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Life has been quite full with medical challenges, and the auction these last 6 months.  We are so praying for the next 6 months to be full of rest.  I’ve fallen painfully behind on the ol’ memory keeper here, but I’m not giving up!  I love keeping track of the boys’ journey through life.

Christmas.  Christmas, and January 4th, will always carry with it a little sting and some tears.  We remember each and every 11 days we spent with our sweet baby, Paxon.  I wish that his days and the memories that we have wouldn’t be filled with so much pain.  God promises us that all things work together for good for those who love Him…this is where we find rest and peace.  We love and miss you, our sweet fighter son.

We had many failed attempts at pictures by the Christmas Tree this year.  Looking at the camera and smiling is really not Beck’s thing.  I’m trying to respect that, but the amount of pictures I have of the boys together smiling is like slim pickin’s!  I’m so used to my little ham, Asher, wanting to perform for the camera :).  I will treasure this pic though.  Brother love.  And, Beck with his two little fingers.  I guess at some point we’ll have to wean him from his pacifier…but for now, it’s still pretty cute!

Grandpa and Grandma Necas came for a visit to spend Christmas with us.  We crammed a lot of fun in a short amount of time!  We attempted to see Santa Claus at the mall, but after 2 hours of waiting we bailed, and opted for some photos by the flowers…which was another photo fiasco with Beck, ha!  He didn’t have time to sit, and when Grandma tried to get him to smile by moving his lips around…he bit her finger, LOL!  I can laugh because it wasn’t me!  It was hilarious because he doesn’t bite, but I guess he was so upset about taking pictures he fought back, ha!  So my mom plopped him in the flowers, ha!  Another photo shoot fail :).

Family Photos at church!

Christmas morning, opening gifts was so delightful.  Beck continues to sleep until 9ish…sigh…it makes up for all his loud screaming when he doesn’t get his way :).  Since Beck was sleeping, and Asher was up before the sun, we got to enjoy each boy and their excitement for their new Christmas gifts.  Asher worked so hard separating everyone’s gift into piles, and directing who’s turn it was to open a gift…he plays the role of director quite well :).

Every since Asher saw his older friend playing with his DS, it was love at first sight.  We thought it would be a pretty great gift for him too, because he loves playing video games, and it gives him something fun to do while he does his treatments.  Beck is pretty demanding with what shows he wants to watch during his treatments, so now Asher has the option to play a game while Beck watches baby Einstein movies, or Thomas the Train.

We have a huge “TOMMY!” fan in this house!  I really don’t understand the appeal of “Tommy” but he’s the bees knees to Beck.

We continued with our Christmas traditions of jammies all day, taking a walk to the park, and everyone make your own homemade pizzas!  It was a beautiful Christmas day!

I just have to make mention of how cute Beck and Grandpa were together.  My dad was Beck’s constant caregiver while they were here.  It was so sweet.  I didn’t push a stroller or deal with the car seat once.  Grandpa was workin’ hard :).

The older Beck gets, the more they play together.  Watching them laugh and play together is our favorite.

Schnazzed up for our Christmas Party at church!  I love this picture because what I cropped out is Beck yanking on our legs and crying because he knew we were leaving…it doesn’t even phase us :).

Cherry lane with Grandma Olimb, Asher’s Christmas Cottage Fair at school, Christmas with our Hoverson Family, hiking…lots of Christmas fun!  And, this video of Asher singing this first song makes me tear-up!

Asher and I had the privilege to go with Hope Kids to the Best Christmas Show Production.  They had live elephants and camels and other animals that make kids scream with delight!  We had to drive about an hour to see the show, so it was a big date night for us :).

We haven’t had a lot of routine around here lately, but we’ve been trying to work with Asher and teach him about honor.  We have this sign hanging up in our room.  I asked him to draw our family, and he included Paxon…he said he drew wings on him, because he’s in heaven.  Warm heart.