Our dancing girl!

It is observation week at dance class, and what a treat it was!

Enjoy :)

 

 

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Prayers for baby Luke.

Luke is back in the hopsital and on the ventilator as of early this morning. His heart stopped and my sister performed CPR to keep him alive until the ambulance arrived. They then were able to intubate him for the ride to the hospital and he is now stable and on the vent.

I ask that you join me in praying for Luke's healing and health. Also, praise God for my sister and her quick thinking and calmness under pressure while she saved her youngest son's life this morning. I cannot begin to imagine what that was like.

Pictures of us with sweet sweet Luke this past weekend....

 

 

Luke's happy birthday picture message to me from Tuesday.....

We love you so much, Luke!

 

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wordless Wednesday.

Bus the Elf in action.

 

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Carter, in action addendum.

He may be trouble, but he is adorable!

 

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Carter, in action.

I snapped these pictures as I was walking into the office to check on Carter. He was up to no good, as usual!

 

Earlier in the day I found him here (again!)......

 

And here.......

Somebody buy this mama a cocktail because I need it!

 

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Packages full of Christmas cheer!

We had a box at our front step this morning that created an afternoon of fun!

My Uncle Jeff, and his new wife Jill, (remember when we went to their wedding?) sent us a cookie decorating kit from Cheryl & Co. Talk about simple and delicious! I wish cookie decorating was always like this. I opened the tubs of frosting, divided up the myriad of sprinkle choices, and let Olivia decorate her heart out! There were trees, ornaments, and snowflake cookies to choose from.

Carter had a great time hanging out in his high chair being silly and begging for more cookies to eat :)

 

Her assembly lindnn

 

We also had a package left at our front step after dinner! It came all the way from the North Pole! The Christmas excitement has hit a new level now that we have Bus the Elf living with us! Great name, huh?! Her first choice was 'Aunt Jill' so we encouraged Bus when she suggested, and liked it. Haha.

The North Pole is so cold Elf arrived in a box of ice!

 

Santa wrote a little letter talking about how he is getting ready to celebrate Jesus' birthday by delivering toys to all boys and girls. He sent this elf to live with us to help us remember to make good choices, but also to remind us about God's grace and love.

 

Twice tonight Olivia changed her behavior and said "the elf is going to tell Santa that I was doing what God wants by obeying your words"! Let's hope that sticks because we've been having some defiance problems and I could use a little break from the stressful parenting!

We will see what sort of trouble Bus will get into tonight and what Olivia will have to say to him about his choices! I've found some super cute ideas on Pinterest about simple mischief for our elf to get into at night, so I will share some with you as we do them.

 

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(almost) wordless Wednesday - school field trip

This morning Olivia and her class went to a local skilled nursing facility and "sang" Christmas carols. Singing is a far stretch for Olivia as I think she may have said two words out of the six songs they sang. She, however, sang all of the songs and did the hand motions for us this afternoon at home. Standard.

She looked cute up there though and I was a proud mama. Well, not so much the few times she pulled her dress up to cover her face. Everyone knows she wore her Minnie mouse panties today rather than her Cinderella ones ;)

 

 

 

 

 

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