Busy, busy, busy!

So I don't have much to share today, mostly because I've been crafting up a storm and not writing as much. Here is a picture of my sad little Charlie Brown tree that the kids keep knocking over, so I don't dare hang ornaments on it yet:

I've been preparing a series of photo posts about my Christmas projects, but since they are gifts that have not yet been given, I'll be posting them after the holiday. Thus far, I've managed to crochet, photograph, and package 5 afghans, 5 ornaments, 2 cowls and a scarf, and I'm halfway through another cowl and afghan.

I'm also partway through the first of the amigurumi, but unless I give myself a repetitive stress injury and locate a time machine and some safety eyes this weekend, those are probably not going to happen in time for Christmas, which isn't a huge surprise to me. After I finished so many ornaments, the last three of which were amigurumi, I thought maybe it would happen, but then I got wrapped up in scarves/cowls and didn't finish. I may just try to get three done for the nieces and skip Sam's until later (not like he'll know the difference), but it will depend on how much work goes into the other patterns. One of them doesn't require eyes, and I might just embroider the eyes on the other two. Hmm, hmm, hmm. Or I might just decide that it's not worth being stressed over. Oh, the suspense! (small eye roll)

Yeah, the amigurumi probably aren't going to happen if I have to cook anything or do any shopping in the next 3 days. I also need to somehow make time to photograph Sam with his Rudolph (which I have not yet located) and make cards. I normally do the stick-on kind, but it might just not happen this year. Which is saying something, since I managed it last year with Sam in two full arm casts. Wasn't he adorable?

He was pretty darn cute the year before, too.

With any luck I'll find Rudolph and get the picture taken. If I can get him to sit still long enough, that is. Worst case, I suppose I could strap him into his car seat and take it in the van! I am almost thinking we'll have more luck with the sleeping method I used his first Christmas.

Well, stay tuned for more holiday fun. We'll get back into the depression series and I'll perhaps commission a couple guest posts about baby wearing sometime after the holiday. Tomorrow will be a very holiday video Friday and Monday I plan to write about how advent is a celebration of pregnancy, but also how ridiculous Matthew's treatment of the nativity story is. :)