isaac's first haircut

i put this off for sooooo long - i knew once my blond-haired, blue-eyed boy lost his long curls, they'd be gone for good. i couldn't take the shaggy look any more, though, and daddy was home, so we went for it. i was almost in tears, but my sweet joshie-boy handed off his brother: "mom, we've got to get a ziploc - you have to scrapbook his curls!" (dear boy - mommy still hasn't scrapbooked ethan's first haircut - but i do have the ziploc.)
in the midst of the Bible reading, the baking, the shopping, the wrapping, the homemade doggie biscuit-deliveries, the church service rehearsals... life goes on. and our baby-boy now looks like a little man.
Merry Christmas!

if you are His, then He is calling.

oh, Papa - shake me if need be. wrestle me down kicking and screaming if necessary. conquer my wandering heart and call me (oh be tender to me...) to come and swing in your arms.

jolly old...

doing some reading this week, i found out more about the story of the man behind the santa claus. one story i read says that st. nicholas was credited with fighting arianism in the early church - he stood passionately against heresy and gave all he had for the poor - especially children. (remember - these stories are often attributed to myths, but having studied the council of nicaea this year, this interests us!) you can read more
here and here.

Papa-God, in newborn skin.

and they found him wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

first ornament up.

that's right, mimi... he found it and put it on the tree before i could get one ornament out of the box. the donut man lives.

behold the lamb of God...

who takes away the sins of the world.

training up a child in the way he should go.

okay, so there's a MUCH more high calling than this one. but i sure hope he takes after his siblings in this area of interest, as well. keep cookin', Blue!