Stocking

Today I (Alisa) made a Christmas stocking for Abby. It was a long process, much like putting a puzzle together, but very meaningful. Last year I had gone shopping for some Christmas fabric for a door hanger (which I still haven't made-oops!) and while I was there I bought some extra holiday fabric. At that point Abby was in the planning stages -- we knew that we wanted to start trying for a second child soon and buying the fabric for that second child made her just a bit more real than a thought in our heads. Good thing I bought it because a month and a half later we found out that she was on her way! It is such a blessing to have her here for this Christmas, to have just one more member of our family to celebrate with. Making her stocking also made me think about how when I made Hannah's two years ago, I cut out some extra pieces, pieces that I wouldn't need till the next stocking. Today, I did the same thing, cutting out an extra piece. Now I know I don't plan on making a stocking next year (or the next!), but it was neat to do a little part of a future child's stocking.

I must add that it was also very nice to have a whole morning to myself to do something fun, without any girls under foot, while Kevin took them out. I haven't done that since Abby was born because of his hetetic schedule, but maybe, just maybe, now that it is break time, I will have a bit of time to myself. We'll see!