Merry Christmas! Well, sort of. We decided to celebrate our own Christmas yesterday, as we are pretty much snowed in and church was canceled. We haven't been able to leave our apartment, except on foot, for several days now. I must say, we are quite enjoying it! (Although we're really hoping we can still make our flight and get to Utah for Christmas with Jacob's family!) It has been fun to look out our window and see people sledding down our street (it's closed) using everything from plastic garbage bags, to sea kayaks, and air mattresses - we just aren't used to White Christmas' here in Seattle, and even though the conditions are rough, most people are making the most of it! We also feel really grateful that we've been working on beefing up our food storage because we have felt peace and comfort knowing if worse came to worse, we'd eat warm food and stay warm for over a month!
Sawyer got a visit from Santa Claus.
Oh, was he ever over-stimulated by naptime! He really enjoyed what Santa left for him, as well as the present we gave him: old-fashioned, wonderfully-designed wooden blocks. He giggles when we knock them over (when he's not trying to eat them, of course!)
Talk about a wide-eyed child on Christmas morning!
Since church was canceled, it was a really relaxing, slow, wonderful day spent together (Jacob is usually in meetings and at church for about 8 hours on Sunday). We played with Sawyer and his new toys.
Then, we bundled up and went outside to play in the snow!
We brought Frosty to life, and tried to help Sawyer make his first snow angel (the snow was falling and melting on his face - he didn't like the snow-angel making part very much.)
We have to say, it was a Christmas to remember!
May you all be safe and warm and get to your Christmas destinations safely! We are keeping our fingers crossed that we'll be seeing some of you tomorrow in Salt Lake City!!!
Merry Christmas!!!
