By age 2 he wasn't sure, but still sat on his lap...
This year at age 3 he was excited to see Santa.
The same pattern is seen with his cousing Taylor who is 1 this year :)
Monday, December 14, 2009
Visit to Santa the last 4 years....
Funny how the first year they are too small to know the difference...then when 1 year old it is frightening....
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Christmas Letter
Well our cards are going out in the mail hopefully tomorrow as they have been written and addressed for a week now. The new family picture was printed and put in yesterday...now it's just a matter of buying stamps. However we thought we would just try and update our blog to share our news rather than sending a letter...we like to think we are 'going green' rather than it being so much effort to get so many letters printed!
This year has been a year full of blessings. There was Ricky's baptism, the new baby on the way, and the new house--among so many other things. But all in all we are just so thankful for all the Lord has provided to us as we have walked this journey of faith. For more details on any of the above, just scroll through our blog and you can read more of the stories.
In short, we are all doing very well. We anxiously await our baby girl to join our lives late February/early March. Her name will be Zoe and her middle name is still being decided upon. The first time I read Zoe, it said that it means "God breathed life." After waiting patiently for her for over two years and then completly giving it to God and He being the one to make it happen...I found it every so fitting. Plus to say "Derick and Zoe"---how cute is that! So with less than 12 weeks to go I am attempting to get all I can done now...while I am still feeling pretty good and have a fair amount of energy. I still work in the travel business very part-time from home and am so blessed to have such a wonderful company who know the value of family first.
Ricky has been working hard as usual. When he is not "at work" he does alot of things around the house. While we moved into a house that is only 3 years old, he finds projects of things we want to improve...like removing an inground spa and preparing the ground for a trampoline... getting his garage organized, etc. During his Christmas break he will be busy painting both the kids rooms. I call him the Energizer Bunny. I mean who decides to run a 10K race the night before... and still does like 8 min miles? Did I mention he had not even run or jogged or anything in the previous 10 months?? Wow... I am constantly amazed with him. He is incredible...yet I will have to keep my eye on him as he is already enthralled with the idea of Daddy's little princess!
Derick is loving preschool. He has been going 2 days a week but in January will be going 3 days. He seems to learn so much and enjoys the social activity. Since I will not be up to doing quite as much in the spring I think it is an answered prayer for both of us. This year we have tried some new activites like Spanish and soccer along with our usual music class, gym class, etc. It is such a joy to see him grow and learn each and every day. Even on the rough days I try and remind myself that I wouldn't trade it for the world...and am very thankful to have such a supportive husband that allows me this incredibly time.
We send our love to all our family and friends and thank you for sharing in our lives..each one mean so much!
This year has been a year full of blessings. There was Ricky's baptism, the new baby on the way, and the new house--among so many other things. But all in all we are just so thankful for all the Lord has provided to us as we have walked this journey of faith. For more details on any of the above, just scroll through our blog and you can read more of the stories.
In short, we are all doing very well. We anxiously await our baby girl to join our lives late February/early March. Her name will be Zoe and her middle name is still being decided upon. The first time I read Zoe, it said that it means "God breathed life." After waiting patiently for her for over two years and then completly giving it to God and He being the one to make it happen...I found it every so fitting. Plus to say "Derick and Zoe"---how cute is that! So with less than 12 weeks to go I am attempting to get all I can done now...while I am still feeling pretty good and have a fair amount of energy. I still work in the travel business very part-time from home and am so blessed to have such a wonderful company who know the value of family first.
Ricky has been working hard as usual. When he is not "at work" he does alot of things around the house. While we moved into a house that is only 3 years old, he finds projects of things we want to improve...like removing an inground spa and preparing the ground for a trampoline... getting his garage organized, etc. During his Christmas break he will be busy painting both the kids rooms. I call him the Energizer Bunny. I mean who decides to run a 10K race the night before... and still does like 8 min miles? Did I mention he had not even run or jogged or anything in the previous 10 months?? Wow... I am constantly amazed with him. He is incredible...yet I will have to keep my eye on him as he is already enthralled with the idea of Daddy's little princess!
