Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.”
Luke 2:10-12
I finished wrapping presents a little after midnight and Baby Jesus made it to the manger to be there when the girls woke up this morning. We are feeling very blessed with our new little one this year and have thoroughly enjoyed celebrating Bethany's First Christmas with her!
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| Merry First Christmas, Bethany Joy! |
We didn't get an incredibly early start to the day (thankfully!) and we enjoyed a family breakfast before we started on the gift exchange. Brent cooked us some very tasty omelets to start the day!
Then there was reading the Christmas story with Daddy.
This year we switched things around. We opened our wrapped gifts from each other first and then the girls got their surprise gifts from us. We have chosen not do Santa with our girls but they do get a couple of surprise gifts from Mom and Dad. Rachel has called Santa "the Christmas man" since she was small so this year's gifts came from "Daddy Christmas man" or "Daddy Claus". This year I also set out their surprise gifts and covered them up since I knew if they got up before we did they would be in the gifts likely and there would be no more surprises!
I tried this year to do a keepsake gift, a clothing gift and their toy gifts. Bekah got a little dancer necklace since she takes dance and the little girl on the necklace looks like she is in first position for ballet. Bekah decided to go into first position while wearing her necklace.
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| "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth" |
Bethany helped me unwrap my gifts including a beautiful handmade vase, bowl and star
Bethany seemed to be a fan of her new prop mat which is great because she is not a big fan of tummy time at all!
We started two new family traditions this year. One is a short family hike. It was much sunnier today than most of this week and we bundled everyone up in their snow suits and ski attire so they would stay plenty warm and headed out for a little family hike this afternoon.
The other new tradition was to have our bigger meal on Christmas evening and we all dressed up a little bit to make it special. We had a really yummy supper together and finished with the "Happy Birthday, Jesus" cake and song for Jesus's Birthday.
This has been a special day for us celebrating Jesus's Birth. As we were hiking, Rachel and I were walking on the trail together and talking about how awesome it was that Jesus, who made everything and had everything, was willing to give up everything for us and come be born in a cold and smelly stable in Bethlehem.
How thankful we are that Jesus was willing to give up everything He rightly deserves to save us from everything we rightly deserve when we trust completely in Him! Thanking God for His indescribable love for us today on Christmas and everyday! Merry Christmas!!
For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. 2 Corinthians 5:21
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