Eagerly Awaiting....

We are eagerly awaiting an incredibly important day, an incredibly important celebration. I love this picture of my three as it reminds me of that babe, that precious little one so many years ago. I love the expression on Zech and Gigi's face as it reminds me of the anticipation, the joy, that they have for their little brother and that we have in celebrating Jesus' birthday. I love that innocent yawn from Jude as it reminds of us how God chose to be present in this world. Imagine our Creator, the Creator of this world, this earth, descending down on earth in the most pure, innocent, and simple way possible. As a baby, born in a manger. Incredible, isn't!?

We have been playing Mary and Joseph at home. One day Genesis was Mary, Zech was Joseph and I was Grandma (so not ready for that title to be bestowed on me). Mary (ahem Gigi) kept having babies and the stroller was her donkey. She would have a baby and suddenly be ready to have another one. We eventually ran out of babies, so teddy bears worked well too. Of course there was only one special baby that was given the name Jesus. It is so incredibly awesome to see my kids imaginations at work and to see what is really important to them at this present time.

Shopping has been an adventure. We are having a birthday party alright. "Mom, can we buy this for Jesus' birthday, oh how about this, now this is what Jesus would really like!" Innocent enough, but loud enough so most people turn and look, some glare and some smile and some smirk. This is the true reason for the season. This is the real meaning of Christmas and it saddens me to think that it is so forgotten, so looked over. It humbles me that my 5 and 2 year old seem to get it, and are so extremely excited about celebrating His birthday! Now I need to prepare my heart and remind myself that it is all about celebrating HIM!

Happy Birthday Jesus!

Jude at 3 months...

- weighs 14 lbs. 14 oz.
- is approx. 26 inches long
- wears size 2 diapers
- wears 3 to 6 month clothing and some 6 month clothing.
- He is still an eating machine, and I will even give him a bottle a day too, just to give me a break!
- He has been to three doctors (including the Childrens' hospital) and nobody seems to know why he has the horrible eczema and the diarrhea. We are taking him to a Natural Path soon, as we are so tired of them prescribing 'cortizone' cream to a 3 month old and not getting to the root of the problem.
- He is teething. Drooling like crazy, not sleeping, not feeding properly and his brother and sister both teethed early (3 and 4 months), so why shouldn't he.
- Is a horrible sleeper and we are still not on a schedule. He still cat naps all the time and I want him on a schedule!
- Went and talked with Santa and had his picture taken with him too.
- Smiles, smiles and smiles. Jude is such a smiley baby! Even though he has all sorts of stuff going on with his little body, he has a really great nature about him.
- Loves to talk and talk and talk and has now started blowing raspberries.
- Went to Edmonton and got to see his cousins and Grandma and Mr. Bill.
- Still loves to be on his play mat and hang with his monkey.
- Wants to be where he can see all of the action. He will cry for no reason other than to be picked up and held so that he can see everything.
- Loves when his brother and sister play with him.
- Likes to go for car rides and sleep.
- Goes to Mom and Tots and hangs out with all sorts of babies and kids.

Early Christmas present

I just had to share this awesome early Christmas present. A favourite digital designer is retiring and she is offering a 'Shopping Spree' for only $25. That's right you can buy her shop for $25. Check out Biograffiti here.

I have been wanting to get her Baby's First Album templates for a while now. I have been trying to figure out the best way to get all of my kids albums completed and thought digital would be the way to go. I have traditional pages for Zech, nothing but digital pages for Genesis and now absolutely nothing for Jude. So digital is what I am going to do and then whenever I can I will catch up on some of my traditional albums for the kids.

Want to see what all of my goodies would have cost me if I didn't have this $25 shopping spree....

SUBTOTAL:

$773.38 Discount coupon :

$773.38

DISCOUNTED SUBTOTAL:

$0.00

That's right I just got almost $800 worth of digital scrap goodies for $25. Merry Christmas!