My Favorite Quote

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us. It's in everyone. And as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
~Marianne Williamson

Hannah's First Christmas Present

Friday night, Manda & Chad came over to visit. We had mexican, played games, and just had a fun time (Manda managed to stop Rob's winning streak in Apples To Apples!). Hannah also had a good time because she really enjoyed the gifts they brought her. They were her first real Christmas gifts, so we were very excited to see what she would do. She loves to rip paper and it didn't take much convincing to get her to open her presents. She got a very adorable blanket, a toy that makes cute noises when you roll it (ask me how cute I think the noises are in a few months ;)), and a table that has lots of fun things to do. Of course, I think she thought the wrapping paper was the gift because that's what she wanted to play with. Oh, she may have also thought the box was a gift because it was close to her and Lacey wanted to lay in it, so it got the cat to actually come near her. For the rest of the night, she crinkled the wrapping paper and shrieked and smiled at the cat. All in all, a very fun night for everyone!

O Christmas Tree

I finally managed to get up all my Christmas decorations. I was hoping to do it right after Thanksgiving, not because I'm one of those crazy people who declares it the "Christmas season" the second the turkey is off the table, but because I honestly don't want to do so much work for something that's only up for a couple weeks. Between the sickness and the kids, we just never got around to it, so I finally got around to it this last weekend. Hannah helped by playing peacefully in the exersaucer, and Rob helped finish up by hanging a few ornaments and putting the tree topper on. We also put up various other decorations around the house, but my favorite is always the tree. Now I just need to finish my shopping so I can wrap the presents!