Fun day.

The Burch fam went on a little picnic in the canyon today. Munga Fuss was visiting and my sister and her cute family went with us. The leaves are like totally crazy-beautiful right now. We have a ton more photos that must be taken before the leaves all fall. Geez, fall is just too short. I *heart* this photo of Gibb and I. I know it's blurry and Gibb is soooo not looking at the camera and I have a silly look on my face, but I don't have very many photos of the two of us. What a fun day, as Gibb would say :). Totally just what we needed.



Well. I'd better get back to work. Only 4 more hours until the new site is loaded! Here's a little of peek of all the great stuff that we have in store...seriously great stuff. :) And isn't my niece like the cutest thing ever? Yea. She totally is. :)

I'm back.

Man, alive. It's been a nut-so couple of weeks.
My little man, Gibson, is doing really well. I'm glad/ grateful/ relieved that it's not last week. I knew that it was going to be hard to hand my baby over to the doctors, but I was certainly not prepared for the reality of that situation. The surgery was delayed by an hour or so. We tried to keep him busy with trains and drawings and the movies that the nurse brought in. It was rough. He was hungry and thirsty and kept asking for juice. It was sooo hard to just try and change the subject. I'm so very happy that my mom was there. She is such a calming influence and Gibb totally adores her. When it was finally time I picked him up and Robb and my mom followed behind us. We got to the end of the hallway and the anesthesiologist reached out to take him and my heart just dropped. But he kinda took him and I grabbed onto a train that Gibb was holding and a nurse walked over and started talking to me and I let go and the doctor took Gibb away. It was probably the most empty and scary feeling I've ever felt. I mean, it was a small procedure and I trusted the men who would be taking care of him and Robb had given him the most beautiful blessing that morning and I knew that everything was going to be okay. But in that moment when I watched Gibb go around the corner, all wrapped in his train blanket, my heart stopped beating.
The surgery took longer than expected, and after abt an hour I heard a baby crying. I knew that it wasn't my Gibb, but it really put me on edge. So I stood at the door of our room. Waiting. I'll never, ever forget how he looked when they wheeled him back into the room. He looked so tiny. The bed looked so very big. They'd covered him with his train blanket and had laid his toy train and train slippers at the end of the bed. He was sleeping so sweetly. The nurse came in and said that he had gotten really upset when he'd woken up so they let him go back to sleep. We were in the recovery room for a long time. When he woke up he was very quiet and looked very confused. I sang his lullaby over and over and stroked his hair. The nurse brought him in some flavored ice. As soon as he saw it he shot up in the bed and kinda smiled. Anyway...to make a long story a bit shorter...his recovery has been pretty remarkable. He's doing great. By the evening of the surgery he was on the rug playing with his trains, and wanting to eat. A lot. :)
I snapped a few photos of Gibb after the surgery and I'm so grateful that I did. I totally believe in remembering and keeping and scrapping these moments. Totally.


He's already back to his old self. I took this pic of him at the park on Monday. Ha! I think he's such a cutie! ;) That's the train that my mom bought him the morning of the surgery. He's been carrying it all over the place!

Thank you to everyone who has sent their well-wishes and to all the PI ladies who've been so patient with e-mails and issues!


In other news:
I know this is cruel and unusual, but lookie-lookie what I have! Huzzah! It's Bam Pop, people and it's gonna be the crowning glory of the November kit! I can't wait!


AND! I did a little shopping on Monday. Just look at these pretties. LOVE the Designing With Color book. Such great inspiration! And don't even get me started on these stamps. I think I'll be using those date stamps on every layout. They are beyond perfect! And who doesn't love new pens in pretty colors? I think everyone should go out and refresh their pen collection. ::sigh:: I LOVE new pens.

My Little Man...

