Seth turns Four....

Happy Birthday to Seth!


Handsome guy!


Seth and his birthday loot... it looks like Toys R US threw up at our house.


$4 for the 4 year old



Seth's Curly Q Monster he designed!



Saturday's Birthday Party.... Seth and 3 of his buddies.


Birthday Boy was first in line to hit the Pinata... and actually took it down in 3 Whacks!





Happy Birthday to Seth!

I'm Famous....

Absolutely just kidding.... lol. I had my 15 seconds of fame last night when Home Extreme Makeover had their season premier. It took place in my county, in the town of Poolesville.

Original Blog Post

I wasn't shown in the Braveheart Charge (march) but I was shown in the huddle behind the designers!

Here are some screen captures from the HEM video on their site....



Pretty exciting for me.... lol.

Natural Smiles

Here is a really great article by Erin Bell on how to capture natural smiles with different age groups.

How To Get Natural Smiles

Enjoy, it's a great read!

{September 25}

I will always have September 25 carved into my heart. It was the day my firstborn son made his appearance in 2004.

Seth Edward Burns
September 25, 2004
7 lbs 7 oz
8:14 pm
20 ½ in

The nurse came in the last morning in the hospital and said, “You know I have to tell you that you have the most beautiful baby here right now! All the nurses have said so!”

Sept. 25, 2005

My little rascal turns One. We had a big Luau party to celebrate.

Sept. 25, 2006

Seth turns Two and is talking up a storm. On this second birthday, he had stitches removed.

Sept. 25, 2007

Seth turns Three. We had just moved 300 miles from PA to MD, and was a very low key Birthday at Chuck E Cheese.

Sept. 25, 2008

Can you believe how devilishly handsome my son is? He is a big Four today. We are spending the day as a family together exploring the National Zoo. I am having a hard time processing where the time has gone and how big he has become.

Don't you just love that shirt? It's a Little Uni shirt, where you can create and design your own shirt. Mom's of boys, these shirts are a slim fit, so I recommend ordering up a size once you are 2T or higher. (They do have 6's.. you just have to contact them about color and availability.)

Happy Birthday my Darling Ses!

Happy Haunting

Have you been over to The Digi Chick lately to check out the new digs? Its beautiful! I LOVE the new look!

For the celebration I released a brand new paper pack, Happy Haunting


Happy Haunting is a frightfully delicious Halloween paper pack filled with bright colors and classic Halloween decor.

Happy Haunting includes 8 scary papers... and Trick Or Treat! There's a special treat inside once your order your paper pack.

Get it HERE

Some CT examples~

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For the last couple weeks, I've started going through a couple workbooks with Seth. We will most likely not be sending him to Preschool, but to prepare him just the same (and to use that Education Degree I do have ;) this is what we are doing.

Three times a week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) we do a couple workbook pages together while Lucas naps. We are using the following books~

Comprehensive Preschool Curriculum

Summer Bridge Activities

Seth has really been enjoying it, going to "school" and having that one-on-one time with me. He will be 5 next Sept, so too late to start Kindergarten... he won't be starting till he is 6 in Sept '10. Nest year I plan to go ahead and do the Kindergarten Curriculum, just knowing my son and how social he is, getting it "twice" may be a great thing. LOL!

As for socialization, he gets plenty of that with church and nursery a couple times a week.

Also, as soon as I can get it together and buy some supplies, we'll also be adding some crafts from the Arts & Crafts Busy Book.

Birthday Blitz

My "Ses" turns 4 this coming Thursday, and we were busy all weekend preparing for it. Some of the gifts our little man is receiving~


Leapster Game System plus Case. He's also getting the Go Diego GO game & CARS game.

The Elefun Game.

Ben 10 Alien Force watch. He's also getting all the little characters... I think about 7 aliens? This is a cartoon he enjoys on Cartoon Network.

He's also getting his Curly Q Monster he designed... so cute!

Also... Seth is getting stocked up on Transformers. Nate ordered him the cartoon series on DVD. He's getting a bunch of the Action Toys. (5 I think, unless Nate picked up any more.) And as sad as I am... Seth begged and begged for



Transformer Birthday Party Pack. Not really my cup of tea. I wanted to do a cool Bug party for him, more homemade than this pack above. I'm sure he's going to have a heart attack when he sees it all set up. Seth is also having his first little birthday party with friends this year. We've invited just a couple boys to come and play and break open a pinata. (Because lets face it... I'm sure no girls would really be interested, LOL!)

And that's about it. We aren't doing anything really huge this year. But I know he's still going to flip over all the Transformers.

8 Weeks Along....

Isn't it precious?

We saw and heard the heartbeat. Its still in alien form, but the bigger blob to the right is the head. You can even see umbilical cord if you look hard enough.

According to this U/S my estimated due date is April 28. But with the other 2 I did always go earlier, so I'll just keep saying the 26th. ;) I'm already having a hard time with my pants feeling tight. Its like, my body knows I'm pregnant, and POOF 10 lbs have landed on my backside.

