Story of Jesus

Luke 2:1-20 New International Version (NIV)
Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society

The Birth of Jesus
1In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2(This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3And everyone went to his own town to register. 4So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. 6While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

The Shepherds and the Angels
8And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ[a] the Lord. 12This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger." 13Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, 14"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests." 15When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about." 16So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. 19But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. 20The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

Grammy's Stocking!

Merry Christmas EVE!!!!!!!! I can't beleive it's finally here! And since I'm a week away from 11 months old, I am the perfect age to really enjoy opening gifts. Problem is, I don't know which ones are mine and which are for others. So I open any I can get my hands on... So you are opening a gift that has a ripped corner with tape over it, that's my fault...

Tonight we are going to open more presents, but last night I got to open everything that Grammy sent me!! For so long every time I've tried to touch a gift I heard, "No touch Daphne!" So when Dad sat stuff in front of me and told me, "Go ahead, open it!" I sure didn't hesitate! I tore into those gifts! Only later did I find out, there is more to gifts that ribbons and paper! (It took me some time as I had to play with those for a long time first!)

After a while (and after all the paper was shredding into tiny pieces to get ground into the carpet) Mom and Dad showed me all the toys that was inside that wrapping paper! THANK YOU GRAMMY AND GRAMPS!!!!!! I love my hat, bathtub toys, Cheetah purse, John Deere Tractor (technically I got it before you left), hair stuff (Mom has already put some in my hair!), hair brush (I love how it makes my hair really soft!) And then Mom took me out shopping and spent the money you sent on some new long sleeve shirts for me. I guess it turned out I don't have many long sleeve shirts and I need more!

Dad also says thank you for all his stuff! Mom loves all her good smelling stuff, but she has issues with the clothes. She said she'd call you tonight Grammy...

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

White Elephant

My parents Bible Study has this tradition called a "White Elephant" Christmas Party. I don't get it... White Elephant? I kept waiting for an elephant to get there and one never did! I'll have to ask Dad later why it's called that.

But then listen to this... Instead of giving their friends the perfect gift, everyone went through their house to find the tackiest item they could! Some could even these items trash... And they all got to open a gift. I would have been embarrassed if I had to open them... But instead they all just laughed! My mom had the best gift of all. I think Andrew opened it up... It's a GIANT pair of ladies underwear!!!!!! Yes, that's right... Devon, Rachel and Charity all climbed inside the giant underwear. That's one big pair! So of course, I had to get in on the action!
I think Nate ended up taking home the underwear for a work White Elephant exchange he had the next day. I wonder if his co-workers laughed as much as we all did?

Three More Days!!!

Three MORE days!!!! Oh I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is it here yet?

No Christmas Cards....

Well, it's only a few days before Christmas and my mom still hasn't sent out her Christmas cards! Can you beleive it? She asked me to ask you all for her forgiveness.... She said she would make up for it by mailing out big letters in January with a First Birthday letter about me instead... So if you are reading this and wondered where your card was from us...that's why.

My silly mother!

Happy Teeth

What a "Happy Teeth" weekend I had! Over the weekend, I had two more teeth break through the skin! So that brings my final count to SEVEN! I have four on bottom and three on top! Yeah!!!!

Dear Santa,

Dear Santa,

All I want for Christmas is my very own Laundry Hamper!!! It's so much fun to play with! But I have to share this one with the old people of the house. Let me explain to you why it's so much to play with!

First: Locate Hamper in Room

Second: Prepare to Tip Over Hamper

Third: Fill Hamper with Favorite Toys

Fouth: Crawl Inside, Retreive Toys, Toss Outside Hamper and Repeat Steps 1-4 over and over!

Trust me Santa, it's the funnest thing in the world!! Thank you!

Love,

Daphne

(PS... Today I was at home all day just with Daddy. He took these photos and when Mom got home he excitedly told her of my playtime and how he took photos for my blog! I don't think I've ever seen my mom so happy before! You would have thought she won the lottery or something!)

Il pleut!

