The Countdown is On...Update

At the beginning of the month I posted about our Advent devotion and tree. Now that the countdown is nearing its end I thought I would update about all we have been up to. First of all Lylah still loves the advent candles. In fact tonight when Nathan went upstairs after dinner instead of going right into our devotion time I thought Lylah was going to hyperventilate. She kept yelling "daaaaaddyyyyyyyy" and then blowing like crazy. It was too funny. Anyway it has been a sweet time as a family, obviously Lylah doesn't yet comprehend the actual devotion, but we are excited to watch her understanding grow as we continue this tradition each year.

The activities we have been doing with the devotion have been going very well too. Here are some of the highlights:We decorated the Christmas tree. Highlight: going out to the sidewalk together to look at the tree. (Nathan and I have been doing this since we moved to the Grove)

We watched the parade in the Grove with some great friends. Highlight: Lylah really thought the whole parade was for HER!

We made sugar cookies (break n bake). Highlight: Anytime Lylah helps in the kitchen is a highlight. She loves to taste test!!



We went to "A Walk Through Bethleham". Highlight: that we got to go! We loved it, and the weather was icky the rest of the weekend so we were thankful that we didn't miss out on this little gem! Bonus: It was fun watching Lylah give kisses to baby Jesus and hearing her say "heehaw" most of the night!


We made the trek to Nashville to check out the lights at the Hotel. Highlight: Hanging out with some dear friends that we don't see nearly enough!

One other favorite activity was taking Christmas candies to our some of our neighbors. What a great time to hang out and share the reason for this special season. Now there were also nights when things didn't go as planned for one reason or another and we didn't do a specific activity. For instance, tonight we weren't feeling well so we just hung out, but really isn't that one of the points of this tradition?