Erich, Avery, and I spent Dec 23rd-28th venturing to Stow and Marysville to celebrate Christmas with our families. Our first stop was Nana and Papa's house where we spent a few days having fun with Nana, Papa, Aunt Nikki, Uncle Evan, Aunt Passa, and Cara. It was a full house which was chaotic at times, but such a treat! We wouldn't want it any other way. We spent most of our time dressing the girls in matching outfits, watching them play together, giving them baths together (they loved that), and eating too much food. We were also able to enjoy Christmas Eve and Christmas Day celebrations with extended family. There were many intense games of Rook, many gifts opened (we were quite spoiled!), and a lot of laughs and silly times.
My favorite moment of our Stow visit was Christmas morning. Before we all started tearing into our gifts, Erich's parents carried on the annual tradition of reading the Christmas story and taking time to focus the family on Christ. Papa was reading the story of Jesus' birth out loud from the Bible, doing his best to stay on track while Avery and Cara ran around the room all wound up and excited about gifts. It appeared as though they were oblivious to the meaning of the moment and didn't have a clue what was going on. That is, until Papa read, "You will give birth to a son and you will name him Jesus". Avery's face lit up and she ran out of the room. She quickly returned clutching the baby Jesus figure from the nativity scene and said, "Here Papa! Jesus!". Her little heart is still too young to grasp the enormity of what that little baby came to earth to do for all of us. But she knows his name and she holds him close to her heart. Thank you Lord for my precious girl.
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