Of Christmas Past

The Christmas season always leaves a little longing in my heart for a baby. I’m not sure exactly why……perhaps it’s the fact that the entire season is the celebration of the birth of a baby. For most of my married life I’ve either spent the Christmas season longing for a baby, doing paperwork for a baby, waiting for a baby to come……..and then year after year God added a new baby to our family. Each year a new little face appeared in those lovely PJ clad Christmas morning pictures. Oh there were a few gaps here and there and in those gaps I’ve always felt a strong longing for a new face. This year was no different. Yes, I’m crazy because I half expected to get a phone call says, “we have a baby for you.” There’s no logically reason we would get that kind of call…….paperwork and finger prints are LONG expired. But still there’s just something about the Christmas season that pulls at my heart. And even crazier is the fact that we DO have a new face in our Christmas pictures this year. And that is where God has us during this season of life…..big faces joining our family!

And since nostalgia is so strong I just had to pull out all the old photos of Christmas past and enjoy those moments all over again.

The Christmas Crazy — we were kids! December 2003

 

The Christmas our Paper work for adopting from Guatemala was completed — December 2004

Carlos very first Christmas celebration at Hannah’s Hope Guatemala — He’s in the very back. December 2005

I’m pretty sure these were Carlos’ very first Christmas gifts

 

Jeremiah Christmas in Guatemala — December 2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas 2006 — Together at last!

 

 

The Sweet new face in 2007

Three little faces on Christmas morning — 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See what I mean, another new little face — December 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 2009 — I thought I was getting paper work to start an adoption this Christmas, but I had to wait until my birthday in February.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 2010 — waiting for our new baby

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sweet baby Jadyn Hope — December 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 2012

 

December 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2014 — A new face……just not a tiny baby face 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This year 2015