Merry Christmas!!

I haven't posted much lately, but I wanted to post a few pics of the boys before our trip to NY!  One more day until Christmas...what an exciting year it has been for us-full of surprises and wonderful new experiences!!  The holidays are so different with kids-we thought it was a busy, crazy time before kids-we had no idea!!   The boys had no idea who Santa was so that was pretty funny explaining.  Last night we did this portable north pole experience on-line where you personalize a message from Santa to your child (ww.portablenorthpole.tv/home)-Alex loved it-Joseph kind of smirked and laughed-but itwas too cute watching them take it all in!  All night-Alex talked about Santa's majic eye- too funny!  It really has been such an amazing experience to watch this through their eyes.  We feel it is important to be careful not to let them ge too caught up in the Christmas craze (it's pretty easy o get caught up in it) so we did a few things to make sure they know what Christmas is really all about and that they never forget where they came from.

We are all vey excited about our trip to NY-we fly out Christmas day at 4:30 and then we rented a car and we are driving back home right before New Years. We plan to stop in Wash. DC where the largest Ehiopian population in USA is and do some shopping and go to a restaurant. We are almost out of berbere (their spice) so we MUST get some more. I am learning to cook Ethiopian food and te boys tell me I am pretty good-for those who know Ethiopian dishes-I made doro wat this week-took 4 hours and my house will never smell the same, but they really apreciated it! 

We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  Enjoy the holidays with your family and friends.  We are thankful for so many things thisholiday season, but especially that we get to be parents to Joseph & Alex! Thy have learned so much in the past 3 months it has truly been an amazing experience to be their parents!