Crafty Christmas 2016

I started working on Christmas presents in October this year.  I found the cutest dinosaur patterns for my boys.  I made the first one during General Conference.  I then found the Rainbow Cuddles pattern, and I made two of them for two of our nieces on Mark's side.  I sewed 26 hot pads for a bunch of people.  The last two things I made were two different rattles for Albric to play with.  I have loved watching each thing transform into the final product in my hands.  I loved to picture the kids playing with the toys I was making.  It helped me to not feel so worthless knowing that if it weren't for me, those particular things would not exist.  It helped me in my depression feel some worth.  I hope you enjoy the pictures I took.  It would be nice to be able to home make presents every year, but I know things will change in the future, so I am enjoying the time I have now to put into these gifts.  I hope the people I gave them to can feel my love for them.

Rainbow Cuddles for my nieces.

They had rainbow manes.

Heart-shaped hot pads.

Brachiosaurus

Stegosaurus

Pentaceratops

Kentrosaurus

Amargasaurus

Triceratops

The collection.

The rattles.

Albric is Six Months Old

Merry Christmas Eve!  Two days ago, my baby turned 6 months old.  How can so much time have gone by?   Didn't we just bring him home last week?  Anyway, he has learned some new tricks in the last month.  He learned to roll over from his back to his tummy.  He can now get just about anywhere he wants to with a bit of effort.  He has started to sit up pretty well.  He has also been getting up on his hands and knees a couple of times in the last week or so.  We started feeding him rice cereal a week ago and he loves it.  He is getting baby food in his stocking, and I think he will love eating it.  He also is working on two teeth right now.  They are popping up just in time for Christmas.  He loves his family and laughs the hardest at Calvin.   I can tell he is just raring to rough house with his big brother.  I love him so much and I am so glad he chose me to be his mom.

Partners in Crime

I'm assuming as time goes by, I'll have many opportunities to call these boys 'partners in crime.'  While I was washing dishes, Calvin found a half a pound of spaghetti and dumped it out on my bed.  I came in to find him snapping them in half one by one.  Albric was putting them in his mouth and having a great time.

Putting Up the Christmas Tree

This year we got our tree up on the 3rd.  Not too shabby really.  Calvin likes to hide behind it and take things off it.  I got some cute pictures that night.  The last was taken that morning at our ward Christmas party.  I've been crafting like a crazy person, so expect a post about that soon.