Visitors

We managed to get our Christmas decorating done after Thanksgiving. I'm always glad to get it up quickly so I can enjoy it longer!

Aaron is still doing a great job as a big brother. Noel is beginning to take a little more notice of her surroundings and I know that she will soon find Aaron fascinating to watch....
She has started smiling now, which is always special. It seems that most of them are for Daddy though we have all managed to get a few.... I haven't been able to capture one yet on camera....

I think it's so cool of God that one of the first developments for a baby is smiling!

Gi Gi S and Papa Tim came in from Florida this past weekend to meet Noel and visit.

We had lots of fun with them and stayed very busy. When Aaron was a brand new baby, we all took a trip to Build-A-Bear and Gi Gi and Papa got him his first teddy. They decided Noel needed one also....

Aaron brought his along also and got a guitar for him.

The finished product:

They had the outside area all set up for Christmas and fake snow falling - Aaron thought that was awesome!

We had Harvest's first Women's Christmas dinner and it was a really nice and fun evening out.

Noel came too and was very well behaved....

One bummer of the past few weeks is that we have been battling a terrible fungus known as thrush. Noel and I seemed to have kicked ours, but unfortunately, Lee got it very badly and is still dealing with it. It has been super painful, expensive, and frustrating to fight off. Amongst this, we've also had to fight off some colds, deal with my back, and an injury to Lee's knee - we are definitely ready to have our health back.

And for fun - a picture from one of our playdates with Brynn and Owen.....

Oh dear =)