basement were all clogged so I had sewage backing up in the basement. Next came the sewer cleaners and bleaching the basement down... But at last we are getting to the very last load of laundry that had piled up..

Day 83.. I got my hair done!! I love when I can get my hair done . It is red underneath looks really good I love it!!

By the way Jaemen is the worst helper when it comes to laundry he just throws everything out of the baskets and makes a huge MESS!!!

Day 84... Didnt have much to take a picture of... so me and Jaemen took a picture in front of the NEW curtains that I havent taken a picture of because I want to get the wall accents finished first plus they need to be hemed...

Day 85... I GOT GLASSES!! I can see. I have needed these for a while now. Awhile back I got a HORRIBLE eye infection and that was the end of contacts and was never able to get glasses so now that I have my insurance back, I got glasses now Sherrow is the next one.

This is also a picture of HURRICANE Jackson if the gate happens to be down when he gets up from a nap or in the morning this is what is going to happen 99% of the time. I will find Scooters whole water bowl completly filled with dog food...

Thats all for now...

Karidan

I guess this is how it starts...

2009-03-25T09:37:00.005-04:00

This is my screen to Picasa. I havent really taken many pictures other then for Project 365 so in one way I am very thankful that I am making myself stick to this project but on the other hand I am averaging about 190 pictures a MONTH on this rate I will have taken....

2368

pictures by the end of the year. This is all with not that many holidays in there other then St. Pattys day... Twins bday and Valentines day!! We still have JJ birthday, 4th of July, Xmas, Thanksgiving... Oh BOTHER!! I feel another external hard drive coming my way!! hahah

{ 80/ 365 }

2009-03-21T23:38:00.003-04:00

I decided to take some time to myself and create a page for Week Seven!! (since it is like week 12) I have also updated shuttercal with all the pictures until today. It is back to do presentations, research, and papers tomorrow!!

Credits: U + Me = Love kit by BZB Designs

Thats it for now!! Have a great SUNDAY everyone!!
Karidan

St. Patty's Day (77/365)

2009-03-18T19:42:00.007-04:00

Well both me and Sherrow had to work so Jaemen spent the majority of the day with Granny but when we did go get him we went to Buffalo Wild Wings for 60 cent wing night!!! And then we played outside.. Jaemen is loving be able to just run.. run.. and RUN some more...

I am really still getting used to my camera and I just found this awesome site, Borrowlenses.com (Meagen check it out) It lets you borrow lenses. So you can see how you like them before buying them!! I am soo going to try this when school is out!! I have been looking into possibly getting this lens in the far future so this might help my decision.

Here a few pictures and a comparison (meagen has been asking for this)

This is his new thing... He just goes around saying Oooooo....

And now that he is walking he wants to do a lot himself like going up and down stairs... (rusty cage action kinda cool)

This picture I didnt know if I liked it better in color or in B&W but for once I think COLOR...

And look at this one year later.. Jaemens little hair wasnt even curling and now he has a little fro. He looks so much more grown up and I CANT get him to smile for the camera anymore where it used to be so EASY!!! Now he smiles as soon as the darn shutter closes!!!

Until next time.. Photo of the day for today will come later went to the Space Research building at the University of Michigan.. (not very interesting picture just the pic of the sign) but I went there to see this...

Analytical Electron Microscope

Until next time!!

~Karidan

The Twins are ONE!!!

2009-03-16T21:57:00.006-04:00

Wow... Isnt it crazy?? Doesn't seem like it has been that long but they are all grown up now... We got a great day to throw them a little party for thier first birthday. So I stepped aside and took a few pictures... They didnt want to give me a lot of smiles but I thought this one was pretty good.

Maybe we will take them to a park here soon and get some better ones when they want to smile. They didnt even want anything to do with the cake so they were tired.

Well I just wanted to post some of these for Afton... but I should be back tomorrow with some of Jaemen for St. Pattys day in his tshirt!!

Might as well... (67/365)

2009-03-08T18:54:00.005-04:00

Blog cause this little boy is not letting me get anything done!! Oh well...

I just wanted to post a few pictures anyways from Project 365.. which I was just getting caught up in and look at here I have through week six done and I am pretty sure it is like week 10 oops... They will get done soon!!!

But we had a couple of warm days lately and then to just have nothng but nasty rainy days to follow that stinks but hey that one day was nice... Got a few pictures of Jaemen outside for the first time since he can walk. I just seen how it is giong to be this summer. I cant wait to be able to take him to the park again... Maybe we will try and go again on April 20th like we did last year to get a year after picture even though our friend Meagen wont be there :(...

Here are a few from today on the new couch... Really washes him out so I guess I need to work on that...

This one isnt a good one but it does show you pretty well what has been keeping him up for the pass couple of nights.. Yes our little boy is getting the other two teeth to have a full bottom set. I am not really sure if this is usual to have almost a full set of teeth by 15 months but ours DOES!!! That is it for now though just wanted to post a few more Love you all night!!! SHERROW comes home tomorrow!! YEAHH!!!

13 and a half hours later...

2009-03-06T01:30:00.003-05:00

and I have 12 pages of my Final Research paper done. I started at 10 am this morning (or should I say yesterday morning) and it is now 1:31 am and just finished it. Tomorrow I have to revise it and do all the references and reference page. I am pretty sure that I am going to add another section to it. But for the most part I AM DONE!!! Now I have to put to the presentation together and then next is the Poster Presentation!! OH MY GOODNESS I will get to use my CRICUT!!!!

Other then that I should be getting our furniture tomorrow so the house is going to get a little face lift and I am going to hang all the curtains tomorrow also... So of course I will get pictures for you guys!! I hope I dont find Jaemen hanging from the curtains one day when I walk out into the living room. But that is why I just bought the cheap rods for right now to see how he is going to act with them. Hopefully he pays them no mind.

Oh yeah We (me and Jaemen since Sherrow is still in Nashville) are both sick. I have a pretty bad head cold that exploded in my head last night and jaemen came down with a 102 fever on Monday night and has been stuffed up ever since. This was Tuesday night and you can see his little eyes were all watery and red, poor little dude. This morning he started a little conjested cough so I will see if we are headed to the doctor tomorrow also.

