Sadie

Sadie has a new thing that she does...she squeals. It's so cute. She used to "hoo" and lately she'll be doing something and squeal. It's the funniest thing. I think she's getting close to talking. She has been saying "mama" and "dada" a lot more too. I think she's starting to use them in their right contexts. I think she's getting that I'm mama and Ryan is dada.
Today is the last day of our Christmas shopping adventures. All we have to get is 3 gifts for Kieran. Of course we have to go to 2 different stores for them but we'll be done and I can come home and wrap them.
I was telling Ryan that I should get a job as a wrapper at a store like Dillards or Macys. I really enjoy wrapping gifts and that would feed my need to see new things. Not to mention I'd see some great deals that I could go for myself. Yeah, Ryan would love that....
It's only 5 days til Christmas!!! It's so exciting being in the single digits. I can hardly wait. I've come to the conclusion that my excitement is because Steff will be into opening the gifts this year. So, I have 2 of 3 of my kids into the holiday or at least the gifts. Next year I ought to be so excited that I can't contain myself. Because next year all three of my kids will be in to the gifts. I'm also excited to teach Steff about the baby Jesus and what Christmas really is all about. She'll understand better next year than she does this year.
I'm also going to start taking the girls to church. Kieran already goes with Marla and he has since the day he was born. His dad and I made a promise to God when he was a baby that we'd raise him to know all about Christ and his sacrifice for us. His Gram has always been a big help with that. I want to give our daughters that same gift. They deserve and need to know who Christ is. I want them to make the right decision when the time comes. Oh..and Ryan and I have talked about me taking the girls to church and he thinks it's a great idea, he said he'd even help me get them ready and maybe even go with us. He knows that my religion will simply teach them from the Bible so they can learn all the stories and lessons that God has had put into His Word. I'm really happy that I have his blessing in taking them. I wouldn't otherwise since we are two different religions and I don't want to step on his toes or do something with our children that he doesn't like.