Pop's Hat

Truitt and Sue (Charlie's Parents) arrived late afternoon on Sunday. It was a journey for them as we had severe winter warnings and about 7 inches of snow that had come. Truitt was wearing this hat when he arrived and Hannah loved it so much she had to keep putting it on! Just wanted everyone to see the cute picture of her. Hope everyone is staying safe and warm just like Hannah!

Merry Christmas!

We did not end up getting a Christmas card out this year with being so busy. But wanted to share this picture of Hannah. We are very excited for this upcoming Christmas and Hannah is very excited too. She loves the Christmas tree and all the lights. We have all been very busy and are very thankful for a great year. Hannah has taught us so much this year and we are lucky to have such an amazing daughter. She is caring and loves to help us no matter what it is. I myself feel very lucky. I have a wonderful husband who works very hard and does so much for our family. He is such a good husband to me and father to Hannah. We are all counting down the eight weeks left before our little bundle of joy comes into this world. All of us busy preparing and teaching Hannah all about babies, to prepare her for her little brothers arrival. Along with that we have been unpacking again. Yes again because we finally bought a house. Many of you know we sold our Condo back in June and have been waiting to find the perfect house. Just when we thought we would stop searching God brought us to a brand new house in Issaquah, WA. It was everything we were looking for and more. Charlie's office is just five minutes away so that has been a real treat for him not having to go far to the office. We have been in the house for almost two weeks and are unpacking and trying to settle in our new home. It is great to finally be done moving for a while and to be able to unpack and have our home when the baby comes. It feels like such a wonderful gift to have gotten this house just in time for Christmas. We are all excited to begin to make memories in this house. We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Thank-you to all who have been supporting us and praying for us during this busy time.

"What"

Our little girl is growing up so fast! She loves to do everything Charlie and I do and say. She has become quite the little helper too. Last night we realized how much she loves to say things like us and copy things we do. Yesterday all day long she would put her hands on her hips and say "what". In response to things we would say to her. Charlie and I discovered that we always say that as a response to things. She quickly picked up on it and is continuing to say it and repeat different words we say. Also she has become quite the ice addict. Yes that is me teaching her that one, having horrible heart burn and crunching on ice chips. Through out the day she takes a cup over to the fridge dispenser and says "ice?" She loves to suck on the little bits like mom. At first I would just put my cup away and say its all gone but then she realized that if it is all gone we need more and would want to help to get more ice for both of us. It reminds us how we have to be very careful in what we do and say because we have someone always watching us and looking up to us as parents. It made me think about the song "O Be Careful, Little Eyes" One part says,

O be careful little mouth what you say
O be careful little mouth what you say
There's a Father up above
And He's looking down in love
So, be careful little mouth what you say.

I remember my parents teaching us this song and singing it growing up. Sometimes we forget about things like this, but having a child has reminded me that not only is our Heavenly Father looking down but my little girl is looking up to us and we want to be a good example to her.

"Poopy In The Potty"

Today was a big day for Hannah. We have been trying to get Hannah interested in going to the bathroom on her potty chair. We first had it in the living room so she could sit on it with clothes and get used to it, we then moved it to the bathroom this week and have been letting her sit on it when ever she wants. Today was a busy day of her wanting to sit on it. Finally this afternoon she sat on it and went poopy. She then got up and said "uh oh" repeatedly. She thought she had done something wrong. We all praised her for going poopy in the potty but she just kept saying "uh oh". What a big girl she has become. I am hoping this will keep up and maybe we can have her potty trained in the next couple of months.