For whatever reason, I could not post this yesterday, but today is different, so here is the drawing Rusty did off of a photograph of Jurnee. He did this in about 10-15 minutes. He thinks it is not very good, but are you kidding me. That would take me 10-15 days! I would love words of encouragement for him, so he can spend some time perfecting this art!
I just traced the "freebie" elf stitchette from Wee Wonderfuls for Sophia's Christmas stocking. I think I will work on it today. Hillary Lang from Wee Wonderfuls is amazing and I would encourage anyone reading this to link to her blog ( from the bottom right "Link" list) I will definitely post it when I am finished ! No word on China travel yet, or INS renewal paperwork.

No news on China yet. Hopefully by the end of the week. It just occured to me yesterday with the help of some great mom friends, I have not bought a thing for Christmas yet! What am I thinking? I hope to start tomorrow. I am pretty full-up today. My husband made it very clear that he did not enjoy the colored pencils and other art supplies I bought him last year for Chirstmas...bah...He is VERY talented and willl not do anything with it. I just thought a few quality supplies might spark his creative hand during the long cold Wisconsin winter. I will post a drawing he did last year.
Anyway, I need ideas for him. I am thinking the wafflemaker Jurnee is getting him will be perfect though. I tried to get him to knit and I think that is more interesting to him. But no way in my life time am I going that route again! I am finishing up a few things of my own today, and I will have them on Flickr tonight.