Wow, so much has happened this past week – let’s see if I can catch you up a bit. The highlights:
* We spent last weekend in State College with our dear friends Scott, Christine, Grace, Emmy and Phoebe

* You had breakfast on Christmas Eve’s Day with Daddy, Grandma and Papa Tatro.
* We decorated Christmas cookies for Auntie Judi, Uncle Jim and Santa Claus.

* After a late nap (maybe because of the frosting we ate?), we joined Martha & Delilah as well as Meg, Phil, Claire and Maeve for a FANTASTIC family Christmas Eve church service.




* After church, we joined 24+ people at the Fonzi Christmas Eve party. Around 8:30pm, after leaving a plate of cookies for Santa and carrots for his reindeer, you snuggled up in CJ’s bedroom (that you now call “our room.”)

* While you were sleeping, I sneaked out to sing with the Gospel choir for the midnight mass.
* The next morning, you started Judi and Jim’s day by jumping on their bed and announcing that it is “wake-up time!” We spent the morning together in our pj’s, opening presents, playing with them, and eating Christmas brunch. It was truly wonderful.

* After a nap, we headed over to Hannah’s family’s extended family Christmas party where you met ALL kinds of new friends – friends of all ages. You played so hard, ate many cookies, and overall, just had a great time!

* The next day (12/26), we joined my friend Jim from the Gospel Choir and his two kids, Madeline (9) and Daniel (7) for breakfast and sledding. Again, an incredible day out in the sun and snow!! We all had a cup of hot chocolate (your first cup!) that we cooled down with snow. After tobagganing as a full group many times down a big hill and drinking hot chocolate, we had snowball fights and went on hikes. What a gorgeous day and wonderful time! After playing, you crashed at Jim and Carmen’s house. We had dinner with them and then came home and crashed again!

*This morning you went swimming with Daddy, and after daycare, you and I went down to check out Daddy’s new home and go out to eat with him.

See? It has been an INCREDIBLY busy week in which we were TOTALLY SURROUNDED BY LOVE!!
Emanuel… God is with us! Through Grace and Emmie, Scott and Christine, Grandma and Papa, Mommi and Daddy, Delilah, Jeff and Martha, Jim and Judi, Laura and other work friends, Jim, Carmen, Madeline and Daniel…. Do you feel totally loved?!? Yeah, me too. Thanks God!