O come to us, abide with us

O holy Child of Bethlehem, descend to us, we pray;

Cast out our sin, and enter in, be born in us today.

We hear the Christmas angels the great glad tidings tell;

O come to us, abide with us, our Lord Emmanuel!

Thankful, for

- an abiding God

- the world in white

- nightly elfing dates with my love; working on handmades for those we love

- an atomic date with my boy and a surprise hang out with Kristin

- the first Christmas cards in the mail

- an encouraging dr. appointment, no signs of my bad antibodies are getting to the baby

- a family Christmas party; a warm car massage chair scored at the yankee swap

- Brian feeling the baby for the first time

- the first real snow, especially Levi's excitement; "we have to make a snow dad and a snow mom and a snow Levi and a snow car!"

- nutella hot chocolate

- a good and long skype to Fiji

- boxes of hand-me-downs from cousin Thomas

- a hilarious pinterest craft fail with Jen 

- a gig for Brian that turned into a fancy date, as well; a many coursed meal, local food, good company, carols around the fire while snow fell

- Levi's focused drumming during Sunday worship