oh...of course! It's a York! We have all been sick this week and are sick of it! I dealt with it at work with super long days and then poor Ashton was sick last week with a cold and then Collin got croup and ear infections and now of course Wes and I caught it. But, the boys wore their "Christmas plaid" even though we were stuck inside and Ashton and I made gingerbread men, or as he called it"man toast" yesterday. Then last night we all got in the car to look at Christmas lights. Unfortunately, the wealthy houses off Briarcliff didn't have any gaudy decorations like we were hoping for until we found this one house that had a ton of stuff in the yard. I was so excited and we parked and were pointing out everything for Ashton until he finally said, "That's enough" Unsure of what I heard, I said, "What do you mean?" He says, "That's enough snowmen, that's enough Santas and that's enough Christmas trees...ok?" Wes and I were crying we were laughing so hard-this boy is way beyond his years. I mean, what 2 year old wouldn't like a tacky house decorated for Christmas?
Later, Ashton said his first prayer! We usually ask if he wants to say prayers at bedtime and before meals and he says no but last night, he just started praying, "Thank you God for our food and thank you for our day and Keep us safe!" It was so sweet!
The next pictures are a few weeks ago when we rode the pink pig with Patrick. Of course, Ashton LOVED it-just like Thomas...but a pig!
Here are some pictures from last week when we went to Bethlehem Morning at church which is a Christmas day for the kids they have every year with "Bethlehem" animals and arts and crafts. AShton had a ball and my parents came with us this year. Collin was a trooper the whole time. He's always along for a ride!
And finally, I have posted some pictures from out little cousin Maddie's Baptism last month. We weren't going to be able to go because it was the day of Collin's dedication at our church but again...Wes was sick so we had to cancel Collin's and the boys and I went to Maddie's and Collin still got to wear his outfit. My mom rode with us and we were running a little late as usual because I have a hard time getting out the door with these two. We parked at the church and literally ran inside lugging the two babies and all the junk that goes with them. The church looked different to me than what I had remembered but I didn't think too much of it until we got into the sanctuary and I checked the bulletin...it said Alpharetta Baptist and we were headed to Alpharetta Pres! I looked back at my mom and said," We're at the wrong church!!!" Thinking we were just at a different service at the right church she asks the usher, Where's the church where they are baptizing the babies??!! It was hilarious! The usher looked at her like she was crazy. I jumped in and said, "um...where's the Presbyterian church?" It was down the street. So we run back carrying all the junk and drive down the road. We did make it though and got to see the service. Ashton was great since he usually doesn't sit through church services being in the nursery. He got really thirsty though when they poured Maddie's water for the Baptism and said, "I want some water" I guess he thought we were all getting some!
