So much has happened since I last posted, where does that time go? Actually … I know! Ha ha… it’s been SO nuts around here… and after the last 5 or so days, I can’t seem to convince myself to get up off the couch. I just feel so tired. I think that the 115degree temps are not helping!
Preview day was an awesome experience and a huge success!!! It was so fun for me to watch the teachers in action, see their personalities match up to their projects and teaching style. We are each so different, and it’s a really cool mix! I am happy about it! it’s so great as a teacher to get a chance to go through a class, see how long things are really going to take, what things are going to be problems, and develop solutions before hand! Everyone is going to love the projects… and NOT TO WORRY… those of you who will not be attending the event this year… you will be able to purchase the book… we are in the throws of working on that now… but it’s like, oh I don’t know… 130 pages or so- full color- fully stepped out projects, supply list and how to instructions… many of the projects will make beautiful holiday giflts… I am already planning! Of course, the book won’t be available until after the event… and we are really encouraging scrapbook store owners to PRE-ORDER through Bazzill. We are planning on having them organized for delivery that week after the event! Last year we sold through the show book in less than a week. We had a great group of ladies serving as volunteers… when they got there Friday morning, we had everyone sign a CONFIDENTIALITY agreement. Then they were each assigned a box that held all the kits. After each class and project was completed… it had to go back into the box, labeled with their name, not to be re-opened until CE, when they can reclaim them! I even had to stash mine back in… not taking ANY chances! LOL
Here is a quick pic of the girls that are teaching… such a great mix! I love them all, and I am SO GRATEFUL that they have been willing to jump through all the hoops that is involved with teaching at our event! They have been awesome to work with! Originally Rebecca Sower was teaching as well, but due to some health problems, she will not be joining us… so sad! But, we have added Jennifer Wagner to the group! She is super-talented, high-energy girl who we roped in, and she put together such a fun project we are all loving! She teaches here locally at Mistic paper…
Here is the cute shot I snapped of all the volunteers! Course these ladies are so excited, gave us awesome feedback, and are totally up for making CE even more amazing than last year! we can’t pull it off w/ out them!
So my dear friend heather (she is in the volunteer photo on the front row, all the way to the right…) she drove over from Calif. to be a volunteer, and brought her 4 kids that are all almost the same ages as my kids. The kids have a blast together… but it’s a LOT of kids! We had 2 babysitters for both days, and everything went great (other than a small BB gun incident). Then we had a low key father’s day, and then Monday morning, I woke up early, did the whirlwind clean up in order to get ready for the cleaning lady to come! I even cleaned out some drawers and straightened my SHOES. Got laundry going…and then spent Monday afternoon at BIG SURF with lots of kids!… by Tuesday I was in full swing ‘catch up’, and yesterday I just kind of bonked. I feel like that low-energy poop-out has even overflowed into today. I am tired. I went to the dr. today, and i’m still pregnant! My sister-in-law Cassie and I both have our due dates the first week of JULY! Well, she went and had her baby 2 nights ago! A baby boy! So cute… I went to the hospital (the nurses kept asking me if I wanted a wheel chair-LOL)… anyway… it was so amazing to hold a newborn again. Of course I am an emotional time bomb… and anytime something strikes, it’s a flood-gate! But he is so beautiful and perfect. it’s all just almost more than I can believe! Feeling like I was just there, and Capri still seems so tiny, but compared to this new little life, she is HUGE! Sitting in that room, the same place I will find myself in just over 2 weeks… giving birth again, WOW. Just very humbling, a little overwhelming and just plain joyful! I have an induction date of July 7. Such a cool birthday for a baby boy! 7-7-07! 2 weeks from Saturday. I went to target today and bought newborn diapers, boy-onesies and sleepers… I mean, seriously… can this really be here? 
While there, I just couldn’t resist these tiny sandals. Capri only has a size 2 foot, so these are really probably not ‘walking’ shoes, but cute indeed…
Good luck with everything. July baby is great...my boy was born in July too and now he is going to be 4 soon. WOW...time flies! Good luck with those small babies....you earned having time on the couch...your a busy gal and pregnant! Enjoy your time with new baby and family.
Posted by: Paul-ene | June 21, 2007 at 10:55 PM
Wow can't believe it is only 2 weeks away
WOW
her tiny feet are so CUTE -- makes me want a little one
please post pics if/when you redo the nursery - I loved seeing pics last time :D
Posted by: shawnna | June 21, 2007 at 11:30 PM
I'm a 7/7 birthday too, at 7pm! Sadly not as recently as I'd like!! I'd like to echo what a great day it is; people remember and enjoy the 'unusualness' of the date for you. Fun. You sound ready girl. Take care.
