Irrational Fears...

Am I worred that my baby will be born with too many/few fingers/toes? Nope. Am I worried about the pain of childbirth? Nopers. Am I overly worried about money after baby comes and I need to go on disability? Well, perhaps a little, but not particularly. How about things like Downs Syndrome or Trisomy 18 (not that I know what that is)? Absolutely Not. (We already had the test done, and it came back negative.)

So, what am I worried about? Terrified of? I am, honest to God, terrified beyond belief that my baby will arrive early and will not have a Christmas Stocking. That's right. I'm scared that my baby won't have a stocking for Santa to put presents in, and thus won't have anything to open before Mom and Dad wake up on Christmas morning.

Now, why is this an irrational fear? You see, my baby isn't due until January 10th, 2012. According to my calculations baby will be here December 25th, but my doctor is convinced that he's right, and baby will be here 1.10.12. My fear is even more irrational because there is a slim to nill chance that baby will be here on time! I was about 2 weeks late and my brother was 2 weeks late. We were both induced.

I'm not the type of person to sit idly by and do nothing when I have fears of this magnitude. Heck, I'm not the type of person to sleep if my homework isn't done! So, with the help of Andrew, I have selected a stocking for baby. In my family everyone has a hand-made stocking. So far I've made two stockings, mine and my Grandpa's (ask to see him this holiday season, then be even more impressed that a middle school student was able to sew it!). I have a stocking that my Great Grandma (or Mom, IDK which one made mine) made for me when I was little, but it was made with glue, so some of the things are falling off. My parents are even making themselves a stocking...They've been working on it for 10 years or more!

So, at the request of Jeannette, Jolie (And perhaps people that I don't remember; blame the baby for the poor memory) mentioning that they'd like to see it, I'm going to blog the making of the stocking. Right now I've just finished with piece 10. Yes, the pieces are numbered. It's like a sew by number. No, I'm not skilled enough to do this without a kit. Thank GOD for Bucilla felt stocking kits. Here's the photo:

Now it's time for you to be even more impressed by my amazing embroidery skills. Yes, be amazed. Heck, I was amazed! Even I didn't know that I could do this!

This one is even more amazing. I especially like Santa's glasses and eyes. The hat I'm not too impressed with because it looks a little French if you ask me. That, and it was a P.I.T.A. (I'm not supposed to swear, but acronyms are OK) to get the stitches even on the edge of the stocking.

That's all for now. I'll post more when I've made some more progress!