life .. or something like it

Part of our Christmas presents for our families last year was a personalized 2009 calendar. As early as the start of the year, my mom already asked me to do a 2010 calendar for her monday group that would be her Christmas present for them. I wanted to wait for the different digital scrap shoppes to start offering their 2010 calendar kits (easier for me to do the calendars haha!) but since I’m due to give birth early November (I can give birth as early as mid- October when the kits usually come out) I decided to just start making the calendar from scratch, from the different kits that I already have. First thing to do though was to make the dates, had to make sure that the dates were put in the correct days.  After that to decide on a layout that I can carry throughout the months. So far, I’ve been able to finish up to June.  6 more pages to go and hopefully I can still have the time to do the ones for the family.

Credits:

JANUARY – Papers, frames, branch, butterfly, butterfly trail from Flourish by Kristin Cronin-Barrow. Alpha by Michelle Filo from Summer Time Collab Kit. Stitches from Oliver by Leah Riordan.    Fonts used Maiandra GD,  Liorah BT & Impress BT.

FEBRUARY – Papers from Jackie Eckles & Leora Sanford and Frames by Leora Sanford from Summer Time Collab Kit. Stitches from Oliver by Leah Riordan. Alphas by Karah Fredricks from Over The Rainbow.    Font used Impress BT.

MARCH – Papers from Promise and Alphas & Frames from Summer Cottage by Shabby Princess. Stitches from Oliver by Leah Riordan. Tapes from My Funky Studio by Gina Cabrera and Harvest Spice by Shabby Princess. Staples from I Am Baby by Eva Kipler and  Promise by Shabby Princess.   Fonts used Liorah BT & Impress BT.

APRIL – Papers from Ecologirl by Bibounette. Stitches from Oliver by Leah Riordan. Frame by Janine Oliveira. Alpha from Bounce by Shabby Princess.   Fonts used Maiandra GD & Impress BT.

MAY – Papers from Jan Crowley & Meredith Fenwick from Bloom & Grow. Stitches from Oliver by Leah Riordan. Alpha by Meredith Fenwick from De.Love.Ly.    Fonts used Liorah BT, Impress BT & Maiandra GD.

JUNE – Papers by Tia Bennett from Seventies and Dude Totally. Stitches from Oliver by Leah Riordan. Frames, Journal & Ribbon from Dirty Days by Tiptoe Studio. Alpha from Vibe by Erica Hernandez.    Fonts used Impress BT, Liorah BT & Maiandra GD.

All on Photoshop CS4.

Earlier today while E was in the toilet waiting to finish what he was doing. He started counting ..

E: 1, 2, 3 … 10, 11, 12 … 15, 17

Me: 16 (prompting him)

E: 16, 17, 18 … 21,22 … 29, 29

Me: (prompting him again) 30

E: 30, 31, 32 … 39, 39

Me: 40

E: 40, 41, 42, 43 … 49, 49

Me: 50

E: 50! Mommy, up to what number did I count?

Me: 50

E: Wow, 50! That blows my mind!

Ichi and I were laughing our heads off. The things they say Oh, and I hope he gets well by tomorrow, he’s been sick with fever the past days.

I had my 27th week checkup yesterday and so far so good. My tests for sugar and iron intake came back good. I think my OB is a little concerned that siobe might be small, coz every now and then she would ask me again how much E weighed at birth. My next scheduled checkup will be the start of fortnightly ones.
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I was also able to schedule a maternity tour of the hospital for September. I know it’s a bit late but then we’re already booked with the hospital, it’s more of a familiarization of the facilities they have.
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No new purchase for siobe’s stuff except for some clothes (couldn’t resist the closing sale and was even able to get a couple shorts and shirts for E) and some blankets.
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Another thing off my to-do-list is getting the Application for Enrollment for Temporary Visa holders signed by the Principal of the school. We have to send that in to the Temporary Residents Program of the Department of Education to get the authority to enroll so that E can be officially enrolled in school. We rang to inquire if there was a possibility of getting fee-exempt and was able to find out that they also take in application for installment payment of the fees. Now, to just complete the documents required.
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Ichi’s birthday is coming up and I haven’t planned anything yet. I think he’ll be able to take leave that day since he’ll be working that weekend’s saturday. So maybe a day out with E would be what we will be doing, probably lunch and a movie? Hmm .. we’ll see.