Davin's grandfather let me borrow an old photo album with pictures of Davin when he was a child. I couldn't get over how much Naomi looks just like him. If you don't believe me check out these photos. The top one is Davin and the bottom one is Naomi on her first birthday.

Christmas Time!

Okay, so we have A LOT of really great Christmas photos. I hope you are ready for all these!

Here are the kids getting ready for Family Christmas time! We were able to go home to Georgia for Christmas, so we celebrated as a family a few days before we left. Can you see the anticipation in their eyes?!?!
Naomi and Hudson had a blast. It was so much fun to watch Naomi enjoy opening her presents and playing with her new toys.

And yes, she had to climb on top of her presents before she opened them. Boy do I have my hands full!

Aren't they sweet playing with their new toys?!?!

I had to get a shot of them playing together. Here we are at Davin's parents house. This is Naomi with Papa(Davin's grandfather) in front of the tree.

This is Hudson with his 2nd cousin Lexi. They had a blast!
And so did Naomi...
Christmas morning we were at Pop-pop and Mimi's (Davin's parents) We wanted to keep the focus on the birth of our Savior, Jesus. Hudson helped me build a 1st century manger, and he has been earning straw all month to put in the manger. He got a piece every time he was kind or helped out with a good attitude. Naomi even earned a few pieces as well. On Christmas morning the kids came down stairs to find "baby Jesus" wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in the manger. We did a short devotion and sang some of our favorite hymns. Then we let the kids look in their stockings and open some presents. Finally we ended our celebration with birthday cake for breakfast! Fun
Next we went to the Chandler's (Alisia's parents). Here is a great photo of Davin and Naomi.

This is Naomi with her cousin Lila. Aren't they beautiful in their Christmas dresses.
Here is a shot of my two sisters and their husbands. The little guy is my nephew Chandler.
Isn't Hudson cute in his Veggie Tales Christmas shirt?!

After Christmas, Davin and I headed back to North Carolina WITHOUT CHILDREN!!!!! It was so hard to leave our precious little ones there, but they needed some one on one grandparent time and Davin and I need some alone time too. It has been a week since we left them and they got to spend time with both sets of grandparents. We have really missed them, but we have enjoyed ourselves as well. We went out to dinner one night to celebrate our 4th wedding anniversary. (wow! a lot can happen in 4 years, huh?) Here we are at dinner. We also went to the movies afterward thanks to Josh and Charlotte (our wonderful neighbors) and saw National Treasure. It was great!
I have been busy as well doing some painting and getting the apartment organized and clean. Here are the photos from the mural I just finished...

If you want to see more or know of someone else who would like some work done, you can visit my art blog at http://www.ajbenavides.blogspot.com/