The Gift

How great it was to have a normal Christmas with normal stress.  We prayed and hoped for a normal Christmas and finally enjoyed one.  The last normal Christmas for us was in 2012.  Micah was two and a half and Josiah was five months old.  Becky wasn't even pregnant with Zachary yet.

As we opened presents, I was again reminded of God's gift to us delivered about 2000 years ago.  It was not the gift people were looking for.  It was the perfect gift for us.  A little baby fully God and yet also fully human was born to grow up to take our sins away.  To do something that we could not do for ourselves.

Could you imagine the awe that Joseph felt when he held this baby? Could you imagine the stress of trying to parent God?  Did Joseph say things like "Now I know that you knit me in my mother's womb and all but I want you to go clean up after the animals!"

I digress...

We are thankful that this Christmas we could be as normal as possible.  Yes, it is stressful trying to get the boys to listen when they so desperately want to open presents and you have told them for the 35th time that they need to wait.  But it is different.  It is not the kind of stress that is caused by having your little baby stuck in a hospital and still being asked 35 times to open presents early.

Here are some photos of our Christmastime!

Christmas 2013 and Christmas 2015

Both are pics taken in bed, however I couldn't get him to lie still this year.  I am fine with that. 

This is his go to pose for smiling!  Love it!

Grandpa gave the boys an EPIC fort building kit!

May the Force Be With You!

Christmas Selfie 2015! (Come on Grandma, Smile!)

One of my favorite Christmas gifts was this shirt! - David

MERRY CHRISTMAS