Christmas and more

Christmas Morning











At the Crabshack


Tybee Island


On Bull St


Forsyth Park










Blessing Day







I know this is a ton of pictures. We had fun on Christmas morning. Mom and Dad Powell and Aunt Mo were here to make our Christmas more fun. Jonas didn't quite get into it as much as we were hoping. He still doesn't really care about Santa that much, but he liked leaving him some cookies on the fireplace on Christmas eve. He also loved his new mini flashlight and used it to fish everything out of his stocking.
The day after Christmas we drove to Tybee Island to look at the lighthouse and play at the beach. It wasn't very good weather and I was way to cold to even think about getting my feet wet. The weather didn't seem to bother Jonas. He's pretty impervious to cold. Some of us (not me) even tried the crawfish at the crabshack. The day after that we went to Forsyth park, walked from there down Bull St. Thanks for the recommendation Greg! Bull Street is amazing because of how historic and beautiful it is. It also didn't hurt that on this day the weather was PERFECT. At the end of Bull St you end up on a great River walk where you can watch huge ships come in and shop and eat seafood.
The next day was a Sunday with very nice weather again. James was able to give Savannah a blessing while we had family here. It was a beautiful blessing and we are having so much fun having Savannah as part of our family.

Blessings

I'm sitting here listening to Mannheim Steamroller "Still Nacht" while baby Savannah sleeps in her bouncer all bundled up. I'm so humbled by the blessings we have right now. I can't believe all that we've been given. What a wonderful Christmas gift. We are soo thankful that our baby girl is finally here and is healthy. We're so happy that she is part of our family now. She was born at 3:53 am on the 12th. She weighed 7lbs 12 oz and was 19 inches long. We were very curious to see if she would have red hair but she was born with dark brown hair and we really can't decide who she looks like so if you have an opinion let us know. Grandma Atkinson has been here doing so much for us and taking very good care of us. Jonas is really happy about having a new baby sister and seems to be handling the change pretty well so far. According to him our baby's name is "baby zoovanna". He likes to give her kisses on the head and when he hasn't seen her for a while he'll ask "hey where's your baby?". We also celebrated his birthday earlier this month with a trip to Chuckee Cheeses. I'm never going there on a Saturday afternoon ever again. I might not ever go there again anyways, but that was a bad time to go. Oh well. Jonas had fun. December will always be a fun but very busy time of year for us. At least the two birthdays didn't fall on the same day. I'm just so grateful for all of our blessings right now.

Funny Pics

J getting ready to practice shooting



A couple of guys who really enjoy their hot cocoa


Jonas attended a sibling class at the hospital and got a tour of labor and delivery


James w/ cousin Rob




Jonas had a great time with the Thompson kids









We got to spend some time with some of James' cousins for Thanksgiving. They were so nice to let us come and hang out with them. The last picture is of me with Bonnie, James' cousin who also happens to be a friend of mine from my mission. It's funny that we ended up related and pregnant at the same time. I know that at first glance it looks like the broad side of a barn but that is actually my belly at 9 months pregnant. I know it's kind of shocking. We are all hoping the baby comes sooner rather than later.

Out and About

We had a fun week. We got to go to the beach at the beginning of the week (James had some time off). We usually needed a sweater and the water was too cold to swim in, but it was still very nice. We talked about how we used to freeze our bums off for three quarters of the year in Michigan and how nice it was to be able enjoy going outside in the month of November. We also got to go to the Savannah Children's book festival. Jonas got to get a picture and autograph from Miss Rosa from PBS. She is so cute and teaches the kids some spanish words after each show. He was pretty excited to tell her how much he loved the super readers.

And I finally got asked the question. Thought I might avoid it this time around. NO I am not having twins. I just look I am.

My mom is so talented

Jonas' baby blanket


I just want to show off my mom's awsome talents. She made these quilts for my babies. The first two are for the new baby and the blue and yellow one was made for Jonas. They are so much more cute than anything I could buy in the store. I wish I had some of her talent for sewing instead of being literally sewing impaired but I'm so glad that she is willing to do this for me. Thanks Mom!!