I am a WALKER!!!

Dalton is offically a true walker now! Toddler is his name & Toddling is his game! HAHA! He is everywhere now. WOW did not expect it to be this tiring on me. I am chasing after him. He likes to do a slow run rather then walk at times. What a day makes! He is now getting up without using a chair or ME to pull up on. That started on Saturday & now when he falls he just gets back up no problem. He is still a little wobbly but overall doing great! I am excited he will be walking for Christmas that is what I wanted! (But do I really want it now?) We chose not to put up a tree this year because he would have knocked it down for sure! We went to see Santa yesterday & he DID NOT like it at all! Now I have a great picture to show his girlfriends when he gets older. When I can get it scanned I will put it on. I can't figure out how to use my new printer/scanner. Now I am going to finish my Christmas Shopping!!! I got the following little story from a friend and it really puts Christmas in perspective. Also I read that Christ is the longest thing in Christmas! Is that not true or what!

Mary's Dream I had a dream, Joseph. I don't understand it, not really, but I think it was about a birthday celebration for our Son. I think that was what it was all about. The people had been preparing for it for about six weeks. They had decorated the house and bought new clothes. They'd gone shopping many times and bought elaborate gifts. It was peculiar though, because the presents weren't for our Son. They wrapped them in beautiful paper and tied them with lovely bows and stacked them under a tree. Yes, a tree, Joseph, right in their house! The branches were full of glowing balls and sparkling ornaments. There was a figure on the top of the tree. It looked like an angel might look. Oh, it was beautiful. Everyone was laughing and happy. They were all excited about the gifts. They gave the gifts to each other, Joseph, not to our Son. I don't think they even knew Him. They never mentioned His name. Doesn't it seem odd for people to go to all that trouble to celebrate someone's birthday if they don't know Him. I had the strangest feeling that if our Son had gone to this celebration He would have been intruding. Everything was so beautiful, Joseph, and everyone so full of cheer, but it made me want to cry. How sad for Jesus not to be wanted at His own birthday celebration. I'm glad it was only a dream. How terrible, Joseph, if it had been real.

Wow we all need to remember this!!