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Christmas Program

Last night, Nana Vicky, Papa Gary and Grandma Joyce joined Doug, Mia and I at Charlie's Christmas Program. The kids sang the Twelve Days of Christmas, Hallelujah, and Joy to the World. Once again, Charlie had to pee, but wasn't about to leave the group to go!! His focus is incredible. But we had a great time and the kids did such a great job :-)

Christmas Party

Yesterday, Charlie had his Christmas party at school. Doug and I volunteered to help at the party. The class had circle time where they sat, sang songs, and prayed. Charlie was fidgeting and obviously had to go to the bathroom. Despite pleading with him to tell his teacher he had to go, he would not leave circle time. It was time for circle and apparently nothing gets in the way of that. I am happy to report that Charlie has great bladder control and made it to the bathroom after the very important circle time.
After that, we played games and had snacks with the kids. We love being able to help out at Charlie's school.

Walk Through Bethlehem

Our church creates a "Bethlehem" that you can walk through to see what it was like when Jesus was born. We took Charlie and he had a great time. He loved the camels and sheep. He also enjoyed "finding" baby Jesus. But he was most amazed that he got to see a "real" angel. Every 5-10 mins an actor, dressed as an angel, on a wire, rises above the crowd to proclaim that the savior has been born. Pretty awesome for a 3 year old :-)

Update and Pics of the Season

I haven't posted much in the past few months, my pregnancy was very difficult towards the end and now its been a whirlwind having a newborn.
I am currently interviewing for a full-time job. This is a tough economy and I feel blessed that companies have shown interest in my resume. I am just praying now that I get an offer.

We are settling into to our routine and Charlie is a wonderful big brother. Mia is also a great baby, she eats round the clock, about every three hours. I am slightly sleep deprived, but very happy.

Here are some pictures of the kids. We had Santa from the Westminster Fire Department visit our house, so that is who the Santa is in these pictures!