December Daily Highlights - part 1

Hi Friends,

I hope you had a wonderful and magical Christmas.  I can't believe we're getting back to our real lives around here.  It's almost time to pack it all up for another year. I'm holding out for the weekend - I'm definitely not ready for a de-decorated house. It always feels so bare once the decorations are put away. Part of my de-decorating is finishing up my December Daily. I pack mine away with the decorations each year but before I do I want to share a few of the highlights.

December 4: This is when it started to come together for me this year. It always takes a few pages to get in the groove.



Here's a close up...



December 5 is all about our giant Christmas Bears.



Here's a close up of the journaling and some baby pics. Top right is me with my giant Christmas Bear - the very first of many giant bears. And the bottom left, is Gabriel with his bear, Big Ted.



Here's the right side. I had a series of 3 pics so I made a mini and put it on my page. Kind of a mini-in-a-mini. That's my little helper, Ben. He sticks to me like glue all day long and always want to be a part of what I'm doing (which I totally love).



And here's the mini opened up.



December 8 we put up the tree.



Here's a close up...



And there's another picture of little me.  I'm almost Ben's age in that pic. I really enjoyed mixing old and new pictures in my December Daily this year. Definitely something to do again next year.

December 9 was the night of the Great Chocolate Party with my friends. Probably the best party ever! (How could I crop out those adorable baby toes?)



Here's another mini-in-a-mini. It's a great solution when I can't decide what photos to use.



And here's the last page...



I have a few more pages I want to share tomorrow so do come back!

Happy New Year and thanks for stopping by!

Cathie