All I Want For Christmas Is You

... and maybe a new camera. Our little Rowan has been with us for a week now, but our camera went AWOL before we were able to post some pictures. Gladly, we finally found the camera - hopelessly mangled under the rocker recliner - and were able to upload his pictures despite it's damaged condition. Here are a few that turned out (Tomy helped substantially with the picture taking :) from Thursday afternoon as Tomy and Hazel finally met their long awaited baby brother in the flesh.

That last picture makes me giggle since Rowan is such a sweet, happy boy. He likes to smile when he's dreaming and has even laughed twice in his sleep. He is also quite enamored of his siblings. Hazel gets right in his face and says, "smoodgie-woodgie, smoodgie-woodgie!" It drives me crazy, but Rowy doesn't seem to mind. He's also very alert and curious. He thinks watching the sunshine coming through the window and the fire dancing in the fireplace is especially interesting.

So in closing, Dear Santa, I know I said that I only wanted a healthy baby boy for Christmas and the model I received is top of the line and in perfect condition, but I think I've been especially good this year and would really, really, really like a new camera to take more pictures of said healthy baby boy.  Thank you, and enjoy the cookies - Levi made sure the kids didn't help too much in the making.

Sincerely,
Saddie