hustle and bustle!

This week has been great - it has been a little cool and little rainy and feeling a lot like Christmas! Monday we accomplished the feat of shipping all of our family's presents to arrive in time for Tuesday. It is great having had most of our shopping done over a week before Christmas. There have been many years we have been making last minute trips out, but hopefully not this year. And in LA I have found that it is truly crazy everywhere at this time.

I went to a cookie exchange party on Wednesday which was my first and very fun too. We are going to be helping with a toy drive at our church this Saturday. Toys will be given out to many many kids! I think last year about 600 kids received toys from the drive, and this year it is expected to be much more! Much planning has gone into this event and it all culminates on Saturday. Should be a good time for all.

Well Liam has been kind of like a night owl this week. Since he is spending more time awake during the day (hopefully during the day) I am just now realizing that it is important to have him on some kind of schedule. This came about when all this week he has not fallen asleep before 10pm. That is not a bad time, but the night before he was wide awake until midnight. That is not cool. So, I am trying to keep him up more during the day to help with an earlier bedtime. Easier said than done! He is asleep in the swing now as I write...

But overall he is doing well and growing and growing more. He is also smiling more and looking at things that hold his interest. It is fun to see him change - I realize it is happening all too quickly! He is getting better at controling his head and hopefully will continue to gain that strength with each day. Sleeping is still not predictable and last night he only went 4 hours between feeds. Oh well, it is hit or miss with long sleeps. However, he is such a joy to watch and care for and I feel very blessed.

So eventhough our tree is turing brown and is very brittle, we have fun presents underneathe! Brian can be just like a kid as he pleads with me to open presents before Tuesday. He says
"it is so long until Tuesday. I can't wait!" How fun. :)

Hope everyone is getting things done well and enjoying their days. I hope we all take the time to remember and reflect on the magnitude of God's greatest gift to us.