For all those girls out there...

I know you will understand!
So I was busy cleaning and organizing today and saw my wedding dress in the closet. I decided, "Why not?" and tried it on...and to my surprise...it still fit--2.5+ years later! I was ecstatic. I came down to show Keith and he just laughed, but I felt good knowing it fit!

Visit from Kalla and Caidan

This past weekend Kalla and Caidan came for a visit and we had so much fun! I had seen the little man a month ago, but boy had he grown! He was so much more mobile...hard to keep him still and so much more interactive. He is though weary of people he is not familiar with so it took a little time for him to get used to us, except for Keith...he liked him right away!

Sleeping in the car on the way to shopping...Gap Outlet!
Playing with the Solomon girls' toys...they were so nice to share.
Looking up at whatever his silly mom is doing!
Talking on Aunt Betsy's phone...now if only he would do this when I am on the other end!
With Uncle Keith...they got along quite well! Though Keith was unsure of what to do!

I sat in the back with Caidan on all of our adventures and did anything I could to keep him occupied...this time we were playing peek-a-boo!

Turning One!

Seth turned one on March 24, so we celebrated on Easter Sunday and did we have fun. The little guy was taking a few steps before his birthday but was a big show-off during his party. Since he was an Easter time baby this year I had to get him some bunny ears--he wasn't a big fan, but his big bro Zach seemed to enjoy them.

Keith and I got Seth a popper for his birthday. For those of you who do not know about a popper it is a pushing toy that when it moves these plastic balls jump inside and make noise (much like the center of the game in Trouble). My parents have told all of us that when we have kids we will each get one because they are so annoying, so I could not pass on the opportunity of annoying my parents!

The bunny ears--I think they are adorable!

The popper--he loved it and cried when we took it away so that he could open the rest of his presents.

Starting on his cupcake...

...After the cupcake!

Little Baby!

On Monday, March 17 one of the cutest babies I have ever seen was born! Elijah Brennan Dudley was born at 10:42 am and weighed 9.5 pounds! Keith and I went to visit him that night and I thoroughly enjoyed getting to hold him. (These pictures were taken by Keith.)

A couple weeks before Eli was born we had a party for Jill and I had made Eli one of these tag blankets. When she opened it, she commented that she would have to keep it from Justice. So using extra fabric and ribbon I made one for J. Such a fun and easy project!

One Year Older

Just a review of pics from the last year...
...goodbye 22, hello 23!

It's Official...

Seth Albert Green is all ours! The court date went great (under 5 minutes to declare him adopted). We are so happy that this adventure has come to this point. When we look back at last December when K'Liyah, K'Von, and KeAwn were taken away I don't think any of us could imagine standing here 14 months later and having this little guy!
Thank You God!

Happy Birthday, Keith!

I love you and I hope you have an amazing day turning 23!

31 Days

On January 1, I entered an online scrapbooking challenge...create a layout for each day of January and upload them to the message board. I am proud to say that I did it...31 pages in 31 days!
These are the pictures of each layout I did.

A cool new site!

My super cool friend, Sarah Sulek has this awesome new craft website/blog. I highly recommend that everyone check it out because she gives some super cool ideas.
http://www.simplybluekangaroo.com/ Also linked to the right as Sarah's craft blog!

New Baby!

We are super excited for Kalla, Chris, and Caidan as they get ready for the newest member to the family (sometime in September)!

My new friend...the sewing machine

My sewing machine and I have become best friends and we have spent a lot of time bonding!

I made a curtain for my craft room area--this was my first project with the machine.

These purses I made with Sara. The first one (the blue) Sara helped me make. The black and white one I made by myself.
This is the first scrapbook page I made with the sewing machine. I stitched the pictures onto the paper.

New Me for the New Year

Before:


















After:

This is me! A friend needed help getting a new portfolio put together for a job interview and I was more than ready to lend a helping hand!
I love it, it is so easy to take care of!

Happy New Year

Hope everyone is having a great start to 2008!

Here is a quick layout of our exciting and full 2007!

Caidan at Christmas

It was so exciting to have Caidan here for Christmas and I got in all the cuddle time I could with the little man!

The Partridge Christmas

Christmas Eve is always spent with Keith's mom since it is her birthday. And Christmas night is spent at his grandparents' house. This year was really exciting because Keith's sister was here for Christmas--the first time since we've been married and his aunt, uncle, and cousin from NJ were here too!

Uncle Mark--lives in NJ
Nana (Keith's Grandma) and Mom P.
Mom and me
Brandi--cousin from NJ
Chanelle--cousin from NJ
Aunt Chalise--from NJ and Pops (Keith's Grandpa)

Tiffy (Keith's sister, lives in NYC)
Uncle Chipper
Aunt Bea
Theo--cousin

Keith and I have most of his family hooked on the Wii and I think everyone expects us to bring it every time we come over!

The Green Family Christmas

Christmas morning and early afternoon were spent at my parents' house. And making it extra special this year was having Chris, Kalla, and Caidan with us.

The Ronning family---Caidan was so adorable in his little Christmas outfit.

Here is Caidan and me opening his presents...I did all the work and he had all the fun!
This is the official Green family photo...Caidan and Seth are busy looking at the dog running around.
Here re all the kids and grandchild...this I think is a new tradition.

And the two cutest little elves Santa had this year!

More Christmas Highlights

So opening presents was fun and there were lots of surprises!
Me opening scrapbook supplies...how did Keith know that's what I wanted? Keith opening his robe.Keith wearing his robe and looking at his new CD.This was Seth's idea of opening presents...eating the paper. He eventually realized that the paper did not taste too good.Zach opening his new slippers. This was my unexpected and surprise present: a paper rack. After putting it together--a chore--I put in all the paper and I love it!This was my favorite gift...a sewing machine! I had an idea I was getting this, but there was not a big enough present under the tree. About an hour after opening presents I came back downstairs and lo and behold there was a big box under the tree...opened it and was so excited to see this inside. Have already put it to good use and will post pics of projects in the next couple days!