Merry Christmas EVERYONE!

To my readers,

Thank you for reading my blog. I hope you all have a restful, joyful, and special Christmas holiday. I will not be writing again until 2012. Taking a break to be with my wonderful family.

Ps-I will still have the "Wordless Wednesday" posts because there is no writing and I just loaded in pics

Merry Christmas, I'm so grateful the Savior of the world was born so many years ago. Glory to God in the Highest! AMEN!

Luke 2:1-20 NIV - The Birth of Jesus

 ¹ In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. ² (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) ³ And everyone went to their own town to register.  ⁴ So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. ⁵ He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. ⁶ While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, ⁷ and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.
 ⁸ And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. ⁹ An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. ¹⁰ But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. ¹¹ Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. ¹² This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”
 ¹³ Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
 ¹⁴ “Glory to God in the highest heaven,
   and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”
 ¹⁵ When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”
 ¹⁶ So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. ¹⁷ When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, ¹⁸ and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. ¹⁹ But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. ²⁰ The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

Little Finn's schedule at 11 weeks!

So, the last few days i've wondered if Finn's schedule is normal. He is such a good little boy and we are so blessed with him. Below is the schedule he has been doing for the last 2 weeks. It's not exact so thats why there are some time ranges. But, if you are a mom-please comment and let me know. I know every baby is different. But i'd love some expert advice from the moms out there :)

Around 6:30 or 7:00am Finn wakes up for the day (if he's not up by 7 am, i wake him). He drinks a 6 oz bottle (with zantac for reflux). Then we get dressed for the day. We leave the house at 7:50 for work and weekday daycare. Typically he falls asleep in the car around 8:00ish

8:30am He's dropped off at weekday and mommy goes to work. I transfer him to the crib and he sleeps til his next feeding.

Around 10:30 or 11:00am He eats another 6 oz bottle and has playtime with his friends. Tummy time is included in this playtime.

Around 12:00 or 12:30pm he goes down for another nap. Typically he will sleep for 2 hours here.

Around 2:30 or 3:00pm he eats another 6 oz bottle. This time he stays up until mommy picks him up at 4:30. We get packed up in the car and he will fall asleep around 4:45 and sleep til we get home.

5:30pm, we're home and he's up and plays while we eat dinner. He stays up til his next feeding.

7:00pm he gets a 6 oz bottle with zantac for relux and a teaspoon of rice cereal. After the feeding, we have bathtime, storytime, and bedtime prayers. He gets his paci, bear, and is swaddled and asleep for the night by 8:05. And he's sleeping til 6:30 or 7am.

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On a different note, we took Finn to meet Santa this weekend. Below is my favorite picture-i know i'm crazy cause he's crying but he's still so cute! And Santa is pretty scary :).

Merry Christmas!

MERRY CHRISTMAS...from Gregory, Rachael, and Enrique (a stuffed fighting rooster-Mr Walkup's classroom pet)

I hope everyone is having a great Christmas this year! Ours has been really sad! :( But we are trying to be thankful for the life we have. It's hard when you have one mom in the hospital and the other one with her back out. We spent Christmas Eve in the hospital all day (except for a delicious dinner and the aunt and uncles) and today we will be going to my parents house where we will cook for my mom.

I woke up this morning with my heart feeling a little broken. The only way I know to fill it is to remember that today is Jesus' birthday and we must celebrate him today. But then I go back to what Christmas was when I was little. Things were so simple-I can remember being so excited to see what Santa brought. We were spending time with family...there wasn't any sadness...there wasn't any responsiblity...there wasn't any worries...there was only good ole fun. I can close my eyes and go back to that time in a second. Oh how I wish I could actually be there if only just for a few minutes. My favorite Christmas was spent in Niceville, FL with Maw and Pawee (my grandparents). I think it was the Christmas of 1992. I was 10 yrs old and Matthew was 5 yrs old. Santa brought our gifts but he hid then all over their house and we had to go on a scavenger hunt. It was awesome. I can see Maw running around and Pawee rooting us on. Mom of course was following us around with the video camera. It was such a fun day. I can smell Maw and Pawee's house right now. Maw always made a breakfast casserole that was so yummy!

Then I open my eyes and see Gregory (who's asleep on the couch right now, ha ha) I'm so thankful for our little family. We made breakfast together and then we've just been relaxing. Except, I did steam clean the carpet with the awesome cleaner we got from Aunt Nellie and Uncle D! It's funny how gifts change. I think if I had gotten this 5 yrs ago I would have been like umm ok. But this year it was the best gift ever!! I couldn't wait to put it together this morning and try it out :) Alright, I'm going to relax for a little bit and then get ready to go over to my parents. Sorry for all the sappiness this morning. I just have so much on my mind today.

But I do have one question...what is your favorite Christmas memory?