Merry Christmas

Christmas was filled with so much fun, excitement, love, family, praise, toys, and more!

Nana, Papa, Mumzeh, Grandpa Rusty, Nanny Ann, Memaw, and Pepaw all came to visit us to celebrate Micah's first Christmas. Poor Uncle Sky was sick so he and Aunt Maegan were not able to make it.

On Christmas Eve, Nana and Mumzeh went with the three of us to Christmas Eve service where we celebrated the birth of our Savior. Celebrating our Lord's birth was very emotional and reminded us of what Christmas is truly all about. Now that I am a mother, I have a completely different view on Mary's experience in giving birth to her Savior and Lord. He deserves all of our praise! I give complete thanks to Him for the gift of eternal life, my family, my son, my friends, good health...the list can go on and on.

Micah had so much fun opening his gifts. He got lots of new clothes, pj's, socks, stuffed animals, and of course toys. Nana even had a star named after him! We had a great time visiting with family and are looking forward to seeing Aunt Shanna, Uncle Eric, cousin Molly, Stella, and Sam next week!

Ole St. Nick

Micah had his first rendezvous with the big guy. We had a Christmas block party and Santa dropped in to see what all the music was about. Micah did pretty well with him and was more confused than anything else. The block party went really well. We had a full band on the deck (and the deck didn't collapse!) with lots of food and even a warm fire in the yard. We all had a lot of fun... including the nightcap of pulling and pushing a van out of the mud!

Thanksgiving

Micah had his first Thanksgiving. He had a sample of most of the food that we ate and he loved it. But what's new... we haven't found much that he won't stuff into his mouth!

It was a great time as we had all the grandparents, a few of the great-grandparents, great-great-aunts, great-aunts & uncles and cousins...a motley crew to say the least. I fried my first turkey and it turned out well enough to eat, so that's good news since I had no back-up plan. All-in-all, it was a pretty good holiday!

As of today, Micah has his second tooth! He was very grumpy today and didn't take much of an afternoon nap, so we're thinking he worked it out over the last day or so.