My Gibb goes in for surgery tomorrow. I'm trying to be okay. I keep telling myself that there isn't anything to worry abt. That he'll be totally fine. I went in for the pre-op appointment today and the nurse was explaining that for the first 20 minutes in the recovery room we won't be allowed in. I just can't imagine him coming out of the anesthesia without someone near him that he knows. It makes me sick to my stomach to even think abt it. So, I'm trying not to.
Yesterday we took him shopping for new Thomas Train PJ's. We bought him three pairs and some Thomas Train slippers. He was sooo psyched. He's crazy abt trains. My mom brought him a Thomas Train car wash thingie and Auntie got him a new Thomas Train coloring book with tattoos. He already has one on each hand. I bought him nearly every Thomas Train item that he doesn't already have. Are we seeing a pattern? In my family when there's a crisis, we buy things...::sigh::
Here's a few photos of Gibb earlier today... man, I just really love this kid. He's beyond amazing. And I know that he's going to do great tomorrow.

*fLEa maRkEt* October Kits

Here's just a little peekie of the kits that are coming up in October. The one ^up there^ is a mix of three add-ons; Junk, Bits, and Baubles. We're starting a new plan this month with the add-ons so that there will be a range in the prices...pretty trims, funky finds, crocheted flowers (thanks mom :), a lil' bling, more ledger accents (wink)...so many little pretties.

The other pic is the main kit, "Flea Market." I left a lot out of this photo because I wanted it to be a surprise. It's good. Reeeeally good. :)




Catch ya' later. :)

just thinkin'

Gibb's asleep. Thank goodness.
Robb's asleep. Thank goodness.

I'm not. It's been a rough couple of days--in many areas of my life. Gibb was scheduled to have surgery tomorrow (Wed.) to have his tumor (tiny little benign mass on his stomach muscle) taken out, but he's sick with a cold. I took him to the doctor today and we decided that it would be best to wait until the cold clears up...with my bad attitude I just thought, story of my life...what else will go wrong before some things start going right? Certainly not the right way to think of things, because there are many things that are right with my life. Too many things to count. I am so very blessed. And granted, I've hit a rough spot, but (like my husband has told me many times this past week) you just have to take it one step, one problem, one sad/ sweet/ disgruntled/ angry/ helpful/ grateful/ frustrated/ forgiving customer at a time. So that's what I'm doing. And I've started finally feeling okay, that I am doing the best that I can, in this moment.

I've also been getting crazy-inspired by the new fall clothes coming out at Anthropologie.



Geez Lousie. It doesn't get much prettier than that. I love the colors and the pattern and the cut...


























Oh, yes. I could totally wear that. And scrapbook with paper in that pattern. LOVE the bright/ happy colors against the mossy green. Really fantastic.


Anway. I'm off to lay in bed wishing I could fall asleep.

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.
--Buddha

::sigh:: I think that may become my mantra.
Catch ya' later.

This n' that.

So.
Do you remember that day when I said that I would try and post everyday? HA! Clearly. That didn't happen. This whole blogging thing feels a bit strange. I live a small life. A life that I totally love, but awesome/ amazing experiences do not spring from my life very often. Ya' know what I mean? Here's some things on my mind:


















School:
Gibby started his curriculum-based day care yesterday. (saying the curriculum part makes me feel better :) It really was awful. The leaving him there and then all the guilt abt leaving him there. A lot to take. I had a really hard time concentrating b/c I couldn't stop thinking abt him. But the facility is amazing. The teachers seem so great. And they have a huge indoor play set, a computer room, three large play rooms, an art room, a reading room, a quiet room, an outdoor play set, and a cafeteria. When we picked him up yesterday he was rolling around on the floor amidst hula-hoops. Happy as a lark. We'll have to see how it goes. Today Robb picked Gibb up and he looked like he had a great time! And his white shirt was covered with paint and his diaper was full of sand. Both good things that I can live with. :)

Little Pretties:
I received a couple of really fun orders for the add-ons kits in October. Happy. Happy. Joy. Joy. I don't think it gets much better than this. ::sigh:: I love paper. And everything associated with it.

Munga Fuss:
I snapped this photo of Gibb and his fuss (my mom) on our little train ride. We had the bestest time ever this past weekend. We went to the zoo and took a 3 hour train ride and just chilled. Such fun. I also coerced my mom into taking on a super-huge project for the October add-on kits. Well. It really was all her idea, but I kept adding to it until she made me stop. But really people. There is going to be such a fun surprise in the October kits. Have I told you lately that the main kit, "Flea Market" is drop-dead gorgeous? It is. It *reallyreallyreally* is.