I just can’t get enough.

I am so in love with this little guy.

Meeting my sweet nephew, Jack was worth every second of every minute of every hour it took to drive from Idaho to California.

Now, I’m enjoying all the seconds, minutes and hours I have with Jack while I’m still here.

xoxo, Christie

P.S. I promise to catch up and all of your lovely happenings when I get home. I miss you!

Just  10 more days and I’ll be off to California to love on this little munchkin. I can’t wait!

Little Jack is so darling.

I can’t wait to visit my brother, Adam and his family, it’s so hard to live far away from them. Every moment is precious.

I get to see my two gorgeous nieces too, there will be lots of photos taken of them and their baby brother, Jack.

Photos = layouts.

Layouts = good.

I love my visits to California, it’s always so much fun to catch up with good friends, spend time with family and, of course, play with paper at Paradise Scrapbook Boutique!

xoxo, Christie

Cooper turns 2 on April 1st! I can’t say it enough: TIME FLIES.

I love these photos of my sister, Emilee with Cooper. In the first photo, I called his name and he looked toward me; in the second photo, he caught notice of me and smiled; in the third photo he reached for me.

I love it when he reaches for me. It’s so fun to be aunt Christie.

At this rate “Banner Week” will more likely last more than a week.

On this layout I used the Wood Veneer Banners by Studio Calico.

How do you feel about wood embellishments? I like the texture they added.

Off to play with more banners.

Have a fan-tabulous day!

xoxo, Christie

Is there anything more peaceful than a sleeping baby?

I think not.

This photo of my nephew, Tucker, was taken on Christmas morning.

Just looking at it makes me want to kiss his little face.

I hope you have a fun-filled-super-duper weekend!

xoxo, Christie

Feelin’ the love.

Love. love. love.

This sweet little angel is my niece, Kayla.

Speaking of love…I’ve been spending WAY too much time on Pinterest looking at fun Valentine projects.

Help me.

Are you addicted to Pinterest too?

Have a super-fantastic day!

xoxox, Christie

I know I’m late…

Happy New Year!

I hope that you had the merriest Christmas ever!

I’ve been absent from blogsphere.

I can only say that I have thoroughly enjoyed spending time with my beautiful family.

One of our Christmas traditions is baking sugar cookies and decorating them.

I’ve been dieting since early November so I only made enough for my kids to enjoy.

I was hard not to eat cookies. But I lived.

Dan does not like sugar cookies. He says they are a waste of frosting. Ugh!

I wish I didn’t like sugar cookies. I happen to LOVE them. And homemade butter cream frosting.

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Happy New Year my dear friend!

I will be posting projects soon, promise.

xoxo, Christie

Happy 2nd Anniversary to my sweet baby sister, Emilee and her husband, Jordan!

Have fun during your anniversary tradition, searching for the perfect tree!

xoxo, Christie

This family photo was taken last July. It is so amazing to have my entire “Wolfe” family in a photo together.

Can you believe it’s already outdated? In the short span of 3 months, my sister-in-law, Kristin had her baby (she’s pregnant in the photo) and my other sister-in-law, Vanessa (the tiny woman on the left) found out she is pregnant. I love how my family has grown! Best of all, I love being “Aunt Christie”.

For the longest time my kids did not have any first cousins. Parker was the first grandchild on Dan’s side of the family and my side too…Izabelle was the second. I finally became an aunt with my sweet little niece, Kayla. Now the Wolfe family is growing like crazy! I love it!

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Have you noticed that I haven’t been around much this week? I’ve been SUPER busy both with work and with family fun!

I have tons of Scrap n’ Art projects that I can’t wait to share with you.

This week we’ve had loads of Halloween fun here in Idaho.

Friday night we ventured out to the Haunted Mill. It was tons of spoooooooky fun! I think Izabelle had her eyes closed almost the entire time.

The Haunted Mill was was pretty darn scary if I do say so myself.

Then Saturday night we got lost in The Straw Maze. We went after dark the when maze becomes “haunted” and seriously fun!

It was so crazy to try to find my way through a straw maze in the dark…with spooks jumping out around corners and in tunnels.

Crazy. Scary. FUN!

Again, I think Izabelle had her eyes closed almost the entire time.

We also enjoyed shopping at Halloween City last week. Izabelle and Parker tested out all sorts of costumes.

I’ll be sure to post photos of the kids in their real costumes on Monday they’re pretty fantastic!

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O.K. If you’ve made it this far in my post, I have a special surprise for you!

Leave the word “Boo” somewhere in your comment and I’ll enter you into my SURPRISE GIVEAWAY!

I’ll post a photo of the SURPRISE Prize and announce the SURPRISE Prize winner on Tuesday, November 1st, 2011.

Hint: You can count on lots of “scrapbooking” goodies.

Good luck!

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Have a wonderful weekend!

xoxo, Christie

Happy Birthday to my sweet little Izabelle!

When you were born, you were so tiny…only 2 pounds, 6 ounces. Your due date was December 22nd, but you came early.

THREE months early!

I love to look at this photo of you…only minutes old. Your daddy’s hands around your tiny body.

I remember the blessing that my dad, Grandpa Wolfe gave you with Brother Fillerup. Did you know that Brother Fillerup (Dr. Fillerup) is the doctor that delivered me when I was born? How neat is that?

I remember my Grandpa & Grandma Crabtree, (your great-grandparents) came to visit you in the hospital. I remember when Grandpa held your tiny body in his hands and said,

“Isn’t it glorious that inside this tiny baby girl lies the keys to create generations?”

I sat in awe, and pondered how amazing it was that you survived, and because you survived, you will have children, and your children will have children.

Generations. Grandpa was right, it was, and still is a glorious thing to ponder.

I remember feeling confident that you would survive and grow to be a woman with children of your own.

And you have grown.

You grew into a beautiful baby, then an adorable toddler…

…a cute kid…

…and a gorgeous girl.

I love you!

Happy birthday my sweet, sweet girl.

xoxo, Momma

Izabelle was so excited to get her braces on last June. She’s not as excited these days…brushing, rubber bands, tightening, etc.

But from my point of view, her braces are AMAZING! Izabelle has only had her braces on for a little over a month and her smile has already changed!

I love this girl! I was born to be her mom. Izabelle is such a unique, spunky, creative, witty and beautiful girl.

Lately, Izabelle has been my little shadow. She walks with me, cooks with me, crafts with me…best of all: she talks to me…I mean really talks to me. She tells me about her everyday comings and goings, about what’s annoying her at the moment, she shares her ideas and she tells me about her dreams.

It is my wish that her and I stay close.

I know the day will come when she won’t want to spend so much time with me…when silly best friends and teenage boys enter the picture…but for now, I am loving every minute spent with her.

xoxo, Christie