12-23-12

What a special Christmas this has been so far!! Here's some highlights!

I've been crafting! I've missed doing projects and wanting to make Christmas special and homemade has motivated me to make time for it! I made this wreath for the front door:

And mom and I made this nativity ornament from a Pinterest idea:

And this footprint plate with the girls feet! (Believe it or not Anna Claire was a LOT easier than Juliana--she kept wanting to curl those baby toes at the wrong time!)

And I finally started our ornament tradition--it's my goal that we buy an ornament to exchange for each member of the family and swap them the day after thanksgiving....here's to year #1!
My ornament that I bought myself: The Enterprise from Star Trek: TNG. There's nothing I love more to watch in bed than Star Trek and while Juliana has been so young, it's been almost all I've watched because I know it so well that it's mindless and I enjoy the familiarity of it. Happy endings help too! ;-)

Our family ornament for 2012:

Juliana's ornament:

Anna Claire's ornament: she absolutely LOVES "ki-ki" and wants to watch it ALL. THE. TIME. It's a phase and its cute--I want to remember it! :-)

Andy finished his Masters degree this year and we are very proud of that accomplishment! (Hence, the ornament!) (Anna Claire calls this ornament "daddy" and has already broken his head off! Thankful for superglue!)

Christmas really has been more meaningful with a family to celebrate with!!