December again!

Hello everyone!

I wish I could catch this moment and keep it forever: looking at our decorated Christmas tree, listening to Christmas carols, with James right beside me. 

It's been the coldest night in a long time. When James came home, he asked me to go with him on the porch, because, as he said, he couldn't help but buy something. I went outside and jumped for joy: a Christmas tree! 

I used to think that getting a Christmas tree too early would spoil "the magic", but now all I can think of is that we get to enjoy it longer. Now...if only we had some snow here is southern Texas :-) 

Caught in the Christmas lights and smell of Douglas fir, I forgot to ask how your Thanksgiving went! {For you who didn't celebrate Thanksgiving, how was your weekend?}. 

Ours was good. My in-laws have a "traditional" Thanksgiving table cloth that has been around for many years. The guests write on it with a marker what they are thankful for. And who is not thankful for their partners at Thanksgiving? That's why James tried very hard to strategically hide some of the "thankful" messages from the past. It's so funny that no one thought of starting off a new Thanksgiving table cloth, since every one of James' siblings has at least a couple of messages they'd rather not remember, especially with their spouses next to them! :-)

I am officially now in the third trimester. I was thinking that I'd better be, so the pain in my feet and back would be justified. Since I always need to have something to worry about, I was worrying that our little baby isn't moving as much as he should. Fortunately, our midwife paid us a visit yesterday and she calmed my fears. Everything looks normal. We listened to our baby's heart beat again and when we talked to him, his heart beat increased in a second from 130 to 150! I think this means he was excited to hear our voices! 

I thought I'd share another Christmas card with you!

Recipe for {Holiday Wishes} card   5 1/4 x 4 in

~ Cardstock: PTI {Spring Moss};

~ Paper: Making Memories {Fa La La};

~ Stamps: PTI {Peaceful Poinsettia};

~ Ink: PTI {Ripe Avocado, Scarlet Jewel}, Stampabilities' {Brown};

~ Martha Steward glitter;

~ Buttons: PTI {Scarlet Jewel, Spring Moss};

~ sticky tape;

I am looking forward to the "mini craft fair" at the coffee shop on Friday. I still have to catch up some things until then. I will probably have no time to take on challenges this week, but I'm going to post different things that I am preparing: paper Christmas trees, greeting card boxes...:-) 

I cannot believe it's December again! 

Thanks for stopping by!