Nov. 30th - Dec. 13th, 2012

Hi Everyone!

Christmas is in full swing around here and we are loving it. Blake and Seth ask every morning if it’s Christmas Day yet. It’s fun that Blake is at the age when he remembers Christmas last year.

We had to say goodbye to Kate and Noah as they had to move out West to Kansas. It was really hard to say goodbye and know that we won’t get to be around little Maher when he comes, but *sniff* we’ll get by somehow.

 One last belly picture together. :) Fox baby hit 28 weeks today. 12 weeks to go!

We sent the Shoemaker crib with them as we already have one for our baby. Seth is loving his “floor bed” right now as we are looking at bunk beds for them. Why do we even have beds, when they have so much fun on the floor? I don’t know. 

 Last breakfast together. The other day Blake said, "Noah is my favorite Uncle!" a minute later Seth says, "Noah is my (voice tone goes up a few octaves to a squeak) liiiiittle friend!"

 Seth using his drill to "play" with Kate's baby. :)

Daddy was the hero as we went to get our Christmas tree.

Seth still likes to be my baby some days. It’s fine with me! 

Special moment in time…when will we ever get to enjoy another December 12th, 2012? 
 

All ready for Christmas!

In other news, we had a surprise development with Blake. During our Bible study at our house last week, Blake was looking at a library book and I heard him sound out the letters "H", "O", "P"..."Hop!". Yup, Blake is reading! Now that he has learned all his letter names and sounds he is sounding out simple words all by himself. I'm really proud of him, as we have not been pushing for him to read at all, he has done it all alone. :)

A few Blake and Seth-isms…

Last night we were doing some Bible reading before bed and Micah was talking to the boys about why Jesus had to come to earth. Blake said, “Jesus came to take away the badness”. Seth chimes in, “And the bad guys!”. Micah asked, “What will Jesus do with the bad guys?” Seth replied, “He will EAT them!”. Oh dear...

Blake ran over and lay down on the couch where I was about to sit so as I pretended to sit on him he said, “Mommy! You’re landing on me!”

Out of the blue the other night, Blake announces “For Christmas I would like a iPad and computer with a big screen on it. You and Daddy have phones and I don’t have one, so I need one too.” We told him we would keep that in mind. 

In case I don't get a chance to post another update until after Christmas...Merry Christmas!! 

Love to you all!

Kari, Micah, Blake and Seth