Merry Christmas

 I am busily trying to get everything together for Christmas and our trip out to California so I don't have much time to write. I do want to say merry Christmas to you all and hope you have a blessed Christmas spending time with friends and family. We are super excited to be able to visit both our families this next week and I am sure we will have lots of stories and pictures to share. 

Boaz sleeping in one morning.

Boys playing together. Davey loves getting Bo to smile.

Davey has been doing really well in learning to read. We have been going through the Hooked on Phonics and he has been loving it and doing really well with sounding out his words. Below is a video of him reading his first book. 

Fun Weekends

Boaz doing some tummy time

I want to start this post with our miracle. In my last post I shared how Boaz was scheduled for surgery on Dec. 12th. A little less than a week after meeting with the surgeon and him telling us we needed to do surgery since Boaz's belly button wouldn't heal on its own, Bo's belly button was completely healed. The hole is fully closed and it is no longer oozing. I waited a week before calling the surgeon figuring it might open up again, but it never did. When I called the doctor they said since it looks good we can canel the surgey. Thank you all for your prayers. Praise God for healing Boaz and keeping him from having to go through surgery.

Boaz helping mommy in the kitchen. This is also where he sits for dinner time:)

We all had a fun filled Thanksgiving weekend. We enjoyed spending Thanksgiving day at home enjoying our family. Friday I got to do a little black Friday shopping. Saturday we celebrated my birthday going out to breakfast, getting me a cover for my new ipad :) and getting our Christmas tree out at the tree farm. Sunday we went down to San Antonio to celebrate Davey's birthday at Rainforest Cafe. Davey loved seeing all the animals, but poor Abigail sure was scared of the thunder storms.

Thanksgiving Dinner

Picking our Christmas tree. Can you find Boaz?

There he is - nice and snug!

This past weekend was packed with fun too. Saturday I helped work at an event my MOPS church put on called Bethlehem Village. I tried to explain it to the kids as they dropped me off before naps. After naps they came back when my shift was over and we walked around the different booths. When the kids came they told Dave they were excited to where mommy works and if it has lots of windows like daddy's work. They still talk about Bethlehem Village as mommy's work.

The kids at Bethlehem Village - They really are stair-steps!

On Sunday Davey had his birthday party at our house where they made forts and had a war with nerf guns. All the kids (and Dads) had a blast, then we enjoyed some ice cream cake that Davey helped me make. That evening we finally got the chance to decorate our Christmas Tree. The kids loved looking at the different ornaments and putting them on the tree. This year Cassia got to put the angel on the top.

Cassia putting the angel on the top.