A Christmas Story...

Malia and I had a little conversation on the way to the Christmas Eve service on Wednesday. Here's how it went: (get your tissues ready...)

Malia: (out of the blue) I love God and Jesus
Me: Aw, baby, they love you too.
Malia: In my story bible, on my desk, the bad people put Jesus on a cross. Why did they do that?
Me: (Trying to explain in a 3 year old way) Well, you know when you do bad things, like be mean or disobey? Jesus died on the cross so you could be forgiven for those bad things. But, remember, he didn't stay there, what happened to him?
Malia: He came back!
Me: That's right!
Malia: But if we have Jesus in our hearts, won't God miss Jesus? Shouldn't we send Jesus back to God, so he won't miss him?
Me: (sniff, sniff) No, it's ok. You should keep Jesus in your heart. God is everywhere, so he is with Jesus too.
Malia: Oh. God and Jesus have mustaches.
Me: (now laughing quietly)
Malia: That's how they look in my story bible.
Malia: Tell me a story about God and Jesus.
Me: Umm...ok...hmmm...when Jesus was on earth he used to help people alot. Like, he would help people who couldn't see, be able to see.
Malia: Where were their eyes?
Me: Oh, they had eyes, they were just sick eyes and they couldn't see, until Jesus made them better.

That's the basic conversation....definitely the sweetest talk I've ever had with her. It was very cute listening to her!

Meet Lily!

Here's the newest addition to our family!!

RIP Blue the Bug

About a year ago, Malia created invisible bug friends for all of us. Her bug is named Jacket, mine is Flewy, Justin's is Blue and Pressley's is Ducky. She's mentions them on occation, but mostly we talk about Jacket, her bug. On our way to Tyler and Natasha's wedding on Thursday (yes, Justin's cousin Tyler got married!), somehow the conversation turned to Jacket the Bug. Justin asked Malia if Jacket came with us, to which she answered, "Yes, he's flying up there (pointing to the sky)". And she proceeded to tell us that Flewy and Ducky came too. So, Justin asked, "Where's Blue?". "Oh, he's in heaven with God and Jesus". Justin asked her why Blue was in heaven, and Malia said, "He died". Surprised by her response, Justin asked her what happened, and Malia said that he got killed by a big, mean bug. We couldn't help but laugh, especially when she continued to tell us he was killed by a big, mean girl bug named Mixy.

Tubes

Pressley got her tubes today! I'm so glad it's all over! She did really well. We got to Children's about 6:15 this morning (got up around 4:45! Yikes!). Her surgery happened about 8 this morning. Justin went in with her for the anesthesia-brave man! There is no way I could have done that! He said it was the hardest thing he'd ever done. She didn't want to put the mask to her face, so they had to fight her over that, and then she just went limp. He said he felt sick. I sat and kept my mind off it by reading Twilight. The procedure was fast (though it didn't feel like it in the midst of it). The doctor came and got us after everything was over, and informed us that her right ear was infected (right on schedule-she's been getting them every 3 weeks). I had no idea she had an infection, she'd actually been sleeping well, and no fever! Plus, when we went in that morning her eye was red and gross-pink eye! We got to go in after she woke up, and she was very upset-crying and crying and crying. She cried until we got in the car and she fell asleep. We were in the car and headed home by 9:15. So surgery and all only took an hour. I can't complain. Especially considering there was a family in the waiting area with us who's child was going through a 5 hour surgery. Pressley is doing great though. Right now I'm sitting in the basement with her and she's running around playing with her toys. I'm just hoping that now we get our sleep back permanently!

Aunt Cayrye!

This weekend my sister and Jeremy had a Christmas party and the girls (Malia, Pressley and Megan) got presents to open before dinner. The t-shirt inside is what you see above! Yep! Justin and and I are going to be an aunt and uncle! We are so excited! And Sara is due the day before Malia's birthday! On our way home, Malia asked me, "Mommy, why was Gigi sad about my shirt?". I explained to her that she wasn't sad, she was just happy-sad because Aunt Beebye has a baby in her tummy-to which Malia responded: "What are we going to name my cousin when we get one?". Ha ha! So funny! I told her that Uncle Jer and Aunt Beebye would name the baby, and asked her if she had any name ideas for the baby. "I have lots of names" was her response. "Oh yeah, what name do you like?". "Snowflake". We are very excited for Baby Snowflake to make an appearance in mid-July!

I Spy

Malia and Pressley love to play I Spy. Today, Pressley started saying the words, I spy something *insert color*, after Malia taught her how. Pressley says it like this-I pie sussen boo (I spy something blue).

Rescheduled

Pressley's tubes were rescheduled for December 16. We ended up just having a consultation with the surgeon today. It made for a bit of an emotional roller coaster.