M asks who buy things for her. When I tell her: she often responds, You are so sweet!

She often tells me she was a baby in China. She is now going to NiHao class. I felt so bad the first day she didn't want to sit with the the other girls-she wanted to stay with me. I think this is because it had previously been a mommy/daughter class and wasn't at the same location. She actually told me she was scared. I stayed for a while offered a bribe (candy) and then she was fine. Because she is usually so outgoing, I sometimes forget she is really just a little girl and there are plenty of things out there that scare her.

In Sunday School, Mr. Keiser was telling the class how mommy and daddy's get their kids baptized. She asked him where his mommy and daddy were. He said they had passed away. Her comment to him was that she would share her mommy and daddy with him.
AWWW!

Because of her infatuation with her bunnies, we started calling each other bunny this weekend. This may not last but I was momma bunny, she was Mikayla bunny, etc. It was sort of funny.

This year can be summed up in one word, our wonderful addition to our family this year: Joshua!

Joshua has been a great baby. He was 10 and a half pounds when he was born and has continued to grow at a speedy rate! Mikayla and he are on the opposite ends of the size spectrum—she is in the 5^th percentile and he is in the over 95^th percentile. He is a good natured baby who loves to sleep and eat. At almost 4 months old, we love seeing his smile and his ‘singing’ and laughing.

Mikayla has been a wonderful big sister. She looks for her baby when he is not around. She has really grown up but still likes to pretend she is mommy and daddy’s baby girl. She really enjoys dancing and runs to the front of the church to dance when her daddy’s rock band is playing. She has thoroughly enjoyed her dance and gymnastics lessons and became a water mermaid through all her swimming this summer. Most of all, she is definitely our little princess.

Merry Christmas!

Dan, Dawn, Mikayla, and Josh