Today may really be my birthday. I was born at home around midnight, so even my mom doesn't know when my real birthday is. She knew she was going into labor so she called my dad at work to come get her and take her to the hospital, but he was never given the message so he never came. A while later she called an ambulance which also didn't come. She finally gave birth to me, on the couch by herself. Then she picked me up, still attached, walked over to the phone and call the fire department. Finally someone came to her assistance. The arrived and cut the cord, delivered the afterbirth, got us cleaned up, etc, and took us to the hospital. We were officially checked into the hospital at 1:20. My birth certificate says I was born at 1:20, August 1st, so that is when I we celebrate. I've been working my mom for the 2 birthdays = double presents for years, but so far no success.

One of the Design Teams I applied for made their announcement - I did not make the team but I am going to be the Guest Designer for October. This is my first experience on a DT in any capacity so I am looking forward to it.

Ethan gave me a great birthday present early! A DVD player for my scrapbooking area! It's the really small, simple kind, but great for watching movies while I scrap. Right now I am working on Disc 1 of the North and South series. Now he can also come down and watch a DVD with me while I scrap! What a guy!

All of a sudden I feel the need to be recognized as a scrapbooker. I mailed my Memory Makers Masters contest entry this week, and in the past 2 weeks I've applied to be on several Design Teams. I don't know if any of these will pan out, but I definitely felt that the MMM contest helped me stretch a little bit to do some extra good pages. I really love scrapbooking because I love to look at photos of people I love, and because I love the creative outlet, but it would be nice to get some recognition too!