I think this will be my last post for 2008!  What a great year it has been for us.   We have much to be thankful for!  Especially a clean bill of health for Jeff!  We have watched Ruby grow in so many ways!    She has become her own segment of "Super Why".  Her vocabulary has burst onto the scene!   She continues to bring us great joy!  Ainsley has blossomed before us!  So many highlights for the Pearl this past year!  We will remember it as the year she did four commercials with a cow!  We are very proud of who she is growing up to be!  

Our day began with one big sister waking up at 5:30am to see if Santa had arrived.  Fortunately, Mrs. Santa was already up, the coffee was on, the tree was lit, and Josh Groban was singing in the family room!  It was a precious morning...  after we woke-up Her Rubiness, to join in the Reindeer Games!

What a difference a year makes...  I was downloading video from last Christmas yesterday, and I can't believe how big the girls have both gotten.   We had a lovely evening at my sisters new beautiful condo downtown.  Thanks Aunt Bop for hosting!  We look forward to making it a tradition at your house!!!!

Merry Christmas from our family to yours! 

"An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.  But the angel said to them, Do not be afraid, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all people.  Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord."  ~Luke 2:9-11

 

Sweet Ruby was diagnosed with bronchitis today.  A chest x-ray showed that we got her in, and on, antibiotics just in time.  We are praying that she gets a good nights sleep tonight.  Last night was a tough one...

Yesterday I dropped my camera and shattered the lens on it.   I could have replaced the lens, but my very sweet and generous husband, surprised me with an early shopping spree to get a new camera today! I came home with the Nikon D90 and a fabulous new 18-270mm Mac Daddy Lens!!!!  He wanted me to have it early so I could take pictures for Christmas!  Thank you honey for spoiling me!  I can't wait to take your picture!    I sware I didn't drop it on purpose!

Like many, one of my favorite Christmas traditions is baking cookies.  Two years ago while we were waiting for Ruby's referral, I packed up my mixer and The Pearl, and we went to the lake and baked.  It is one of my favorite Christmas memories.  

The Pearl's Christmas concert was a huge success!  The kids did such a great job!  I loved the story, and the music!  Her Rubiness loved it so much that she kept trying to climb over the chair in front of her.  It would have been cute, if she hadn't been bothering a Mom trying to videotape her son!!!  I gracefully took her out for a while!  We came back for the finale!  As the final applause was happening,  Her Rubiness escaped, and sauntered up to sit with Ainsley's class on the risers!  She gave her big sister a huge hug for a job well done right there for all to see!  Thankfully, the show was over.  It really was a priceless moment!  All of the kids in Ainsley's class adore Ruby, so they thought it was great that she joined in.  Ruby just exited stage right with the rest of the kids!  We found her later with Ainsley and her friends at the post show reception!  It was such a fun night!!

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