Dia de Los Reyes

I think it was last year at this time when a dear friend and I were talking about Christmas traditions that we would like to have in our families. Some families believe in Santa others don't. Some people have a Christmas trees others don't. Some families have a simple Christmas while other families go all out. So what about us...

Well, Jeff and I talked about it and we will have a tree...but we wont have Santa...we want to really keep it simple and focused.... we also want to make sure that we keep in the front of our minds the real meaning behind Christmas.

In the Spanish Culture they celebrate not only Christmas with Family and Friends but they also celebrate the day of the three wise men. The night of the 5th of January children decorate three shoe boxes and put them at the feet of there bed with hay in them. When the children wake up on the 6th of January, the next morning, the hay is gone and they have 3 gifts in their boxes. Just as though the wise man came by there bed ate the hay and left each child three gifts. Well, Jeff and I have decided that we are going to take that tradition as our own. Change it up a little to make it our own. We are going to have our children make 3 shoe boxes...Decorate them and all. And than they will set them out on Christmas Eve with a little hay in each box. And each Christmas our children will get three gifts. Just like the wise man left for baby Jesus. It will hopefully be a tradition that will keep Jeff, our children and I focused on the real meaning of Christmas. Just thought I would share one Christmas Tradition for our house to yours...

Where in the World Are the Mabry's

For those of you that keep on asking for an update on our lives...via our blog...I have to let you know that blog posting have been slim because our laptop computer...our APPLE has decided to slowly fizzle out....So we are on a hunt for a new one...oh life.

But here is an update from Oklahoma city...I sit here and write as Addie has just gone to bed...

Well...Its officially that time of the year. Christmas Time. Right now Jeff and I are in Oklahoma visiting with his family. We have been having a nice time so far. We got here on the 12th of December and leave on the 26th. 2 weeks in Oklahoma, wow! It has been one week so far and we have already done so much. The first couple of days we stayed with his dad and step mom and rested from our flight out here...(Which by the way Addie did great-I did nurse her the whole way -great plan) than we headed to Denton, TX, to spend some time with my Grandparents. We had a very enjoyable time with them. After getting back to Oklahoma City we spent a couple of days with his mom. It was nice to spend time with her as well. And now we are back with his dad and step mom for the rest of the trip. But we have a lot of things planned...Well Jeff does...I just kind of follow...We have friends to see and other family members to catch up with throughout the next week. So we will be kept busy. We are always so busy when we are here, but we always have a good time.

On the other hand...Adelyn is doing well...She is crawling everywhere, pulling herself up on everything...saying DADADADA...to DADADADA and now finally she is say NANAMANANAMA to me... We went to the Pediatrian right before we left for her 9 month appointment and she is now 19.2 pounds, 27 1/2 inches long... She is growing... Before ya know it she will be 1..Oh my BEBEITA! AHAHAH....