Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to you....late! We had a fantastic Christmas, I might even say the best one yet! We hung out as a family on Christmas Eve until it was time for church. I wanted to leave the house at 3:15, but of course at 3:00 I was still waiting for both kids to wake up from nap. I actually had to wake them up to get out the door. I thought it was going to be dangerous, as neither of them are exactly "get up and go" kids after their naps, but a small Christmas miracle happened and they both got up and ready to go with out any trouble! The only downside was that I, being the picture taker that I am, was not able to get a picture of them both together. And in fact Isaiah's picture was re-created just the other day. He was not loving the camera right after his nap/before church.




We attended a wonderful service, where Brielle used her new-found Independence to walk up by herself to find Daddy for the children's message. The only problem was that she didn't want to "just sit" for the rest of the service after realizing that she could walk around. So we spent the rest of service in the cry room climbing on the chairs.

We have been blessed with a wonderful adopted family here. They have graciously accepted us into their family celebrations, so we once again crashed their Christmas Eve celebration. It was so wonderful to be surround by family even though our other families are far away. Isaiah was spoiled with his first kiddie cocktail and many many cherries, while Brielle was dotted on by Landry, a 7 year old going on 16. Landry also made both of them pillows which turned into a pillow fight and tons of fun!







Christmas Day was just spent hanging out at home. Steve had to go to church, but we opted out since the kids didn't go to bed until 9:30/9:40. It was so much fun to watch Isaiah get the hang of opening presents and wanting to play with everything "right now". Brielle just loved to rip the paper weather it was on gifts or not.
Brielle enjoyed her first taste of the traditional Cinnamon rolls, as we all did! Isaiah gave Brielle a bottle for her babies, and I got tacos from him. When asked a question about anything, Isaiah usually answers, "tacos". So when out shopping for a gift for me the answer was always...tacos. So you guessed it, that's what I got!

It was just a fun day to relax and enjoy 24 hours of A Christmas Story as well as each other. Of course every holiday makes us miss family, so next year we will have to skype.