Finally

I bought these awesome stockings on clearance last year from Pottery Barn Kids.  (I can only afford, scratch that, have enough sense to only shop in the clearance section.)  Since the stockings cost a whopping $9.99, I didn't splurge and have them embroider them for me.  Then they sat.  I was terrified I'd mess them up.  And I did.  Well one of them.  It involved an upside down K and a lot of seam ripping including some ripping of more than just threads.  I managed to fix it, but still it just further proves I should NOT answer my phone while in the sweat shop or be in the sweat shop after 10:30 pm.  I should create a sweat shop rules sign...
Anyway, all that rambling to say:
I have lots to catch up on, but right now I'm too proud of my stockings to post anything else.  :)  You'll just have to wait.

Close up of individual stocking:

Their stockings really are awesome.  You should stalk their sale section too.  But don't pay $7 to get it poorly embroidered.  If you read the reviews, lots of folks complain about their monogramming.

 Crap-tastic cell phone shot of mantel.

And all together now.

 Kinley and I started wrapping presents yesterday.  Of course she's old enough to actually help just in time for Sophie to sit crying at our feet while we work.  Not to worry, she switched to devilish giggles once we placed a few under the tree and she worked on destroying them.