A couple of pictures (day 59)

Do post of pictures count as post?  I hope so, because words fail me right now, so I leave you with these.

Stockings (Day 58)

"...and the stockings were hung by the chimney with care..." I have decided to make my girls' stockings this year.  We had one for our older daughter.  A plain, run of the mill, store bought stocking.  We didn't get the baby one last year, not that it mattered, there was not much to put into it, but this year, I want them to have ones like I had growing up.

Putting the stockings up in anticipation of that jolly ol' elf stuffing it full of goodies is one of my great Christmas memories.  My mom hand made all of our stockings and added great details and beadwork.  I loved my stocking.  When it was time to decorate the house for Christmas we couldn't wait to get to the box with the stockings.  We would carefully pull them out of the box, go over every detail of the work my mom put into it, lightly graze my fingers over the beads, make sure nothing was out of place.  We would clammer to the mantle and arrange the stockings in our birth order.

When Christmas Eve would arrive we would go to our church pageant anticipating what would be waiting at home for us, we knew for sure Santa made his early stops to our house.   Once we rushed through the door and clammered for the tree, the first thing we noticed was the stockings were carefully placed under the tree, bulging at the seams, full of goodies.

These are the types of memories that I want to create for my children.  So I found some stocking patterns and am hoping they turn out half as great as the ones my mom made for me and my brothers.  It is a ton of work, but surprisingly very stress relieving.  I have been working on Bailey's for the past several days and will post photos once I am done.

Where'd it go?(day 57)

November, it's halfway over, how, when...what?  Where has this year gone?  It's been an amazing year, it's almost 2011, hard to believe, kinda scary.  I am not ready for it, I am not ready for next week, let alone next year.  Can we somehow stop time, right now, not get any older, not watch or kids have to grow up, let them stay kids a little longer?  Can we? 

My oldest is on her way to 4, youngest creeping to 2.  Wow!  Scary, sad, worriesom.  In less than two years I'll have to watch her scamper off to kindergarten...I don't want this.  Let's stop time, stay young, don't grow old, have fun, smile, be young in body and mind.  Let's hold on to 2010 just a little longer.

Wonderful Day (day 56)

Today I had a great photoshoot!  Unfortunately, it was quite cool, but the cloud coverage made for great photos.  I had three shoots, and they all turned out so so great!  The first shoot was a beautiful seven month old.  She was adorable, adn so happy!

This was my second photoshoot, aren't they just the sweetest brother and sister ever!?!? Love it!

These are my good friend's babies.  They are so awesome and adorable!  She makes the best tutus, shirts, bows, and all kinds of things.  Anyways, I had a great time chasing them around the park snapping pictures!

Excited (Day 55)

Tomorrow I am having a photo shoot with a good friend of mine at a park.  I am really excited about it.  Today, my mom and I went to scope out the location (I have never been there, but my friend has) and see where we could take some great photos. 

Well when we got to the park and we are extremely, pleasantly surprised!  This park is amazing, which in turn will make the shoot amazing.  I also scored some great props at a local thrift store for next to nothing.  I can't wait to see how the photos turn out! 

Surgery (day 54)

Today was my husband's surgery.  All went wonderfully well, but it definitely was a long day.  He was scheduled to go in at 1:30, but the surgery didn't start until after 3:30, yech.  It wouldn't have been so bad, except I had the girls with me.  So I had to find ways go entertain them until he was done with surgery.

We hit up the mall, and left without buying anything (lots of will power), then went to Toys R Us, just for fun to see if I could scope out what the girls wanted, go figure, they wanted EVERYTHING!!  Also left there with my money still intact, go me!  Then actually did buy something for my husband at Best Buy, a video game since he has to be propped up for the next couple of weeks and hasn't played video games since July, soooooo, I got one for him.  I'll probably be kicking myself in the next couple of weeks, hopefully I won't have to pry it from his fingers.

But all in all, not such a horrible day, hopefully, my husband heals fast and does well in the next few weeks.

Cuties (day 53)

Whew, what a day!  A very good day.  The kids had a great day, I was able to get some work done around the house and I have new pictures!