[1] Yesterday was Tyler’s first Christmas. It has been fun to see his reactions to things like lights, wreaths and trees. Suddenly things that we are used to from years of Christmases are embraced with a whole new excitement! I put up a little tree (as you can see from the picture, I mean little–3 feet tall!) Tyler kept trying to eat it. I also put up a strand of evergreen garland with lights and on Christmas eve Bobby and I put all our presents out by the tree. I don’t think Tyler gets what any of it is all about, but he loved playing with the wrapping paper and any bows and ribbons lying around.

[2] Bobby and I gave Tyler some little balls and on Sunday bought him some balloons. He loves balloons. If he spots one far away across a parking lot he’ll start saying talking away and trying to get us to walk over to them. So we got him three balloons to match the soccer, basketball and football that we had gotten him and now he even says “baboon” when he’s playing with the balloons.[3]

He really liked the other toys he got too. One thing Bobby’s parents gave him was a stuffed Mickey Mouse. Right when he pulled it out of the bag and tissue paper he even kissed him on the nose!

My in-laws gave me a digital camera so I am thrilled about posting pictures from my own camera here on Blakeyblog! Blogging is a lot like keeping a journal. I was looking back in my archives at the entries from last December. It’s so neat just to read what I was thinking about then–mostly anticipating Tyler’s arrival. It’s so fun to look back on pictures and comments too. Blogging or journaling is such a good way to be able to look back at God’s hand working in our lives.

Last week Bobby and Ty recorded an amazing song they just wrote called [4] “All I Want For Christmas.” I hope you will click on the link to listen to it. It’s such a beautiful song about Jesus being all we want. Most Christmas songs are singing about Jesus, but this song is a worship song of prayer to Him.
“And there is nothing that this world can bring
That compares with Jesus Christ my King
God’s gift to me.

So I will sing Your name
And I will bring You praise
For You came down to save us all

Jesus You are all I want for Christmas.”

Merry Christmas from the Blakey’s!

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