Happy 1st Birthday to my Sweet Cheeks!

Mmmmm... 1st birthday Smash Me cake!

I think these Shades were his favorite gift!! What a ham!

Happy 1st Birthday, Sweet Cheeks!

Big Brother Gavin holding Gage! Only a couple weeks old!

Its hard to believe that it has been one year since my baby boy Gage was born! Time goes by too fast when you have children. Our Gage is a true blessing and miracle in our lives! I suffered 2 miscarriages prior to getting pregnant with him. They both happened over a span of 7 months. After the 2nd miscarriage, we had a bunch of blood work done on me and found out that I had developed a genetic blood clotting disorder, Factor V Leiden syndrome, along with 4 other disorders. So this disorder puts one at increased risk for internal blood clots, but it only affected me while I was pregnant. At about 8 weeks pregnant, clots would begin to form in the blood vessels of the placenta, which would restrict the baby from proper nutrients, etc. essential to his/her growth. So the baby would start to "die" at 8 weeks and stop growing. At almost 12 weeks was when I began to spot and miscarry.

I had to have a D&C with the first miscarriage which was AWFUL! I knew that the baby was no longer alive, but I couldn't part with him/her. I didn't want that baby taken from me! My oldest son is 6 1/2 now and I had a completley healthy and normal pregnancy with him. So he is a MIRACLE too.

When I finally got pregnant after the 2nd miscarriage, I had to inject myself twice a day in the belly with Heparin, a blood thinner. SCARY! OUCH! I did this till 39 weeks when my labor was induced, to prevent me from going into labor on my own and risking hemorraging because my blood was water thin. Baby Gage came out PERFECT and gorgeous on April 16, 2007.

So this post is dedicated to my sweet and loving miracle baby Gage. Happy 1st Birthday sweetie! You are the GREATEST gift!

I did a little shopping today...

Well, as a mother of two, I don't get much time to got out and shop by myself. So I finished work a little early today and decided to go spend one of the gift cards I got for Christmas from a local HUGE scrapbook store here called Pages In Time. I had our wedding on the brain when I went there so I found a couple packs of pretty wedding related stickers.

My oldest boy will be graduating Kdg. in May so I found so adorable kdg. graduation stickers for his book and he also will be taking a swim class at our local YMCA next week during his spring break, so I found so fun swimming/water themed stickers that I thought would make a cute page! I find that the older he gets the less pictures I have of him; I think its that when they get older, you aren't in there face as much with a camera like you would when they were a baby. They don't change as often, you know? I feel bad when I look at his current album:( So with our soon-to-be 1 year old- I have TONS of pics of him this year because he is changing so often! I love having the 2 of them because I can take lots of Big Bro, Little Bro pics to add into both of their albums! But, I don't get to work on my albums too often anymore! That is terrible considering that I am a Creative Memories consultant and have people over to MY house to scrapbook!! And yet I can't keep up on mine.... ugh!

And for Baby Gage, I FINALLY found Blue's Clues' stickers.. talk about an exciting moment! Gage loves Blues Clues; when he hears the theme song, he will stop dead in his tracks and will watch the tv. My older son Gavin loved Blue at this age too, coincidence maybe??

So I will add in pics of the cute finds from my shopping trip today for you to see!

Happy Scrapping:)

Planning our Wedding...

So, I am trying to figure out how to add pics as I post. The photos above are intended to go with this post.

We are planning a Fall themed wedding for November 14, 2009. My mom and I have been going crazy finding all these wonderful ideas for flowers and special touches to add to the day!

Please give me any ideas you might have seen in a fall wedding!

Wedding of my dreams...

So Brian and I are planning a Fall wedding, with our date being November 14, 2009! We have lots of time to plan our special day; with the help of my amazing mom who actually got me started on this blog site. Visit her: Lori @ pinkfadedroses.blogspot.com



Here are some ideas of cakes, wedding dresses, and flowers that we have been tossing around. Feel free to send me some fall ideas too.



Enjoy!

About me:

~ Brian (my future hubby) and I~

(Don't the boys look like daddy too much?)

Me and baby Gage:)

My son Gavin and I.

Hello out there!

My name is Noelle, I'm 29 years old and from South Bend, IN. I just got engaged to the love of my life/father of my 2 handsome sons!! My boys are 6 1/2 and 11 months old. I love to shop, scrapbook, travel, play with my boys, decorate for holidays/garden and "try" to sing to lots of music.















I am starting to "blog" because my mom loves it and would like to meet other brides to be to share wedding ideas, funny stories, etc.

So please drop me a line to say Hi!!

~Noelle

My mom, my inspiration...

My brother Andrew, me, our mom and my brother Marc at my mom's birthday dinner 09/07! (I have another brother but he's in Arizona)

My mom and grandbaby Gage back in August 2007; she can't get enough of those cheeks!!

Yes, my mom also made this precious ducky cake for the shower; see why I recruited her to do my wedding cake??

My mom and I at my baby shower in February 2007!

I know my dear mother will be the first one to post on my blog so here's a little tribute to you!

My mom Lori is a very brave and strong woman; who sees family as a priority! She stayed at home with us growing up and played with us all the time. She was very active in our school years- coming to parties, baking goodies, decorating, etc. I think I start to follow in her footsteps more and more each day.

Mom, you truly are my best friend now and a great inspiration! I look forward to planning my wedding day with you; you have great ideas:) I hope I have brought a little happy tear to your eye today by letting you know how wonderful and appreciate you are by me and my little family!

I'll post more for you around Mother's Day!