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Alyona has been growing up a bunch in the past week. She desperately tries to say "roll it up" while playing patty cake. I'm excited about spending Christmas with her, even though she will be still a little bit young to enjoy it as much as I'd like. Next year she'll have more fun, I think. She walks so well. And she had her first American doctor appointment the other day and it went well. I'm so glad we picked the pediatrician that we did. He was so kind and playful with her and she actually stopped crying when he came in. He let her play with his stethoscope and gave her toys to play with and the clinic was warm, friendly and inviting and didn't give off the scary hospital vibe. I will also admit to be in complete glee when he told dh and I that we have done an excellent job and she looks healthy and beautiful. It made my year.




Yesterday was a good day for mail. I ordered some Japanese Craft Books from Saucy Louise on Etsy who lives in Japan and they came *so* fast. I placed the order on the first and I don't think she got it out until the 2'd or the 3'd of December, so that made it less than a week! I ordered two different book and you can click on my flickr album if you'd like to see the other one. She's giving free shipping for a limited time for the holidays, so a heads up if you'd like to order from her!

The other package was a shirt I ordered off of Cafe Press for Alyona as a Christmas present. It has Cheburashka on it, which is a Russian cartoon character...

I also got a few free samples that I didn't take pictures of.

Oh, and since it's our first Christmas in America we don't have many Christmas items. I'm almost literly on zero Christmas items, so I've been trying to create. As a Christmas present my grandmother bought me fabric and we drafted a pattern for a stocking together and spent part of the afternoon sewing together. We bought fabric on sale at JoAnn's and the border in a muslin, which is a nice natural looking touch that I love. I've only actually finished this and it's still not finished. I'd like to do some embroidery and add a yarn pom-pom or two. This one is mine. Dh and Alyona's are still under construction. Worked on a tree skirt as well, but I haven't quite finished it yet. I picked up a tree stand from my Fathers house last night and I can't wait to stick a tree in it. Hopefully this afternoon.

I've been a little worried about how Alyona will be around the tree. I debated on putting one up almost because I'm afraid that she'll tear off the ornaments and lights and I have these daydream type nightmares where she pulls the tree over and it falls on her. I have a wicked imagination. I'll just try one anyways and I suppose I'll just have to teach her that yanking on a Christmas tree is a no-no.