Ps. not that anyone cares but I just reliezed that my cameras time was 12 hours off that is why I have been missing days all of a sudden for my Project 365... WOW!!! LIke I said not like anyone cares!!!

Update you more tomorrow.. Shuttercal has been updated today and I will do more tomorrow you can go to the side and click on the Project 365 icon

Day 53 and 54/365

2009-02-23T22:09:00.008-05:00

I havent had anything interesting to take pictures of before the weekend that is why I really havent shared. But this weekend my dad(***Correction*** I did not know that Maryanne set this entire day up so I must thank Maryanne for taking us out) took us kids out for a little getaway time. (well at least it was for me) It was real nice to sit with the family and not worry about little monster running everywhere. Here are a couple of the pictures... (Dad look in your email)

Dave in Action...

Dad in action....The whole Fam at Dinner... (photo of the day)

Dad with his mouth full playing pool... And just to make dad and maryanne crazy.. What I had for dinner and that is an XTRA SMALL.. Can you believe it!! I would hate to see what a large was cause Afton and Steph had a Small and it was twice the size of this one..
And then we have tonight's photo of the day..

I have gotten Week Six done very excited. So here you go!! Kinda different then my usual ones but I think it came out cute!! Let me know what you guys think!!

Other then that.. I am enjoying my Spring break a little bit at least. Today I spent a lot of time at the school and got a lot of work done.

1. My Advanced Analytical Final Lab topic. I will be looking at the difference between brand name perfumes and knock off perfumes using the GCMS (Gas Chromatography-Mass spectroscopy)

2. The outline and research is done for the presentation over (HPLC ICP-AES, yes the whole alpha bit practically.. Now I just have to start the Powerpoint.

3. Two of the 5 problems done on my Physical Chemistry Test done.

Hopefully when I get done with work tomorrow I can get my presentation for Advanced Analytical done and then move on to me senior seminar paper...

Well until next time.. Hopefully I can show you guys some pictures of the small renovations we have going on at the house soon whenever I can find them in the store!!

Karidan

Week Five

2009-02-20T23:20:00.003-05:00

I told you have I would get the pages done as soon as spring break it. Well I decided that I wasnt going to work on anymore school work tonight since I have been at the school all day working on exams and quizzes. Sooo here you go... Much more to come hopefully!!!

Ps. Just reliezed that I didnt put the days of the week on pictures so I am going to do that now and repost... and I seen that there are typos so I am going to change those too!! hahah

Photo-A-Day 46/365

2009-02-15T16:39:00.004-05:00

I do want to start posting more of my Pictures from Photo-A-Day!!! I am hoping to get in 2-3 a week so you guys arent just seeing the layouts. Mentioning the Layouts I finally had January printed off and I am soo happy with them. I cant wait to get more done over Spring Break. But here is my Picture from today....

Jaemen always plays behind my chair (when he is being good) when I am doing Homework so cute and the pictures actually are kinda cool from the geometry of the wall...

Hope everyone had a great V-Day!!!

Karidan

Just trying something...

2009-02-11T19:19:00.005-05:00

But you do get a picture of the little mug!! Isnt that sweater to die for!! One day when the weather is good when we wake up we will do his pictures for Vday!!! (and in that sweater) Until then, I am just trying to get better pictures something I have been trying to figure out for a while now.

EDITED: YEAH IT worked!! now I just need to sharpen my pictures up for you guys cause now you can see everything!! Much thanks to Andrea Burns!!

Really??? Already??

2009-02-09T22:11:00.003-05:00

Yeah it is already here. My baby just doesnt want to be fed no more. He will shove his face into his highchair unless you give him the spoon to do it "Himself." Really help from mom and dad to put it in his mouth. (see below) So his life is full of a lot of PB&J's, Grill Cheese, and other assortments of finger foods. (anything I can think of)

Breakfast..Not to bad since it is only fruity Cheerioes...

Dinner.. Yup just but a bip on him and let him try and do it.. but daddy thought it was getting out of control so decided that session was over..

BUT I guess Jaemen was not full... And decided he was going to get more....

THAT'S OUR BOY!!!!!

ShutterCal Problems?

2009-02-05T22:39:00.002-05:00

Are you all having problems seeing my Project 365 Pictures? My dad just informed me that he actually had to go and look up my name on the website. I thought I was linking you right to the calendar. So I updated the calendar, sorry I am getting behind but dont think I am not taking the pictures becuase I am just dont have the time to upload them all the time with school. It isnt updated to the date because I have to get some pictures off the camera but it is to february now. Here is another link and hopefully this works for you dad!! Let me know if it doesnt though...

http://shuttercal.com/calendar/iluvtoscrap85/

hopefully this week I can get a post going.. I did order my pages to start the actual scrapbook for Project 365 so I will take some pictures of that. Then I am trying to put together some other things hopefully I can get the weather to cooperate with me for JJ's Valentine pictures and then hopefully he cooperates himself (doubt it).

Until next time,
Karidan

Week 4

2009-02-01T22:36:00.002-05:00

Yeah I know it is week 5 but I still have all of the pictures for 5 just havent had time to do the layout!! Anyways.. here is week 4...

2009-01-25T17:08:00.002-05:00

Shuttercal (Project 365) Pictures are all up sorry been a bit busy this week with school and everything. This is the completion of week 4 and I have stayed on it!! YEAH for me, only 11 more months to go!! haha... I havent finished the layouts yet for week 3 and hopefully I will get week four done too soon so I can print out the month of January and see my work. Finally found a place with the help of a lovely lady, Scrapbooksplease.com. I am going to try and see!! Not much to post and since there is pictures there I dont think I am going to post anything here. Meagen if you want more from the other night and the bed let me know I will email you some but there are some to come from a shoot I am going to do here this week!! Look back!!!

Karidan

Isn't he something??

2009-01-18T13:34:00.004-05:00

Ok first news. I am not switching blogs, at least not yet. Maybe when I have more time to get it up and running this summer or something. I was mainly doing it because of my Project 365 but I have found another place to post my pictures with the calendar format! (what I wanted) So over the next day or so I will be uploading all the pictures to that website. It is called Shuttercal.com and it is made for people that are doing the picture-a-day. Here is the link and I will get it up and running!!

