Dear Jordan,
We had to put Christmas away today. It's hard to understand that it's going away for now, but it will be back in a year. It's only special if you don't do it every day! You had a blast with all of the family and fun we've had in the past week. We spend Christmas Eve with Mimi and then came home and had Christmas with Aunt Katie, Aunt Abby, Uncle Adam, Papa JL & Meme Jean, and Aunt Joyce. It was a lot of people, but thankfully the weather was nice and you were able to go outside some.
Every day this Christmas season, you would look out the window and yell "It's snowing!". So this morning, when you came in and woke me up, yelling "It's snowing!", I figured it was the same as every other day. But surprise! It really was snowing. You got to take your new dump truck and machines out into the snow. You didn't stay long, though. I think it was too cold for your taste, plus you've grown out of your snow gear and I haven't replaced it.
This Christmas was fun because you really got into the festivities. You know who Santa Claus and Frosty are now. You know how to sing "Twinkle Bells" and it was all we could do to keep you out of the presents on Christmas morning! But, my favorite was getting to do the advent with you. You don't understand it all yet, but I enjoyed getting to tell you all about how exciting it was to see God's plan in giving us Jesus. I hope someday you will get it and will know that all of the other stuff pales in comparison to our Savior.
You are becoming more independent every day. The think I hear the most is "Jordan do it". Usually it's fine but there are some things you just can't do! It kind of makes me laugh, but sometimes it turns into a fit. But then the opposite is when you pretend you can't do something like pick up your stuffed Curious George. You and your Dad got into it the other night. You were headed to bed and wanted it off the floor, so Dad told you to pick it up. It turned into a big old ordeal. All you proved to us was that you were very, very ready for bed time!
Buddy, Christmas might be over but we are excited about a new year full of new and exciting things. Birthdays, weddings, time with family...all are coming up in the next few months. I'm sure we will have some difficulties this year, but it's always exciting to look at the year to come and wonder what God has for us that year. I pray that you will learn more about Him this new year!
Love you!
Mom
We had to put Christmas away today. It's hard to understand that it's going away for now, but it will be back in a year. It's only special if you don't do it every day! You had a blast with all of the family and fun we've had in the past week. We spend Christmas Eve with Mimi and then came home and had Christmas with Aunt Katie, Aunt Abby, Uncle Adam, Papa JL & Meme Jean, and Aunt Joyce. It was a lot of people, but thankfully the weather was nice and you were able to go outside some.
Every day this Christmas season, you would look out the window and yell "It's snowing!". So this morning, when you came in and woke me up, yelling "It's snowing!", I figured it was the same as every other day. But surprise! It really was snowing. You got to take your new dump truck and machines out into the snow. You didn't stay long, though. I think it was too cold for your taste, plus you've grown out of your snow gear and I haven't replaced it.
This Christmas was fun because you really got into the festivities. You know who Santa Claus and Frosty are now. You know how to sing "Twinkle Bells" and it was all we could do to keep you out of the presents on Christmas morning! But, my favorite was getting to do the advent with you. You don't understand it all yet, but I enjoyed getting to tell you all about how exciting it was to see God's plan in giving us Jesus. I hope someday you will get it and will know that all of the other stuff pales in comparison to our Savior.
You are becoming more independent every day. The think I hear the most is "Jordan do it". Usually it's fine but there are some things you just can't do! It kind of makes me laugh, but sometimes it turns into a fit. But then the opposite is when you pretend you can't do something like pick up your stuffed Curious George. You and your Dad got into it the other night. You were headed to bed and wanted it off the floor, so Dad told you to pick it up. It turned into a big old ordeal. All you proved to us was that you were very, very ready for bed time!
Buddy, Christmas might be over but we are excited about a new year full of new and exciting things. Birthdays, weddings, time with family...all are coming up in the next few months. I'm sure we will have some difficulties this year, but it's always exciting to look at the year to come and wonder what God has for us that year. I pray that you will learn more about Him this new year!
Love you!
Mom