That's French for it's snowing!! Over the last couple of days we've gotten a couple inches of snow. Then today we got about a 1/2 inch of ice! How beautiful!!! Thank you Lord for the beauty of it all! Such a shame that so many people are without power though... Including my Great Grandpa! But we can't convince him to come up to our warm home!

But I sure love checking out this snow!!!!! It's so pretty!
And then of course the presents under the tree distract me....

Christmas Cards?

Do you all really want a photo of me in your Christmas cards? Naaaaaaaa. Mom tried on two occasions to get the "perfect" photo of me and as you can see I just didn't cooperate with her. Our first attempt was at Zona Rosa. We were going to sit on Santa's lap, but Santa wasn't there!!!! They had a Fairy Princess instead (but my mom said something about it just looked like a teenage girl in a wedding dress and a tiara - and they were charging almost $8 to get a photo with her!)

Across the way, some Dickens Carollers were strolling and singing. I really wanted to listen to them, so Mom and I went over and bounced along to several songs. The four singers kept smiling at me, but I was in shock by their unusual outfits and beautiful songs I didn't remember to return their smiles. Later, Mom said she wished she took my photo with them. Oh well, live not on regrets!

So then we tried out in the Pavilion in front of the huge Christmas Tree... But it was really cold! And I don't like the cold!! And I think I was too caught up with my mittens to remember to even LOOK at Mom...

So the next day, Mom tried to take a Christmas Card photo at our tree at home. Problem there.... There are TOYS under the tree!!!! How distracting is that?!?! Of course I am not to look at Mom, I'm busy here with these new toys!!!

So finally Mom called in the calvary... Miss Alison. For a sneak peak at those photos, check out her blog at www.alisondemski.blogspot.com There are three of them on there. I didn't really want to smile this day either, but at least I look really cute! (And Miss Alison was able to photoshop out the big rugburn on my nose!!!)

I got elfed!!!

I just made a total elf of myself!!! Check it out by clicking on this link:

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1315648392

Bumbo Growth Chart - 10 Months!

I'm TEN MONTHS OLD!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah!!! And that means time for the Bumbo Growth Chart! So here my tenth month photo....

And here is the monthly guide... You can click on it to make it larger. Then hit the "back" button to come back to the post.

TH and Click

I learned two new sounds today!!!! I can now move my tongue up against my three top teeth and make a "TH" sound. I've been practicing all day!!!

And I also learned how to push my tongue to the roof of my mouth and then slam it down to the bottom of my mouth making a very distinct CLICK noise. Try it, you know the noise... So I've been practicing this all day today as well.

When my dad got home from work and my mom was cooking some yummy pancakes for dinner (which I loved by the way!) I was sitting at her feet just clicking away. Dad sure got a kick out of it, I think I'll do it more!

Christmas in the Park

Last night, I dragged my parents to "Christmas in the Park!" A little town close to home fills the entire downtown with festive holiday attractions! I couldn't miss out! Plus I heard my friends Matt, Alison, Max, Myles and Meyer would be there too, so I wanted to go hang out with them. Little did I know how COLD it was going to be!!! I was all bundled up, even had a quilt my Great Grandma Betty made for me before I was born wrapped around me. And then Meyer didn't show up, he was a ninny and said at home with his Grandparents. But I braved the cold!!!
I got to see two reindeer!!! I think they were Prancer and Vixon!
According to all the ads, a 1,000 voice choir was supposed to be singing Carols... Now, I didn't take the time to count them all, but that stage area was sure packed with kids from local schools! I was most shocked when they announced, "And now for the director of this chior, let me present Melany Smith!" Melany is my friend from church!!! I love her and her daughter Reagan! (It might be spelled Regan, I will have to ask Miss Melany...)
Then the fireworks started! But by the time they started, I was just too darn cold. I tried not to cry, but I did... So before the festivites concluded, I had to drag my parents away from our friends back to the warmth of my bed at home...

Blogger Bug

There is currently some sort of blogger bug which is making all my photos slightly blurry, just wanted to apologize for that! I hope that the powers that be are working on it....