Girls night- The Rockettes!

Mom and I took Layla Paige to see the Rockettes last night! I almost cried watching her precious little face light up with excitement and awe. She never stopped grinning for at least the first 20 minutes. It's all she's talked about all day today... every few minutes she'll come tell me her other favorite part. So far, she's talked the most about the little dancing snowmen, the multiplying Santas, the rag-dolls (They came down the aisle and stopped right next to Layla. She FROZE when one of the Rockettes whispered 'Merry Christmas' to her and tried to shake her hand)! When we got in the car at the end of the night, she said, "Jesus being born was the just so amazing!" (The show has ended with a live nativity since it's start in 1933). She couldn't believe they had real animals! It really was fun to take her and see her enjoy something so much. I hope it's something she remembers that we can do together for years to come.
Thanks again for the tickets, Deda!

She asked to pose for a picture with this nutcracker.

Soooo excited for the show to start!

Listening to "Twas the Night Before Christmas".

It's time!

Intermission photo op with Mommy :)

Bethany Christmas Party.

Saturday was the annual Christmas party at BCS. We try to make it to all their events throughout the year. I think it's important for Brynn and Cale to feel comfortable with the journey brought them home and know other children who made it home the same way they did. Plus, it's been a lot fun watching all these families grow over the last couple of years! We had not even made it in the door when the kids made new friends... Laney and Jonathon never left their side and we are planning a playdate soon. The five of them were just precious playing together! We tried to do a group picture in front of the Christmas tree, which is never an easy task. Some of the little ones were screaming and mine just kept walking off! Unfortunately, I didn't get a decent picture. It was hard to wrangle kids and work the camera at the same time. I guess the one or two shots I did get were at the exact same time as everyone else, so all the flashes going off really messed with the lighting =(



The triplets have grown SO much. They were only 12 weeks old the last time we saw them! So sweet!


These five played together NON-STOP.

Christmas cookies =)

Our house is sort of over-flowing with Christmas spirit. If you ask Layla, she will tell you that "Christmas is about Jesus' birthday and being a family... BUT all that other stuff is really fun too!". Nathan LOVES anything that has to do with Christmas and it is SO fun this year with the kiddos, so we are packing in everything we can! We're watching all the traditional movies, singing all the songs, reading all the books and Wednesday, we decorated cookies!



Waiting not-so-patiently...