We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

The holiday season is one of my favorite times of the year.  I love getting together with family and celebrating the birth of our King.  It was especially fun this year with a new baby.

  Foster got to spend time with his grandparents and he got lots of toys.  I can't imagine what it is going to be like when he actually knows what is going on!  

 As you can see he was super excited about his first Christmas! :)

 Modeling his new kicks.

One of Foster's gifts from his Uncle was these little Nikes.  Baby shoes are pointless, but so cute!

 On Christmas Eve, I met up with some friends from high school for lunch.  It was good to see them and catch up, even though I was preoccupied thinking Foster was going to start "acting up." ha!

 Foster with Blaire.  

Congratulations Blaire on getting engaged!  I am so happy for you!

Christmas morning with our two boys!

 

I found Foster looking at his paci trying to figure out how it got up there and how to get it back in his mouth. He wouldn't take his eyes off of that paci!  I'm not sure how he did this, but it was funny.

The day after Christmas was my birthday, and I woke up SO sick!  I felt awful so we just laid around the house.  Who wants to do anything on Dec. 26th, anyway?  

Quite possibly the worst day ever to have a birthday. 

But, my sweet friend Mallory and her husband Ron stopped by to see us and it was so good to see them.

It didn't take me long to get better, but unfortunately a couple days later Foster started sounding stuffy. I took him to the pediatrician because as a first time Mom I worry about every little thing.  We had to see a doctor that we had not seen before and he was just like Jim Carey.  Goofy and all.  It was crazy; he took his shoes off and laid on the table with Foster.  I thought it was a joke, but it was for real!  He told me to give him a little TLC and that would do the trick.  I wasn't sold on his diagnosis, but since this is my first time I trusted his advice.  Unfortunately, the next day he got sicker and had high fever.  I was so worried!  We spent last night with the doctors to find out he had a virus.  Today he is doing much better!

 

 Since Foster has been sick this is how we are bringing in the New Year.  

We wish you all a blessed and wonderful 2011!!

Peace Out!

Foster's Baptism

This morning was a wonderful day!  My sweet Foster got baptized at our church in Selma.  His Babu is the pastor there and Wood finally got finished with his law finals on Friday, so we decided to do it today.  "Babu" is Swahili for grandfather and we have a special place in our hearts for Africa, so I guess the name just fits.

Foster woke up so happy this morning!  He really had the Joy of the Lord and was laughing and giggling through church too.  It is such a joy for me to have my child be in the Kingdom!  Of course, the day  will come that he must accept Christ into his heart and choose for himself to walk with the Lord but he is under our covering until then.  He got some great words from the Lord about his life and who he would be for the body of Christ. We vowed to raise him up in a Godly home and train him up in the way of the Lord, so that these words will come to pass.  I don't ever want him to spend one day not walking with the Lord-What a waste of time!!  

 Mary Kathryn and her sweet Mom came.  Mrs. Dawn did an excellent job with the video camera:)

 Mimi, Aunt Kay and Ki.

 Uncle Luke is his godfather.

 Foster and his friend David.

 Family Picture

I was so glad to have all of our friends and family there to share in Foster's special day.

Life as Usual

It has been a little while since my last post because I started back to work this week and was finishing up some grad school work.  I was pretty apprehensive about work since Foster is still so young, but since I have to work right now I am grateful to have a job and get to work with people that are so great! 

It has been so cold lately and over the weekend we had some snow.

Foster's first snow. 
(If you squint your eyes real hard you might see a flurry:)

Hanging out watching T.V. with the boys.

Last week we had his 2 month doctor's appt.
He was so happy that day until he got his shots.  The saddest part is the sound of a hurt cry.  He was looking at me laughing and giggling and he had no idea what was coming. 
Broke my heart and I cried too. 

Waiting patiently...

 

Foster's first day of "school."ha!

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On another note, we are super excited about Christmas this year with our little guy. He is too little to start any traditions, but I have things in mind that I want to instill in him as he gets older.  I have become very aware lately of the need that so many people have around me, but so often I feel unknowing of this.  I ask myself, "is it because I choose to stay unaware?"  Probably so most of the time.  We often think that to help the lonely and poor or widows and orphans it means seeing a dirty person on the street or someone with holes in their shoes. But that isn't always the case.  Everyday we see someone that may need an encouraging word or a small token that they were thought of today.  A small word or action of love, no matter how big or small, may be just what someone needs to remain hopeful.  

My desire is to be discerning of those that are right in front of me and to be used by the Lord to make a difference, even a small one in the lives of the "needy," during this Christmas season and all year long.

My heart's desire for my family is to be unselfish and giving. I pray for the Lord's wisdom and discernment, because I feel like I have failed in this area too often.  

Sometime the lonely are the ones that we see everyday...

Two months old

Today, Foster is two months old!  I can hardly believe he is growing so fast.  He is such a good baby 

and we love every day with him.  

                                             

 These past two months have been so great and such a learning experience for us.  I have a confession to make about my first mistake as a Mom.  I can't believe I did something so dumb.  The other day, I was so tired and Foster and I were at the grocery store.  We were in the check out line and I saw those 5 hour energy drinks.  Well, I don't ever drink those things, but I do like my coffee.  I assumed they were similar to drinking coffee, so I bought one.  Not wanting to have that jittery feeling I drink half of it.  About 2 hours passed before I nursed him and I didn't even think that he would be affected.  Well, I certainly learned a hard lesson.  My sweet little boy didn't go to sleep for 12 hrs!!  I know...it's awful!  He would nod off for about 20 minutes and then wake up crying his head off.  By the end of the day he and I were both crying.  We were so worried about him that we took him to the doctor, but he just laughed at us and said everything was fine.  Lesson to be learned:  Caffeine affects babies big time.  I just couldn't imagine doing something that I knew wasn't good for him.  I was just so tired and wasn't thinking, but we are so glad he is ok and I will be much more careful. 

 Our happy little boy after bath time.  He loves taking baths and smiles the whole time!

I took Foster to decorate the church and when I went to the pew to check on him, I found that he had been decorated.  Someone said that they had pimped his ride. ha!