Getting ready for Christmas and getting back on a routine.

Christmas time is such a blessed time to remember the real reason for this season. Jesus is the reason we celebrate! One thing I am finding this year though is how to teach Andy that this season is about giving and not receiving. Yes, there will be presents for the boys but I don’t want that to be their focus.

I am also trying to start a routine with Zach in regards to when he eats, plays and sleeps. Yesterday he decided that anything goes and we stayed up until about 12:30 this morning. As tired as I am I still try to remember what a blessing he is in our lives and I just have to smile. Sometimes I just start to weep at all the blessings I have. God is so good to us!

We are heading to visit family over the Christmas break and I am a little nervous about all the things we need to pack to take with us. I really should be making myself a list so I don’t forget anything for baby Zach or any of the rest of my family for that matter.

This Saturday I will be celebrating my 11th wedding anniversary with the most wonderful man I know. Technically, we are going to celebrate on Friday but our day is Saturday. I am so excited because we are giving each other a house remodel project. By remodel I mean we are installing a new back door on the house and replacing the wood trim that the previous owners’ dogs chewed up. Eric has been wanting to replace that since we moved in 2 1/2 years ago. I wanted to replace the door because I am tired of Andy slamming it closed when he goes out and come in. It always makes the blinds close and it really has become annoying to me.

Well, I hear the wee babe crying so I will go and answer his call. Maybe next time I can have some pictures to put up to show how much he is growing.

Love, Stephany

Two children sure make things more difficult!

We still feel so blessed to have Zachary as part of our lives now.  He is now going on six weeks old and definitely growing.

Over November we had our family come down for Thanksgiving the weekend before the actual day.  We had a house full and enjoyed it for the most part.  My wonderful mother made pretty much the whole meal because for one I am not that great a cook and two Zach would not really give me the chance to do much but feed him and pump.  This was also a special Thanksgiving because my sister Sarah was here. On Monday after our get together she hoped on a plane to start her life in Hawaii.  We will miss her but know that no matter where she goes she will always be in God’s hands.  We pray that she will meet some really great Christian examples that live by their example.

Before that, my sister Sandy rode the train down with some ladies from her church to go shopping and to see baby Zach. Zach and I drove to the Ft. Worth Stockyards to go meet her for dinner.  The food was good and we had a great time together.  I need to ask her to get those pictures from the lady that came with her.

This last weekend we went to have our family pictures taken and also covered Zach’s one month picture.  I will add some pictures so you can see how big he is growing. 

I hope to blog a little more often and get to scrapping some again. I have so many ideas and they are just that, ideas. They can’t get done yet!

   

We had so many favorites that it was hard to decide which ones to purchase.  I absolutely love the picture where Andy is kissing his little brother.

Well that’s all I have time for now.  Hope you have a blessed day!

Love, Stephany