Yesterday we had our first of several Christmas celebrations. We celebrated as a family. It was fun to relax and spend time as a family. Rebecca was so excited to open her presents this year. Although she was still a little hesitant at first when it came to actually tearing off the paper. We all got some wonderful gifts and feel very blessed.
Today we will get our 2nd celebration...our ultrasound to see the baby. We are all beyond excited.
Grandma and Grandpa Voogt will be here tomorrow. The Voogt party will be Wed. Saturday we'll be celebrating with the Van Heukelums. And Sunday we'll be celebrating with the Hollebooms. Lots of fun, family and food.
Rebecca got some really fun presents yesterday: a princess puzzle, princess tic-tac-toe, Toy Story Memory, a Dora jump rope, a baby Belle doll, a castle building set, finger paint, a wedding Barbie set (with bride, groom, flower girl and jr. bridesmaid), a play stand mixer, 2 matchbox cars, strawberry shortcake and orange blossom dolls and a doll house! The doll house was the big finale :) Rebecca wanted to play with it the rest of the night. I'm sure we'll be spending a lot of time upstairs playing from now on (it's in her bedroom). She also really loves her stand mixer. She got to work baking cookies as soon as she opened it :)
Mommy and Daddy got some fun gifts too, including sewing gadgets, cloth diapers, sprouting lids, clothes, books and a djembe drum! That was Justin's big surprise this year. Now there will be even more dancing and music in the house :) Rebecca already likes to play the drum while singing the ABC's (video to come).
We had a wonderful day celebrating as a family yesterday. And we are looking forward to celebrating with the rest of our family over the next week. Be sure to check out the photo album for pictures.
And just as a little update on other things Rebecca has been up to lately...she is very into reading her Bible. Her favorite story is David and Goliath. She likes to be Goliath :) She got all dressed up in her bronze coat of armor, helmet, sword, spear and shield the other day. And Paul (her monkey) is usually David. He carries a little shepherd's bag with "stones. Another favorite is to take the kitchen dish towels and smack them on the floor...she says she's Elijah hitting his coat on the Jordan River to make the waters part :) I even heard her the other day saying she was walking on water. Ahhh, the faith of a child.
Rebecca has also been trying to imitate Mommy more lately. She decided that she was going to put on her own makeup.
Rebecca is making great progress with potty training. She wears underwear most of the time. And stays dry most of the time. She is very proud of herself and likes becoming more and more independant. She is really looking forward to trying out her big girl bed next month.
We feel so blessed to have our little girl and a brother or sister on the way (a sister if you ask Rebecca:). God is good. Merry Christmas.
2 comments:
Sounds like you guys had a wonderful family celebration! And you all got super fun gifts!! It looks like Rebecca will be getting at least 2 duplicate gifts at the Holleboom party, though... one from us and one from someone else. :) The dollhouse looks pretty fun! And I love Justin's drum!! Where did you get it? I don't know a whole lot about drums, but they have some very similar to that at some of the free trade stores in E. Lansing that I've been eyeing. I think they are awesome!
Woops. Hopefully they are returnable.
I got the drum at a local store...firehouse guitars. They have other locations too. Justin has been wanting one for a while. I hope I'm ready to hear lots of druming :P
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