Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas!

 Our little dolly - with hat from a friend at our church - thanks Glenda! (finally got her pictures taken in it!)

 Almost done mom?

(kinda looks like the "grinch that stole Christmas" face. :)

{Little Santa Baby}

 

 We're heading off to Alberta on Christmas Day for some family time with everyone there. We're getting quite excited, and am starting to get everything packed up for the flight. We can finally meet the newest "Fehr" grandbabies, and they can all meet Laura.

Lots of cousins to go around... gone are the days when we all had to wait to hold the newest baby...(back in the days of Bethany, Sam and the twins...)

 

Have a wonderful time with your families, celebrating the birth of Jesus- our Savior.

See you in 2013!

 

Miss Pink in Blue

 A sweet friend that works at the Windmill made this for Laura - her first crocheted blanket.

It's so cozy, and Laura looks darling -matches her eyes. :)

 She's smiling more and more. :)

Uncle Tim came over for supper last night, and read the kids a story before bed - all three of them.

Our Christmas Program

Another Christmas program has come and gone. :)

The 2's and 3's class sang a verse of "Happy Birthday Jesus" all by themselves - so sweet. :) Katie did pretty good too - I actually her heard her voice from the piano where I was playing.

Another class - God's Gift was Jesus!

Shelly did a neat job teaching one of the classes sign language to "Silent Night" (accompanied by Steve Green's soundtrack) It was beautiful.

A bunch more of the kiddos'.

A neat evening - a good outreach time as well.

She's One Month!

 Dear little Laura is a month...and you know what that means... bring out the puppy dog. :)

Laura's latest & greatest

She is now 12 lbs.

Starting to sleep through most of the night

Has some sweet little smiles

A few little coo's/conversations

Is pretty much adorable :)

Our Nursery

Here's a look into our nursery - Erik's room for now...

(I don't have a really good "before" picture, so I skipped it this time - but just to remind you, it had a pink rug... :)

 The view from the doorway - Erik's crib, and the "Fehr" baby shoes

- pictures taken by Amanda Q, a few years ago. :)

 One day - it will be fun to do some different curtins -these ones are left over from our other house... but it works great for now.

 More pictures taken by dear Amanda of our old toys and clothes...

 

The closet - with Laura's clothes on the left, and Erik's shirts on the right. :) I love having a baby storage spot - the playpen is in the closet as well, as all of Erik's clothes, laundry hamper, diapers, blankets, bumbo - etc. :)

So there you go - another piece of our home. :)

Cousin Visit

Elita came over to join our little party for an afternoon last weekend.

It was nice to finally watch Diane's girl for a change -a she's so good about watching my two...

Both Erik and Katelyn loves watching over her.

Hope they all have a blast growing up together - being close - like good cousins are supposed to be. :)

I sure had fun growing up with mine.

Cute x 3

Our three treasures.

Life Lately

We're working on the laundry room right now...which is quite exciting. :) So that means a few evenings of painting, after James' work building shelves, and drywall/mudding, etc.

 My man working away.

Laura didn't feel like being left out of the fun. 

 Can't wait to finish it up - clean it, and everything.

On Sunday we had an older couple from our church over for lunch. (one of my freezer meals :)

Mr. Avey playing with Erik. 

 Mrs. Avey loving Laura.

She's an amazing woman - as she looks after her husband with great patience.

 The gang.

 Mr. and Mrs. Avey.

Thankful for pictures of some of the older people from our church.

Making candy cane cookies with the kiddos yesterday - always a busy time as you manage the flour and eager hands ready to devour the dough. :) Those cookies always remind me of the "C" family from our Alberta church. :) Good memories - past and present.

We don't have a lot of Christmas baking to do this year - because all the ladies at Whitebird (where James works) included me in their Christmas baking exchange (thanks Diane!) right after Laura was born. I didn't even have to do any exchanging - just enjoying...super thankful for that right now!
God always provides and blesses...

More love

 

Steph and her girls stopped by to bring us supper (we had over a week of wonderful supper meals, provided by the ladies in our church) and we got in a visit and some cuddles. :)

 Stephanie

 Kayla

Marissa :) I just didn't get a picture of Mia holding Laura.
Thankful for friends.

Do You See What I See?

My big boy.

(taken by Uncle William)

Slow Down...

Amazing to think that this little girl has already been with us for three weeks!

Slow down little girl!!

Mommy is trying to soak you in. So I'm holding you lots, even as I type, breathing in your clean-baby-scented-hair, and kissing your sweet head...

Trying to savour  the moments...

O Christmas Tree

 

Our Christmas Tree.

2012

(with it's star cropped out...I was just playing around with the camera... :)

While She's Little...

 

Despite being severely unmotivated lately, while just enjoying this little one, I finally got around to taking some pictures of Laura. Here she is in her little preciousness.

 {Perfectness}

 With "the" bear, that makes it to all my newborn photography. :)

But it's still so cute... :)

Real Life

What life looks like without Anne-Marie... :)  

But at least I can look at these darling faces instead of the disaster - which I'm slowly working on. :)

He makes me smile... 

....and so does she.

Last Days Together

 Anne-Marie cuddling Laura.  

Katelyn checking out Laura's heartbeat. She loooves to help the midwife. It can be a bit busier for sure with her around, but she's learning, and my midwife is patient. :)

My midwife Heather - so thankful to have the support of her and the other great midwives in our area.

Anne-Marie took this shot while looking after the little ones in the mornings. :)

(thanks for letting me sleep in!)

Perfectness

Big brother.

Erik loves to "hold it" - is calling her by name every so often now.

We decided to put up the Christmas tree a bit earlier this year, as we'll be gone to Alberta for Christmas this year. The kids got to help - which resulted in three broken balls, but that's part of the experiance. :)

Opening an early Christmas present from Grandma Fehr - a pretty red dress to wear during the holidays.

Erik posing - (but not sure how to do it!)

He likes to be in pictures.

We went to the Windmill to do some shopping, and go for lunch (and show the staff the baby!) before taking Anne-Marie to the airport later on.

The last cuddles...

I should've thought of this before - getting one picture of the dear aunt and three kiddos together before she left, but at least we grabbed it at the airport.

Kisses goodbye, and off she left.

So thankful for the time she invested in our lives.

Even though she was here two weeks before the baby decided to come, it worked out well. God knew what I needed, and being discouraged and so tired before Laura came, it was great that she was here to help and distract.

Thanks Anne-Marie  - and mom and dad!