Merry Christmas

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace

Isaiah 9

May all your celebrations be filled with joy, Happy Birthday Jesus!

11 months and Christmas

 11 months, can you believe it?  Really it doesn't seem like she has been here all that long but at the same time I can't remember what life was like without her.  So many changes have happen this past year, I was just remembering how uncomfortably pregnant I was at this time last December.  Now I have a crawling, jibber jabbering, hot tempered little lady.  She really is the best thing God has ever blessed me with.

cutie pants

 This year we opted for a small Christmas tree that sits up on a shelf to prevent any catastrophes. 

wrapped gifts under my tree for the littlest local family members

Gift wrapping

 One thing I love about Christmas is wrapping gifts.  

Ruby's Christmas gift came in the mail today, to refrain from giving it to her early I wrapped it right away.  Since I like wrapping gifts so much I decided to take pictures of my process with Ruby's gift.

 I wrapped the box with postal wrap then I made some "bakers twine" with embroidery floss.

 To make the "bakers twine" I took equal lengths red and white embroidery floss, taped it to a bench and twisted until I was satisfied with the way it looked.  I then took the twine and wrapped it around the wrapped gift.  I didn't just want to tie it so I took an old button and threaded it with the twine then tied a bow.  

 To mark the gift I took a pipe cleaner, shaped it into an "R" for Ruby and wrapped yarn around it. 

I think I like it!