My first Christmas

I ran across this picture yesterday and thought I would share it. This picture was take in 1946. It is a picture of me and my 2 cousins in front of my grandparents Christmas tree. I am the baby in the picture, my cousin Sara Ann is holding me and Sherry Lee is beside her sister. The three of use are still very close today.My mother and I lived with my grandparents when this picture was taken as my dad was in the Navy stationed in Alaska at the time. Merry Christmas!

Alaina and Santa

Alaina saw Santa last weekend. Here she is with Santa in all her glory!

Getting ready for Christmas

Well the tree is up, the Santa's are in place and the place is all decorated for Christmas. These are just a little tiny bit of the decorations at our house. I, however, am having a hard time getting in the Christmas spirit.

I have started my shopping, most of it was bought online and have attended my first Christmas party but I just cannot seem to get with it this year. Christmas is bittersewwt for me. But on the bright side we have a baby in the house and even though this is her 1st Christmas and she will not remember it we are all making a big deal of it! She sat on Santa's lap today and did not cry! I am proud of her! Hopefully I will soon have a picture of her on Santa's lap to share. We pick up the picture on Tuesday. Our little sweetie is 4 months old not and weights in at 15 pounds. She is 25 band 1/2 inches long now.

We hope that you have a  Blessed Christmas!

Our little lady bug!

I just have to share this photo of our Alaina! She was dressed as a lady bug for halloween. She was soooo cute. Can you tell that she has stolen my heart?

What???October Already!

Wow...did I miss summer?It sure seems like it!!! I have nothing creative to share today so I am going to post another a picture of my sweet great granddaughter. She is actually 2 months old now.She is growing fast and is a really good baby. I have nothing creative to share because all I want to do is hold her! Oh my!

I am planning to be get back to my doll making now. So much has been going on in my home life that I seemed to lose my muse but I am itching to get creative again. I am working on a doll right now for a doll club challenge. Our challenge this year is to create a doll that is wearing or has a mask. I have all the body parts completed and am in the process of putting them all together. My deadline is October 10th so I need to get cracking to finish her.

David and I are planning to take a much neede night away in the middle of the week. We are going to spend a night at Spring Mill State park at the Inn. A very interesting place to stay. I plan to take some pictures to share. There is a pioneer village to tour and a monument to Gus Grissom. I have not visited the park in several years so I am looking forward to it.

Have a great week!

Catching up

I have been so bad about updating my blog. I have been waiting till I had something to tell ya'll about. But, it seems that I have been in a bit of a slump with dollmaking and just with life altogether. I still have not finished Morris, the WIP I wrote about in March. I have make a couple of rag dolls and some brooches but that is about it. I have read 12 books this summer so far and just trying adjust to some changes that have occurred in my family life.
I do have a bit of news however. My granddaughter is expecting her baby any day now. And since she and her mom are living with us for a while we will have a brand new little bundle of joy at our house soon. I am not sure if I am ready to be a great grandma but it isn't up to me! LOL I will be called gg for great grandma.
I have also become very addicted to Facebook as of late. I reconnected with 3 very good friends from high school. I had not seen two of the gals over 40 years! WOW have we had fun since we reconnected. We have lunch once a month now and it is just like the old times except we all are older in appearance but still young at heart!
I would really like to get back to being creative. I have gone in my studio at least 100 times and just walk right back out of the room. I do not know what my problem is but I hope it is resolved soon! I just feel like my creativity had died. I am however teaching a little class at doll club this Saturday, so I am hoping it might give me a kick start.

That is about all for now. Hopefully the next post will be about a new baby in the house!

Blessing to all of you!

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While cutting the fabric for the dolls clothing I had a little supervision from my little helper Gizmo! He loves to watch me while I work and I always give hima scrap of fabric to lay on and he is a happy boy!