Jingle News

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! We had a great Christmas with our new family of four. We celebrated this year with Dan's parents and grandmother who is visiting from the Cleveland area. Dan's Nana attended Crosspointe's Christmas Eve service with us, it was great having her come. This was my very first Christmas away from my family in 29 years! I have to say, I was pretty 'home" sick for my parents. I guess we don't ever really grow up.
Carter was a hoot this year. He really loved the idea of Santa leaving presents under the tree. He walked around the house saying "Happy Birthday baby Jesus"...well, his annunciation was off a bit but it was still very cute! We tried very hard for him to understand the real purpose of the season. Carter opened quite a few Thomas the Train items and couldn't have been happier. Unfortunately he opened them first and we couldn't manage to entice him to open all his other gifts. He wouldn't put his trains down and let me tell you, opening presents with trains in your hands just doesn't work! His favorite one...Toby, who he affectionately calls "booby" -his best attempt at pronunciation. I think Dan and I have had a little too much exposure to trains however. I have even fantasized about "hiding" all the trains while Carter is sleeping and playing dumb when he questions their whereabouts.
Camden was my Christmas gift this year and what a wonderful gift he is. Camden slept through most of the shenanigans which was nice. We were able to concentrate on Carter and all his cute expressions. We are looking forward to the two boys opening their gifts together next year. Until then, they can just enjoy spending quality "tummy time" together.