Countdown to 1: Day 3… {with a super quick GIVEAWAY}

December 17, 2010 | Posted by Chelsey

It’s the 3rd and FINAL day of Ruari’s birthday countdown… Oh, man. It’s tomorrow!!! I’m sharing the remaining 5 of my favorite photos of Ruari for 2010… What a sweet little baby girl.

Remember when we went to the tattoo parlor and got some ink? Yeah, me too. Good times. (Note: these tat’s aren’t real… if you want your own: go here).

I feel like SO many changes happened during month 8. Growing up.

One of my favorite photos of her at almost 9 months:

Ha ha! I laugh every time I see this photo. Her first Halloween at 10 months:

Ruari’s first time out in the snow on Thanksgiving day. SO not impressed.

AND, since Ruari’s so excited for her birthday… and, she’s feeling very generous… she’d like to give away something from Pear Tree Greetings! (Don’t forget to check out their promotions page for VERY great deals!

What do you win? 16 free: What’s Your Resolution New Year’s Photo Cards from Pear Tree Greetings!

Aren’t they cute? They’re perfect for updating your friends and family about your life!

How do you win? Please follow these steps… AND make sure I have a way to contact you through e-mail. If I don’t… I’ll have to delete the entry… 🙁

Mandatory entry:
1) Just answer this question: How long have you been in love with my blog? ;D{1 entry}

{Optional entries (You only have to comment once for each optional entry.):
1) Follow me (see sidebar) {1 entry}
2) Like my Facebook page for The Paper Mama{1 entry}
3) Follow my twitter: thepapermama {3 entries}

4) Tweet or Facebook about this giveaway… {2 entries}
5) Blog about this giveaway… linking back to my blog (please post blog post link in comment). {3 entries}

{If you have a moment, I’d LOVE to get

a couple votes from you!}

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I’m going to make this a short giveaway! Last day to enter giveaway is December 19th, 2010 at 11:59PM Pacific time.

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Countdown to one: day 2… {with a super quick GIVEAWAY}

December 16, 2010 | Posted by Chelsey

Alright! It’s the second day of Ruari’s birthday countdown! Can you believe one more full day and she’ll be one (well, one more full day and a few hours… she was born at noon on the 18th)!

I’m sharing months 3 – 6 today…

At 3 months Ruari was just starting to show some personality. She was smiling A LOT!

At four months she was getting a little stronger and less “baby-like”. 😀 This is also the time I started my blog. Awwww….

This photo was taken on Mother’s Day weekend. She’s so sweet when she’s sleeping. ;D

Yup, she REALLY starts getting crazy here… she still doesn’t sleep well… but, at least she’s sleeping some now! It was a different story when she was 6 months…

AND, since Ruari’s so excited for her birthday… and, she’s feeling very generous! Ruari emailed Ashley, over at Ramblings and Photos, and asked if she would like to donate one of her AMAZING prints for Ruari’s birthday countdown! Well, Ashley couldn’t say no… (how could you say no to a baby when they send you an email?) 😀

What do you win? One of my favorite photos from Ashley: The Hot Sauce print (11×14). I LOVE the hot sauce print. It would be a perfect in a frame in our kitchen!

{You could win this!}

How do you win? Please follow these steps… AND make sure I have a way to contact you through e-mail. If I don’t… I’ll have to delete the entry… 🙁

Mandatory entry:
1) Just leave a comment about ANYTHING below. ;D{1 entry}

{Optional entries (You only have to comment once for each optional entry.):
1) Follow me (see sidebar) {1 entry}
2) Like my Facebook page for The Paper Mama{1 entry}

3) Follow Ashley’s blog at Ramblings and Photos… {3 entries}
4) Follow my twitter: thepapermama {1 entry}

5) Tweet or Facebook about this giveaway… {1 entry}
6) Blog about this giveaway… linking back to my blog (please post blog post link in comment). {3 entries}

Ruari would like a vote for her birthday! Yes?