Next, I am figuring out that I am addicted to pictures I think. (understatement of the year) When my father dropped off my external hard drive the other day I was elated. The computer has been moving incredibly slow the last couple of weeks and I havent backed up files in a long time. (since jj was 3 months to be exacted) So I started transferring pictures over to the hard drive and when all said and done I had transferred over 4,000 pictures. WOWOW!! I know. And the crazy thing is, is that I am now starting this Project 365 and I have already took 121 pictures this year in 18 days. WOW... I am thinking that another external hard drive will be bought sometime this year since the one I have now is half full with pictures... my old laptop stuff... and all my digital scraping stuff. BUT I have to tell you!! I am getting some of the cutest pictures of Jaemen lately! I dont know if they are all cute but HILARIOUS!!! Here are a few..

This picture was taken at one of my friend's Son's Birthday party. He loves Ski Ball and that is his new laugh. His little eyebrows go up and he looks like he is screaming but he isnt!!

Ok so this one is a little better smile. He loves chasing me now when I have my camera he just wants to touch it. (or take it away from me haha) This is Jan 15th..

Now this one.. Thank you mom for sending me this one. I know it isnt the clearest picture but ohhh my goodness when I saw this picture I laughed for like 5 minutes. He is just having a ball I know it.

And my sister sent me this picture today.. This is when we went to the cider mill awhile ago. I love it, Thank you Afton!!

So there is just a few quick pictures!! I should probably post the layout of Week Two For project 365 since I shut down the other blog so here is that in case you didnt see it

I will have week three up here in a few maybe get that done tonight or tomorrow night since I have no school. Lets just see how far I get on the homework front. Still looking for a place to print off. Costco is the most inexpensive place but I dont have a membership.. So therefore that doesnt work unless I find someone that does. I should go look on Sams Club?? Hold on...................................................................................................................................................

Nope they dont offer 12x12 or even 8x8 prints!! So that doesnt help. Well until next time. Be back soon!!!

Karidan

Need your vote!!

2009-01-15T20:21:00.002-05:00

I am looking into getting a new blog!! The link is http://justthe3ofus.typepad.com/just_the_three_of_us/

I like this one a more cause you can password protect it. It has bigger pictures when I fiugre out how to make it go all the way across screen!!! I have posted a couple posts on there and the new album for my Project 365!! Go check it out and let me know by voting what you think!! Please vote to the side... Yes dad that means go to the actually blog and vote. I dont think you will be able to do it from the email!! Thanks guys!!!

WEEK ONE ACCOMPLISHED...

2009-01-05T23:02:00.003-05:00

I got one last layout done before school started last night!! Hopefully I can sneak in there and get some more done while in school. If not then it is only until April. So months 1-7 is done that is pretty good I am half caught up since he is only 13 months old. Not to bad. As for the Project 365, Week one is DONE!! Only 51 more weeks to go!! Kinda of cool so far just have to think of more to do!! I am being inspired by others though... here you go... more later school has started so we have to get back into the swing of things!!!

MY 100th Post!!!

2009-01-01T21:43:00.006-05:00

Ok... so the first project that I tried did not go very well BUT BUT BUT I am going to try a new one called Project 365!!! This consist taking a picture everyday (yes Everyday)... And then scraping them each week... I am going to digitally scrap these cause it will be easy and then I plan on printing them off at Shutterfly (little expensive $54), Snapfish, or another solution that I can find that is a little cheaper!! I might just print them off monthly to spread the cost over the year! I will have to see!!! I figure this is a great time to start this things are settling down here with Jaemen not be an infant and all. Actually not sure why I just said that!! He is walking and all over the place. haha but he is learning soo much these days. Anyways.... I will be posting here a lot if I can keep up with this. I am looking into a site to hold all the pictures and to feature them here on the blog.. it might be flickr or something like that I havent quite found what I am looking for yet. Oh and it isnt always going to be of jaemen yes it might be of random things in our lives to document it. (so that means yes dad maybe of FOOD) And like todays I am documenting Sherrow and I's very quite New years eve. We spent it together, Jaemen was knocked out by 10 and we played cards and Dominoes.

So wish me luck with this journey and yes some might be thinking that I am crazy but hey I am going to try...

Oh and I had the twins on New years Eve day and have some pictures to show.. My little boy is just the sweetest thing SOMETIMES... when he isnt yanking out the twins pacifers and he doesnt do it nicely... he does love giving kisses though..

Ok we wont let them do it for to much longer I know they are boys but it is soo cute right now!! and when they are at each others throats later I will show them these!!!

Ok Lets see how I do.... Oh and if the going gets tough I will be happy with 5 out of 7!!! But that can only happen when back in school which starts on Monday yuck!! LAST hard Semester YES!!! Since I did past all classes and GOT ALL B'S!! yeah!!

Karidan

Hope you had a very....

2008-12-30T12:59:00.007-05:00

Merry Christmas. Because our family had a great one. It was very busy sometimes not getting home until the middle of the night but a wonderful christmas and I just cant wait for the years to come with our little boy. He was looking fabulous on Christmas, I have been waiting to put him in this outfit for forever and finally got all the pieces. *even though he wasnt up for having his picture taken at this time*

The new camera defiently got some usage but I have to work a lot with it still. You defiently have to know your basics of photography. Much different from the old camera. We had our first christmas at our house. We got jaemen just a few presents things that we have been wanting to get him for a while. Here is Daddy and Son having fun even though he wasnt so into opening presents this year of course.

Other then that for everyone that hasnt seen us in the past week... We have a WALKER!!! He still likes to crawl when he wants to get somewhere quick but he walks everywhere now!!!

Scoot always getting in the way!!

Jaemen is also 13 months today!!!

Until next time

Karidan

9 more days...

2008-12-17T10:20:00.005-05:00

Well.. The second photoshoot was also not that great of an success I got one photo and that one is on the xmas cards so I am not going to post it until after the cards go out and hopefully get to everyone by xmas... Next on the agenda We had my mother's side xmas party.. I will upload all the pictures I took that day to my picasa web albums so u can print them off if you would like it. Just scroll down to Jaemens Pictures click on that, click on Karidans Albums at the time and then go to Hills christmas party and select the Prints at the top...