We spent the day today birthday shopping for Seth. I always have a hard time with birthdays. I was picking out his 4th birthday card in Hallmark, and started choking up. I'm a mess I tell you.

Tomorrow is my sweet dear friend's baby shower, and I'm so excited. It's her first child, and she's decided to not find out the gender. I just realized I can't share her gift quite yet... she might read it, LOL! next post!

A Maternity Shoot....

Isn't that a neat photo? Can't wait to get similar images of this mama-to-be also holding her ultrasounds.

Have you heard?

The Digichick has a very special announcement and you get to hear it first! On Friday, September 19th the site will be closed so we can get ready for one heck of a party! Saturday, September 20th, The Digichick will be live with a brand new site design. Get ready for something fresh and new! To celebrate we are going to have a huge party. Join us for tons of fun and prizes won't you?!!!!

As always new items will be on Sale for 20% off when we go live with the new site on the 20th The best part?....the WHOLE store will be 20% off!! SEE YOU THERE!!!!

Oh and wait... the Maternity Mama from above?



She's due April 26th. ;)

Full Circle...

Twenty-three years ago I had the pleasure to attend the 7th birthday party of a set of boy/ girl twins. My family was new to the Methodist church, and this was another young family within the church with kids just a year older than I.

Saturday I was beyond excited to attend their 30th birthday cookout!

Growing up, our houses were interchangeable, my two sisters and I playing with "our brother and sister who worked in the circus." (Yes, that is actually what we told people. LOL!) They had a great pool, and let's face it... Courtney had fabulous Barbie dolls. We did hay-ride trick-or-treats together every year.

When I was 10, my family moved an hour and a half away. We still saw them a couple times a year after that, but in High School it fell to once a year or so.

College came and went and we saw each other just every year. Then I went and got married, lived too far away, and hadn't seen any of them in years, the last time when Seth was just 4 months old.

Walking into their house Saturday was a rush of old times and it was just so easy. It was like we hadn't missed any time at all. All of us laughing and reconnecting... again, it was just so easy. Life had come full circle as we watched Seth and Briana (Courtney's oldest daughter) playing together and racing around the house.

Lucas wasn't feeling well, so we had to leave a bit early, but not without promises to see each other again soon.

Third Street Cottage....

Grab Bag Reveal time! Shown below are the contents of my August grab Bag.

It is all separately available now and on sale for you today!


Third Street Cottage is a kit that features a lovely mix of prints and solids that keeps things colorful. It can be a beach kit, or just a kit that expresses you.

Included in Third Street Cottage are 6 textured papers, 3 buttons, 3 tags, 3 flowers, 2 ribbons, 2 tacks, 2 shells, 2 ropes, 1 frame, 1 seaweed, and 1 piece of driftwood.

Get it HERE at TDC



Included in this wonderful element pack are 12 varieties of pressed flowers and leaves. These are sure to bring a realistic touch to your digital pages.

Get it HERE at TDC

Now is your chance to get all the swirly alphas at one low price! Included in this deal are all four swirly alphas.

Get them HERE at TDC

*Also all sold seperately.

And, an example....

{The S Siblings}

Since moving to Maryland, I've met and befriended the best clients ever. The S family contacted me back in July for this August session. LOVED this family! The parents are so genuine and down to earth... they just leaned back and let me do my thing. The children must attend some sort of charm and manners school, because they were both such dolls. They followed my directions and were so pleasant the entire time. They took turns manning my squawky chicken. I love, LOVE the couch photos. I might have to pay the S family rent so I can take more clients over there for that yummy light on that great couch.






Thanks for looking!

Yearbook Photos....

My sister sent this site to me... and its hysterical.....





Want to try it yourself?

Yearbook Yourself

Burns' at The Beach....

What a wonderful trip.... beautiful weather, all week long. We came home just in time to miss Hurricane Hanna.












We spent every morning in the sand and surf till lunch, and half of the days returning for a couple hours after lunch too. Afternoons were kiddie nap times and grown-up reading time. Evenings were spent shopping, sight seeing, and eating seafood.

I am finally admitting that I am not a sea scallops fan. I've tried them a few times, and just don't enjoy them. I love everything else that swims... but not the jumbo scallops. (I will eat the little ones in pasta!)

Wednesday night our car started overheating. Uh Oh. Nate had to drop it off at a shop on Thursday, and it turns out that our water pump went bad. While it was getting worked on, the timing belt was also replaced. Fixing the car cost more than our Hotel stay.

We returned home on Friday... just in time for the new timing belt to shred to pieces. (Sigh) Sooo... back to the shop again. This time we won't be paying for it though, LOL!

Car problems aside, we had a fabulous time, and really didn't want to come home. Now both Nate and I are staring at projects that need to be completed and are feeling uninspired.

I have started shopping and preparing for a certain little boy's upcoming 4th birthday. More on that later!