The Girls

I took the video of Lexi saying the Lord's Prayer (definitely saying, not praying it) last weekend. The Johnny Appleseed one is from July. She's changing so quickly, though not as quickly as Brielle. The videos of Brielle below were taken toward the beginning of December and the end of December (at Liz's house). Brielle officially crawled on December 18 at the church nursery and while we were Skyping with Neal and Ruthie, just before we left for Christmas break.

Christmas

It WAS a Merry First Christmas for Brielle. We had a wonderful time with both sides of the family in Nebraska at Liz and Lon's and at my parents'. We were busy with lots of great memories - thanks be to God for this reason to celebrate!

I wore the sleeper/hat in the picture above when I was a baby. =)

Grandma Bates gave Brielle this sweet first Christmas shirt.

Brielle's dress was from Mom and Dad and Lexi's was from Grandma Bates - too sweet!

We went to Chances R and then to a New Year's Eve dance with my family. For most of the time we were at the dance, Lexi had the floor to herself. She loved it!

Lisa reminded us about the real meaning of Christmas.

Hauling water to the cows with Grandpa

Brielle fell asleep on her first tractor ride

The girls had fun decorating a gingerbread train together.

It was nice enough to head to the park a few times while we were in York.

Gotta love glow-in-the-dark bracelets

Neal made this set for us. It's absolutely beautiful!

Cutie Pies

Brielle is officially on the move - time to block off the stairs!

December 18 - Lexi's first Sunday School program in church and the day Brielle officially started crawling

One of my former students gave the girls matching pajamas - so fun!