Archie's First Santa Pic

Merry Christmas!

Happy Fifth Anniversary!

Five snowy winters ago, Hunter and I were married in Christiansburg, VA. Fast forward five wonderful years and we're standing in front of a Christmas tree at the middle school where we teach in Asia. Archie is running around at our feet while we steal a quick moment to capture a fifth anniversary pic of just us (well, and the baby inside, I guess). When I consider the changes in our lives since we first said "I do", it's pretty mind-boggling, but our love for each other remains constant.

Happy Anniversary, Hunt! I love you!

Baby #2: Boy or Girl?

It's time to guess what DeJarnette Baby #2 will be! We're eagerly awaiting this little Peanut's July arrival :)

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Archie's New Favorite Toy!

Thanks to Memaw and Papa, Archie is already getting into the Christmas spirit with his brand new nativity set. I seldom get so excited about a toy! Honestly, at first glance I wasn't too enthusiastic about a toy with a million little people that I knew Archie would enjoy scattering around the house (which he does) and that made noise (i.e. plays "Away in the Manger"), but first glances can be deceiving. Seldom does Archie so enjoy a toy, and it's a great teaching tool for him, too. Another of his favorite games (and this one is free) is giving things to Hunter and me. What better things for him to give us than Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus? And, to top it all off, he'll walk (yes, WALK) all the way across the room to bring us a piece. I credit this with helping turn Archie into a bi-ped over the last few days. (I'm sure videos will be following on that soon.) Last but not least, it's a great conversation starter when friends come over. I think some of the college students we hang out with enjoy playing with it as much as Archie.

I promise, I'm not getting commission from Fisher Price, but click the link and check it out. The one downside, pieces vary from set to set. (Ours has wise men but no shepherds, and our animals are different, too.)

Christmas Preview Part II

Mama, am I allowed to pull the ornaments off the Christmas tree and play with them? Since I put the tree on a table, he's thankfully left it pretty much alone. You can't blame a little buddy for being curious about shiny gold ornaments, can you?

Here's a repeat of our Christmas family portrait:

Looking out the window at the snow-covered ground. (Actually, although the temps get pretty frigid, we've had very little precip this winter.)

TOO MUCH CHRISTMAS. (And it's still several weeks away!)

Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving has never been a huge picture taking holiday for me, but here's what I have:



We re-enacted "The First Thanksgiving" at two of our English corners and made the costumes (hats) ourselves. I even made Archie a little Indian hat, but he hasn't been feeling too well the last couple of days so I haven't subjected him to a Thanksgiving photo shoot.