Hello!!!!! We came back on Wednesday! I still have visitors at home so that is why I haven't been around much. But just wanted to start sharing a couple of things before they stack up :)

Firstly some highlights of our vacation that had highs and lows. The boys weren't interested in shows and the COLD water in the parks, but they loved the characters:

After lunch they managed to get in the water:

At night we had a fire show, I played with the camera!

Matty got an allergic reaction to God knows what, we think it was the smoke from the fire show. He got really puffy eyes and the next day we went to Sea World, you can still see how it is a little swollen and how he doesn't look like he was having fun:

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but there were some good times:

As you can see from the above picture, after lunch his eyes were much better.

Next day we went to Movie World and it was by far the kids' favourite day. Matty just LOVED the Scooby Doo ride, he went twice, Lucas was very disappointed he could not go and I stayed outside with him.

Throughout the day Mateus asthma was playing up, I was giving him the puffer almost every hour, it went through the night and one hour after he finally slept he woke up screaming he could not breath. We called the ambulance and went to the hospital. Luckily we stayed there less than one hour because as soon as he was given steroids he got better. We gave him the medication for the next 3 days and he was fine, phew.

The last 4 days had rain forecast so we didn't plan anything far from the hotel, the first day I just stayed in the room with Matty to make sure he was ok, and the other two we enjoyed the hotel facilities. On the Monday night me, hubby and the in-laws went to Draculas. I loved it, it is hard to describe, it was my second time there and I have to say is something people should do if they plan to go anywhere near the Gold Coast. If your English is good you will get the jokes and the night will be complete, but just the music is worth it :) It was also the very first time the kids stayed with a baby sitter. I was a bit stressful but hassle free experience and the boys had no problem with it :) might be doing it again some time hehehe

I could share some more photos of our way back and the time we spent in Brisbane but this post is way too image heavy already and, you know me, there will be scrapbook pages with the photos :)

(it is also 4AM and I am done LOL)

See you tomorrow with a COOL giveaway :)

Mateus - 7 months. He was starting childcare and doing so well, just a couple of hours a week though, we spent most days just the two of us. I had just got a new job, my mom was coming to visit the next month. What a great couple of months!

I love browsing through my old photos :)

xoxo

On the same theme as Sunday's post, you must have noticed I like to be creative with titles. I am featured on the Miss Fancy Pants blog with a fun technique to create the title on this layout:

Nope, I am not sharing it here, you have to go have a look there at the Fancy Pants blog :)

I hope you enjoy trying this out :) Happy scrapping!

My boys and Isabella:

Look at the little pout :) I don't think she likes being smothered by her cousins :)

Needless to say it was great to play with the camera and these little models! Even though it was a dark cloudy day, these are precious to me!

No scrapping yet, too busy playing with the photos, these were edited using Jinky Art's IttyBitty Actions - Sweet set. Talking about Jinky Art, congratulations to Barb Uil for her new baby girl:)

See you soon!

My niece and Godchild: Isabella

(you can click on images for a little larger versions! the reductions get so blurry)

I'll be back soon with more :)

As I mentioned before, I am overwhelmed with the number of photos of my trip; but there is one highlight that will sure make it to this blog: meeting Isabella for the first time. Here are the photos of our first lunch together, the first time the boys got to hold her (and for some reason they were very eager to):

well, at first she didn't like it, but she ended up settling :) and I just adore that tiny baby cry! so cute!!!

aww, she is such a good baby, and I admit I was super happy she slept in my arms!

and off course, we took the chance to get a family shot in:

mmm, this is just day one :) more photos to come! Now is super late and I should have been in bed a while ago!!!

xoxo

Hello :) Hope everyone had a fantastic Mother's Day! Mine was nice and quiet (well, as quiet as the kids allowed), just the way I like it. Woke up to handmade presents from the kids and the Twilight DVD from hubby (movie I haven't seen yet of the book I also haven't read). Took photos (had photos taken, see below) then brunch at the local shoppes and shopping for a new handbag and boots. Then back home and everyone did exactly what they wanted. Matty played Batman Lego on the Playstation, Lucas watched a new Mickey Mouse DVD, Alex went to take a nap and I... was scrapping and editing photos :) Ended the day with a little TV we watched the finale of So you think you can Dance Australia that was recorded a couple of weeks ago. I was happy I still didn't know the winner and even happier that it was Tahlia, I think she did great and I can't wait to see her performance at the US Finale of So you think you can Dance.

Yesterday I thought I was going to buy myself a new lens or camera for Mother's day, but found out the prices went up so much the money we had saved was not enough (it was a major bummer). Even Alex was disappointed, now he had to think of something else to give me LOL. But, if camera gear is not available, the next best thing he could do was take photos and so he did.  Even though I put on a ton of weight over my vacation time and had my hair back, I still think this will be one of my all time favourite photos of me and the boys:

Thanks Alex!

(the sunflare was a complete fluke, we had no idea the sun was entering the lenses and we didn't plan for it. Some people would toss something like this but I absolutely love the feel of this photo)

xoxo

Todays is my sister´s birthday. Yes, my brother and sister have their birthdays really close :)

Happy birthday sweetie, you grow more beautiful each day! 

and here are two more photos of their birthday party, with my mom:

and with my dad:

mom and dad are divorced and even though they are good friends we ended up getting photos at different times :P

yep, family is complicated :) and important :)

see you guys soon!

not so little anymore :)

happy birthday sweetie! I hope you had a great time in Australia with me :)

xoxo

The Mix it up challenge this week is to be inspired but Dr. Seuss. Check it out here.

I also got inspired by the One Little Word Challenge this week, prompt word is READY. (I haven't had much time to play with the OLW prompts, I miss it)

I love Dr. Seuss, I use his quotes a lot and I have a couple of the books. The quote I picked is perfect for my brother, for this moment in his life. I missed the "?" in the title though, I should have "are you ready?" in there but got lazy LOL

I had the quote and the photos and started a very quirky page that reminded me of the illustrations on the Dr.Seuss books, but the page didn't go with the photos at all. So I had a quick look for more manly *cool* kits and I found this awesome "Back to Reality" kit at Little Dreamer Designs. It is a collab but I have to give credit to Lori that created the papers I used, she makes just the BEST punk/street/cool looking papers, love her work. Oh, so much talking LOL, here is my page:

I also used my Paper piecing alpha and star templates, and Jackie Eckles' doodly font (mm, I think I use this one a lot too).

Isn't he cute? He is single, you know :)