Sunshine and Happy New Year!

Kids Christmas Tree!

Merry Christmas First Family in Florida!

My head is still spinning from the thought that Christmas has come and gone already. Where in the world has the time gone!?

We had a wonderful Christmas. Marc was so good about not bothering the tree and presents... it was hard to get him to pull the paper off on Christmas morning. He was more into checking out everyone elses gifts than his own (kinda like he wants every one elses toys instead of his own)!

One of Marc's favorite gifts was from "Santa" aka... daddy. It was a ball and glove set. He was having fun throwing it with daddy until bad dog Dusty thought the ball was his Christmas gift and chewed it to a pulp! Needless to say, Santa... aka.. daddy... wasn't very happy and now we need to get Marc another ball! :0(

We hope you had a wonderful Christmas and that you have a blessed New Year! You remain in our hearts and in our thoughts. We pray blessings, peace, healing, and good health upon you all!

Much love, Dawn

Late Night Giggles

We were coming home the other night from a late night outting and to our amazement... this little man was all wide eyed and then some smiles! He thought the flash on the camera was hysterical!

He has started babbling! I was concerned as he "could/should" have been doing that much sooner but it has arrived and so he just sits in his car seat and jibber jabbers to himself! He does have some new words too. "Jack Jack" is jacket. "Back Back" means I want to ride on your back! And he also says "eye", "hat", and "hoss" for horse and house!

It's hard to believe he is 22 months. Although the "terrific twos" have also arrived and his defiance and sassing level have risen! He has eye rolling down to a science although he has been doing that from about day one... such tood from such a little one!

He has taken to our visitor from Latvia very well! He is always wanting to take and hold her hand... very cute. She has taken to him too!

You are all on our hearts. Sue and Karen... I have plans to make scrap books for you... they will be more like Valentine presents as Christmas came up on me like a thief in the night! Hugs to you... and love.

Dawn~

Accessory Boy!

Marc loves to wear things! He runs towards any pair of shoes he sees and continues to put them on and walk (fall) around in them. He also loves sun glasses. He loves putting them on, then taking them off, then putting them on, then taking them off, then.... ect.....! You get the picture.

He also LOVES to check himself out in the mirror of the armoir in the kitchen. He just smiles and laughs at himself! It's very cute.

He also loves hats... they'll be posted about next!

Hugs... Dawn

We Are Here!

I feel like the little "Who" people on "Horton Hears a Who" chanting, "We are here, we are here!" I am hoping that the number of pictures in this post helps make up for the lack of posting lately.

leaving the airport

We went to VA to visit family for Thanksgiving and had a great time.

hanging with poppy

Marc was very fond of Poppy this time and called him "Papa". It was sweet.
Sadly, after just three pictures, my camera battery died and I had to wait until Don joined us to get my charger and charge it!

drummin the pillow

One of Marc's favorite things to do at Grammy and Poppy's house was play in the window seat. It's full of pillows and the kids love to crawl in circles around it! Marc also loved "drummin" the pillows.

We hope you all had a good Thanksgiving. We are already in the Christmas spirit and so happy to have our Christmas tree up! I'll have more pictures SOON.
Blessings and Hugs to you...
Dawn

Just a hello

Just a little hello from us to you. I have been super busy making fabric pins to raise money for a very special thing we are doing this Christmas. We will be sharing our home with an orphan from Latvia who will spend a month with us over December and January! Her name is Brenda and she is ten years old. We are super excited and have been raising money to bring her here. I sold my fabric pins and some scarves a friend gave me last weekend at a craft show and raised over $500. It was very exciting to see God provide so generously!

So I have been slackin on the camera! No recent pictures. I was buried in laundry until daddy blessed me and did it all today! So my head is back above water and I'll try and get some new shots and update you soon on the little man.

Hugs...
Dawn

Boo!

Boo to the rain that put a damper on our fun little night! We went out anyway and Marc was SO cute in his little Cheetah costume!

His face with the eyeliner on it was Too Cute! It made his big brown eyes look even bigger! He was so funny. After the first house, he just kept wanting to take out what was in the bag and eat it. He could not get the concept that we were going to get more and he could have some later! So I finally let him rip into a bag of pretzels and he was very content!

I loved his little tail!

Sadly, because of the rain, I went back to the house with Marc after just three houses (he was content with the contents of his bag!) and Abby continued on with a friend. So Marc go to have a pre-dinner treat while I made black bean burgers and salad for dinner!

It's amazing how fast this little guy can demolish a sucker!

I decided Dusty needed to try on my fairy wig... he wasn't thrilled about it!

Kinda sad it's over... but very much happy Fall is here and we are excited about Thanksgiving! We'll be going to visit my family in Virginia. Happy Halloween and Happy Fall!

Hugs and Love... Dawn