Progress!

Once I finished the suckers, Leviathan has really flown off the hook!  I got this picture yesterday afternoon and this is before I stuffed the body and closed up his underbelly side.  (Unfortunately, getting a photo this morning isn't working because it's so dark in the mornings here.)  If you've ever made a stuffed animal, you know how they can take an insane amount of stuffing before they feel firm.  I felt like the body was never going to be full!

Today I will be starting the eyes and, believe it or not, they're the last part of this project!  I'm really, really hoping I can have a finished octopus to show you Thursday or Friday!  As you can see, Newton is really excited about my progress too.

On a completely different topic, we've done something here that we NEVER do - we got the Christmas tree up.  I usually wait until after the first week of December, but this year we decided as a family to put it up early.  Why?  Because Professor Newtonium is crazy.  We decided that it might be better for him to get used to the tree for a couple of weeks before we put ornaments on it.  Also, I can decide if we're going to actually use ornaments or if I'll just decorate with the big ribbons, pop the angel on top and call it a day.  I usually use just the ribbons when we have baby animals, but since Newton will be almost 10 months old by Christmas day, it's possible that we might be able to have ornaments.  I put it up yesterday afternoon and so far he's been very impressed that I can make a tree in the living room, but otherwise hasn't really messed with it.  I wasn't sure what he'd do overnight while the rest of us slept, but it was still standing this morning.