{I’m going to make this a short giveaway! Last day to enter giveaway is December 19th, 2010 at 11:59PM Pacific time.}

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Wordless{ish} Wednesday: Countdown to 1… {with a super quick GIVEAWAY}

December 15, 2010 | Posted by Chelsey

{It’s almost here! This Saturday my baby butt will be turning 1! Yay! I’m excited. I’m not really all that emotional about it. I’m loving her more and more each day… so, it’s just so exciting to see her grow!}

{For the next 3 days I’m sharing my favorite photo from each of her months! Today I’m sharing 4 photos with you… starting with her 27 week 3D ultrasound…}

{Just a couple more days! My little soon-to-be 1 year old!}

{AND, guess who Ruari shares a birthday with… Kingston from a Little King and I! Ruari and Kingston will be turning 1 on the same day! December 18th. He was a month early, Ruari was 3 1/2 weeks early. He was born at 1:53 pm, Ruari was born at 1 pm. Head on over to view his little birthday countdown!}

{Ruari would LOVE a vote for our blog as a present!}

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{AND, since Ruari’s so excited for her birthday… and, she’s feeling very generous… she’d like to give away something from her mommy’s shop: The Paper Mama Shop! Yup! Isn’t she nice?}

{What do you win? Your choice of one of the following choices: a tattooed photo, a manipulated photo, a blog banner and button, 2 Photo enhancements, or 3 basic touch ups. You can check out The Paper Mama Shop for more examples!}

{The Paper Mama Shop This is a photo I manipulated of Mr. Corbin from Chronicles of Corbin.}

{Photo enhancement @ The Paper Mama Shop}

{The Paper Mama Shop This is a photo I manipulated of Mr. Wyatt from I Rock So What.}

{How do you win? Please follow these steps… AND make sure I have a way to contact you through e-mail. If I don’t… I’ll have to delete the entry… :(}

{Mandatory entry:
1) Just answer this question: How long have you been in love with my blog? ;D{1 entry}

4) Tweet or Facebook about this giveaway… {2 entries}
5) Blog about this giveaway… linking back to my blog (please post blog post link in comment). {3 entries}
6) Link up your Wordless{ish} Wednesday post to the Linky below (Wednesday only)… {2 entries}

{If you have a moment, I’d LOVE to get

a couple votes from you!}

{I’m going to make this a short giveaway! Last day to enter giveaway is December 19th, 2010 at 11:59PM Pacific time.}

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Tuesday Photo Challenges

December 14, 2010 | Posted by Chelsey

My favorite ornament for Hi Baby:

This is my favorite ornament. It’s my first ornament. I’ve always looked forward to hanging this one up. Love it.

Simplicity: Simple Beauty

Captivus: Using the clone tool

BEFORE:

AFTER:

I’m pretty positive the clone tool is my FAVORITE photoshop tool. Ever. I use it in almost every edit I do. For the photo above I got rid of the sun bleach on Pistachio’s foot. And, I cleaned up the background a bit so it wasn’t so distracting.

Shutter Love Tuesday: Dreaming

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas!

Can Ruari and I get a vote for our blog?

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The Great Exchange…

December 14, 2010 | Posted by Chelsey

top:

{claire, kingston, logan, bennett, josselyn, parker}

bottom:

{ruari, henry, corbin, ryan, stella, wyatt}

A small group of mama bloggers and I got together to do a little gift exchange with our babies. 😀 We drew names and Stella, from Hi Baby, had Ruari’s name! (Ruari pulled Parker’s name, from A Good Life). She did such a great job picking out gifts for miss Ruari!

{Stella and Ruari}

The package came with a BEAUTIFUL card that I’m positive Stella made all on her own.

Ruari LOVES books. She sat and talked to this book for a good 20 minutes. She NEVER sits still that long. AND, she got this really sweet dress that she will be wearing on Christmas for sure!

Do you remember these toys? I do! They are so cute! The little jingle it makes, the rocking animals… My cats really loved this gift. They kept sniffing it.

There was also a little doll from an Etsy shop!!! Ruari pretty much loved this thing… she had more than one meltdown involved with me taking it from her to take the packaging off… MELT DOWN. But, she loves it. It’s light and easy to carry around. The cats love this one too… They keep playing with it…

And, now she has a birthday shirt! It’s so cute! I think Stella must have made this one too. 😀

And, this is Mama’s favorite… a very very cute hair clip holder for her room. Isn’t it awesome? I love the Oregon with the heart! It came with some really cute hair clips too! I know they’re for Ruari… but, I think I’ll be wearing them too. Check out the shop of Stella’s mama: Hi Baby on Etsy.

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This is why…

December 13, 2010 | Posted by Chelsey

This is why I need a super zoom lens for my camera:

I saw THE chubbiest squirrel EVER! This photo doesn’t even show how chubby this squirrel really is!

It’s belly actually jiggled! I believe that this squirrel may be living in our garage and eating out of our neighbors bird feeder. A good life. 😀 If only I had a camera that could REALLY zoom in…. I watched Mr. Squirrel wander over to the seed feeder and attempt to climb up a railing… it fell off a couple of times. Poor chubby.