Then for my next little part of my 25 days of christmas... I made a gingerbread house for the first time. As you can see I didnt do the best of job as my poor little house has some major breezes seeing that my roof and sides dont match up but that is ok.. Probably my last one though wasnt as much fun as I thought it would be!! haha unless jaemen wants to do one when he is older.

Then I have also done a wreath.. Now this I will probably do another one!! I liked doing this and I want to try a little harder one next Christmas. I am still thinking of putting a bow on this or wraping ribbon around it but it is kinda of hard when the bulbs are already on there..

Last update on the home front, Sherrow is home and it feels more like the holidays now but we are both pretty sick. Him more then me becuase he doesnt sleep much when he is on the road. So hopefully we are getting better by Christmas and our little one doesnt come down with it. And a good positive is that Jaemen has put himself asleep every night. I just put him in his crib and he cries for a minute or two sometimes but falls asleep but when he wakes up at night and I let him cry he just gets himself so worked up if I just let him cry it out he starts choking and he cant breathe out his nose. This morning he woke up at 6 and I beleive that is a long enough night so I get up give him some milk and he will go back to sleep... So we are still working on that part!!

love always

Karidan

Scrapping away...

2008-12-13T23:25:00.004-05:00

Now that I am off of school I am trying to get a lot of scraping done so that I can hopefully get all caught up on all the months at least and maybe somethings in between. I am going to post one of the layouts the other one will be on the side banner.

He also went to go and see santa but that didnt go very well at all!! I did manage to get one good picture of him and santa.

Oh and it looks like my dad has a new blog also!! He is figuring out all of this technology... The link is... http://ambiancestravels.blogspot.com/ that is mainly for meagen and people like that!! Talk to you guys later have a ton of pictures to share...

Ok So I might not get everyday...

2008-12-10T18:54:00.006-05:00

But I will get the most important!! I am keeping track of most of the days with my pictures.. Thank goodness for digital right?? In picasa i can even do a timeline and it will keep track of when and where I took the pictures and I can even put some descriptions with them.. So that is excatly what I am doing.. I am pretty sure I left off on the fourth day.. nothing happened this day though because I had my lab practical and ended up with a migraine... sooo

Day Five...

We (actually I) put up the tree this day.. I look putting up the tree and Jaemen LOVE pulling the bulbs off and making me search for the top of the bulb somewhere on the tree.. So we all know he doesnt get it yet. Next year right?? The tree actually has a new star didnt want to do the angel anymore and has tinsel but I really dont like the tinsel and plus Jaemen is putting it off all the time with a gate in front of the tree. So if I feel like it one day I will pull it all off. (went to bronners and cant wait for next years tree)

Day six.. I had to work and after work I just went to go and pick up a few things for xmas presents... (which i am almost done with sherrows only one more gift and We are only doing one gift each for JJ since he dont know and got so much for bday) But of course I had to enojoy my most favorite my waist lines least favorite drink

Day seven... Was pretty busy!!! Afton came over in the morning to get the twins pictures done. I was going to try and do JJs too for our xmas card but he wasnt to cooperative, then dad came over to help with sherrows present to himself, then it was let jj sleep for a minute and go to dads for dinner and a little visiting!! All in all a good day... Here are a few from the twins shoot they turned out ok for to little ones that didnt want to laugh or even look at us..

Dylan and David

Post more tonight... Gotta go meet a friend for din din!!!

Daily Journaling for Christmas...

2008-12-03T16:33:00.001-05:00

I am really trying to keep to my word that I want to document our first real christmas. Last year with Jaemen just being born, Christmas went by so fast and was such a blur!! I want to document Jaemens "first" Christmas. I wish that he was old enough to put out cookies and stuff, it would be a whole lot funner but oh well I don't want to wish him older yet!! The last couple of days have been real busy on my part so nothing really happened around here but I am going to use this blog as my daily journal... I come back to his blog a lot for milestones of Jaemens when I didnt write down the date because I usually write about it pretty close to that date... So if you dont want to read about the daily xmas stuff just dont read the ones that have Day X as the header... I understand you dont want to here about all the mundane stuff that is going on around here but I do want to remember the little things... So along with hopefully a picture, I will be writing a short paragraph about something special that happened that day!!!

Day One

We woke up to our first big snow of the year. So excited that it is finally looking like christmas. Even though I was totally excited that I had to be the one shoveling since Sherrow is down in Kentucky!! This is my last week of classes so I am pretty busy with exams and reports that need to be turned in!! So I havent had much time to spend with the little fellow. It has been pretty rough and I have been spending a lot of time at school... so not much to report on Day One!!

Day Two

Again nothing much happened.. I spent the day at school and the night at work so JJ was at Granny Jean's.

Day Three (Today)...

I had three exams today so I am exhausted since I was up all night. For once not becuase of the little one... But I was able to go and get the baby at like 3 and spend a little time with him before I have to get going on my work for my Lab practical for tomorrow at 10!! Yikes kinda scared on this one!! Hoping now that school is going to be over that we can have some more momma son time soon!!!

ONE YEAR TODAY!!

2008-11-30T21:06:00.003-05:00

Awwwee.. my little man is one year old. We didnt do much today.. we went shopping and I actually didnt buy him anything ( bad mom not!! he doesnt even know). Then we came home and I tried to get some homework done... The last few days I have gotten a few extra minutes to throw together two digital pages which I will show in a minute. Other then that tomorrow is going to kick off a new project for me... i want to document our 25 days of christmas here.. And every year from here on ( I hope ). So I am going to take a picture everyday of something in our daily lives or something special we do that day like put up the tree here real soon!! I got the idea from a woman named emilie from here blog. I was already a bad mom and didnt get that many pictures of his first thanksgiving but honestly how many pictures can you get of people eating... Matter of fact I only got 4 pictures wow thought I got more then that!! Anyways.. so there wont be a shortage of pictures. But here are the scrapbooking pages...

One year ago (Part one)....

