Why won't my children wear hats?

I have found that Anna is just like all the other Goza children, in that she refuses to wear hats as a baby.  It really got to me the other day, because it was really cold here (a rare thing) and she had this really cute hat that matched her outfit!  I kept trying to distract her and get her to keep it on her head, but I finally had to give up and put a tiny bow in her hair so we could leave the house.  

Anna's hair is in much better shape than when I first met her 7 months ago, but it is still in a very awkward "mullet" phase.  When I first met her I think she let me put hats on her because she was so weak and didn't really have the strength to fight back, but that has all changed now!

Quick - take a picture

Angry baby!

Whew - so much better!  Don't even think about trying that again, Mom.

Anna's first Christmas home

Somehow I am now on about 20,000 adoption e-mail lists, etc.  Generally I don't succumb to buying stuff, but I fell prey to one this past month: an ornament for Anna!  Over this past month it has sometimes overwhelmed me...that one year ago Anna was in an orphanage and we had no idea who she was...but now she is such an important and fun part of our family!  

After our church's final Christmas program this year, our music minister had the super-fun idea to have snow "made" and brought in for the kids - because snow in south Louisiana is a rare occurrence.   The snow was placed on our church's front lawn and was very exciting for all!

It was about 70 degrees outside, hence the sleeveless dress!

Alex was most certainly about to whack his brother

Alex's new look for his class Christmas party - love a kid with missing teeth and a mustache!

We got to have fun with family at our home and then took a quick trip to Texas to visit family over Christmas.

So thankful Papaw was available to do the Gingerbread house with the boys...I am really troubled with anything remotely crafty.

Thanks to Papaw and Grandmother, Alex is now the proud owner of a Red Ryder BB gun - and no, thankfully he did not shoot his eye out.

Bean bags for Christmas - what were we thinking?  They take up the entire living room - ha!

Bowling with Grandpa Skip

Anna loved hanging out with Mia at Christmas!

Thanks for the hamburgers, Cici!