I've written a couple songs in my life, but not too many that I share with other people. But for Christmas I acutally sang a song I wrote for church. Here is the video from that service a few weekends ago...
On that cold night, when it all began. A tiny girl held her baby in her hands.
This is my baby. This is my son. He is the child of God. He is the Chosen One.
The wise men came from near and far, to see the baby lying 'neath the star.
The angels sang of his majesty. And all around fell to their knees. And Mary cried...
This is my baby. This is my son. He is the child of God. He is the Chosen One.
The tiny babe grew into a boy. Astounding with His wisdom and joy. In the temple courts he spoke God's law and his mother stood and watched in awe...
This is my baby. This is my son. He is the child of God. He is the Chosen One.
Ridiculed and dying in shame. This great man for our sin was slain. His mother bowed before the cross and through her tears they heard her sob...
This is my baby. This is my son. He is the child of God. He is the Chosen One.
On that cold night, when it all began. A tiny girl held her baby in her hands.
(You can actually go to our church's website to view the videos from each week's service- Temple Baptist Church.)
This past Saturday when the weather was wonderfully warm, I met my bff from high school, Dawnica, and her little boy Will at the park. Audrie loved it! We had a great time.
Will is such a cutey! He will be 3 on Feb 5th... same bday as Audrie!
Audrie even made a new friend... I'm pretty sure they were swapping fashion tips...
I love these next two photos of Audrie because somewhere there is a photo of me about this same age in a swing like this at the park... I need to try to find that photo.
Audrie LOVES to swing.
And so does Will!
We fed ducks at the duck pond (which was terrifying for me because I have an unnatural fear of birds), but Audrie loves animals so I toughed it out for her.
But Will has no fear. He is a pro at duck feeding.
It was so nice to get out in the fresh air and spend some time with Dawnica. As much as I'd love a snow day soon, I'd also be thrilled with some more warm days like these!
Audrie is 11 months this week... 4 more weeks til the big day! She is always on the go. Zipping around the house on a mission. So it's harder to get any still photos of her. But the other day she had just woken up from a nap (hence the sleepy eyes and wild hair) so I managed to get a few shots of our sweet baby girl.
Here I caught her mid sentence as she was turning the page and telling me all about the story...
(She also loves swatting at my camera strap...)
And the best thing ever was that my parents kept Audrie all night at their house so the first thing I did in 2009 was.... SLEEP IN!! (A great way to start off a year!) I hope each of you have a truly wonderful New Year!
And the whole gang...
There is a renovated train depot next to his mother's house and they reserved it for their big family get-together.
Tiffanie's little boy, Jess, has the biggest adorable eyes in the world! It was great to get to see everyone and let Audrie get her cheeks pinched a little, too.
And Jamie and I even snuck away for a date to Jim's Drive-In for the infamous Taco Pie!
After we left 
We got her up early Christmas morning and opened presents at our house before heading back to my parents for more presents and a Christmas brunch.
Thursday night we headed down to 
At the Burrow's we got to relax and spend time doing whatever we wanted. (And playing 
We also spent 
Since Audrie is so active now, it's tough keeping up with her! But she did hitch a ride with Ben in his new Christmas wagon...
Before we made the big trip home we bought Audrie one last Christmas gift... a new car seat! Now she is a big girl facing forward in the car. She was excited to be able to see everything.
