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Happy New Year's!

Gabriel decided to try on Daddy's hat.


Callie helping take down the Christmas decorations outside.

Gabriel is a corn loving boy! He started hugging the bowl as soon as he tasted it!


I've decided it must be a genetic thing. Males must have this built in need to take their pants off once in their house.

Callie and her balloon. She insisted on taking it outside and then was very upset when it flew away . . . Lesson learned? Probably not.

So our Christmas was wonderful, New Year's was a rocking good time. Ok, not really, Philip painted and I worked on lesson plans for starting preschool. I'm sure most of you have seen on facebook that Callie & I have started working on different skills and knowledge that she will need when she goes into kindergarten. She's doing really well so far (we're on day 2!). We're focusing a lot on writing because she knows most of her letters and numbers by sight. So far, we've had a couple of "I can't do it" moments, but I try to remain calm and patient and we work through it.

We're excited about what 2012 holds for us! We looked back on 2011 and finally felt settled in our life. 2010 was a crazy year of remodeling and organizing and trips and Gabe! 2011 found us more settled and definitely more organized! (Great relief to me and my OCD!!)

Anyway, we're off to a great start in 2012! Hoping you and yours are feeling the same. God bless as we embark on this new year together!

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