Yesterday I bought Toby new sleepysuits. He is growing fast and had worn through the heels of all of his 3-6 month ones.
I couldn't resist the Christmas ones...they may have a limited life but they were reduced!
So now my baby is bouncing in his chair in a red cuffed suit resplendent with white mice in green coats playing with Christmas baubles...a red and white striped one and a knit effect red one sit folded in his wardrobe waiting for the next few days...
The knit one will look particularly lovely on Christmas day with his Christmas bibs!
I spent a couple of hours decorating the tree last nights with our
copper base baubles, tiny gold glass baubles, the angel my mum bought
us, the three family stockings I made this week and all those precious
decorations we have collected.
Looking back it looked so bare before!
Billy had a rare night off so it was a lovely evening ;)
I don't have the original stable I made out of a box, scrunched paper,
brown paint and moss that I made about age 6 (my sister has that for
our Grandpa's Nigerian set) so this year I made my own adult stable!
I built it from card, patterned paper, a gold glass star and embroidery thread. I think its pretty, very shabby chic!
I did refrain for wallpapering the walls...and stuck to bricks, tiles and grass...
The finished family stockings I hand stitched and embroidered last night.
My plans for matching stockings were foiled by Billy's insistence his was to be red with white fur so I decided it would actually be more "us" to have three slightly different ones...
...so we have...
A flowery fabric stocking (the same fabric as in my "British Cream Tea" photograph backgrounds) with a cream linen cuff and eau de nil cross stitch L monogram with matching ribbon.
A red gingham (compromised from red velvet) sticking with cream linen cuff and and red cross stitch W monogram with matching ribbon.
A stocking made from one of Toby's beloved babygrows, that he had worn through at the heel, with a cream linen cuff and pale blue cross stitch T monogram with matching ribbon.
I love them!
They are tiny, only 9 inches or so tall, but perfect for hanging from the bottom of the tree over the presents and stuffing with felt satsumas, walnuts, sweets and little wrapped surprises!
My precious family crib ready to be unwrapped. The set was given to us last year by my Mother after I searched every shop in Liverpool and Knutsford for the one in my mind...basically this one!!
It comes with an additional "Jesus" as family tradition goes that Jesus is "born" (placed in the crib) after getting back from Midnight Mass. But as children my sister and I used to argue over the privilege of putting Jesus into the crib my mother made another baby so both of us could put him in. We are now 33 and 31 with children of our own, but the crib still has two!