Christmas Letter

Dear Levi,



How enjoyable you have made this advent season. I can picture very clearly your face one morning when you came downstairs and trotted over to your favorite window. You were so curious to find the lawn and street covered in piles of foreign white stuff. Your little mind and body have been very busy. At the beginning of the month you didn't know what to do with the wrapped Advent gifts from Gran and Grandpa. Now you smile knowingly and reach out to rip off the paper.



There were many sweet moments like when you clapped your hands and bounced excitedly at church while we sang Christmas carols. There have been funny moments, too. I'll always remember watching you march around with the soft nativity set that Nana and Papa sent for you. You were holding Joseph in your left hand, Mary in your right, and sticking out of your mouth was the little baby Jesus, his swaddling clothes covered in drool.



It makes us incredibly happy to see you surrounded by the people that love you so much. We have really appreciated the fact that this season you've been able to spend time with all of your grandparents, great grandparents, uncles, aunts, and cousins. We even get to see the Johnsons next week and finally get to meet the twins.



Your Daddy and I have a deep, deep desire to protect you, to give you the very best, and to do whatever we can to make sure you know that you are special, important, and beautiful. But more important than all of that, we want you to know how much God loves you. If we, your imperfect parents, love you so much, can you imagine how much God, your heavenly Father, loves you? God loves you so much that he sent Jesus, his little boy, here into our world. God sent Jesus knowing that people would not take care of him and would in fact hurt him very badly. God did it anyway because it was so important to Him that you be taken care of. We celebrate Christmas with gifts because God gave us the biggest gift of all.



with love,

Mama