Reflections of last year

The photo below was taken on the 1st July last year. This photo makes me really look back at where Seekara has come from in a year. Poor Seekara had to have her nasal passages scraped, a silica patch put on her right ear drum and her adenoids removed to stop her from being sick all the time with congested ear/throat/nose passageways. Her adenoids were so big it was pushing everything out through her tear ducts so she looked like she was constantly crying or had gunky eyes.

She was so brave for her operation at Colin Street Day Surgery. Her Doctor (the fantastic Dr Harvey Coates) was amazing and so was the lovely anaesthetist who told her a fairy tale as she went to sleep. The poor thing was so sick when she woke up from her operation and she didn't talk or smile until about 11pm that night when we asked her if she wanted some ice cream. We felt so bad that she was so miserable and it made us question whether we had actually done the right thing but we knew we had. In the long run she would be much healthier. Since then she has had a skin graft on her ear drum (the silica patch didn't work). We have the top passageways sorted we just have to get her right with her asthma and hearing loss from all the ear infections she has had on the way. Its funny though - she is such a happy kid and being sick with colds, chest infections and ear infections was the norm for Seekara. It was what she had since she was born so it didn't really bother her. We know now though we are on the right track and in the scheme of things it has been a minor problem compared to what some other kids face every day with other illnesses so we are grateful for that.

Papers used include KI Memories (love Elsie), Basic Grey Bittersweet, Kaiser Craft with embellishments from Tinkering Ink and Heidi Grace. Punch from Fiskars.

I made this canvas for a sweet little four year old, Brooke, for her fourth birthday yesterday. I used papers from Creative Imaginations, Sandylion, & K & Co. Embellishments were from Collections, Creative imaginations stickers, Kaiser bling, K & Co embellishments & Kaiser flowers.

This was a layout for the surprise baby shower that dear Rhonda and daughter Renee held for me last year. They told me it was a Tupperware party! (See entry from June last year on my blog).

I used Hambly Screen Prints, Autumn Leaves paper, Kaiser bling, Cricut die cut (new Arrival). Instead of using a title I took a photo of the Baby Shower sign Renee had made. I like to improvise for titles. I have also written titles in the sand or taken photos of signs as titles in the past.

I love this range - guess who???? Basic Grey of course - Eva range. This photo was taken a year ago when we went out for tea with Ken & Rhonda at the Seasons. I cut out a flower from some lace to make a nice little embellishment also.

Memories.... These photos were taken at my cousin Rhiannons 21st birthday about 4 or 5 years ago now. The photos are of the four older cousins - myself, Kade (my brother) and our cousins Ryan and Rhiannon. We have always grown up pretty close together which is really nice.

The page was made using Basic Grey Granola papers & Collections papers. Embellishments were from Basic Grey, Green Tara flowers and the Cricut.