Tuesday, December 16, 2008

"The Babysitter"



Emery wanted to "watch" Ivy while I was getting ready for the day. This is how I found Ivy. She was just fine!

Emery's "smiley face"


One of her best!

church clothes



It took a lot of effort for them to both look like this! I had to document it and as you can see Ivy is showing just a glimpse of how we were all feeling by the time we were ready to go to church!

Santa Cuties




Yep...have to show 'em off! Ho Ho ho to you and yours!

Friday, December 12, 2008

More festivities!







We have had a busy December as I am sure everyone does. It is so much fun to have children around the holidays. Our children are such blessings to us the entire year round, but especially during this season. It has been really fun. Emery loves the lights and the Christmas tree. We have enjoyed talking to her about Jesus and Bethlehem. She now knows "Away in a Manger." It is just beautiful. Christmas is really what your family chooses, and we are really trying to put an emphasis on Jesus. Our pastor at our church has challenged us to be God-centered people. The Hull's want to be a God-centered family! We pray that as you go through the holidays that you will remember the sweet story of the real meaning of Christmas.

Last week we dedicated Ivy Clare. (the pic of her in cream is from the baby ded) What a sweet heart. She is the biggest blessing to our family. We just cannot imagine life without her! When we dedicated her, it means that we will do our best to point her to Jesus and to be examples of Christ in her life. Oh how we pray that she would be drawn to Jesus. The word the Lord gave me for her is "to show His love" and her sweet demeanor and precious smile is an incredible reminder to me how much God loves me, loves her and loves! She is so sweet and cuddly. Praise the Lord for her life! Praise Him for His great love. How we look forward to seeing more of it through her life.

On another note, I took her to the doctor today and she is doing great. She is weighing in at 16 pounds at almost 5 months. She is 26.5 inches tall. She has really grown and tops the charts at the 90th percentile!

Monday, December 1, 2008

more pics...




Ivy has hardly been in any of these pics so I am including the one of the 3 of us. (yes, it is not the best) but she is an absolute doll and such a blessing in our life. We just adore her. She is so laid back and easy going. She is in love with Emery!
The Iowa shirt is from our special friend Jeremy who goes to Med school at Iowa. He sent this to her. It is now in the running with the ho ho ho jamas.

ho ho ho jamas



Emery has a new favorite outfit. (we are very thankful they are Pajamas...whew!)

ho ho ho jamas

Fun with our favorite friend!


Stone lives across the street. He, and his brother Grant are very popular playmates at the Hull house!

The Holidays are here!





We started out the Holiday season by visiting the Gaylord ICE exhibit. It was really special because Grandma and Grandpa Hull got to go with us!