Christmas

Joshua on Christmas Morning

Our friends Annah and Wayne

Joshua with Katie and Will, Eric and Marianne's cuties!

Christmas was a whirlwind of activity, but so much fun! We went to Eric and Marianne's on Monday the 21st, left late that night for my parents' in GA, and then had Christmas with the rest of Keith's family on the following Sunday. We started a new tradition on Christmas Eve, when Keith read the Christmas story and then we watched The Nativity Story.

Joshua of course was the star of the show on all accounts. He did develop an earache on Christmas Eve, but we were blessed to get him into the doctor's office before he closed. We treated him for an ear infection because his low grade fever continued, but I'm not sure it ever was a full infection. Joshua is sleeping TONS lately, so mabye it's a combination of things. We have a well-baby visit on Friday.

Keith and I go back to work this Friday - neither of us are looking forward to it. Our vacation has spoiled us both because Joshua is so good and doesn't get up until about 8:30. We'll be setting our alarms for earlier than that though soon!

Tagged?

So evidently I've been tagged - except I don't follow any one's blog except my friend Lauren, so she's the only one I'll tag back. Basically, after you've been tagged, you have to give 10 random facts about yourself on your blog and then list some more friends and their blogs on yours to tag them.
Here are my 10:
1. I love Joshua's feet... really. Keith has always said I have a fetish for feet, but I didn't think it was true until I saw Joshua's. They're so teeny!
2. I love frogs - I collect them and they're all over my classroom! (They are not allowed inside my house!)
3. I am addicted to some weird T.V. shows - Ghost Whisperer and Prison Break.
4. I lived in Uganda for two months, and want to go back desperately.
5. Keith and I met online. We met in person a day after we started talking, and got married a year to the day after that.
6. I have a noise aversion - particularly any kind of animal noises.
7. I do not like big parties. I prefer small groups.
8. I feel called to be a speaker/teacher about all that God's done in my life... but I don't like the limelight on me!
9. Keith says I have all five love languages. I can't help it that gifts, words, quality time, acts of service, and hugs say I LOVE YOU to me. :)
10. I am a very clean junky person. There seem to be piles no matter where I go!

Alright, so Lauren, you're tagged!

Christmas!

This is Joshua after I caught him trying to eat the Christmas tree.

Notice his hand is about to be on a limb - I didn't get the picture of him with it in his mouth! He rolled all the way over there in the matter of seconds!

Joshua eating cereal for the first time.

Christmas is such a busy time of the year... I feel like all too often we get caught up in parties, shopping, and eating, that we forget what Christmas is all about. However, this year has been a little different for me. Having Joshua has given me so much to be thankful for, that I feel like the meaning of Christmas has been exemplified in my heart. I've spent a lot of time just talking with Joshua, praying for him, telling him about Jesus.

Keith and I didn't do any shopping until yesterday (the Sat. before Christmas!!) and we're so thankful for Grammie and Grandpa -they babysat while we ran all over the place. Keith is playing with the Salisbury Symphony tonight, and then tomorrow we'll start our Christmas rounds. We'll leave either tomorrow or Tuesday for GA (after having Christmas with Keith's brother Eric's family in Raleigh), and will return either Friday or Saturday to have Christmas with the rest of Keith's family.

God is good! We pray that you will have a wonderful Christmas, annointed with God's Holy, mighty love!