Sunday, November 27, 2011

Merry Christmas from the Birds (2011)!

How this year has flown by! It has been filled with renovations of our house, milestones for Baby Bird, we've traveled some, continued to explore our "new" surroundings in Wilmington, Philly, and Washington DC and now we are preparing to welcome a new baby girl Bird in late February.
Big Bird is continuing to enjoy his job with the Navy in Philadelphia, he has been involved with a Friday morning men's Bible study at our church, and has honed his skills as an amateur architect, electrician, and carpenter while we added a 3 season room on the back of our house this fall.
Baby Bird is enthralled by construction vehicles (and can uniquely identify at least 10 different ones!), trains (especially the ones in his Thomas books), he loves his friends from the park, church, and bsf and routinely prays for them and names his toys after them, and can't wait in the afternoon for "dada" to get home so they can read books together or go for a walk with his bicycle. We are working with him to teach sharing, gentleness with others, and preparing him for being a big brother...he knows his sister's name and talks about her a lot, but we all know he's got a big shock coming!
I have enjoyed being back in BSF leadership after a year off; we are studying the book of Acts and I've been challenged so much by the examples of the leaders and missionaries in the early church! Somehow between bsf 2 days a week, playdates, and keeping some sense of order in our home my weeks fly by. I've enjoyed trying out all the functionalities of our newly redone kitchen in the last 6 months, especially our convection oven which bakes beautifully!
If you ever find yourself nearby, please let us know!
We wish you a wonderful Christmas filled with Joy and Hope in Christ!!!
The Bird Family
We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.  1 Thessalonians 1:3


Baby Bird at his 1st Birthday party

Our family...for now

Baby Bird and Cousin A rockin the day away!

Baby Bird has become our Little Bird, always curious and mischievous!


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