Dear
Friends & Family, December 2015
A lot has happened in our family
since our last Christmas card two years ago!
First of all, we have a new addition to our family – Juliana Elizabeth Seneca who was born March 19, 2014 on her due
date! She has been a joy and a challenge
all at the same time, which is one of the reasons we didn’t get a card out last
year.
This year has been full of wonderful
experiences. Sean has continued working
for Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety as a public safety officer. He has been really successful and has also
been testing to become a detective for the past two years; this year, he
received the highest score! We are
hoping next year in our letter we will be able to say that he is a detective
following the footsteps of his dad and uncle.
Sean has also been serving faithfully at church as the financial clerk
up until last month, and currently is serving in the elder’s quorum (men’s group
at church) presidency.
Christy has been busy with the kids
and running her two businesses with Young Living essential oils and
Younique. She was serving as the Primary
(children’s Sunday school, ages 18 mo. – 12 yrs.) President up until
mid August when she was released and is now serving as Cub Master for both of
the LDS Cub Scout Packs in the Kalamazoo Area.
She also took some much needed “me” time this year by going to Time Out
for Women, being a leader at Girl’s Camp for church, and then being able to
attend Young Living’s convention down in Dallas, TX.
Elijah is going to be four years old
this month!! Where has the time
gone?! He is transforming from toddler
to a little boy with his interests changing from wanting everything to be Disney to adding in super heroes such as Spider
Man, Bat Man, and the Avengers. It
totally made his year when we went to Disneyland and he got to meet Thor and
Captain America in real life! Captain
America told him to always be a good man, and Eli hasn’t forgotten! Another HUGE milestone for him is that he
started preschool this fall, and loves
it. He also loves to be mommy’s big
helper whenever he gets the chance and is becoming quite independent. His favorite things to do this year include
painting, puzzles, his Montessori “activities,” and helping out Juliana
whenever he can. Eli has also made it
very clear that he wants to be an astronaut and a doctor that helps mommies
poop babies out!
Juliana has grown so much this past
year! Last year at this time, she was
still nursing every two hours at night (she did that every night until she was done nursing at her first birthday), not
even walking or talking yet. Now she
sings “Let it Go” all the time and we have to watch Frozen everyday! She is very
strong willed and determined. Her
favorite people are Sean and Eli, she likes Christy too when Sean isn’t around
and sometimes even prefers Eli to comfort her when Daddy is not near; Eli is,
after all, her best friend. And her
little pink “snuggy” needs to go with her everywhere. Christy made the mistake of putting oils on
it when Juliana was congested one night, so now she sniffs her snuggy whenever
she needs comforting or is tired or just wanting to relax. She also loves to have dance parties like her
mommy and brother.
Our family has enjoyed many fun
times together. We made the most of
Sean’s “7 days” which is when he is off for a week straight by going on day
trips, spending many mornings at museums or libraries, doing projects around
the house such as building compost bins, and taking a few trips. Our two favorite trips were this summer
visiting Christy’s aunt and uncle up in Traverse City. The kids just love visiting Don & Judy. Our other big trip was going out to
California to visit Christy’s side of the family. Christy took both kids on the plane by
herself to head out early while Sean was working and then Sean joined the
family later. We were out there for
almost four weeks and it was so much fun!!
One of Eli’s favorite things was going to the California Science Center
and getting to spend as much time as he wanted visiting the Endeavor space
shuttle. Then seeing the Hubble
Telescope IMAX movie just solidified his career choice as an astronaut as every
30 seconds he leaned into Christy saying that he just NEEDED to go to space and
NEEDED to do all of the things he saw the astronauts doing.
We have been blessed to spend much
time with both sets of grandparents. Eli
would frequently go spend the night at Sean’s parents so Christy could sleep in
with Juliana to try to get extra sleep.
And of course, there were many Sunday dinners and grandparents watching
the kids so Sean & Christy could go out on dates. We have also had the privilege of Christy’s
parents coming out to visit on an average of every 3-4 months. And there are plenty of Skype calls and Face
time chats with the Davis side of the family!
We love you all and want to wish you a happy holiday
and a joyous new year!
Love, The Szekely Family
Sean, Christy, Eli &
Jules
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