These kiddos had a pretty sweet Christmas. 

Christmas morning! It was so much fun watching them open up gifts!

Ellie the elephant. 

Aerial dress up

Fraggle Rock puppet. Thanks Aunt Holly!

Swedish fish candy canes for Dad.

Jelly bean candy canes for Liv.

He loves Lightening McQueen

This is Livi's ladybug Dots.

New skirt from Grandma

This year Livi really got into Christmas. She knew presents were coming and she loved them all. Can't believe how big she's getting. She makes me laugh and also makes me crazy with her strong willed personality. The other day she said she figured out what she wants to be when she grow up. A mommy! So cute. She also said she thinks Luke would be a great daddy someday. When she said that I felt this deep sadness. But the thing is I don't know that he will or won't be a dad. Some people with SMA do become adults and parents. God's purpose and plan for his life is already very different than what I had imagined for him. The future is unknown, but I know anything is possible. We named him Luke because we loved the name and its meaning, bringer of light. I know that God will let his light shine through Luke. Already happening.

Hugging her new Barbie. 

Jesus's birthday cake

Happy birthday Jesus!

We had fun the other day at Woodward Park taking some cousin pictures. There's Graham, Livi, Luke, Kate, and Thomas who was just born in October.

Trying to get Luke to smile.

Nana and Pep with their grandchildren.

Livi thinks Kate is the coolest person in the world. She really looks up to her.

Luke is doing good, but has had a couple stomach bugs and has a little cold right now. Its been kind of exhausting since he's not sleeping well at night, but he's getting through it. We are really thankful to have the feeding tube since he doesn't eat much when he's sick, but still really needs the nutrition.

He's definitely a momma's boy. 

Livi loves her stuffed animals. I don't know where they all came from but they are all over the house. 

Cheese!

Livi's nativity set she got from her Grandma. 

 Strong arms! His brace helps him so much.

She doesn't leave home without a few animals.

Toot the flute! He gets so proud of himself when he plays this.

We have had a fun month enjoying Christmas activities. Going to the Nutcracker, the Christmas Train, making lots of cookies, and driving around looking at Christmas lights. Just enjoying being together. Its been a tough year but this season helps us to remember that we can have joy through it all because of the gift of Jesus. Merry Christmas!