Sparkly Scarf

I just finished a scarf...it's 2 yarns held together - the one with the metallic sheen is Lion Brand Mohair Magic (I think that's the name? It's mohair something...) Anyway, it's so soft and cuddly...kind of wish I were keeping this one for myself, lol! It just makes me happy :)

Oh and the bias knit stitch was very easy and gives a nice finished end...I was very happy with it.

Right now I'm working on a sweaterdress for my daughter...I'm hoping to have enough yarn leftover for something to match. I'm using Knit One Crochet Too's TyDy sock yarn, and I have 200 grams to play with. I don't know what I'll have leftover - enough for a hat, socks, or maybe a matching dress for dolly? That would be super cute!

5 More days until Christmas!

I can't believe Christmas is almost here! The presents are now all bought and wrapped, and I have some Christmas baking to get to tomorrow! And at a balmy 70 degrees, today was lovely. I'm sure we're going to get payback for this weather in January :)

This is Lucy's newest favorite trick. We love it (sense the sarcasm?). She is SUCH a climber! She loves getting on the coffee table and has today figured out she can move things around to give herself a boost onto the couch. We just cannot keep this girl's feet firmly planted on terra firma!

Curtis is good. He's back to work and getting into the swing of things again. I have finished my Christmas knitting and am enjoying a little break. And some egg nog. I love egg nog! LOL.

We are so excited to drive in and see family...it's been too long! And our last visit was too short. I just wish we could coordinate our visits with all our extended family from out of town - there are too many people who we're going to miss because we're coming in later :( But I am very grateful for everyone we do get to see!

Weather update

It's 62 right now...they say it could hit 70's this week. I love NC!

We took the dog to the vet this morning - it was time for his bordatella booster, and I needed to get ears dewaxed and nails trimmed, and by the time I bought his flea treatments and heartworm meds...well, it left me reeling. Yuch. But hopefully we won't need to go back for a bit! The kids were...interesting to say the least. They sure enjoyed exploring the office!

I'm thinking it's a pizza night tonight. I'm tired and it's only 11am!

1st year compilation

Happy Birthday Big Girl!

Lucy's birthday was Monday! She is officially one now! YIKES!

Here she is with her first baby doll! She LOOOOOOVES her baby and squeezes her :) I love it!

YUM, cake! She actually only ate a few bites, guess she gets that from her daddy.

ONE! I have to compile my monthly growth shots to show how much she's grown!
Her cake! It may not be the prettiest cake ever, but well, mom's strapped for time right now and did the best she could :)
And here's a video of her new squealer shoes...she's fascinated with them!



Let's see, she also got a new rocking horse, a few clothes, a new lovie for night, her doll and some feeding supplies for the doll, and a Precious Moments birthday figurine (I couldn't wait to have a girl to buy those for!).

We had mops this morning - Lucy still isn't doing so well in MOPPETS. She loves her mommy, that one does. I dropped her off crying and they came to get me after 30 minutes that they couldn't calm her down. Of course I get my hands on her and she's fine. I was going to leave but decided to keep trying a few things and eventually she did start playing. She played for about a half hour (I returned to my meeting), but then lost it again. She is teething, and tired since she normally takes a morning nap, but I can't believe just how much she resists me leaving her! We came home and she went straight to bed. She's still sleeping!

Curtis went back to work today. I have chicken in the crock pot for dinner tonight - yum! I'm trying something new - whole chicken breasts with lemon and herbs. It smells wonderful!

Oh and for all you cold northerners - it's 61 degrees outside right now :) LOL.

Checking off the list

I've been very busy of late!

Here's a Christmas dress, size 8.

The finished wooly warm shawl

Christmas nights longies and matching hat

And the start of a sparkly black scarf

Busy busy busy! I'm still finishing a few Christmas gifts and have some ideas taking shape!

Here Comes Santa Claus...

Right to our local WalMart :) Can't beat free! Santa came last year too, and they aways give us a free 4x6 print...waaaaaaaaay better than driving an hour to wait 45 minutes and pay 20 bucks to see him at the mall! And we walked right up - no line at all!

Toby was enthralled...Lucy not so much...

I think I am having a Betty Crocker day...Curtis suggested muffins for breakfast this morning and I didn't have any mixes here, so I whipped them up from scratch! It's not that I can't bake, it's just that I usually choose the quicker, easier road...but this morning we had apple cinnamon muffins from scratch and they were YUMMY! I'm also giving my new crock pot a whirl today as we're having ribs for dinner. Mmmmm! AND I'm baking Lucy's birthday cake today. It's baked and cooling now - I'll ice it later this afternoon.

There's nothing like the holidays to bring out the baking spirit :)

A Picture Post!

Ok, trying to make up some lost time here!

Here's Toby's new haircut...looks just like Daddy's! It took me a day to get used to it - he looks so grown UP with it!

A big toothy grin

Bowling night! Here's the soon to be grad himself!

Toby bowling

Ahhh, what could be better than a candy cane and a Christmas parade?

Lucy loved the parade :P

Future bandboy!

Santa!

We went to the Christmas parade today - it was COLD but fun! We also saw Santa and I have pics but they're not scanned in yet. Need to do that later. Anyway, wanted to get the pics out there!

Kudos to Curtis!

Curtis had his Masters oral examination today and passed!!!! YAY!!! He just has to finish writing the thesis paper and he will be DONE with his masters! Yay for him!

To celebrate tonight we met up with some of his classmates up in Raleigh for pizza and bowling. This was Toby's first time bowling and he had a BLAST. He cried when he had to let other people bowl. LOL. Lucy just wanted to get down and wander around the bowling alley! I have pics but they are on the camera and it's 11pm so they are staying there until tomorrow. I will work on getting them up though.

We have been so BUSY the last few weeks. I have had several commissions lately, and am finishing up a dress this weekend. I am so close to being down with my Christmas knitting too. Just a few little things to finish up. Christmas cards are out, and rounds 1 and 2 of Christmas cookies are done, AND nearly gone, lol. So much for all that work!

I had a ladies night out this week...we met at Bonefish Grill and had a great evening! THen Wednesday my MOPS today had a cookie exchange which was awesome! I wasn't able to make the one last year as I had just had Lucy and wasn't up for the time out, but this year I had so much fun! Then Thursday I turned the big 2-8 and am loving it. I think I may stick on 28 for a few years...it's a fun age so far.

Tomorrow is another Christmas parade and I really want to get the kids to see Santa sometime this weekend...if not, I guess we'll try for next weekend but we're running out of time!

If I get some time I will put up pics tomorrow. I just realized I don't even have pics of the finished Christmas tree up!

Oh and Lucy is talking up a STORM! She's saying Uh-Oh, Mama, Dada, some form of "I love you", banana, and Hi. She is so talkative! She's waving, nodding, shaking her head no...she is really becoming her own little person. She's a little on the demanding side too, lol. Wonder where she gets it....

Anyway, look for pics soon!

New video!

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Here's a new one featuring Lucy's favorite part of the holidays so far - the dancing! This is pretty much the racket we hear all day long! At the very end if you listen closely you will hear her new word - "Uh-oh!" She says it all the time AND in the correct context!

We're pretty busy this week - the holidays are always busy, but add in finishing up school and a thesis it is just crazy at times! We're hanging in there though :)

Enjoy the video! I'll add some with Toby later!