2008-11-28T20:50:00.002-05:00

I was walking around at the mall trying to keep the contractions. Stopping at every third kiosk for a contraction for sure thinking that I was going to have Jaemen that night. But as soon as I got off my feet they stopped and there was no JJ for another 2 more days!! Wow going down memory lane.... sorry

It is here...

2008-11-26T09:27:00.007-05:00

Yes His first birthday!! But I didnt CRY!! :) He had two wonderful parties and we have found out that he is extremely shy when people sing to him and he knows when he is being sung to and when someone else is being sung to. (since we celebrated what like 5 birthdays at one you will see the cake later Crazy) He got a bunch of toys and some clothes all in all it was a great weekend!!

I made his cake... I wasnt sure how it was going to but it actually turned out well. I had one mess up when I was putting on his name but I fixed it the best I could and everyone liked it!!

Here are just a few pictures from the day all the other ones are uploaded on to the site look ~~> I am pretty sure that you can even save them to your computer (dad so you dont need my memory card).

OK and last but not least of course the cake pictures!!!

Oh yeah and here was my favorite project that I made that day.. They turned out great!! I got the idea from Heather.. Thanks for the great idea!!!

Thanks everyone for all the great gifts and spending that wonderful memory with us!! Pictures soon to come of Jaemen and the twins!!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Karidan

Few rough days....

2008-11-14T13:20:00.002-05:00

Well I guess we have been in for it a while now. Jaemen was such a great baby... other then never sleeping through a whole night, he never did keep us up all night. We never had the infamous all nighters that everyone told us about. Well, in the past week I have had 3. With his double infection and throat infection he wasnt too bad. But then on Tuesday night he started screaming every time he took a drink of something or ate something. At first I feared that maybe he got something stuck in his throat but I couldnt hear an obstruction in his air flow. I finally got him back to sleep at like 4, after watching like 5-6 episodes of Fresh prince and trying every position I could think off to get him back to sleep. The next morning I shipped him off to the sitter/grannys house and she told me when I picked him up that he had only ate 3 bites of food and wouldnt drink a bottle or even juice. So I got him home and that is when it all started. He was playing one minute and then next minute he was in a complete streaming fit. He wouldnt stop screaming and crying and throwing himself about. So I decided that I would take him to Urgent care to see if something was wrong. Well come to find out he still has the double ear infection and now he has come down with Hand, Foot, and mouth disease!!!(dad this link really is good on information about it) Wow... he actually caught it. We knew there was a possibility since one of the twins had it and stephs kids got it. So the whole inside of his mouth is covered the doc said with those little blisters and he had two on his big toes. You can barely see them and I was checking everynight but I was not looking for something like that. I was looking for blisters like we get, but they are under the skin.

So we get more antibotics for the ear infections, something other then amoxicin and be on our way since there really isnt anything you can do for the HFM disease. That night he woke back up at about 1130 and we were still up 3 episodes of Fresh Prince, 2 episodes of Moshea, and Forest Gump movie later!! Hehehe (like how i do the times to the shows that we went through eheh) Anyways, Sherrow had pulled the rocker in the room so we could rock him and that didnt work we ended taking 45-an hour shifts even though he was crying the though night so it wasnt like you could sleep during that time. And finally i got him asleep at about 5 am after he and daddy watched forrest gump. I know what you are thinking turn off the tv!! But that didnt work either it would just make us fall asleep instead of him!!

But it sounds like he is back to eating today and drinking but pretty whinning still.. So hopefully we will get some sleep around here tonight.

On a better note... SCHOOL IS FINALLY COMING TO AN END!!! I got my seminar done today didnt go as well as I planned somehow some slides got misplaced but I pulled through. But like I said it is coming to an end.. Both labs are over so means I have nothing on Tuesday and thrusday and only monday and wednesday go to 1230! YIPPEEE!! I can catch up on everything that is due and start studying for a test on wednesday. This weekend is still pretty packed with a quiz homework and a test in Physical chem by wednesday but I will have TUESDAY all day to work on it. I will probably still send Jaemen to his grannys (sherrows mom) just for a few hours while sherrow is at work so I can really hustle and get some work done. But the stress will soon be all over!!!

Another good note.... A wonderful woman at school gave me Photoshop CS2 which is a VERY VERY expensive program and it came with some GREAT actions. So I am going to do some work on some pictures and if you would like to reorder some pictures let me know.. they will be only availiable in 5 x 7 and higher though...

This is the longest post ever I think!! hehehe...

Best thing ever...

2008-11-09T20:02:00.004-05:00

to come to town is Sonic.. not really but they have one of the best ice creams EVER. The other week Sherrow brought home sonic ice cream on a hum bug.. (really he was probably trying to get on my good side ice cream always works) but anyways.. He walked in with the best ice cream ever!!

Just try it!! Sorry just had to get that out... and take a break from my homework that I have been working on since 12 and it is 8:11!! UGH only a little longer!!

What I will be doing this weekend..

2008-11-08T09:19:00.007-05:00

HOMEWORK!!!

Analytical Chemistry

HPLC Lab Report
AAS Lab Report (done)
GSMS Lab Report
Write up PreLab for GC (done)
Outline for Presentation(done)

Physical Chemistry

Iodine Lab Report (done)
Write up Last weeks lab
Homework Set #4 (DONE)

Prof in Chemistry

Finish my Senior Seminar (most important it is friday)DONE!!!!!!

Oh yeah and get my resume together for a job opening for a Forensic Technician in Sterling Heights??

I cant wait for this next week to end!! I will have no more Analytical Lab so that means no more school on Tuesday and Thrusday!! U Can track my progress through the weekend I will cross them out!! Not that you care but I just wanted to get my to do list down somewhere before heading to work!! Love all of you!!

Karidan

Fall Pictures...

2008-11-05T17:13:00.002-05:00

I took these picture mainly for the leaves but I needed a new picture of him for his invites!! I LOVE THIS PICTURE!! Here are a few... First one is the only one that is processed so far though...
love you guys more later!!!

