our soon to be addition to the family =)

This was taken Deceember 4th at 13weeks. Baby due 4th of June, supposedly.

caged animals

i also forgot to mention that we now officially own the whole of our house! when we first bought our house 5 years ago, it was on a shared ownership scheme. we bought half the house and rented the other half from the housing association. finally we got around to realizing that buying the rest of the house would save us money and besides our 5 year fixed rate with the morgage lenders was coming to a close. so hurray! we can do what we want now!!

today

i want to go to bed and read my book...but, my husband, who i truly love dearly, is taking a lovely warm bath and reading MY book! how rude =)

yesterday was andy's last day of school this year! yippee =) he doesn't have to return until the 7th of january. sweet. today we went shopping downtown. first we walked through the german markets and the boys had a bratwurst or whatever. that was funny. see last time i went, the man handed me the sausage, i broke it in half to give micah half and the other to noah. when he saw what i was doing, he asked me if i wanted a second roll. today however, it was a totally different guy and as i asked if i could possibly have a second roll, he spoke back in german. ha. i only took a year of german as a freshman in highschool, so it was a no-go. he turned to the lady who was collecting the money and asked her to talk to me and she reluctantly gave me a second roll. goodness, merry christmas!

next micah wanted to go down the big slide with daddy, so flying down they came! he loved it! they did go on it last year as well and he remembered it! (of course we didn't bring the camera as we were going 'shopping') we did make it to the bullring and we split up as andy was suppose to be buying my christmas present (which he didn't in the end) and he also said to me that he couldn't shop with me along! how rude =P

an hour and a half later, through the crowded mall, though it really wasn't as crowded as i had expected, we met up, bought the last present (except for mine) and left. we were exhausted after all that and we had only been out maybe 3 hours in total!

well, thats about all for today! if i don't get on before christmas, MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone!!!

o christmas tree

last saturday we had our wmf christmas party

wmf christmas party =)

here is a scattering of photos of us choosing and opening our white elephant presents!

much fun this year!

micah today

in our cleaning yesterday we came across this ladybug costume that i bought ages ago when i worked at old navy!! micah wanted to try it on...its a size 6-12 months!! it was so funny =)

"Put Christ back into Christmas"

(As reported today from Yahoo! News)

'Christ is the Star'

The head of Britain's equality watchdog has urged the country to ignore "politically correct" critics and put Christ at the centre of Christmas festivities.
Trevor Phillips, chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, has joined non-Christian community leaders to head off what his organisation says is the growing sense that to celebrate the birth of Jesus is taboo.
In recent years a number of school nativity plays have been banned or altered to change their Christian meaning so as not to offend some minorities.
Mr Phillips, who is to give a speech at a conference on diversity in London, will say: "A lot of these stories about Christmas are the usual silly season stuff.
"But I can't help feeling there's sometimes an underlying agenda to use this great holiday to fuel community tension.
"That's why I asked leaders in different religious communities to join me in saying: It's time to stop being daft about Christmas. It's fine to celebrate and it's fine for Christ to be the star of the show."
Speaking about Muslim, Hindu and Jewish festivals, he will go on to say: "The logic is baffling: to welcome Eid and Diwali and Hanukkah in celebration of our glorious diversity, whilst brushing Christmas under the carpet as an embarrassing episode in our mono-cultural past."
Anil Bhanot, the Hindu Council UK's general secretary who has joined forces with Mr Phillips, said: "Hindus celebrate Christmas too. It's a great holiday for everyone living in Britain. We would like Christians to continue to carry Jesus' message of love. Barring the faiths of others does not fit in with the Hindu religion."
While Dr Indarjit Singh, director of the Network of Sikh Organisations UK said: "Every year I am asked, 'do I object to the celebration of Christmas?' It's an absurd question.
"As ever, my family and I will send out our Christmas cards to our Christian friends and others. In the spirit of Christmas, we in the Singh family will, as usual, force ourselves to have extra turkey, Christmas pudding and mince pies, the lot - all in the cause of inter-faith harmony. No one can say Sikhs don't go the extra mile."

victorian fair and supper afterwards with family

noah all bundled up for a walk through town...

the gang
performers? or stall owners? micah and i enjoying the carousel the gang sarah joy

samuel (gary and hannah's) with grandma samuel again

josh (dan and rachels, dan is my brother-in-laws wife's sister-in-laws brother! hows that?)

for mimi

on daddy's shoulders

greetings to the cow

micah's big jammies

walking