This is a page I did last year for the calendar swap. It’s one of my very first stamping projects and I really enjoyed it. At the time I had nothing to color the picture with so left it alone. It’s a great stamp but it looks so bare. If I had the time before the end of the month, I’d color it in now. I wonder if the other ladies in the swap have colored theirs.

I’ve been very busy working and although we put the tree up last week, I still have a lot to do to get ready for Christmas. I was able to work on a few presents that I will show after Christmas. I still have a few more to make and some more shopping to do. I’m kind of waiting to see what my holiday schedule will be before I think of what groceries we need. At this point, I’m not sure if people are coming over Christmas Eve or if I’ll be working. I’m also not sure if I’m cooking on Christmas Day or if I’ll be at work. It will be easier to get more organized once I know my schedule. Although I have many Christmas cards made, I still did not get any cards done up yet. I really better get at it.

A few days ago Lavinia’s ecxema broke out. She was really itchy and had a hard time sleeping so she was so tired during the day too. Although she still has her active times, she was on the couch more often too. We’ve been really lucky this year because we had a really long stretch we didn’t have to worry about it. I think it let my guard down a bit because I should have been looking for it when the weather changed. I know by now that weather changes trigger her ecxema.

She was at her Nanny’s that last couple of days and although she is usually quite tired when she comes home, I was a little scared that she would wake up when I got home. A couple of weeks ago when I came home from work at 1am, I saw a little head poking out of the window and it would disappear once I got out of the car. She did go to bed great for Jason but would wake up when I got home. I went in her bedroom and we sang a few Christmas songs and she quickly went back to sleep, very amazing for her. Now that I started working those shifts again, I was wondering if she would wake up. So far, so good. She was so still I thought I would try out the night vision lens on the camera. There are so many features to this camera that I really never tried. I really just need to play with it a bit. I now have proof that she sleeps at night.