ELLA'S THREE!!!! YIPEE!!!

We can hardly believe it, our little girl is three! My goodness the time goes so fast. It seems like not so long ago I was holding and snuggling baby Ella like we now do with Addi. It kind of makes me ache a little. I don't know what I'll do when she's a teenager if it feels like this when she's three. We feel so blessed to have little Ella and her fun "firecracker" spirit in our lives. She sure keeps things fun and full of life.

Ella has been very excited for her birthday ever since Reed turned four. We didn't have an offical big party with everyone being so busy around the holidays, so it got spread out a little. Ella had three birthday cakes! Too bad she just likes the frosting. Cake #1 was at Great-Grandma Marion's for the December Birthday Crew, #2 at Uncle Justin and Auntie Tracy's, and # 3 last night and Brampa and Bahma Wikoff's. We enjoyed a requested dinner of mac n' cheese, birthday cake, and cupcakes (I did add some cod, chicken nuggets, and broccoli with cashews too). Ella is really enjoying this present thing, but she isn't really able to enjoy the presents until the next day as she opens one present and then asks, "Can I have another one?" She now waits for Christmas!!

We plan to go and visit Eric, Tricia, and Dylan on Friday and then we'll head to the cities Saturday and Sunday to visit friends in the area and at CTK. Sunday we'll head back up north and look forward to celebrating our Saviour's birth next week. We return to Honduras January 7th, as long as papers come in time. It was a little strange applying for a passport for a 5 day old.

Miss Adelyn is now 2 weeks old. She has been quite the delight. She's so lucky to have now met all of her Aunties, Uncles, Cousins, and Grandparents. Grandpa and Grandma Schroeder were here from California and Auntie Desiree from New York to celebrate an early Schroeder Family Christmas. Addi has been much more alert and knows how to get what she needs as she has found her voice. We have all been loving getting to know this new little creation. It's really been a blessing to be here and share this time with family and friends.