Tis the Season

Christmas has been wonderful.  It isn't finished yet, though.  One more Christmas dinner tonight.

It was our son's first Christmas.  He is only 8 months old, so he thought the lights were cool and he really enjoyed tearing the paper off of the first 3 presents.  Other than that, he didn't really seem to into it.  Next year will be a different story, I am sure.  I found a big difference in myself though.  I was more excited and wanted to play with and set up all of his new toys.  It was like the child inside of me blossomed even more.

We also hosted our first big turkey dinner.  It was a marathon event, starting two weeks before with planning.  My husband was the head chef.  Cooking, shopping and co-ordinating.  He did a fabulous job.  Our meal was delicious and we didn't forget anything.  R did burn his finger though.  He now has a 1" by 0.5" blister on his middle finger.

As with a lot of family events, we also had some drama.  One family member was absolutely miserable and tarnished the evening.  She was selfish, negative and sat at the table scowling and not eating.  It was very hard not to say anything to her because if we did, she would want to leave, which would mean someone would have to take her home.  The next day my heart ached all day.  I have been working on letting it go, but think I will have to say something, once I am no longer emotionally charged.

This morning I have been programming Chase's "My Pal Scout" toy.  Very cool.  I can't wait to play with it (hahahahahahahahaha).  Really, are the toys for him, or us?

Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Granny Christmas Gift Project

I have made DVD's for the grandparents of my videos over the last 8 months of my son's little life.  It has been a great Christmas project.  I have had to watch a lot of baby movies, all of them actually.  Then I even did some intentional video recording to show a "day in the life of Chase".   It starts with me getting him first thing in the morning, showing his great big "good morning Mama" smile I get everyday.  It ends with me breastfeeding him in the rocking chair and putting him in his bed.

Now I am making DVD cases out of paper.  I found the coolest little website showing how to make one out of a normal piece of paper.

Great little project!

http://www.instructables.com/id/CD-Case-from-normal-printer-paper./#step1

Oh Sleep, Where Art Thou?

Why can't I fall to sleep?

Or really, more accurately, why does it take so long for me to fall to sleep?  I lay in bed and try all of the tricks I have ever been taught to fall to sleep.  Lately, I have been putting off going to bed because if I go to bed super late, I seem to fall asleep right away.  The only fall back is less sleep.  Its not really an answer at all, but it seems better than just laying there.

Oh, do I miss the feeling of crawling into bed, feeling cozy and shutting my eyes to instantly pass into the world of peace and rest.

Festive Decorating

I love Christmas!

Now my tree is up and both my buffet and my mantel are decorated.  This year I have gone for the unbreakable tree.  All of my decorations that are unbreakable are on the tree and the rest are safely still in the boxes.  This is "just in case" my monkey or someone else's little monkey, accidentally pull the tree down.  I think it looks good.  It was fun going through the decorations with that new perspective. 

All of the red and white pillows on the tree are from my Aunty Mary Ellen.  Every year, during my childhood and teen years, she cross stitched a little christmas pillow.  They were different each year.  This year, I received one for my son in the mail.  It made me quite emotional.  I never expected her to do it for the grandbabies too...that's a lot of pillows to stitch!  The pillow she made for my monkey has the Olympic mitten, Believe and his name... very cute.

The picture of my mantel didn't look very good, so I am not posting it, but here is the buffet.

Merry Christmas World!!!