Family Update

Just realized that I really haven't been keeping up much on this site.... Must've been all the emails we got asking what was going on! Heh! :) Well, if you MUST know, we HAVE had a lot going on in our personal lives, and here's the rundown...

At the end of November Heather delivered a beautiful baby boy into the world... We named him Shane, after much deliberation. He was a bit late. For some reason, none of our kids want to come into the world on their own. Must be very comfy in there. Being winter babies, maybe they both "knew" that it was going to be pretty cold outside. Anyway, Mother and son are both doing fine, and Big Brother is as proud as can be! Shane is exactly what we prayed for and more... a very contented baby and an excellent sleeper! God gets all the glory!!

Just as we were coming out of the post-baby stupor and getting our feet under us, we had relatives visiting from Scotland. So with a 2 year old and a two week old, we made a three hour trip to have a family reunion. An excellent time was had by all, but we had late nights and no naps, so when we got back home we just wanted to sleep for a week! LOL!!

Had one of the best holiday seasons ever with our families too. Sure was a blessing to have an exuberant toddler running around, decorating (and UNdecorating) the tree, and opening presents. We started putting presents under the tree days before Christmas and were impressed to find that they remained untouched till the fullness of time!! You can call me crazy at this point, but I wanted to see if it could be done. I had friends when I was a teen that did that, and I always thought it was neat, besides it teaches delayed gratification. :)