Derick is loving preschool. He has been going 2 days a week but in January will be going 3 days. He seems to learn so much and enjoys the social activity. Since I will not be up to doing quite as much in the spring I think it is an answered prayer for both of us. This year we have tried some new activites like Spanish and soccer along with our usual music class, gym class, etc. It is such a joy to see him grow and learn each and every day. Even on the rough days I try and remind myself that I wouldn't trade it for the world...and am very thankful to have such a supportive husband that allows me this incredibly time.
We send our love to all our family and friends and thank you for sharing in our lives..each one mean so much!
The Christmas Program
One of Ricky's favorite Christmas songs is Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer...as it was the first song he learned in English. When we realized this would be one of the the songs Derick was going to sing in his school Christmas concert, we listened to that song time and time again. Derick and Daddy would sing and dance on many different occasions. Derick even learned all the reindeer names and my favorite would be after naming them all he would say "Hit it!"... then continue into singing the song.
Well last night Derick performed his little concert program at preschool. The first song up was our beloved Rudolph. Derick stood the top of the stage along with all the other 3 year olds of the school and at first looked a little distracted, but once he heard the names of the reindeer begin to be played on a background recording...he straightened right up and started saying the names quietly...then the music paused...and then came the big and loud "Hit it" followed by a very loud rendering...well more like shouting from my 3 year old of his favorite song. His voice could be clearly heard over the other 29 kids on stage. Many parents around me commented.."Wow he really likes that song" or "He really likes to sing."
With that song ending, so did his attention span. For the remaining 5 songs he seemed to get a little stir crazy and was ping-ponging off the girls around him. Every 5 minutes or so he would run up on the stage and take a lap around the Christmas tree. While my sister and I just could not stop laughing, I was feeling bad for the parents of all the pretty girls in their Christmas dresses trying to be so poised yet being knocked around by my rambuncious boy. Several staff members of the school commented to me today how Derick was the little lap runner around the tree, yet reminded me he was only 3 and its always some kid every year. Well I guess it makes it more memorable. Would I really remember this down the road if he stood still and did what he was supposed to??
Well last night Derick performed his little concert program at preschool. The first song up was our beloved Rudolph. Derick stood the top of the stage along with all the other 3 year olds of the school and at first looked a little distracted, but once he heard the names of the reindeer begin to be played on a background recording...he straightened right up and started saying the names quietly...then the music paused...and then came the big and loud "Hit it" followed by a very loud rendering...well more like shouting from my 3 year old of his favorite song. His voice could be clearly heard over the other 29 kids on stage. Many parents around me commented.."Wow he really likes that song" or "He really likes to sing."
With that song ending, so did his attention span. For the remaining 5 songs he seemed to get a little stir crazy and was ping-ponging off the girls around him. Every 5 minutes or so he would run up on the stage and take a lap around the Christmas tree. While my sister and I just could not stop laughing, I was feeling bad for the parents of all the pretty girls in their Christmas dresses trying to be so poised yet being knocked around by my rambuncious boy. Several staff members of the school commented to me today how Derick was the little lap runner around the tree, yet reminded me he was only 3 and its always some kid every year. Well I guess it makes it more memorable. Would I really remember this down the road if he stood still and did what he was supposed to??
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Baby Sister
Derick is very excited to have a baby sister (as we all are) and seems to always know what she thinks or wants. One night after I had a bowl of soup he tells me, "Baby sister says that soup is yucky. Here have some of my nuts so she can be happy." Or "Baby sister needs a drink...have some water so she can have a drink." Another thing he likes to do is if he wakes up before me, he will climb on my bed and pull the covers down and shout..."Wake up baby sister, the sunshine is up. It's time to wake up now." Or another of my favorites, he says..."Baby sister needs a hug...she wants a hug from me" then will proceed to hug my belly. Sometimes if he has too much energy and I need him to calm down I will ask him to help put baby sister to sleep and he will sing her Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. He will say "Go to sleep Baby Zoe." How sweet these moments are, but sometimes I wonder what we are setting ourselves up for when she out of the belly!
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