Merry Christmas

This year Karl and I celebrated ten years of marriage. We have been so blessed. Our greatest blessings are our three children.

Lily turned 8 and started 2nd grade this year. She is in Bible quizzing and received her first gold ribbon and perfect round this fall. We are very proud of her! She loves to read and help others. Lily’s lifelong dream of being the flower girl in Uncle Mike’s wedding came true in March. We were all excited to welcome Aunt Marissa into our family. Lily is a wonderful big sister and a huge help to mom and dad.

Isaac turned 1 in August. He is growing fast and learning many new things. He loves cars and books. He says a few words we can understand and babbles a lot! He is all boy and very ornery. Isaac loves drinking milk and eating crackers. He loves to growl; I think he’s practicing for in the future when he will have to protect his sisters from boys.

In March we found out we were expecting our third baby. Maggie joined our family on November 2nd, weighing in at 6 pounds 14 ounces, and measuring 18.5 inches long. She is a very sweet baby. While many say she looks like Lily and some say she looks like Isaac, I think Maggie has a distinct look of her own. I’m anxious to see if she keeps her dark hair.

Karl has been working at Craigville Telephone Company for 2 years. Along with working full time, and being a wonderful dad and husband, Karl stays busy at church teaching a Sunday school class, singing in the choir, and helping with the kids on Wednesday nights.

I’ve been working at the Boys & Girls Club of Adams County for nearly 10 years. This year I got to move my office to the new South Adams Club location in Berne. It’s nice having my office just a few blocks from home. I keep busy at church by coordinating our Dare to Care program, helping at the welcome center, and volunteering in the nursery.

We’re looking forward to spending some time with both sides of our family in Kansas City the week after Christmas this year. It will be the first time we’ve seen some of Karl’s family in a few years. We’ll have fun talking, playing games, and spending time together.

I hope you have a wonderful Christmas this year. Take some time to thank God for your family and all you have. We are all truly blessed beyond what we deserve.

Merry Christmas from the Mettler family of five!

Karl, Heidi, Lily, Isaac, & Maggie

What's in a name part 2...

Some of you might remember the post I made in February 2010 about names. Okay many of you probably don't, but that's alright, there's the link to refresh your memory.

As we anxiously await our third child there has yet again been much discussion about names. We have a girls name picked out, that was simple. We're using the name we had picked had Isaac been a girl. Just as Isaac was the boy name we had picked if Lily had been a boy.

And then there's a boys name. Karl and I are having an awful time agreeing on a boys name. So awful that we have yet to fine one name that the two of us like. Not a single one! This would be much more simple if Karl would just like the good names that I have mentioned, but no, that has not happened.

We've asked Lil's opinion about a boy name several times. The first time we asked, she suggested the name Jackie Chan. Today she actually mentioned a name that I like, but yet again, Karl does not like the name.

I'm sure in the next 5 months we'll come to an agreement on a name. And you never know we might not need a boy name at all. We'll just have to wait until November to know for sure.