For Unto Us A Child Is Born

Hi,
Can you believe it’s December again? Another year is soon to be over. And what a year! We have a lot to be thankful for! We’ve been blessed through our family and friends beyond words. God lavished His love on us yet again. We praise Him for all He has done.
Last December (on Christmas day, to be exact), we learned that we are expecting. Now we have a 4-month-old baby! And an almost 4-year-old big girl. How exciting!
Our first snow
A few weeks ago we had some snow. Amy wanted to build a snowman, but the snow wasn’t quite right for that, so she made snow angels instead. I love how she makes the best of what she has instead of complain. I sure have a thing or two to learn from her!
Amy loves to play with Haley. Their favorite game is peek-a-boo. This video is not the best quality, but you will get an idea of how it goes. πŸ˜€
51 piece puzzle
Tricia, a dear friend of ours, sent Christmas gifts to the girls. One of the gifts was a 51 piece floor puzzle. It is a very interesting puzzle. The frame (ocean) are real puzzle pieces that you can put together, but the states have the actual shape of the given state. So once you put the frame together, you just put the states (separately) where they belong, and at the end, the frame holds the states together. The box says 6+ (for age recommendation). We opened the puzzle, I had to go to the other room and a few minutes later when I came back, this is what I found… She did it all by herself. I was so proud of her!

Amy is growing up and is getting better and better at reading and writing. One day she just set down and wrote her, Haley’s, and my name all by herself, with no help. Once she was down, she showed me the paper. Wow! I sure couldn’t write at this age!

 

Amy’s pretty hair …
Her memory and creativity never cease to amaze me. Oh, and now we can do stuff with her hair! So far I didn’t think it was long enough, but I may have been wrong. πŸ™‚ She loves putting things in her hair. She sure is beautiful!
… and pretty face
We celebrated Thanksgiving with both our family and our church family. It is always good to set apart a day to think about all the blessings we received and to praise God for them. Amy said she was thankful for Haley. So are we! πŸ™‚ We are so blessed to have such sweet church family. They really are “family” to us.
Last Sunday Amy and her friends sang “For Unto Us A Child Is Born” during the morning service. If you have facebook, you can see the video on my page. They did an amazing job! πŸ™‚
Amy and I did some Christmas crafts (we both love crafts). I think they turned out good. πŸ™‚
We were able to see Grandpa and Grandma James as well as Grandma Grassi and Melinda & Terry a few days ago. It is so good to be able to see family at least this time of year. They are all very dear to us and we are glad they got to see Haley. πŸ™‚
Have a Blessed Christmas!
Amy decorated the tree

 

One of our crafts
(everyone used their own hands and foot, even Haley)