Posted by: Julia Budd | June 22, 2007 at 12:46 AM
HS,
I love your blog. And I've never commented, but I'm sorry, those toes and those sandals have motivated me to comment this morning. They are the CUTEST! I have said more than once that it might be worth having a baby just so I could look at those cute feet for a while.
Mandy
Posted by: However Although | June 22, 2007 at 09:00 AM
Great Birthday 7-7-7
My DS is 6 right now, his birthday is December 12th...so the year he turns 12 the date will be 12-12-12. I'm playing the lottery that day!LOL
Good Luck and Best wishes with the new Babe!
Posted by: Cecilia | June 22, 2007 at 09:13 AM
Oh, those precious little toes! Such cute little feet, and Capri is totally ADORABLE!!! Can't wait 'til your new little guy gets here...how fun! You have a BEAUTIFUL family, and the two newest (well, almost!) have to be such a joy to all of you! You are amazing, and so blessed...and you deserve it! Have a wonderful weekend! :)
Posted by: diane mcvey | June 22, 2007 at 11:18 AM
AAAWWWWW...i miss baby toes! my little guy is 5 already, don't bother much now with toe kissing...unless he just had a bath!
our house numbers are 777...i felt they were lucky when we bought the house, and we've been very happy and blessed here. if this does indeed end up being the birthdate, i hope your new little man will have many happy blessings with his lucky numbers too!
:O)
Posted by: Kim Griffin | June 22, 2007 at 02:34 PM
good luck on 7/7/07!!!!
can't wait to see your little cutiepie!
xo
Posted by: paige | June 22, 2007 at 02:52 PM
You are sooooooooo amazing to me! Where do you get this energy? I JUST found out I am having a lil surprise myself! My 3 will all be 22 mo. apart and that FREAKS me out, but if ANYONE can pull this off it will be you!
Posted by: Kim Oddo | June 22, 2007 at 03:20 PM
I always admire you from afar... but I had to comment for several reasons... #1 We LOVE LOVE LOVE the amazing and gorgeous garage doors your husband does!!! I showed them to my husband and he called the company to find out what we could do about getting some of those beauties... we live in Michigan and apparently we are the first to have inquired from the Great Lakes State! Also, your family is darling!!! I just had to comment on the irony of the 7-7 date! My daughter, Kennedy was born on 7-7-03, she weighed 7 lbs. 7 oz. A few minutes after giving birth, in my delirious state, I looked up at my husband and I said, "Oh my gosh!!! She weighed 7/7, on the 7th day of the 7th month." To top it all off, the name we had chosen for her has 7 letters in it, we have a cat named "Seven" because he has 7 toes on his two front paws and also my husband bought and gave to me a diamond ring that has 7 diamonds in it on the birth of our daughter (and he had bought the ring 4 months prior)! So nonetheless, a 7-7-07 birthday for your little darling is definitely way cool! When we tell people "our lucky 7" story, they just grin. She will be 4 in a couple of weeks and as much as I don't want her to grow up, I am already looking forward to her golden birthday when she turns 7 on the 7th! Much love and happiness to you and your family! ;o)
Posted by: Allison | June 22, 2007 at 07:36 PM
Oh wow Heidi- only 2 weeks to go! Good luck and can't wait to see those first little baby shots!
Posted by: Shirley Fyfe | June 22, 2007 at 10:42 PM
I am so excited for CE! I love Capri's little shoes!!!
Posted by: kim Loewen | June 23, 2007 at 04:08 PM
Growing up I had a friend who's birthday was 7/7/77... I always thought that would be the neatest birthday!
Posted by: heidi | June 24, 2007 at 12:36 PM
Em--you look AMAZING! What is the name of the plan? I would LOVE to ask my m.d. about it? Post here or email me, please!
Love those pictures of Capri's curls...what a cutie patootie!
Posted by: Lesliemc | June 26, 2007 at 07:05 PM
7/7/70 is my birthday! So maybe he will be the inverse of me. : )
Posted by: Eve | June 29, 2007 at 03:03 PM
IDEA . . . If your little bundle of fireworks is born on the 4th, can you PLEASE call him Sparky???? It would be just like you to nickname a kid that!!! I hope you don't take offense . . . I truly love it! Sparky Swapp . . . .I see fame in his future!
Posted by: Deene | July 03, 2007 at 09:12 AM
You look FABULOUS for being ready to deliver! The first photo, you may be hiding a little, but you look FABULOUS!!!
Posted by: Yvonne | July 05, 2007 at 01:22 PM