On the Eve of Christmas Eve

It looks like this deer is still hoping for a last minute call from Santa.

Happy Holidays.
Jennifer

Christmas. Time.

Can you guess what we have been doing on this beautiful Sunday afternoon?

That's right, we are making the outside of our house festive. We weren't going to put up lights this year. We had decided that with the kids it was too much work and that with the garland and wreath on the door we were finished with outdoor decorating. Well, we woke up this morning and decided that it would be fun to put up a strand or two. Unfortunately, we never learn our lesson and we are now up to our ears in Christmas lights. Thank goodness for the warm weather. We all spent the afternoon outside enjoying the warm sun on our faces and the spirit of Christmas in our hearts. Merry Christmas to all and to all a BRIGHT night.

Out Cold

He just couldn't wait for his momma to finish making his lunch. Soooo sleeeeeepy......

9 Months Home.

December 6th marked Mason's 9th month with his forever family!

Here is the run down of the last month....

*Celebrated his first Thanksgiving.
*Met Uncle Matt, Aunt Tracy, Jacob, Kelsey and Kate
*Helped decorate his first Christmas tree
*Met Santa Claus.
*Ate his first candy cane and really liked it!
*Had his last foot appointment for six more months!
*He is walking and now running everywhere.
*Joined his brother and sisters in the annual Christmas pj picture.
*Learned to say Sam which made his brother really happy.
*Only signs Thank You and Sorry. His last two hold-outs.
*Loves Kai-Lan and repeats the Chinese words really well!

We are so excited to celebrate Christmas with this adorable little man! Here he is helping to decorate our beautiful tree.

Have a great weekend!

Jennifer

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Love, Jennifer

Snow Day

Paige made it 2 minutes and 30 seconds....

Samuel gave up after only 6 minutes....

Alice was the long lasting winner at 12 minutes 33 seconds....

........playing in the snow on a really cold day!

Yesterday the high in Col Springs was 5 degrees and the low was -5 degrees. Brrrrr!!!

Looking forward to a warmer weekend. I would say that I am really looking forward to summer but that might make me sound a tad crazy in the hair*.

Warm(er) wishes,
Jennifer


*Crazy in the hair is Sam's reference to somebody when he or she gets overloaded. I don't know who he would be refering to as I never get overwhelmed as a mother of four.

{Last} Week in Pictures

Okay, so if you check out my last post you will read about all the fun stuff that we did last week with our company. Here are the pictures to go with it. Thanks again to Matt and Tracy and fam for making the long trip from MI to visit us.....we had a blast!!!!! BTW, you might want to get a cup of coffee and get settled in your chair. I added...well...a few (hundred) photos for your viewing pleasure.

I hope your Thanksgiving was as memorable as ours!!!!!

Jennifer