Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, All! We had a special Christmas at home this year. Santa brought our family 2 gifts - games to play together - and also filled the boys' stockings. Nate hid the stockings after Santa brought them, so the boys had to find them.

Coop and Miles each got one new toy from us:

After we opened presents, we had a birthday party for Jesus with some super yummy coffee cake. Cooper and Nate blew out the candles.

While we were eating lunch, we noticed a bald eagle circling our house. So cool!

The eagle was very encouraging for me to see. It reminded me of God's promise in Isaiah 40:31

but those who hope in the LORD

will renew their strength.

They will soar on wings like eagles;

they will run and not grow weary,

they will walk and not be faint.

For those of you who do not know, I was diagnosed with MS on December 23rd. That news was heavy on my mind during our holiday celebration, and that eagle soaring over our house was such a neat gift for me. It gave me encouragement!

I'm going to create a new text area on this blog to share specific prayer requests as I journey down this road of having the gift of MS. This blog will most certainly stay focused on our family and the wonderful things Coop and Miles are doing, but I also thought it could prove a quick and easy way to share prayer requests. Thank you all for praying!!

The other morning, I walked in to Cooper's room and said, "Good morning!" and started singing our regular good-morning song. Cooper said, "SHHHHH, Mommy! Humphry and Hank are still sleeping!" He had them up on his pillow in sleeping position. :)

Miles is getting really good at sitting up! I can't believe my baby is getting so big!!

Snowman Nose

Last night at dinner, Coop was having carrots and dip. I heard him say, "Hey Mom, I have a snowman nose!" And he did!

Cooper and Miles met Santa!

Cooper and Miles got to meet Santa yesterday at a Parents as Teachers event. Cooper told me on the way to the event that he wanted to snuggle with Santa, but once we were there he wasn't so sure. We made all the crafts, and Cooper kept staring at Santa and waving at him. This is really the closest he got to Santa, which was closer than I thought he would get!


At one point, Santa was holding Cooper's hand, asking him what he wanted for Christmas. Cooper was asking Santa about his reindeer, and he said, "Will you hold my hand and take me to see them?" It was really sweet! Miles enjoyed sitting on Santa's lap! He really liked his beard...he almost pulled it right off!