Little Miracles: Bangs, Baby Blessing, and the Best Christmas Yet

This is my back track to December. First off, I got bangs! Bold move for me. I can't remember the last time I did anything with my hair besides "take off what you have to". Here is a picture of me and the girls, me looking like the exhausted mother or a new-ish born baby - with bangs.

Here is our adorable 2-month-old. Her eyes are huge and beautiful. She is starting to smile and I don't think I've seen anything more endearing in my life. She crinkles up the top of her little nose and like a playful little lion cub. She's 10 lbs, 6 oz. of sweetness and fun. She sleeps pretty terribly, but she's getting better at it. We moved her out of our room this month, which helped.

Afton was blessed by her Dad in church on December 2. It was a beautiful blessing. He blessed her that she would be a light in the lives of others so that they would have the desire to come to know Jesus Christ. Here are some pictures of us on this very happy day.

Afton's first Christmas and it was a great one. The girls got lots of gifts, and it was so much fun to watch Paisley get so into it. The first gift she opened was a Minnie Mouse doll from Oma and Opa. It was love at first sight. Her next gift was a Book of Mormon. Once she opened that, her life was complete and she sat down with Minnie and started "reading". She was thrilled to open her Minnie Mouse scooter later on too, and her giant princess castle tent from Grandma. The girls both received pink cowgirl boots, lots of cute clothes, and pretty much the entire Toy Story collection. Oma, Opa, Grandma Patti, and Cindie all helped to make this Christmas extra special for all of us. It was fun this Christmas to watch Paisley start to grasp the real meaning of it all. She loves to sing sings like "Away In a Manger", and read the nativity story. She especially loves looking at baby Jesus in the nativity scenes. She even adopted one of them as her own and loves to keep him under her pillow at night, and wherever else she goes.