Christmas

I apologize for it taking so long to get Christmas pictures up. Cort and I came down with a nasty upper respiratory infection the Sunday after Christmas and have been sick all week. Cort ended up with an ear infection and a mild case of pneumonia as well!! We are finally slowly starting to feel better!!!

We went home to visit family for 6 days so we saw lots of people and had several Christmas get togethers. Cort enjoyed being with everyone and did great sleeping away from home!!!

We had Christmas morning at Chris' parents house. When he woke up in the morning, we bought him into bed with us and sang Happy Birthday to Jesus and read one of his Nativity books. Cort seemed a little overwhelmed by all the gift giving festivities but enjoyed his new toys.


His train set was a big hit. As was his alphabet puzzles and garbage truck!!! He loved pulling out all the little surprises inside his stocking.




Cort enjoyed Christmas lunch at GG's and Great Granddaddy's - though they may have had more to do with the cookies and little cake that GG slipped him instead of the lunch itself!!!

We had Christmas with my grandparents that night and my parents the following morning. By then, Cort had really gotten the hand of the present opening and really enjoyed ripping into the paper. As he would open each box he would say, "Oooooo, Choo, Choo." I guest the train gifts were some of his favorites!! :)




Chilling out after a long day on Christmas



Overall, Christmas was pretty good for us. It was good to see family and we had a great time with Cort. I had a really hard day Christmas Eve - not due to any happenings - just a hard day. It was strange to be doing Christmas with such a different air than we expected. As always, there is this strangeness for us to do these normal, happy things in the midst of such uncertainty and fear. We pray for it - for some normalcy - to not miss out on today - to enjoy all the blessings God has given us in the here and now - We pray for it - and God has been good to answer us at least to some extent on so many occasions - but still there is Cohen - this little boy I feel kick in my body and every time I do, I wonder if I'll ever get to know him. There is no separation from it for us and I guess that is what we're trying to figure out how to live in. I pray I can give my fears to God daily - I am not sure I am doing it but I try. But we had a good Christmas - just different from our normal expectations. Thankfully, we have a God that is unchanging. He is never different.