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Noah's 2nd Christmas

I hadn't realized that it has been over 2 weeks since my last blog entry. It must be all the business of the Holidays and the crash that comes when it's time to take down the tree. We all, especially Noah, enjoyed Christmas and New Years. We were so blessed to have Grammy, Grandma, Papops, and Aunt Elana with us for Christmas.

We attended 2 Christmas Eve Services this year. One on Sunday at our church and another Monday evening at another local church that we had taken a parenting class at this summer. Noah sat with us through both services. He was so well behaved and attentive singing and clapping when appropriate as well as sitting on laps quietly while the pastors spoke.

What a difference between this Christmas and last. Last year Noah wouldn't have known the difference between an empty box wrapped in shiny paper or one with a gift in it. This year we knew he would have a much greater awareness and he certainly did. Noah was so excited with each gift, some favorites were the soccer ball (soccer is currently his favorite sport), "The Penguin Movie" or more commonly known as "Happy Feet" (I sometimes think that Happy Feet is all that Noah thinks plays on the TV or what he calls "Penguin Movie") and of course the Radio Flyer Tricycle. Noah had a hard time leaving a gift he had opened so he could open another, but he seemed to get the hang of it.

In addition to the presents Noah really enjoyed reading The Christmas Story and blowing out the candles on Jesus's Birthday cake. I still catch him singing Happy Birthday to Jesus now and then. What a sweet sound!