Christmas Weekend Wrap Up

Christmas at Noolieville was very nice this year.  Christmas Eve was spent as it usually is, with half the day at my Dad's and the other half at my Mom's.  All (well most) of the family was present; we were missing one brother and sister-in-law and one of my nephews didn't make it with his wife and 2 kids.  It was really quiet without all the little ones; Clover and my niece's daughter, Kayla, were the only two little ones there.  They did have fun and were good for putting smiles on everyone's faces though!

Christmas day was a quiet day spent at home.  When Jay and Samm brought Clover over to our side of the house (where Santa had left the gifts) in the morning, she was still half asleep.  She saw all the gifts and just kept walking around the room for a while like she just couldn't believe there were more prezzies to open.

This is my favorite picture of the day:

It's like she's asking "This is all for me, really?!"  

How do you like the hair-do?  If you click on the picture, you can go see the rest of the Christmas Day pics, but be warned her hair doesn't get any better until later in the day ;-)

 

I received some very nice gifts; Samm, Jay, and Clover gave Chris and I a really nice digital frame to hang on the wall.  I can't wait to find some time where Chris and I can sit together and choose the photos to load into it!

 

I received a lot of fiber related gifts:

 

Hubby did an awesome job with the fiber related gifts:  Custom Knits by Wendy Bernard and Alden Amos' Big Book of Handspinning, Never Not Knitting calendar, an entire set of Susan Bates bamboo handled crochet hooks (these should make the crocheting a little easier on my hands), and from the Loopy Ewe, some gorgeous wool/seacell fiber by Creatively Dyed in the Key West colorway.  

My Dad and Step-Mom gave me two beautiful skeins of Les Oiseaux Laceweight from Skylark Yarns.  I have a couple patterns in mind for this.

Colleen's son (who sent Flat Stanley to visit me a while ago) sent me some very, very beautiful Faulkland wool combed top to spin from FatCatKnits.  Yummy; so nice.  Thank you so much Mr. Mayor!  Colleen also sent a fun book for Clover from her family; Samm had fun reading it  to her at bedtime last night.  I was listening in from the other side of the door and Clover really seemed to be enjoying it; she kept giggling.  Of course, that could have been because her Mommy sounded a bit silly trying to speak the Spanish words with an accent :-)

It's been great having five days off of work; I've been sleeping in late each morning and not really doing too much of anything.  This is really just what I needed because I've had a horrendous cold for the past two weeks, but I think I'm finally on the mend.  It's amazing how quickly you can get used to sleeping in; I'm not looking forward to getting up early tomorrow.

Oh yeah, one more thing.  I promised you modeled pictures of Clover's Chrsitmas Sweater and I always keep my promises. (If you're on Ravelry, you may have already seen them).

 

It's very hard to get her to stand still long enough to get a good picture!  

Oh, I almost forgot -  I'm sorry I didn't respond to all the comments about Clover's picture with Santa.  I do have to tell you all that while she was afraid of him at that moment (and apparently for several moments before the picture was taken), right afterward, according to Samm, she was smiling and giving him high fives!  I do love that picture though, I love how calm Santa looks and I love the way he's holding her - so sweet!

Comments

[Zonda]

Lovely sweater!! Hehe..she looks a bit shocked in her penquin sleeper! :) Glad it was a good holiday! I'm with you on the sleeping in too!

[Brenda]

Sounds like you had a great Christmas. I love that sweater on Clover, so cute ;-)

[Chris]

That PJs picture is adorable!!

Sounds like you got a lot of lovely gifts. :)

[Karen]

Clover looks fabulous in her sweater. Her Christmas morning photo is so cute. That will be a great one to show the boyfriends when she's older:)

[marianne]

Awww, loves me a Clover Christmas Morning! Too sweet for words! and wow, she looks the absolute stunner in her new sweater and those wee ruby shoes?
You were certainly Very Good this year! (but then we all know this anyway) :^)
Lovely gifts!!!
XOXOXOXOX

[Susan]

I love Clover's 'wake-up' hair! Just precious!

[Sheepish Annie]

I sort of looked like that on Christmas morning myself. Except I think my hair was worse...

I don't have little babies around on Christmas and I'd forgotten how much fun it is to have children visit for the holidays. Soooo cute!!!!

[colleen]

Fab-U-les sweater, so cute on her!
Clover's hair looks like mine in the morning.
sounds like you got lots of nice goodies
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

[Charity]

Looks like a perfect holiday! Clover reminds me so much of my oldest, and her first Christmas. :o) I have Flat Stanley here - he arrived just in time to share Christmas with us!

[Dana]

It sounds like you had a wonderful Christmas and I'm so glad! Clover looks adorable with her little "bed head" hairdo.

Her sweater is gorgeous! You did a great job on it. Have a great New Year!

[Gina aka SleepyEyes]

That sweater is so lovely and goes perfectly with her dress. She just gets cuter every single damn day...but I bet you know that already....he he...