Goodbye 2010

Hard to believe 2010 is 7 hrs from it's close.  We had an amazing year - with ups and downs.  We couldn't be happier on how 2010 is ending for us - anticipating a new baby next year!

Christmas Day 2010

 Dominic discovered all of Santa's gifts.

 Luke was so excited for Christmas morning.  He loved it all.

 The Paper Jamz were a BIG hit in our house this year.  They also got a Paper jamz drum set too.

 The power tools are now favorites of both boys.  Mom is debating loosing some batteries now!

Little Miss A made an appearance later in the day.  She found the singing Rudolph and loved to make it sing and "bite her finger".  I think she did this for 30 mins straight!

Christmas Eve 2010

We go to Grandma's house on Christmas Eve.  I "caught" Luke trying to find his gifts under the tree!

 Here is our silly boy....actually under the tree with the presents!

 Yeah for a great picture with Santa this year.  Santa always make a special appearance on Christmas Eve.  Grandma has a direct line to his workshop.

As always, Luke is not scared at all.  He jumped right up and took a great picture!

Names

We were talking to the boys about what we should call the baby - instead of "the baby".  I explained when I was pregnant with Luke and he was supposed to be born in March, we called him "Shamrock" because we were going to be surprised by the gender.  Here are the boys top picks:

Dominic - The Baby - not very creative but always the sensible one!
Luke - The Evil Doctor Porkchop - Toy Story is his absolute favorite movie!  Personally, I think he just likes saying it.

Where we are in the process:  We are working on getting our Home Study set up and the paper work put together for the social worker.

Growing in our Hearts

It's official.  We now have a baby growing within our hearts.  We are so excited.  We pray nightly for the health of the baby and birthfamily.

 I found this quote the other day and the boys and I just love it. 

May God wrap you in His arms and hold you very tight.



And let the angels bring the kisses that I send to you each night.
 
When Dominic and Luke say their bedtime prayers, we also send kisses into the air and whisper our goodnights to the baby.

Pictures

Baking for Santa

We did our annual baking for Santa.  We shared this with Miss Addison too!  She was not feeling well yesterday but did manage to cut out 3 cookies before pushing the dough away and proclaiming, "DONE!"  She is definitely a girl who knows what she wants (or doesn't want)!

I don't have any pictures yet.  I forgot my camera and used my sister's instead.  I will post pictures after she emails them to me.

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!