Christmas 2007

We had such a great Christmas this year. I thought it might be sad since we didn't have the whole family here. Joel and Cristy were in NY with her family and Josh, Jenny & their kids just moved to TX so they weren't here either. It was definitely different, but it ended up still being a lot of fun celebrating with the family that was here. It was definitely more low-key and calm but we enjoyed it nonetheless. Moira, a sweet Kazakh girl was here to celebrate with us too so that was wonderful.

Averi had a fantastic first Christmas and continues to add so much to our family each and every day. She is so happy all the time and is always smiling and clapping. She is in to everything so she keeps me on my toes and keeps Mia stressed out:) She is pulling up and I'm sure will be walking (or should I say running) within the next 2-3 months. She loves to terrorize her big sister to get a reaction:) She is quite the mischevious one....

Mia had a great Christmas as well. She really got into the lights and decorations this year and was ecstatic when Santa drove by on a fire truck on Christmas Eve. She was literally squealing; it was so cute. It has been such a joy to teach her and see her learn/talk about the true meaning of Christmas. We have a nativity scene that she plays with nonstop. And she now says "let's pray to baby Jesus" before we eat:) Anyways, here is a slide show of our wonderful Christmas of 2007!

Mia's Sweet Quote of the Day

Mia was sitting on her bed playing this morning and I was cleaning up in her room and this was our conversation:

Mia: "Jesus Loves Me"
Me: "Yes, He does"
Mia: "I love Jesus too"
Me: That's so sweet honey"
Mia: " That's MY Jesus" :)

I thought that was SO precious. And she had to add a 2 year olds favorite word "my" in there.