Always Dreaded

I really like a clean house, and I do my best to keep our house tidy. However, I am never motivated to mop our kitchen floor or clean the bathrooms.

It's been a really long time since I've done either of those chores.

Now, I think I might as well wait until the New Year.

Very Merry

We had a great Christmas with all of David's family. I'll post more pictures when I find our camera.

Leah had so much fun playing with her cousins, it's a good thing she has lots of new toys to distract her when we are home by ourselves.

Lots of Time to Play

This was the first time Leah was old enough to really play with her cousins. It was so fun to watch her laugh and jump and squeal with delight. Sarah had lots of people to hold her and love her.

Christmas

It was fun to wake up Christmas morning with all of David's siblings and neices and nephews. It was a whirlwind of excited voices and wrapping paper. Leah hardly noticed her gifts, because she was too busy watching everybody else.









We are grateful to have Webcams so we could "see" my family too.

Cousins

The cousins were all together this year, and boy did they have fun!

Nativity

The grandkids put on a couple versions of the Nativity. This was my favorite. Mainly because of the shepard and wiseman and Jacob as a camel. Sarah was a cute baby Jesus, and Leah really only cared about sitting on the yellow chair.



We also sang songs and heard about Grandma and Grandpa Stathis' family Christmas traditions growing up. The big kids did a good job conducting and putting everything together.

The Sweetest

At four months, she is still the sweetest little baby. We love her so much and can't imagine life without her as part of our family.

Here are some of her likes:

* Sleeping. She prefers it to eating. If she's really tired and hungry at the same time, she will take a little 10 to 15 minute nap and then wake up to eat.

* Leah. Even though she is still a baby, I can see how much she loves her sister. She always gives her HUGE smiles.

* Clutching her blanket and rubbing it on her face. We tried a little stuffed animal blanket like Leah's bunny, but Sarah wasn't interested. She prefers this white light weight blanket in the picture.

* A dark room when she sleeps. When we aren't at home, she buries her head in my elbow with her head facing the floor.

* Toys. She used to cry a lot in the car, until I started giving her toys. She likes grabbing them, throwing them, and sucking them.

* Smiling. When someone smiles at her, she can't resist smiling back. We're glad she shares her nice, big smile often.

Sarah is a really predictable, easy baby that has brought nothing but pure joy to our family. We often joke that when Sarah cries, we must be either really negligent or pushing her past her limit, because she rarely does.