11 MONTHS!!! WOW

2008-11-02T21:09:00.005-05:00

Can you even believe it?? He is going to be a year old in one month!! WOW!!! Not much is going on here other then a lot of very little sleep nights!! I am working on a lot of stuff for school until bout an hour until jaemen wakes up at night ( i should just stay up until he does) doing my homework!! Crazy and I cant catch up!! anyways... Like I said not much going on here!! I do have some good news though.. It looks like I will graduate in the SUMMER!!! AHHHH!!! I am going to have the same exact semester next semester!! Just the advanced side of what i am doing so 3x harder!! But I want to get it done so I am going to push through it!! I CANT WAIT!!

Halloween was good here... I sat inside the door and watch Sherrow and Jaemen hand out candy... or watch jaemen almost fall down the stairs THREE times!! (See below) He thinks he is a big boy and can climb the stairs.. OH and.... we might have a walker any day now!! He took two steps tonight!! we just have to get him over this whole fright thing and letting go!! He is standing all by himself now!! Not really excited for that though.. when you ask him what he has he is already starting to dip on us and crawl away as fast as he can go so what do you think he is going to do when he can walk!!

I will try and post some more soon!! Jaemen has a photoshoot coming up maybe tomorrow if I get sometime cause I have to get his invites out!! But here is a few pictures!!! Love you all!!

2008-10-22T16:48:00.003-04:00

This Sunday we took a trip out to the Cider Mill. We had to get pumpkins and it had been a while since I was able to get out to get those yummy yummy warm donuts. Jaemen was pretty tired but was a trooper and just amazed with all of the kids and people running around. We are going again this weekend thank goodness cause almost all of the pictures came out horrible!! I dont know what my camera was set at but they were all grainy and plus the sun was soo harsh!! Here is one though I guess just so you can see I promise better ones this weekend. I wont be so rushed and maybe he will be a little less tired!! Gotta get going to my Fathers house though talk to you later!!!
You see whaat I mean about grainy and nasty pictures!! YUCK!!! Hate when that happens

Boo!!!

2008-10-11T19:58:00.004-04:00

Yes Jaemen had his next day of Trick or Treating!!! This time it was 95 degrees and everyone was in full costume!! I just wanted to show some pictures from the day!! We had a lot of babies there... Lets see all the way from 6 days old.... 4 or 6 weeks (sorry aunt april cant remember)... 4 months....7 weeks.. 7 Months (the twins) and and 10 months (thats our jj the oldest)!! Lots!!!

Kinda of crazy!! Anyways... Here are some more pictures from the day!!

Fall is Here.....

2008-10-03T12:34:00.003-04:00

I love this time of year!! The colors, the chilly mornings (until i have to get out of the warm covers and then sherrow has to bring me sweat pants and a sweatshirt so I can get dressed under the covers :)) the only thing I dont like is my CHILD HAS NOTHING TO WEAR hehe!! Time to go shopping!!!

Well I finally got a minute to myself to give you guys a small update... Sherrow is back from Oklahoma and it is soo nice to have him back. I cant finally get a little bit of homework done with Jaemen up. School is still kicking my butt.. I have tests, quizzes, a 10 min presentation all this week to do still. On top of that I have to start planning jaemens 1st birthday, decorate the house for fall/halloween ( I would love to do something like this or this, Take jaemens 1 year pictures for this birthday invites ( i have great idea in my head that involves quite a mess), and to buy jaemen a new warobe because he has out grown everything!! So my to do list is a mile long and I dont have anytime to do any of nor the money because I dont have time to work either hehe...

Next on my agenda is to make christmas cards to get up on the website so look back to them. They are going to come with a mini family session to get a updated family picture also. So i have to get that all put together I am hoping to do it before the fall colors go away!! You can also opt to just give me a family picture and just get the christmas cards!! So look for those soon hopefully (probably not until my Chemistry presentation is done next friday though)!!

well until next time!! I have to go get started on my powerpoint presentation!!! Love you all!!

Free Purse??

2008-10-01T08:08:00.002-04:00

Hey Hangbagplanet.com it giving away free hangbags for an hour!! Check them out!! I want this one!!!

Just an update...

2008-09-27T20:53:00.003-04:00

First of all want to thank everyone for there responses on the business card. MUCH APPRECIATED!!! Next this is just a little update with some pictures of Jaemen and the twins because I have recently been to a family function and people want to see more updates of the twins also so Afton is going to be sending me more pictures of them hopefully!!

Ok so I guess I should tell you who is who for those who cant tell apart (hopefully I can let me know dad and maryanne plz if i mess it up)!!! Anyways 1. Of course our one and only little JJ!! (not so little anymore) 2. David 3. David again I LOVE THIS PICTURE!! 4. would be dill pickle aka Dillon and 5 would be David again!! Sorry dont know why I have more of David then dillon. As you can see the twins are starting to sit up yeah!!!! I just want to eat them up!! You can see the a bunch more pictures of them and jaemen at the baby shower in the web albums look to your right to find that link!!! Thanks for looking!! Love you all!!!

Business Cards need your opinion

2008-09-26T15:28:00.004-04:00

Whatcha think?? I had a quick minute to throw something together.. I need to get this done cause everyone is always asking me for my number or email.. so if you think there should be somcething more or if this is perfect let me know!!!

9 Month Pictures

2008-09-19T21:51:00.004-04:00

I was pretty lazy this month and really wanted a picture of jaemen in the tub so I took him to sears for just a few pics!! So here you go!! I am going to be sending most of you a wallet unless you are a grandparent then you will get your 5x7 or 8 x10 if you want them! I love the way they turned out!!!

Isnt he just adorable?? I cant even stand it!! I cropped the second picture closer to his face and cut out his little legs but it is so cute his two little teeth showed so much!! But yeah dont try printing them they are really low resolution so it print a 4x6 I will give you a picture if you would like one guys!!! Leave a comment if you do want one and you arent a aunt uncle grandparent of his!!! Thanks guys!!

aghhh Gas Prices!!

2008-09-12T19:20:00.004-04:00

Just got a call from my stepmomma that gas prices are going up to over $5.00 a gallon and in some places they are already over $6.00. ERRR... Oh yeah and Sherrow left today for Moore Okaloma which is smack damb in the middle of the state so I am pretty sure he will be feeling some of that storm. Not to much by the time it gets up that far inland I am sure it is going to like a strong thunderstorm. Not to much to post but I told Meagen that now lives in florida and wont get to see Jaemen that much at all any more that I would try and keep the blog more updated!! At least picture wise!! I have a picture of Jaemens new teeth they are coming down real well and I caught him laughing a lot at dinner yesterday they are adorable when he laughs pretty sure he is going to have a little gap though...

