Merry Christmas!!

We are so excited for Essie's first Christmas....and hoping we get to celebrate it. She has not been feeling well lately. She caught a cold a couple weeks ago. About the time she was improving, mommy caught it. Monday, I think she had a touch of a stomach flu; today she has her cough back again. And, last night, Daddy came home from work sick. I did say I wished we could spend Christmas at home, but this was not what I had in mind!

Please pray for healing for our family! Lord willing, I'll have some great pictures to post in the next couple of days!

Merry Christmas to all!!!!!

Essie met Santa today!!!

So, we haven't decided how we're going to approach the whole Santa Claus thing with our children. But, how could we not take Essie to meet him for the first time and, of course, take a picture? She was so cute - she went right to Santa and sat on his lap, then kept looking from him to me and back again. She had a very inquisitive expression on her face while she was watching him. We tried everything to get her to smile for the picture....no such luck!



I really am going to attempt more frequent posts....probably not until after Christmas though. I'm sure I'll have TONS of pics of Essie's first Christmas!! This has been a busy month! Of course, Nick has a lot going on at the restaurant. Then, we decided to have a mostly homemade Christmas (meaning mommy is making many of the gifts...). Then Essie caught a cold and gave it to mommy. Needless to say, the remaining days until Christmas will be spent finishing the gifts!

I'm hoping Nick can help me finish our Christmas cards tonight so we can have them in the mail tomorrow!!