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Oh my! I can not believe that Christmas time is already here. I don’t know why it always sneaks up on me, especially now that stores start getting their Christmas stuff out in August haha. I have really really enjoyed this Christmas season. All the gifts are wrapped, cards mailed, trees up (yes, three trees), halls decked. I decided that I wanted to get all of this done really early this year so that I could slow down in December and enjoy the holidays this year. After all, I had morning sickness and didn’t feel too great (typical first trimester stuff), so I figured I might as well push through and get all the decorating/wrapping etc etc done during that time (weird logic, I know). Now that I feel good again (thank you God for the second trimester), I am really enjoying Christmas time. David even got the yard all finished. He put the candycanes in the back yard, and the wreaths and garland with lights on the porch- it looks so festive!
It has been wonderful to explain Jesus, Mary, Joseph, the Angel to Sam. It’s so neat to watch him put it all together. He keeps saying that the wiseman in our nativity is “hohoho” –which is Santa’s nickname. Guess we need to work on who the wise men were too…
Tonight we watched “A Charlie Brown Christmas” together and ate pancakes for dinner. Now that is a fun way to enjoy the Christmas season!
Today, we went to the mall and got our picture with Santa. Sam really had a good time, and told Santa that he wants a tool workbench and a racetrack with race cars. Oh, and here’s a funny: Sam told me the other day that he didn’t want Santa to bring us a baby. I told him not to worry, that Santa does not bring babies!
Since we didn’t post anything for Thanksgiving, I asked Sam what he was thankful for tonight when he was taking his bath. His list really shocked me. Out of the mouths of babes…
Here is what Sam is thankful for:
God, Mommy, Daddy, God’s people, God’s children, Blueberries, Tractors and Keys. Then, Sam realized that I was writing down what he said, and his list expanded to everything in the bathroom. Such as, I am thankful for the water in the tub, I am thankful for the clock, I am thankful for the towel…each followed by the order to “write it down, Mommy!”
So- here is to the MOST wonderful time of the year, and what it REALLY means!
OK. So I am officially “blogging”…I hope that through our family blog, friends and family members will be able to keep up with what is going on in the Crews house. The picture I posted is from Oct 27 at the corn maze. The corn maze is a really fun place to visit in the Fall. It is located in Shallowater (just outside of Lubbock)- there is actually a corn maze that is about a mile long. Sam, Nana, David and I had fun- but I tell you- a mile is a really long way with a 2 year old…especially when you don’t know if you are going the right direction. And, since most corn looks the same- it is easy to feel like you are going in circles, which I think we were! So- we stopped at the halfway point and cut out of the maze. Every year, I think the maze is fun for about 10 minutes, and then I think, OK, time to find our way out as fast as possible! Sam also enjoyed seeing the pigs, goats and turkeys at the corn maze. But his favorite was a ride called something like “The Moo Express” or something like that. Basically, this will probably only make sense to everyone from West Tx… the ride is made up of a 4 wheeler with hollowed out barrels that are turned on their side. Then, they put wheels on the barrels and pull them with the 4 wheeler. It is actually a lot safer than it sounds haha. Sam loved the ride and I think he would have stayed on it all night long!
On Sunday October 28th we also had Sam’s dedication at our church. It was a special event- and it meant so much to have so many family members attend the service. Grandma, Grandad, Nana, Keith, Stacie and the girls- thank you so much for being a part of this special day! It was very meaningful to commit to raising our child in a Christian home.
So, that’s it for now. I’ll try to post soon with info about Halloween. Then, I’ll be all caught up- and hopefully can try to update every few days!
*******OK OK- I can’t figure out how to put a picture on this bloggy thingy without it being HUGE…so, I’ll ask some of my blogpro friends and post the picture asap*******
