Merry Christmas loved ones! We hope you had a blessed Christmas.
Christmas this year was bittersweet for us, as we were remembering last year's special Christmas in Malaysia (our last one with Grandpa Boon) and also missing Nena a lot (she loved Christmas and spent many with us)... and our families far away. But by focusing on celebrating Jesus, we were comforted and felt grateful to God for His love and all the blessings we have had during this difficult last year. Baby Luke of course, being our greatest gift!
On Christmas Eve, we went to our church at night for a special service with carols and candles:
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| Luke slept most of the time (except for in the beginning when we took this photo)! |
And here are our photos of Christmas Day:
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| This "Megaseat" was Luke's gift and he likes it! He is such a strong and big baby that he had no problem sitting in it, even though it's meant for 4 months onwards (he will be 3 months old in 2 days). |
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| We had a special breakfast. |
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| "The Light of the World is Jesus" |
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| Daniel loved the globe you gave him, vozinha and vovo Stephen! Thank you! |
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| Luke enjoyed watching Daniel open his presents... |
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| Daniel just loves Lego! |
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| Daniel spent most of the day building and playing with his new "Super Heroes" Lego. We barely had to help him build it this year, he was able to follow the instructions very well. |
In the evening on Christmas Day, we had our neighbors from the Philippines join us for dinner. Rafi is one of Daniel's best friends in the neighborhood and they had a great time playing.
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| "Jenga" was a "family gift" and we all enjoyed playing it together. |
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| Jonny cooked a delicious dinner and we loved hearing the fascinating life story of our neighbor's mother! |
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| We have much to be grateful for. Thank you Jesus! |
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Dearest Aninha- Jonny,
ReplyDeleteI cannot stop looking at these beautiful pictures! You made me dream I was there feeling the deep joy, holding, touching, hugging and kissing Lukinho, laughing and getting the "bear hug" from Nani, participating of your lovely Christmas Celebration, i.e. in the banquet prepared by “my diamond”, in the decoration of this most beautiful and colourful house among this happiest family. The beauty of you as family is contagious! I have to say that Lukinho´s photo looking up and smiling in the "megaseat" is gorgeous and shows how happy and self-confident he feels within this special family that you are. I thank God and pray that He continues blessing you 4, by making you the example of a Christian family who share love, faith, and peace to everybody who is around you. I loved to see the Philippino family at your Christmas dinner. My love to you 4 and to them. From the happiest Vozinha in the world with cheers and kisses.
We enjoyed the dinner so much! Jonny did a great job with the foods. I am actually re - creating his menu for New Year's Eve dinner. Rafael loves playing with Daniel. You have such a wonderful family. Ana, you are an inspiration! I love your parenting style. We are so happy that we finally meet you this year. We hope the kids continue to be best friends this coming new year and many more years to come. Ms. Z, we missed you! We hope to see you again in 2014. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! -Love, Christina, Ryan, & Rafael
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