Merry Christmas!!!
So I wrote this wonderful message of Christmas cheer and the computer ate it in its Grinch style. Ba humbug! I guess each picture will just get a lengthy caption. Enjoy.
Kristy found this great little wooden tree at the GoodWill. It has pegs all over it to hang ornaments. It was so cute. I hung the earring that Tracy hand-made for me on it, you can see them on the left. James made a couple of ornaments for it and hung lots of candy canes on it which Titus and Jude kept eating. Ah the joys of parenthood! :) The topper is an angle Titus "made" in Sunday school. I absolutely adore the whole thing!!
What a beautiful angel!
James was the only one that would sit still long enough for me to take his picture. He picked out this outfit for the Christmas Eve candle light service. He is so handsome!
The Starnes family tree and stockings. Thank you Grandma, Papa, Grammy, and Grandad for all the wonderful gifts!
Our hand-made stocking from my mommy. One of my favorite parts of Christmas.
It is a tradition for us to open one gift on Christmas Eve. It is always a new pair of pajamas so we are decent on Christmas morning for pictures. ;) Titus' new thing is to say "cheese" every time he sees the camera. I love it!
James and Titus both received dinosaur pajamas. James was very impressed.
After jammy time the boys watched the traditional Christmas cartoons on TV, popcorn and all.
They were watching Mr. Heat Miser.
Both boys received scooters from their Grammy and Grandad. Titus straddles his and runs while hovering over the seat. It is quite adorable. In the afternoon while Aaron and Titus napped James and I went to the bike path with Jude and tested out his new wheels. His balance still needs some work but we'll keep trying.
Titus received a basketball hoop from his Grandma and Papa. He can slam dunk on the lowest level and he can already shoot it into the second level. He is every bit as athletic as James is smart!
This is not from Christmas but James sang me a lovely song the other night and I wanted to share his talent with all of you. He is such and amazing little boy. I enjoy him so much.
I tried to load this video but it won't work. I'll try again tomorrow.
Titus always copies me when I whistle so I was trying to catch it on tape however, every time he sees the camera he just says "cheese". The majority of this video is of him ignoring me but it was just too darn cute to pass up.
I hope you all enjoyed your Christmas as much as I did. Even though I couldn't afford to buy my children a single gift I loved the time I spend with James, the smiles I got from Titus and the notes my husband wrote to me...all things that didn't cost anything. Sometimes I forget that idea is what Christmas is all about...the love we get and give and the love of God.
