It was tough, knowing Christmas was not supposed to be like it was. We were supposed to have the best Christmas ever, introducing our almost 9-month old girl to the cold winter Christmas, watching our family interact with our perfect little girl, taking some seriously cute photos in the snow... the list goes on and on.
My family had an idea to light a candle every Christmas in memory of Maelee. So this is the candle we lit on Christmas... and will be lit every Christmas. It's pretty beautiful.
Highlight Reel
We met our niece, Ava Maelee Linn, for the first time. She's three months and looks a lot like her sister did at that age: adorable and chunky.
We had a lot of fun playing and enjoying the antics of 4.5 year old Ali. We had a play day where she went out to eat with Auntie Heather and Uncle Greg and then we went to the Yogi Bear movie (don't see it, it's pretty bad). Much time was also spent with zhu zhu pet fight club, fancy nancy board game, candy land, etc.
The house (yet to be colored) we got for her was most fun when Greg was setting it up...
She especially enjoyed spending time with Super Mr. Uncle Greg.
Some memorable one-liners include:
Greg: "Who is your favorite soccer player?"
Ali: "Myself."
Ali: "Uncle Greg is funny."
Greg: "Maybe I could be a comedian."
Ali: "Na, but you could be a clown!"
Ali and Ava were baptized on the 26th at their church and Greg and I, along with their other aunt and uncle, are their sponsors. What a sweet gift to be able to pray for them, love on them, and teach them about Jesus for many years to come.
The Tysse family, minus Maelee. Ali's eyes are closed, but at least we actually got a group photo!
Me with the girls.
Big highlight was our few hours we had with Greg's parents and brother and our niece, Lilliana. It was great to see them even if it was too short.
Lilli and Ali get along very well and had a blast swimming together. What cute red-headed girls!
And of course, it was a winter wonderland! So even though we missed the snow in Columbia (I know, right?!) it was okay, because we had a lot of it in MN. Greg even tried digging out the fire pit... but alas, we did not end up utilizing the pit on New Years like we had planned. But we did get to spend a day with our good friend, Jaysen!
It was a good, hard Christmas season. And now onto a New Year...
Oh, and baby boy is doing well. Heart rate was a nice solid 145/146 today and all seems well! Loving this little guy so much already.
-Heather
Highlight Reel
We had a lot of fun playing and enjoying the antics of 4.5 year old Ali. We had a play day where she went out to eat with Auntie Heather and Uncle Greg and then we went to the Yogi Bear movie (don't see it, it's pretty bad). Much time was also spent with zhu zhu pet fight club, fancy nancy board game, candy land, etc.
The house (yet to be colored) we got for her was most fun when Greg was setting it up...
She especially enjoyed spending time with Super Mr. Uncle Greg.
Some memorable one-liners include:
Greg: "Who is your favorite soccer player?"
Ali: "Myself."
Ali: "Uncle Greg is funny."
Greg: "Maybe I could be a comedian."
Ali: "Na, but you could be a clown!"
Ali and Ava were baptized on the 26th at their church and Greg and I, along with their other aunt and uncle, are their sponsors. What a sweet gift to be able to pray for them, love on them, and teach them about Jesus for many years to come.
The Tysse family, minus Maelee. Ali's eyes are closed, but at least we actually got a group photo!
Me with the girls.
Big highlight was our few hours we had with Greg's parents and brother and our niece, Lilliana. It was great to see them even if it was too short.
Lilli and Ali get along very well and had a blast swimming together. What cute red-headed girls!
And of course, it was a winter wonderland! So even though we missed the snow in Columbia (I know, right?!) it was okay, because we had a lot of it in MN. Greg even tried digging out the fire pit... but alas, we did not end up utilizing the pit on New Years like we had planned. But we did get to spend a day with our good friend, Jaysen!
It was a good, hard Christmas season. And now onto a New Year...
Oh, and baby boy is doing well. Heart rate was a nice solid 145/146 today and all seems well! Loving this little guy so much already.
-Heather
2 comments:
I see that little baby bump! You look beautiful! Can't wait until Little One makes his arrival in a few months!
Glad to hear you had a nice time with family and the baby is doing well. Hate you didn't get to have Maelee for her first Christmas. That age is so cute at Christmas.
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