Merry Christmas Ya'll~

Merry Christmas from our home to yours---
Grier seems to be feeling much better-- He is not complaining about anything and still sounds hoarse! He did not have any additional tests this week-- mainly due to a scheduling nightmare-- and I was not willing to offer to admit him or withhold food from him until 5pm -- I am trying to give him a Christmas that a 4 year old should have-! It looks like it will be next Wednesday for a few tests-- and hopefully by that time the "pee test" he took last Friday will be back from China-- ( not really-- but it does take a LONG time to come back!)-- and we will know something-- the markers in the urine are reliable so it could change all plans depending on what it says!

I am having a hard time believing today is the 24th--- Christmas Eve-- Where did December go? We have been so busy doing all of our annual Christmas traditions as well as adding new ones this year-- We rode around looking at lights-- and Grier told me that the house Mrs. Bailey told us about is better than the lights at Hollywood Studios in Disney... ( Mammoth Drive if you want to check it out for yourself!!) We also added an Elf on the Shelf named Freddie to our tradition and this has been fun-- Grier tried to beat the other 2 up each morning so he is the first one to find Freddie-- and just yesterday he came running in to tell Freddie to tell Santa that he had one more thing he wanted-- I was trying to explain to him that Freddie can not tell Santa things this late!! I think he is going to be very upset to see him go back to the North Pole tonight. One of my favorite things is the cards-- we love to look at them- The Nativity at Park Road Baptist is a favorite for all--- and Grier finally gets the story of Christmas this year-- I was laughing so hard last night as he asked a million questions as we watched the Wise Men, Angels, and Mary and Joseph-- He knew it all and we asked him how he knows all this and he said "Miss Beff" tells me at school!!!"--- And we went to the Children's service at Covenant today--- and again he knew the whole story and really gets what Christmas is about--He loved seeing all the animals and I loved seeing the donkey walking down the aisle of the church!!


We hope all of our new friends, old friends, family and special friends we have met along the way this past year and a half--have a wonderful Christmas full of HOPE, PEACE and JOY.
Merry Christmas-
A, J, H, G, & G