Mum's Christmas wreath

I'd like to welcome the new followers, it is lovely to "meet" you :)

As you know my mum has been making me the Mrs Clause Maternity cardigan which is now finished & I'll share photos with you later this week. I decided to make her a Christmas wreath to say thanks for her hard work.  Her tree is all gold colour so I used only gold for the wreath. She really liked it & has already put it up and won't take it down until Christmas :)

It is a bit different from the one I made last year, if you'd like to look at that one then please click HERE and if you wish to watch a quick video of it from my youtube channel, then please click here.

Hope you like these photos and hope that you are starting a nice week wherever you are. 

Lily

Santa Clause films

Some of my favourite Christmas films of all time are the Santa Clause films with Tim Allen.  I am a big fan of Disney & I believe they gave the beloved character of Santa a really great image.  I get lost in the magic of the films and could easily watch all 3 films one after the other (time allowing that is)! 

I have shared the 2 photos at the bottom as my mum is knitting that maternity cardigan that Mrs Clause wears for me :) I am so happy. First I wanted to purchase it, looked all over the internet but couldn't find it so asked mum to knit it for me.  Bless her, she immediately said yes. We went to the local market together and bought wool & I decided that I wanted little changes.  I wanted it to be navy and no hood at the back as I have a few nice hats to wear with it.  Also the flowers on the pockets are a bit different.  It is almost finished and my tummy is showing now so I'll be able to share a photo with you all soon, so very exciting. 

All the photos are thanks to Google Images. I'll be stopping by at http://yuletideseasonings.blogspot.com/ this Sunday, hope to see you there too. 

I hope you all are having a lovely weekend. 

Lily

Singing Santa, Christmas Decoratoin

Hubby & I have decided that this year we would try & not buy too many new Christmas or Halloween decorations as we want to save storage room for when our little one arrives, BUT, I couldn't help myself when I saw this gorgeous singing Santa Clause that comes out of the chimney.  It is sold through Avon and was £10, how would you say no to that?! Also the other day I went to T.K.Maxx which I believe is same as T.J.Maxx in the united states & saw this really lovely Santa sleigh. I want to fill it up with little presents and possibly display a Santa next to it too but for now I just had to share it with you all.  I have made a little video of the singing Santa Clause that I have shared below, you can also find it on my youtube channel.  I know the sound on it isn't great but hope you still like it.  If you have never been to my youtube channel but would like to you can access it by clicking HERE. 

Hope you all are having a really great weekend. 

Lily

I tried to get the Santa sack in the video but I thought I'll share a photo too. 

Autumn decorations

I would like to thank you all for your well wishes, messages and comments.  I really appreciate them and every single one of them puts a great big smile on my face.  I also really love that some of you emailed me or came back later to leave a comment as there were problems on blogger last week, you are all so very kind.  I also would like to welcome the new followers.  

By the way the nursery's painting is almost done & for those of you who had asked, we went for "pale citrus" which basically is light yellow.

I have put out some of the Autumn/Halloween decorations out. Autumn has definitely arrived here with temperatures varying from 12C to 16C and dark clouds and rain most days. It makes you want to get a cosy jumper on, get a warm cup of cocoa and carve a pumpkin. I'm not having any caffeine at all at the moment so it's been decaf tea and hot cocoa since August but now that the weather is much cooler it feels right, lol. 

  

Have you all started your Christmas planning yet? I met a lady at the supermarket the other day who really amazed me. She said that she has already purchased AND gift wrapped all of her gifts, she has bought her cards and started writing them plus she is buying all of her food that can be kept until then like nuts, crisps and etc.  The only things she needs to do is buy a turkey and put up her tree. Can you believe that???! I had never met anyone so organised, bless her. So far, I have made some handmade Christmas cards but that's about it, lol. 

Hope you all are having a great week.  

Lily 

festive beer for hubby to enjoy at the weekend :)

Baby's first photo

Hi all

As promised, here is a photo of my baby. Hubby & I had a lovely time watching him/her jump around.  All seems ok so far & baby is due at 11th of April.

Hope you all have a great week,

Lily

Ellen's alternative Santas!

Did you ever watch this episode of Ellen with musical chairs and Santas?! It is so very funny & very touching at the end. I wanted to link up with my sweet friend's (Maureen) Sunday with Santa and thought I'll upload a new Santa post rather than link up an older post. I look forward to linking up every Sunday on http://yuletideseasonings.blogspot.com/. I also really liked it when Ellen and Britney Spears went caroling so have uploaded an image of that too. The above photo is with thanks to google images.

As you know we have our baby scan tomorrow and so am getting excited about babies and Christmas :) Plus hubby has the day off tomorrow and so that is very nice. We chose a lovely a pale shade of yellow for the nursery today and will painting this week.

Hope you all are having a great weekend and hope you enjoy the video :)

Lily

Haddon Hall

First of all I would like to thank you all for leaving comments :) I do love reading them all & appreciate them. I do try to visit your blogs but have been suffering a bit with morning sickness so am not on the computer as much as I'd like to. So please don't think that I have forgot all about you guys. 

A while ago we went to visit a lovely stately home, Haddon Hall, which is nearby. It was so beautiful & I was told that it would be ok to take photos and share them with you all so I did.  Usually you are not allowed to take photos or use flash so I was over the moon when I was told that I can take photos. It was such a cute and cosy place. You know how people always say "oh I wish I owned this palce" well, usually the first thing that comes to my mind when I visit large places like these is, "oh how long it would take to clean a place this big", lol. This place although very big, seemed very homely. The furniture was grand but of wood rather than crystals and glass. It looked very earthy & there was large tapestries hanging on the walls. I could imagine myself sitting in the window with a good book like Pride & Prejudice and lovely cup of tea. I love it when a place gives that vibe. I love visiting posh places too but somehow don't feel comfortable visiting them as much. Probably because I worry about breaking something! The gardens in Haddon Hall were also really lovely, very grand but also with a herb and vegetable patch. Isn't that cute?! 

Hope you all are having a good week and enjoy the photos.  Hubby & I have a baby scan coming up on Monday so we are very excited. I'll keep you posted and many thanks for your prayers :)

Many blessings

Lily