Walker Family Blog

Wow! It has almost been a month since I last posted. It hasn’t been boring around here, just busy. For a while now I have been wanting to post something about our baby due in March. We do not know what we are having and are excited to find out soon. We didn’t know what we were having with Naomi or Esther, and so we came up with names to call them before they were born. Somehow we got to calling them names from Whinnie the Pooh. We called Naomi “Piglet” and Esther “Tigger”. They have lived up to their names. . . Naomi because she is so petite and small like Piglet, and Esther, because she has so much energy. She loves to bounce  like Tigger. Well, this baby has had a few different names, but I finally decided that Roo would fit just fine.  Roo is due to arrive in a little over 4 weeks. Naomi is very excited and is convinced Roo is a girl. A few times she has told me  she wants me to go to the doctor and get the baby out. Esther has no clue, and I don’t think she will like sharing me with Roo! I will try to keep more up to date and soon I hope to be posting pictures of Roo. Please be praying for me in these last weeks.

Justin has been visiting since the beginning of January, and it has been so nice to have him here. He leaves this week and we will miss him. On Saturday we all went to Waterton Canyon. Justin and Shaun went for a 7.2 mile run (way to go!) and the girls and I had a picnic lunch and then took a walk. The weather here has been beautiful and we had a great time. Later that night Justin offered to watched the girls and sent us out to dinner at the Olive Garden. He set the whole thing up! Flowers and everything! We had such a nice time! Thanks Justin!

We had a wonderful Christmas with family, and the girls have been enjoying their spoils since. They got a kitchen set and some great things to go with it. One of the things was a birthday cake set complete with cake, server, candles, plates, and forks. They must have sang “Happy Birthday” to Jesus over a dozen times. It was so precious. We thank the Lord for sending His Son and praise Him for His many blessings.

Last Friday, Naomi and Esther had their own Sunday School Christmas Party. I dressed them up in their Christmas dresses, and tried to get some pictures of them in front of the tree. Then they went to church for their get together. They played, did a craft, ate, and played some more. They seemed to have a nice time and were all excited to show us what they did at the end of the night. Last night was our Sunday School Christmas party. We went over Jonathan and Ruth’s home for appetizers and desserts, then we played a game along with our gift exchange. We have such fun with our class, and had a great night of fellowship.

We went and got our Christmas tree on Friday night, and decorated it on Saturday. It was very cold on Friday, but we bundled up and braved the cold. Before we got our tree we went to a Christmas celebration down the street at the Town Center. There were lights, caroling, reindeer, a small train ride, and various other things. We didn’t stay long because of the cold, but Naomi got to ride the train. Esther wanted nothing to do with the train and wouldn’t get on. By the time we walked across the parking lot to get our tree the girls were very cold and wanted to be done. It’s hard going tree shopping with little ones, but we all survived, and made some great memories.