year end flickr favorites

1. Birgitta and the Advent Calendar, 2. Felt Ornaments, 3. some_ornaments_2, 4. Wonky Log Cabin, 5. Wonky house, 6. Advent Calendar, 7. Allsorts Elf Clogs, 8. Heart Detail, 9. Christmas stocking, 10. handmade patchwork christmas stockings, 11. Handmade Christmas Ornament, 12. 2006 Holiday Ornament Swap, 13. :) :) :), 14. a red J, 15. hhhh copy, 16. Procession, 17. lovely fabric, 18. isbn4-529-04204-9, 19. Treeskirt- Gift for Teacher, 20. not a mobile after all, 21. Avon Small World Collection, 22. It's A Small World Record Mary Blair Art, 23. Once Upon A Wintertime, 24. Vintage Fabric


Happy New Year! Be safe everyone. Love, me

Happy #7, Harrison!

Happy birthday to my sweet, sweet, Harrison. I can't believe I have a seven year old. It seems like yesterday that we were bringing him home from the hospital on New Year's Day. What a way to start a year off right! I can't begin to name all of the ways he has blessed our lives and the lives of those around him. He is a great kid. He makes me proud to be his mom. Pure and simple. :)

We went to Rubys tonight for dinner. That seems to be the spot for birthdays for us. You might recall that we went for Charlie's birthday too. It was nothing fancy. I felt bad about calling off the little party we had planned on having, but I really don't think that anyone would have wanted to come and listen to me cough. Plus, I am exhausted. I ache from coughing so hard, it's a wonder my coughing hasn't kicked into labor. Harrison was a trooper though, he didn't mind at all because he still got to open his presents from us. And just look at him, does he look unhappy? I asked him tonight if he had a good birthday and he said yes, so I'm happy. :)

ugh

Well I managed to catch whatever is going around. First Robert had it, then Charlie and now me. Harrison seems to be the only one that is doing okay. I have it the worst, of course! It is a bad cough with congestion. I am seriously hoping and praying that the baby doesn't decide to come early. Now would not be a good time. Today I will find out more about that, I've got another appt. For now I am gargling and drinking lots of liquids. That's about all I can do.

Harrison turns 7! on Sunday. We were going to have a tiny party for him here with immediate family. Right now those plans are up in the air. The only thing is if I put it off, we are getting closer and closer to the delivery date. Maybe New Year's day we can have it instead. Those two extra days might make a difference.

I know I'm not the only one out there that is sick. Please take care of yourselves!

Christmas Day

Merry Christmas! Here we are after we opened our gifts. We had a lot of fun yesterday. I will update later. Now I am just trying to get the house in order and the gifts put away. I hope you had a great day too.

on the day before Christmas

I love to have Christmas photos from different years on display throughout the house. Here is a photo of last year's Christmas card photo and this year's photo. I can't believe what a difference a year makes. This is particularly special because this is the last year of my little twosome. Next year there will be three in the photo. We are all excited and looking forward to that happening. :) So here are my 2, for now.

12 days of Christmas, day 3

Our lights. Robert always puts up our Christmas lights, I am just the inspector. ;) The tree in the front with the white lights was done at Thanksgiving. He put up the rest the first weekend in December. It is a long job and he takes it seriously. He also does the lights over at his mom's house. What I wanted to highlight the most is our palm tree. Our home was built in the 1950s. What could be more Californian than a palm tree? I have had a love-hate relationship with that darn tree. For the longest time, it was on the way out. I don't know what made me change my mind, maybe it was Robert's refusal to get rid of it. I am glad that he was firm in his decision. I love that tree now. I especially love to see it at Christmas time all lit up.

12 days of Christmas, day 4

The train. This train is very special to the four of us. To the boys it is special for obvious reasons. What child doesn't want a train around the Christmas tree? To Robert and I it means a lot more. This train belonged to his dad. It is an LGB model train and I love how it has Christmas wreaths dotting the sides. After Bob passed away, I figured that Yvonne would still want it around her tree. But she surprised us and wanted to give it to Robert for the boys, for our tree. What a honor. Every time I see it, I can't help but think of my father-in-law. I make sure the boys know who it belonged to. We really do love it.