Knit Knit Knit

I made a little hat over the holidays for Mia. This one is called the neopolitan...with cherries on top! It was a fun project, but there's so much more I want to learn. I've got to steal my friend Trish for a day so I can learn all her secrets - she's been selling her hats by the dozens! I'll post more with our photos from Christmas a little later. For now, it's late and it's time to go 'night night' as Mia would say.

All I want for Christmas...

Is a signed painting from Greg Olsen! If you don't know who he is, you may have seen him at Costco during the holidays (both in SLC and Boise) where he hand signs and personalizes his paintings. Thanks to Trish, I fell in love with his art and decided that it's all I want for Christmas this year. We followed his schedule and as soon as he returned from Boise, we caught up with him locally and had him sign a painting for Mia. Look at the two of them - Mia loved him!
9 days before Christmas! Ready or not...here comes Santa. :)
HO HO HO!

Only 10 days until Christmas!

The holidays have been really fun with Mia this year. She's already got a big stash of presents even though we're trying not to go overboard. The nice thing about buying for toddlers is that even the smallest, most inexpensive thing could provide so many hours of enjoyment! (I'm sure that will change as time goes on) It makes me wonder what next year will be like since she already loves going down the toy aisle. She NEEDS to touch and hold everything, especially the stuffed animals she calls "baby".

We're just about done with our shopping and plan to be home for the holidays. My brother will come stay with us, but other than that, it should be quite peaceful. Three weeks to go on the sabbatical and then it will be time to pry myself from home and get back to work. We're still not talking about it yet.

Hope you're enjoying the holidays as much as we are! Here are some photos...one showing Proof of the Tooth and one of of our Big Smoocher- she loves to make fish lips to give you a kiss. TO DIE FOR!

Sabbaticals are Grrrrreat!

Wow - 2 whole weeks have come and gone and YES, it does go by fast. But we've enjoyed every single minute of it and we're getting quite attached to the little one. What will it be like trying to go back to work? Don't make me think about it.

The tree is up, cards have been sent and now we're just planning for a few Christmas parties. We've really taken some time this year to enjoy the holiday spirit. We've already been downtown to see the lights, but sadly, there's no snow! Travis and I have already mentioned a couple times that it just doesn't feel like Christmas yet.

And in case if I forgot to mention it before, here's a photo we took while out with some of our good friends/neighbors on Travis' Birthday weekend. We even got to sing to him, which he thoroughly enjoyed. It was especially neat that he was serenaded by a Japanese lady who didn't really speak English. My favorite part was her tambourine. ;)