Snippets of Christmas 2011 Memories

I was really looking forward to Christmas this year because I now have my OWN child, and I wanted to share the Christmas spirits of giving, joy, and love with my child.
We decided to find a tree and set it up with lights for him to enjoy. First time for me and Josh to have a C-mas tree, or any C-mas decorations, in our personal room for Christmas. We set it up all together. Brian even helped. U. Isamu even dropped by to hang out with us. It was a real 'family' moment.





We proceeded to have more family moments like this. One which I captured on camera was our Lincoln Logs building night. :)
(Note: I got these from my mom's house and she said it was from when Eman was little. Boy oh boy! I've got to keep this in the family for another 30some years!)
I built a little house to show Josh how it was done. Boobins, who was sitting close by, decided he wanted to learn something new by grabbing at my house. Josh tried building his own masterpiece, but Boobins was determined to get in on all the action, so Josh opted to build something with Boobins.



See how Boobins is helping by filling up the middle with the little pieces? So cute.

Josh and I also played a part in setting up the big huge Christmas tree in the main dining room. Several other young people helped us out. I guess you could say we were the managers of the project (putting up massive tree, decorating it, and setting up and decorating the whole dining room for shows and parties). We had a memorable, fun evening doing all this. Usually it takes quite a while to set up this tree, put up the lights, and then decorate the whole thing evenly. But, this year...for lack of a professional decorator, it was put up extra fast, with extra hands and creativity. :) It turned out beautiful. Sadly, I didn't take better photos. I just took this one at one of our Christmas events. (PS. Just so you know, the paper Christmas tree with all those plastic balls is NOT what I'm talking about...that was just a game. Ha!)


Christmas day, we opened presents together as a little family. :) Elaine made the little wooden sign for the door of our room, and carved out our names. So sweet. Thanks Elaine! She also drew a cartoon photo of our family which she copied from one of our real photos.
Crystal bought Josh socks (PINK stripes! ...which Josh actually wears and says are super comfy), and Boobins some bath toys which he loves. I got sweet gifts from my sisters and parents too. Thanks everyone.
Your presents really brought a special "Kovach" family presence to brighten my Christmas. :)



In the morning, Boobins had loads of fun with his new bath toys. He lied there checking each one out carefully.

Then I tried having a little photo shoot with Brian, but it was very short lived and all the photos turned out blury because the settings were just wrong. I didn't have enough patience to sit down and fix settings.



Another special Christmas moment with his favorate, U. James. James comes over to visit Brian often. He says Brian brings him much joy and helps him to focus on something pure, other than his stressful life.


Well, I believe thats it for today. I'm working on typing up Boobins 5 to 6 month report...it's taking me a long time. I dread typing with one hand. :(