Brayden and his Winter Coat

We put Brayden's new winter coat on him the other day, and he loved that he could go outside and roll, walk and crunch the leaves. When we first got the coat on, he fell over, literally like a tree-just fell over. It's like we cut off the cat's whiskers or something-he completely lost all balance! Too funny. Too much padding for the little guy I guess. He soon got the hang of it. Hope you enjoy the pics of him crunching the fall foliage.

Bebe' Del Couture Spring Line Gift Sets!

I am finally finished completing the Spring line of Onesie Gift sets for my new business Bebe' Del Couture! I have created a blogspot web page to host the process and journey of this little endeavor...and all of my collections are posted there. So-please take a look, and encourage others to do the same! I am currently building a better website in which ordering will be much easier, but it is taking some time. Later this week I will upload these collections to Etsy.com, but I don't know how much business I will do there. I am going to trial it at first to see...but you will be able to find our account there shortly. Until then-please go and take a look at my designs. I am so excited and proud of these. I have a few craft shows booked in the next few weeks which I will post dates/times for-so please check back! -Shannon

www.bebedelcouture.blogspot.com

Georgia Pictures

Here are the pictures of our trip to Georgia. We stayed with my brother Scott, sister in law Tara and nephews Bailey and Casey. My mom lives with them and helps out as their live in Grandma. She is so happy to do that, and it really helps out Scott and Tara since they both work full time in Atlanta. Aunt Jo and Candy came to see all of us while we were there, and we had tons of fun catching up with them. We took Brayden to IHOP and he ate pancakes and eggs for the first time and LOVED them. We went to a corn maze, Hooters, the outlet stores, and traveled around to most of the Cumming GA surrounding towns and communities. It was a quick, good trip, but we are glad to be home.

Weekend Fun

Here are some pictures from this weekend as Brayden was playing with his cousins Brooke and Marion. Daddy helped him play of course, but he had fun none the less. Piano-playing ball-eating ice cream at Friendly's, were all some of things he did over the weekend. Enjoy!

My First Dress...

A few weeks ago Ron's niece Chelsea asked me if I could make her Homecoming Dance dress this year! I was honored but horrified because I have sewn other things, but never a whole dress! Not to mention it was actually three dresses because of the lining, dress and overlay! AHHH! So, she gave me the design she wanted and I was off to get a pattern. Foreign to me since I have never used a pattern in my life! My mom taught me to sew without patterns-go figure! So...I called my sister in law Beth and solicited (begged) for her help. Not only was I short on time, but had no clue what to do first with this pattern. Bless Beth-she came over and coached me on the pattern and how to put this together. She was wonderful in showing me how the pieces fit together, helping reassure me that it was okay to cut the fabric, and helping me pin pin pin and iron iron iron. Lame fabric-which is horrible to work with. So...in three short days...presenting, my first dress. I never would have been able to complete this without Beth's help. Thank you Beth-and here are some pictures of Ron's niece Chelsea going to her dance. Now that I know how to use a pattern I feel like my possibilities are endless :-) haha.

Pumpkinville 2008

We took Brayden to Pumpkinville this weekend. First we went to a Harvest Festival then made our way to Ellicottville. He had fun playing with the pumpkins, trying caramel and maple syrup all in the same day, and riding around in his little push buggy car! We had him out most of the day and he slept last night for over 11 hours straight! It was nice for me because I too was exhausted. Here are pictures from the day.

Some Fun News at work...

This week at work something exciting happened. To provide a little history, I work in a call center as a Sr. Team Supervisor managing 14 supervisors, 220 agents, and 9 clients! I get to make sure everyone is managing the way we need them to, and to insure all of the client standards are being met, etc. So...in the midst of doing these tasks, I have worked on some charitable programs for both the employees and local community to boost morale, encourage advancement etc. I find that part of my work to be the most rewarding, and it supports many of the objectives that some of my clients encompass including Operation Smile, and WorldVision. Since our last Drive for St. Susan's and the Pay it Forward Acts of Kindness week at work I have been asked to fund raise for the Susan G. Komen Foundation to sponsor two local women doing the three day walk in Georgia at the end of October! I have also had the opportunity to coordinate a benefit for an employee that is ill, and to do work that is more rewarding than the normal Business and Marketing things that my position actually entails.
Now for the fun stuff...my boss asked me to be the Lead Coordinator of a an Event Planning Committee at work! We are a team of five women that plan morale events/functions, company parties, campaigns, handle the PR, coordinate charitable events for the community and benefits for employees! Since we have over 500 employees now, we really needed to have a committee in charge of executing all of these types of events! With this I am able to plan fun events for the employees, participate in rewarding them, helping the community with charitable programs and gaining experience doing things that I truly enjoy doing more than anything else. Thats not to say I dont enjoy my regular responsibilities, but this is so much more rewarding and fullfilling to me.
I never realized that I would love this kind of work as much as I do. It has really put me in a position to analyze my future career choices. I am happiest when I am helping someone or some thing. It's funny how life leads you where you should be. I feel like I am in the right place right now. I have the most wonderful boss that recognized that this type of work really inspires me, and she encourages me and asks me to pursue it.