Just to let you guys know though that I will be planning birthday parties here soon. One is going to be a little early probably because it looks like daddy is going to be in Kentucky over his birthday :( We will see though we don't quite know the dates yet!!

Busier then ever!!!

2008-09-04T14:23:00.003-04:00

I know I said I would try and update the blog more but I am seriously in the hardest semester ever I think!! Last night I was in my Physical Chemistry class for 7 and a half hours SERIOUSLY!!! I went in at 11 to the lecture and came out of the lab at 6:30 I was blown away!! Anyways... So my life is going to be in the lab this semester!! Then I have two photo shoots this week also!!

Sherrow is leaving again next friday for Okaloma we found out about 3 days ago but it was official today!! He will be gone again for 2 weeks not sure how this one is giong to go with so much of my life consumed with homework!! Feel free to come pick up Jaemen when ever you would like him in those two weeks!! haha...

Well on to the little bug.. He is starting to clap his hands it is so cute he screams at his hands cause they dont make the noise my does and then gets surprised when they do make noise. SO FUNNY!! Other then that he loves the fridge, dogs water bowl and his new ball toy!!! Not much with him going on other then the fact that he is 9 months old!!!

I did however for my birthday get my Pictures up FINALLY!! YEAHH!!! Sorry aunt joyce it took so long!! But here they are ... I LOVE THEM!!! Thank you again Aunt Joyce!!!

Then I also recieved my new dining room table I love it too!! we can eat in peace without worrying about little bug spilling our drinks and hitting our plates. I can do homework with out all the pages getting tore!! So very good investment!!!

Update...

2008-08-25T08:40:00.007-04:00

Soo I have been told that I am slacking on the whole picture thing!!! Sorry :( I will get on top of that but I am pretty sure I am just slacking on the posting thing I do have pictures of him just not putting them on here! Can you believe he is going to be 9 months in 5 days??? My baby is growing so fast!!! He got to do his first of many trick or treating!!! I know it is a little early but his grandma has many chances to do trick or treating and this one was not the time to do it since the temperature was 90 degrees and the kids were all sweating or not even wearing their costumes. Jaemen got his first sucker and was very content the rest of the time....

and sucked on that with the wrapper on for quite some time... We also took the twins around but they were among the children that could not wear their costumes because they were to hot!!!

We were almost done with the little loops that we were going around and all of sudden I say trick or treat and look down to see this... (all the excitment he couldnt hold on any longer)

I hope that helps with the picture withdrawl!! hehe... My birthday is on Friday. WOW!! I will be 23 that is crazy I am getting old. I am also going back to school on wednesday and this is going to be a very hard semester not a lot of classes but a large load of labs!!! That is what takes forever!! Not to much esle is going on in this household. We are still getting the house together and getting comfy but it is just about there. Tomorrow I am finally getting my picture frames up and then I will be happy!!

I have also gotten some scrapping done which I am proud of...

`This one isnt quite finished I need a white marker to write all of his milestones but you get the picture...This is a card for my grandparents 60th anniversary!!!

Thanks for looking!!!

Karidan

Going to get Sherrow...

2008-08-11T06:28:00.003-04:00

No more just mommy and son!! I have loved the time me and my son have had time to bond, BUT I am sooo ready to have help again. I have seen my son go from stationary to mobile and seen his whole personality change because of that. He has gotten two new teeth and started walking around tables. Like I said I cant wait for his Daddy to come home.. Here is a picture though, that my beloved friend Meagen took of me and Jaemen last weekend, to commence our 2 weeks together!! at the park!!!

My Projects!!!

2008-08-10T21:24:00.004-04:00

I have been working on some projects and just thought I should show you two of them... With Sherrow being gone I really wanted to get a lot more done but I didnt get the frames up and I didnt get a washer/dryer but those will be happening very soon!! I have also had a little time to get some scrapping done in my NEW ROOM YEAH!! So there is also a picture of that too.. i want to get some cards done for some people here real soon too. So keep checking your mailbox to see if you are one of the lucky people. Eventually I will get one to everyone but I owe some people some thank yous!! Here are some pictures...

This is going to soon have a king size bed under it and actually matching bedspread but I havent done everything cause we are trying to get a new bed!!

Jaemen is Crawling @ 8 months!!

2008-08-02T21:34:00.003-04:00

This is really for Sherrow but of course I was going to post this anyways... Anyone got gates?? I am pretty sure we are going to need them here REAL soon!! Jaemen has went from barely moving and falling over last week before Sherrow left to rocking on Sunday the 26 and not being able to get the get his leg out of the way to move, to the 30th draging a foot the behind to full out crawling and trying stand on everything!! Enjoy!!

Toodler Shoot...plus some

2008-08-01T15:53:00.004-04:00

We went out to Sunset Hills to talk some pictures that are long over due. Trust me we chased this little one around for 2 hours and I was sore the next day!! I need to work out shhh....

Then mom stopped and took sometime to pose for me also..

Guess who is on the MOVE...

2008-08-01T15:28:00.007-04:00

You guessed it!! Our little Jaemen... He was out in the living room and officially made it to the kitchen with me! It is time child Proof my house! I have a lot of the plugs already child proofed but everything else needs to be. And with me doing new projects everyday, it is hard to keep in closed when you dont have a door on the craft room. Err.. Right now I am...

1.) Painting My ScrapRoom,

2.)Painting the shelves that are going in there,

3.)doing a design for above the bed

of course mine is going to be on my white wall. I cant wait to see how this is going to turn out. I will post the pictures later!! This is going to go right above the bed so of course no table or anything but I do think I am going to do some of the daisies for my scrap room I think that will be cute!!

Anyways.. Back to Jaemen... He really isnt "crawling crawling" he is doing it his own little way. He get almost into the stance to crawl but still has his leg under him and then just scoots along on that leg. It is so cute! It takes him a minute but if he wants something he is going to get it!!

That is about it for right now... I will post more later with update pictures of the scraproom and or our bedroom!! Love everyone!!!

