Christmas at home

We left for Washington on December 24th, so we celebrated Christmas at home before leaving.  

Hattie loved the tree- especially the ornaments.  

I made Kurt a Mariner's blanket!  It's just a no sew, fleece one, but I think it turned out well!

I tried a new technique I found on Pinterest for the edges.  I think it looks cool!

Unwrapping presents with Dad!  She got a lot of practice this year and came to love unwrapping.

Here I am in my Christmas PJ's!  29 weeks along.

Christmas Prep

Hattie and I made some salt dough ornaments and then she painted them!  It was her first time painting.  She enjoyed it until announcing she was "all done" and wouldn't do any more.  

I just love Hattie on right side of this picture.  I hung some shelves in her room.

An early Christmas present from the Roths! A doll stroller- Hattie LOVES it.  Nearly every day (still) she asks me to strap Strawberry (that's the doll) in and then runs around the house.

Hattie

Taking a walk

Napping on Dad's side of the bed

Playing in the stand-up toy...she knows how to stand up on her own these days!

Getting toothpaste in her hair

Putting headbands on all by herself!

Helping Dad fix the dishwasher!

Playing with the microwave!  She sat on the counter top for an hour.  That's how fun it is.

And then figured out how to climb up there by herself the next day.  So smart!

Thanksgiving 2014

We went up to Iona for Thanksgiving.  I volunteered to make pie, but since we weren't coming up until the day of there wasn't much else I could do!  I only made one pie, but it was definitely the best looking crust I've ever made (in my 2-3 attempts):

Hattie and Great-Grandpa became fast friends.  She would just go sit on his lap.  It was adorable.  I learned how much Grandpa loved the attention when I saw him climb down on the floor to color with Hattie!

Hattie eating Grandpa's donuts:

Not a great picture of Grandma (who had a broken shoulder and her right arm is in a sling), but it's the last one I took of her.  Her passing is still very fresh and I'm rather sentimental!

Hattie zonked out on the couch- she never wants to take a nap when there are people to play with!

I decorated Grandma's tree for the second year in a row.  She told me I did an amazing job and should write instructions on how to decorate Christmas trees.  She's the sweetest :)  She always tells me the stories of the ornaments as I hang them- some were her mother-in-laws (so potentially nearing 100 years old), but most were gifts.  Gifts from relatives, neighbors, and patients.  My grandma, the nurse, helped many people throughout her decades of service!

Playing

Reading with Grandpa in his chair!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  Grandma definitely wasn't feeling her best (what with a broken shoulder!) but she still got down on the floor to play with Hattie and even danced to Perry Como.  She was always so impressed with Hattie and said she (Hattie) had some wonderful parents.  This past trip she told me, in reference to Kurt, she'd never seen a dad light up so much every single time his child entered the room (it's true, he does).  I'm so thankful we were able to spend that time with her!  I love Grandma so much.  

Photoshop Projects

I've done several Photoshop projects lately.  Mostly for my calling in YW.  I enjoy doing it, so thought I'd share.

The program and invitations for Young Women in Excellence:

This one wasn't done from scratch- I used someone else's template off the internet.

Spoiler alert: you may be getting this in the mail in the next couple weeks:

I also made a little newsletter to go in our Christmas cards.  This one is full page, but I'll print them off 4 to a page.  I love how they turned out!

A printable for a lesson I gave in YW:

And a non Photoshop project.  A good, old fashioned, pen and (colored) pencil drawing.  Kurt's Gram's Christmas present.  The Hummer Family Tree

Sorry for the glare, but here it is in the frame:

And finally, another Photoshop project.  I did this one a while ago for Kurt.  I call it his fancy resume :)  This isn't the finished product (there was still some editing to do), but this is almost exactly what it looked like.  Hoping to make him stand out!

I love love love that I'm able to create things in Photoshop. It's for way more than editing photos.  I should really take a class and then I'd be able to do much more!

It all started with Kurt's resume- I looked up cool ones online, but in order to use them you'd have to pay $40+.  For some that's no big deal, but for us it's not an expense we could spare.  So I decided to try it myself!  I'd done small projects in Photoshop, but I've tried more complicated things since then.  And it's fun!

25 Weeks

Tomorrow I will be 25 weeks along with Baby Z!  Only 15 weeks to go.  All is well- I have another appointment next week.  Kurt took my first belly picture- I was 23 weeks and 3 days:

I was surprised at how small by belly looked in the picture.  It seems huge to me :)  And it's only going to get bigger!

Can't wait to meet you Z!  (But don't come too early!)

First Snow!

The first snow of winter was just a dusting.  It's melted away and the weather has been quite warm (in the 50s).  We made sure to go play in it though!

Hattie loved it!  She scooped some up, put it in her mouth, and said "mmm!!! Ice!"  How right she is.