My Final Post

OK, not final final, just for tonight. Earlier today we went to a breakfast with Santa, so I had to include a pic with Santa. It was so perfect. We were in this lodge and it started to snow pretty good, it felt like we were in a snow globe. I love this time of year, so beautiful. Anyway, that's that.

Having fun in the snow when we got home.

New Room

OK, with the arrival of, oh my gosh, I almost just spelled out his name. That's a big no, no. Anyway, for clarity purposes let's just call our new son LB (little brother) until we're allowed to share his name with those of you who don't already know. Anywho, we needed to add another bed to Elijah's room before we get LB. So on our way back from Tennessee last week we stopped at IKEA and picked up a loft bed. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Ikea!! I am so glad they finally are coming to this part of the country. That was one of the sad things to leave behind in California. Anyway, I digress... So we stopped at IKEA and found this awesome loft bed in the As-Is department. Elijah has been dying for a pirate ship room, so we picked up a few things and started on that yesterday. In a split moment decision, I painted the bottom 1/3 of his walls brown for the pirate ship...but I think it is going to end up being half pirate half castle because of some of the accessories we picked up at Ikea. Anywho, he was super excited and seeing 2 beds in there definitely makes us want to go pick our boy up from Ethiopia even more!

The View as you enter

The Loft and Elijah's toddler bed

Awesome "Torches"

The view from LB's bed

Light Up Lex

This might sound silly, but one of the fun things I enjoy about living in Lexington, OH has to be Light Up Lex which we experienced again on Monday night. If anyone has ever been to Disneyland or even Cedar Point or Kings Island...this is sure to pale in comparison, but nonetheless, I really love it, Pretty much everyone who lives in our small village, who want to brave the elements, go to the town "square" and enjoys hot chocolate and donuts while they countdown for Santa to come to town. It reminds me of "The Christmas Story" when they are at the parade...much smaller scale of course...probably why I love it so much. Anyway, this year it was really, really cold. The wind was blowing hard and snow was starting to fall and winter was just in the air. Here are some pics from the night.

Elijah waited with anticipation for Santa to arrive on the big, red fire engine.

The Big man finally arrived!
A great pic of my husband whom I love and appreciate more than words can say.Yes, Christmas cheer is even on his face.

Christmastime is Here!

Melkam Yelidet Beaal! (Merry Christmas in Amharic)

So, I haven't posted in a while, so I know I'm going to post a lot tonight, well post pictures anyway, not promising on words, I'm tired! Anyway, this week started with setting our tree up Sunday night and putting the rest of the decorations up on Monday. I told Scott after spending almost 8 Christmases together, this is our first respectable Christmas tree (thanks to Target clearance last year!!!!) Here are a few more pictures...

Emma's loving it too!