~karidan~

Were all alone... :(

2008-07-25T17:59:00.006-04:00

Yes... Sherrow left today!!! In the meantime I have a whole list of things to do!!! 1. CLEAN... CLEAN... CLEAN.. 2. Get scraproom in order 3. SCRAPBOOK!! I have had the biggest urge to scrap and I cant!! I hate it!! So I need to get on that!! I am going to paint here soon.. I do need to contract someone out though I need shelves hung!! Oh and Dad I need washers so i can do this... Let me know what you can do!!! Anyways... I want to make cards and layouts!! So many ideas in my head!! But on the other hand I want to pick up a lot of shifts at work so I am going to have to find a happy medium!!

Anyways.. for our last little family thing before Sherrow left we all went to the park (me, sherrow, dymond and jj ohh and of course the camera) I wanted to get some pictures of them together and some comparison pictures so here is a good one...

Look here he had to have a blanket and last night he is sitting by himself and loving the swing!!!

Yesterday April 20th (5 months)

This one you can see how much he has grown being on Dymonds lap!! Kinda of crazy!! His little hair is filling in very nice also!!!

So anyways.... I will leave you with one more picture from last night!!! I am going to be posting a lot hopefully cause daddy should be checking the site also when he is down there!!! love you all... p.s. aunt joyce we have the frames filled they look awesome now i am just waiting for someone to hang them for me and I will post a picture of them for you!! Thank you so much again I LOVE THEM!!!

Sorry two pictures couldnt leave the B & W one out!! BYE!!!

Am I a bad Mother??

2008-07-17T21:02:00.002-04:00

I just had to take this picture before I took him out of his jumperoo... The boy had not taken a nap since 10:3o this morning. I put him down once and 15 minutes later he was right back up! So when I seen him getting real tired in his toy I let him put himself to sleep and sure enough 15 bounces later I looked up and he was asleep on the tray. The funny thing was he would bring his head back up and keep on bouncing with his eyes closed!! It was soo cute!! I have been falling behind in the picture category with him so tomorrow I am pretty I am going to take him to the park for a couple of pictures.. I know most of you are like What?? Falling behind?? But when I go back and I only have like 10 pictures I dont think I have enough. It might be a sickness but I don't want to miss out on anything. So maybe a picture a day.. whatcha think?? Especially since I am out of school right now and can do it!!

P.S. We just found out about 2 hours ago that Sherrow will be going to Cincinnati to open up his first Logans down there!! He will be leaving next Friday the 25th and I will be going down there on the 8th of August to pick him up!! That is going to be a lonely 2 weeks... I havent been without him since I went Texas in what 2006 I think that was the year!!

Had to freshen up a little bit...

2008-07-15T21:45:00.004-04:00

How do you guys like the new background for the blog?? I was kind of tired of just the black!! This still makes my pictures look good also!! Anyways... Just for the record our little one is getting into everything!! He officially took every single piece of laundry out of the basket today and knocked over all of the DVDS!! We definitely have to get everything off the floor but the little bugger is so tall he can get into a lot of stuff!! He is also trying incredibly hard to pull himself up!! Here is the start of his trouble...

I know, I Know...

2008-07-13T22:01:00.008-04:00

I have been neglecting this blog but not to much is going on around here it is pretty much the same thing everyday. Work, sleep, play with baby... work, sleep, spend time with baby... I have though chopped all of my hair off as you can see in the picture of me and Jaemen messing around with the camera!! I love to see what kind of face Jaemen gives the camera when it goes off!! Next big news is Jaemen has finally cut his next tooth!! It has been what like 4 months since he got his first two teeth... This time it is only one top tooth! I am soo happy for him though they are so so swollen up there but of course we have had a little bit more fussier baby along with him waking up day and determined to crawl. He doesnt quite have it yet but the boy just wants to dive head first to the floor and then screams casue he has hit his head!! Oh and if he doesnt do that he screams after like 2 mintues because he doesnt either get what he dove for or he just cant stand his belly!! ( not to interupt my whole blog but Miss USA just fell on stage going for miss Universe dont think that is going to happen now) Anyways... I am pretty sure that is all that has happened this week! Have finally picked what pictures are going to go in the picture frames my most wonderful aunt Joyce got me!! For right now they will go on the two walls surrounding the TV which is the main focal point of the room it is what you see when you walk in... I love it!!
I am finally going to have my photography up on my own walls!! Well at least two of them right now I need one more just have two many pictures to pick from but I am pretty sure I know which one...

Those are the two for sure and this one might be the third one.... I think this is him soo much right now... I want to do all of his newborn pics but just dont have ones that are working out !!! it is either that or one of his feet!! Help... I just want them to be cohesive not just random pictures... so what do you think???

I still do owe you guys a sneak peak at some of the sessions I had two weeks ago.. So here you go!! I will first start with my nephews...

Then here is the shoot of my cousins baby's baptism pics and pictures of my goddaughter his sister!!

Well I think that is about all for right now!! I swear that I will post more and I will post the frames up on the walls (so you can see aunt joyce)!!!

Karidan

ALL MOVED IN!!!

2008-07-05T23:32:00.006-04:00

Yes we are all moved in!! FINALLY!!! Now we are just getting boxes unpacked and things settled into. Today we got all of our clothes put away in our walk in closet!! I love it!! All organized and a place for everything. So on the big check list we have checked off....

BathRoom....

Jaemen's Room ( even though I cant hang up his clothes yet) ... Yeah dont mind the boxes and mess every where still I am getting to it..

This is our 200 dollar frig.. WE LOVE IT!! What a great steal huh??

So there is a little sneak peak into the new house!! We are loving it just getting used to the whole thing still though... As for the fourth of July. Not to much went on in this house. Daddy had a split shift so that kinda ruined a lot of our plans. Jaemen and I stayed in the house and hung out most of the day! Then at night I and the grandparents just took him outside and watched some of the neighborhood fireworks. He loved them, just a complete stare!! So next year we will definitely take him to the fireworks!!

Well tomorrow I will have some pictures from my recent photo shoots!! But I am incredibly tired for tonight!! So until next time!!

HAPPY 4th OF JULY!!!