Things are going really well at the Lu household. Things are also going well with me. We have gotten into a really good routine. Trent is sleeping really well, allowing me to get the much needed rest. Presley is a wonderful big sister and is getting bigger and bigger every day! She is learning why you need to share and why it is important to be caring and loving. Her language is great (something I was prepared not to be, being that Grandma J has a Scottish accent, Grandma E has a Chinese accent and speaks Chinese in the home, Aunt S has a Japanese accent and the rest of us speak English). She blows me away with adorable sentences like when she lost her shoe in the store and was quite upset that her socks would be mad! Or when she has figured out that she can love both mommy and daddy at the same time "I love mommy, I love daddy!!" as if she has come to some great realization. I am very pleased that while Christmas presents itself mostly in lit houses and trees and a Jolly old overweight man dressed in red and white and rides a "Moose" that she knows it's about Jesus. Trent is a happy 5 month old little man who ADORES his older sister. He loves to laugh and is very interested in everything. He sleeps anywhere from 7 to 11 hours without a feeding at night and eats every three or so hours a day. He has one tray of solids at night. Still nursing. He is off his reflux (still a big spitter though). He wants to explore everything with his mouth. Everything! He is my little man and I already see how the bond is so different between me and my two children. Both so incredibly precious and special but so different. I thank God for the uniqueness.
I am especially excited for this Christmas. It is my most favorite holiday. When I was a kid, though I was not raised in a home that centered around Jesus, Christmas was always about him and I loved it. I really believe that God reached out to me through Christmas, teaching me about how he came to us, to save us. So important I named my daughter (middle name) Noelle. So the tree was up and the house decorated the week of thanksgiving. Oh and I added the picture of the entertainment center I turned into a "hutch". I had to drill holes to lower the shelf and rip off the back. I loooove it much better than before. It had a non working TV and appliances all over the place.
So we are just enjoying our days right now. So much to be thankful for.
