Christmas
is coming whether we are ready or not. I
say we are ready. This year it is going
to be really simple. Just one gift and a
stocking full of goodies. It makes
shopping really easy and takes away a lot of stress.
Jacinda just celebrated her 8th
birthday. She had such a great time at
her party. We decorated gingerbread
houses and made a bunch of crafts. Then
Jacinda performed some magic tricks for her friends while they waited for their
parents to come. I love how easily
entertained 7 and 8 year olds can be. Jacinda is now preparing for her baptism in January.
McCabe is all excited for his birthday. He is making plans and using Jacinda’s party
as a guide. McCabe is also very excited
for Christmas and the whole gift giving thing.
Today he said that he is wrapping me a present with love inside of
it. When I opened it, I found a lovely
homemade popsicle house. He had colored
some grass and a door on it. I loved
it. It is perfect. He is very caring and very focused on giving
love.
Xadia is loving wrapping paper. She grabs whatever she can find and wraps
it. Yesterday she wrapped two pieces of scrap
cloth. She will hand it to me and say, “merry
Christmas,“ or “happy birthday.” Xadia
is such a funny little girl. She is
calling everyone “stinker,” when they do something silly. She loves to watch My Little Pony and Pinky
Pie is her favorite pony. She loves pink
and is a total girl. Every day she asks
to put on make-up and to take a bath with her toys. When I call her a “princess,” she says in a
low voice, “stop it mom.” I am trying to
teach her to say thank you and be kind but it is a work in progress.
Teagan is so big now.
He is 25 pounds and is full of smiles.
He has six teeth and is so cute.
When you call him “bubba” or “big T,” he gives a little laugh. He is crawling really well and pulling
himself up on furniture. He also has
many bruises on his head. He has some
teeth cutting through and so at the moment he only wants to drink formula. He is not interested in his baby food. I love how cute he is. It makes me so happy to see how big he is
getting and the new things he is learning.
