The Cutest gift under the tree if you ask me...

I cant believe its already December 16th. Wow...as fast as the days are passing Sadie is growing. She will be 8 months on the 18th, she is crawling, walking along walls and sofas, even your pant legs if you are standing still long enough, she wants to eat everything, and she LOVES playing with her sisters and brother. Today we found her underneath our Christmas tree, Isn't she just so cute! God is so wise! Can you believe His plan all along was for us to have 4 beautiful children!? Taylor is doing well despite a discouraging report from her Drs. Her measurements were not good this last Drs. visit and we will have one more check up before discussing surgery. Will you pray that it be God's will to heal her? She is loving reading and continues to help me with the little girls. Colin is growing and he is the main source of entertainment for the girls here, his passion is video games but as often as he asks to play is as much as I am seeing him read! YES it clicked and I am so excited, I even found him copying bible verses in his oh so cool Vans notebook;) Lauren is Lauren and although we are about to go into "stop peeing in your panties boot camp" she continues to keep us laughing, she says the funniest things and has been enjoying her little sister getting big enough to play with her. I know they will be good friends:) We are in full swing of December events, we have had a HG Christmas party for the children which including Walk Through Bethlehem and the Griffiths watching our children...all of the children so the parents could fellowship, to the adult HG Christmas party at the Blacks home, where there were plenty of yummy foods to eat and a gift exchange, the Christmas Bash, the Undivided coffee house, and a few get togethers here in our home. I am excited by a recent conviction I felt strongly from the Lord, this Christmas Vacation to spend quality time with my children. I am so looking forward to being obedient and we are starting it off with a day of baking tomorrow. Well don't let the December rush stop you from enjoying this wonderful month where we get to celebrate the most sacrificial gift, Jesus, and the blessing of family and friends.

Sadie gets her ears Pierced!

Well it was time to get some bling for the youngest girl in our family, and what better way then to do so with friends:) We met up with Stephanie and Ella (and her big brothers) to get the girls ears pierced. They really did great considering they were both ready for morning naps. We had a yummy lunch afterwards (which was a big treat for my kiddos...mall food!) and headed home in time to finish up school for the day.