Shopping for groceries!

                                               A favorite Christmas gift from Uncle Steve!

           Down time for our babies, cuddling with Bailey on her new bed, her Christmas gift!

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Merry Christmas !


Greetings from the Ediger Home! Well, I have come to a sad realization, my Christmas cards will be late this year! But at least I'm getting them out. Sorry, I can't write you all personally, but then you'd only be getting these around Easter time!

We hope that this letter finds you doing well. Our last year has been busy as you can imagine with the three beauties at the top of the page. They are the love of our lives as well as our challenges! God has blessed us.

This year Drew has had a busy schedule (Gymnastics on Monday, Preschool on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and some time with Nana on Wednesdays) to keep him busy and entertained. He has lots of energy and gets bored easily. It's no good when a child is bored!! We still do have our challenges with him, but also our good days. He is his happiest with one-on-one attention and we are trying to do our best with that! (A little tough with one year old twins.) He has also shown his love for animals, and is very concerned for them. (We might think about getting him a cat, if we didn't already live in a zoo! :) ) He loves to read. He is even trying to read on his own a little, and /or pointing out letters and groups of letters. He is very smart and we are very proud of him.

The twins turned one this August and we enjoyed celebrating their milestone. It made me think about the first year of their life. I was truly amazed and in awe of how far they have come and how healthy and alive they are. I am so thankful to God, especially as I see babies that don't make it or have many health issues. We are truly blessed.

Ethan and Sophia are almost 16 months. Boy, does time fly! Ethan is a little ahead of his sister in most things. He is walking, practically running down the hall. He loves to "Race" his big brother down the hall with their walkers. Sophia has been taking a couple of steps now and then, but doesn't venture out on her very much. Although she is quite fast at crawling, and will walk behind and push anything that moves. They love to brush their teeth, follow their brother around (even if it's bothering him), and go out on trips. Sophia is quite the tease and loves to find the details in things. I can see they will be quite the pair, partners in crime as they say! They both make me laugh. Well actually, all three. But one of the best things is that they have both finally started sleeping through the night in the last couple of months! Praise the Lord!

Mark's work is going good. He is working 2 weeks days (7 - 3:30pm) and 2 weeks evenings (3pm-12am), on a permanent rotation. He still enjoys his job, fixing airplanes at Cascade Aerospace, most of the time. In his spare time, he enjoys working in the garage, drawing drafting plans for his many projects, and hanging out with my brother and sister on the weekends. He's also enjoying playing guitar/bass in one of our Church's worship teams.

And now for myself. I am very busy at home with the kids. It's nice to get out with or without the kids. I've been enjoying Christmas shopping and making cards of different sorts. In the past few months we've been trying to do some day trips: Ikea, Burnaby Carousel, Metro Town, and Guilford Inside Playground/ visit Santa. My Mom still helps out every week day, which is such a great help and relief.

In the new year we are looking forward to having Mark's cousin, Angela, come from Germany and help us out. She will be staying at my parents and joining us during the day. We are very excited! She is planning to stay at least a couple of months, up to 7 months! Lucky us!

Well, we hope that you all have a very Merry Christmas! And a Happy New Year! May God Bless you all with Peace and Love, as you celebrate the birth of his Son and in your many endeavours throughout the year!

Love The Ediger Five (Mark, Andrea, Drew, Sophia and Ethan)