A Busy Sunday

Today we had three major events happen. Adam and Sarah were baptized this morning. Jamie, Roger, Natalie, Nana, Mom, and Daddy were in attendance. Both Adam and Sarah cried when Pastor Jeff dumped that cold water all over them. Adam's hair was still wet at the end of the service! We all went to the Olive Garden for lunch to celebrate Natalie's 26th birthday. Then Jackson and Adam sang during the church's annual children's Christmas Musical.

Sarah was even awake for some of Natalie's party.

The birthday girl with her cake.

I want to help you, Natalie!

Ooh! What else is in there?
Natalie also got a doll with a stroller, high chair, and play pen from Emily and Joe. I think it was everyone's favorite present- Natalie's, Adam's and Jackson's. The boys couldn't wait for Uncle Roger to get it all put together so they could play. Don't worry- they did let Natalie play with her doll for a few minutes.

Adam and Jackson singing. Yes, Adam is actually singing. Our child who can't talk is singing away at the front of the church.

Jackson said his lines perfectly- loud and clear and sang his THREE solos just as well.

They performed the play, The Best Christmas Present Ever.

All Ready for Christmas

The saga of our Christmas Tree continues. Kevin added more lights to our tree and got the rest of them working for about 24 hours. I was sitting in the living room one night and heard a click. I looked up and half the lights on the tree were out again. AHHH! So, Kevin worked his magic again and they seem to be working...for now anyway.

We were finally home on a weekend to finish decorating the house. Kevin put the wreaths out and got the spotlights up and running. Now we just need to find some replacements for our little trees on the porch, and we'll be all done. They are pre-lit trees and most of their lights don't work. Do we see a pattern with lights this year? They are also not looking too hot after being out in several windstorms for the past three or four years.

Our house- all lit up.

Here's our tree. The lights are finally working!

Adam and Jackson were watching The Polar Express last night. I came into the living room and found them sitting in a box. We do have bean bags for you, boys!

Mebane Christmas Parade

The Mebane Christmas Parade was last Friday night. Kevin, Jackson, and Adam braced the cold and rode on the Boy Scout float. Adam had fun waving and saying Merry Christmas! Most of his Merry Christmas's came out as Christmas Tree though. (Sarah and I stayed home enjoying the warmth of our house.)

Fighting Over Sarah

I will have to start off apologizing. I am sorry I don't have pictures for this entry. Kevin just left with the camera. He took the boys to the Christmas parade here in Mebane. Jackson was so excited that I think he is actually hopping down the street.
Sarah went for her two month check-up yesterday. She weighs in at 13 pounds and 9 ounces and is 23 1/2 inches long. She's huge! She had to get 3 shots and screamed and screamed. She finally calmed down once we got in the car and started moving. She slept pretty much the rest of the day and has been a little cranky today. I'm hoping she will be in a better mood for Aunt Jamie's birthday celebration tomorrow. At least she'll have lots of hands holding her.
I had changed Sarah's diaper a little while ago and asked Jackson if he'd liked to hold her while I washed my hands. Of course, he said yes and immediately sat down in the chair assuming his "hold Sarah position". Adam comes running trying to pull Jackson out of the chair because he wants to hold Sarah. They were both arguing over who was going to hold her. It was too funny. Needless to say no one held her. I put her safely away in her Pac 'N' Play.
I know I promised a picture of our tree. Again Kevin has the camera, but also we no longer have a beautiful tree. Most of the lights went out last night. The bottom and top portions of the tree are the only sections lit up now. In order to fix it, we will have to undecorate it completely and start over. That's not too bad on a 7 or so foot tree. Our tree is pretty much 10 feet tall and we have to pull the ladder out to decorate it. One of my friends on Facebook suggested we leave it alone because now the tree has character. I guess it matches the house, huh? I know one thing- we'll be buying new Christmas tree lights soon!

Holding Sarah

Yesterday, I was holding Sarah and Jackson said that he wanted to hold her. Adam immediately came over and announced that he was going to hold her and then proceeded to try and take her off my lap! So, I had him sit beside me and I sat her up on his lap. Here are a few pictures Kevin took.

This pictures shows how much Sarah has grown. She now makes Adam look small!

Finally my turn!

Jackson helped me put up the garland on the front porch. Kevin was putting up the lights on the tree, and Sarah and Adam were napping. I'll have to post pictures of the tree later. I didn't realize this was the only picture that was taken of us decorating until the pictures were loaded on the computer.

In Search of the Perfect Tree

On Saturday, we dropped Sarah off with Mom and Daddy and then drove to Whitetop Mountain, Virginia to find our Christmas tree. Two horses pull you up the mountain in a wagon and then take you back down with your tree. We actually found our tree closer to the bottom of the mountain. So we climbed down and then climbed back up to take the wagon back down.
It was really cold at the bottom of the mountain, so we all bundled up. Once we got to the top, the mountain and trees blocked the wind and it got warm up there. We had to shed some of our layers- quite strange.

Hang on tight Adam!

Here we are in front of our tree.

I think this is us standing in front of our tree but the tree looks way too short. I'm thinking maybe it is the angle of the camera???

The perfect tree!
Yes, it fits in our living room. Thank goodness Daddy was there to help Kevin bring the tree in. They only had to trim the top of it a little bit.

Whew! We made it back up to the wagon.

Deck the Halls

Last Sunday, Kevin (and Jackson helped before and after choir practice) went to help decorate the church for Christmas. He and Jackson came home so excited that they wanted to put our tree up that night. So Kevin brought the tree up and put it together. Adam looked at it once we got it together and said "Christmas tree...big!!!" Tuesday night we had time to put the ornaments on the tree.

This is as high as I can reach and I am determined to put an ornament there.

Adam was in full concentration as he put each ornament on the tree.

Sarah had to put in her two cents as well. She is such a fussy pants!
(Those people that said the third child is the most laid back were so wrong!!!)

Look! This is the ornament I made last year!

No, I want to do it!

We aren't sure why, but this is where Adam went once we were all finished. I guess it's cozy lying under a Christmas tree.