Christmas 2014

Merry Christmas My Littlest Angel....

Here you are with your big brothers under the Christmas tree.  I must admit the three of you are my best Christmas gifts ever.  Poppa and I love spending Christmas with you.  We love to watch you get excited and open your gifts and spend time with the entire family.  

 This year we also got to spend Christmas with Auntie Becky and cousin Emma.  This is the first Christmas that Poppa and Diva have had all our grandchildren together .  All of you are building with Magna Tiles.  Poppa is a really good builder and you like having all his attention.  He keeps your brothers from taking all your tiles.  Building with Poppa is always a favorite activity of yours.

Auntie Rachel's Mommy and Daddy sent a huge container of different flavored popcorn.  All you liked it very much.  You are guarding it in this picture against the big kids.  The flavors were caramel, buttered, cinnamon, and regular.   Popcorn was a nice treat.

 We also made candy necklaces to wear to Christmas Eve Candlelight service.  Your brothers ate theirs during the service.  You would hand me the color you wanted next on the the string.  Your tongue turned bright blue from eating the candy beads.

 
Mommy and Auntie Becky let everyone decorate gingerbread houses with candy, frosting and lots of imagination.  You ate most of the decorations and they were delicious.

You are still pretty little so I'm sure you won't remember any of this day but your Diva and Poppa will never forget it.  We had lots of fun being with all of you. 

We pray that you will always celebrate the birth of Jesus and come to love him at an early age.  We pray for you every single day.

XOXO    Your Diva

The PJ line up

Dear Henry,

   It's almost Christmas and everyone is excited to see what kind of presents will be under the tree in the morning.  This is a special Christmas because Auntie Becky and Emma are here with us from Canada this year.  It is a special Christmas for Diva and Poppa also as we will have all our grandchildren together for Christmas

  All of you got new pajamas so here you are dressed up in front of the fire place showing them off. Emma is enjoying modeling and showing off her new pajamas (trust me, girls enjoy doing that). Oz got to wear the Santa hat so he is excited and showing off for Emma.  Charlie is standing up like a little soldier showing off his new pajamas (two seconds later he was modeling like Emma). You sweet Henry did not want your picture taken but did not want to go to bed either.

This picture is preserved in my heart and in my memory as being one of the best Christmas' so far.  Know that your Poppa and Diva have full hearts to be so blessed by our grandchildren.


Your Diva and Poppa

4 People that adore you

Dearest Henry,

Here is a picture of both sets of grandparents.  Your grandma and grandpa are your Daddy's momma and daddy and Diva and Poppa are your sweet Mommy's  parents.  Here are 4 people all together who love you more than you will ever know.  The four of us make up your cheering squad and we love seeing pictures of you and your brothers.

Your grandma Marie will tell you all kind of stories about your Daddy and what he was like growing up as a little brother just like you.  She will probably even tell you about times when your Daddy was naughty...can you believe that?  Your grandpa has lots of old cars, trucks and tractors to tinker with and a brand new work shop.  I bet he will let you help him with some of his projects.

Poppa will tell you lots of stories about your sweet Mommy.  He used to call her "Button" because she was so small.  Your Mommy had a temper even though she was a tiny little girl.  Her very first sentence was, "I tell Mom".   Diva has lots of stories about baby Mommy too.

The four of us like each other and are crazy about our boys.  We pray for you every single day and love your hugs and kisses.  Whenever you are lonely, angry or scared just remember we are always praying for you and expect the very best God has in store for you.

Love you to the Moon and back again, 


Your Diva

Cozy Cousins

Hey Sweet Boy....

This is one of Diva's favorite pictures.  Cousin Emma got to spend some time with her favorite Tennessee boy cousins.  You liked playing with Emma's toys, dolls and My Little Ponies.  All of you enjoyed the wading pool in the back yard since it was so hot.

You don't get to see Emma very often so it is always lots of fun when you do.  Poppa and Diva love having all our grandchildren together.  From all the smiles and laughter I think all of you enjoy being together.

Poppa and I pray that you will always enjoy Emma and look forward to her visits. This picture makes Diva smile too.

 

This was the breeding zoo that we went to.  You and your cousins got to feed the giraffes  Auntie Becky and Uncle Jerry were there  along with Diva and Poppa.  You liked the animals.

We are looking forward to many more adventures with you and your sweet Mommy and Daddy.

We miss you.

Your Diva

Happy 4th of July with Cousin Emma

Hey Little Fire Cracker.....

Today is Independence Day.  We celebrate it every year with fire works, sparklers, parades, picnics, and family.  This is your Canadian Cousin Emma's first celebration of American Independence Day in America.  Diva and Poppa love having all the grandchildren and families together.  Your sweet Mommy was trying to get a picture of all of us in our red, white, and blue clothing.   This was the last picture she took and smart Mommy got lots of smiles when she said, "Ok, everybody say Donut".  Look at the smiles all around you.  You may have noticed you don't look very happy sitting in Poppa's lap.  You wanted to get down and go get a donut.  Silly boy!

Your Daddy is a great grill master and grilled hotdogs and hamburgers.  You got to sit at the kids table with all the big kids.  We also had corn on the cob which was a big favorite with you.

Your daring Daddy bought fireworks to shoot off in the back yard.  They were really loud and I thought you might be scared....but not you.  I got to hold you in my lap just because you are very curious and like to touch the fireworks and could get hurt.  Actually I think you helped Diva not to be so jumpy with all the loud noises.  My brave Henry!

 
Mommy made sure you had some "sparkles" for you to wave while Emma and the brothers were playing with sparklers.  You would giggle and wave your red, white and blue sparkles and I would clap my hands for you. 

This is my favorite picture of the day.  Thank you for letting me and Poppa join you for all the fun.

Poppa and Diva love to watch you grow and spend special celebrations with you.  You and your brothers add the sparkle in our Independence Day .  God Bless America and God Bless my smallest fire cracker.....Henry.

Handy Henry

Dear Henry,

I love this picture of you because you want to be just like your Daddy.  All of your brothers loved watching Handy Manny so the shirt is perfect for a Bomgardner Boy.

You are very fortunate to have a Daddy who knows how to build.  He will teach you all kind of skills.  You like being Daddy's Helper.

All you need is a hard hat and you are all set to build.

Know we love you so very much.  I love your smiles.

We pray for you each and every day.

Your Diva and Poppa

White Tee Shirt Club

The Bomgardner Men like to wear white tee shirts when they sleep with pajama drawstrings pants.  We had to laugh one morning when Poppa got up and all of you were wearing a white tee shirt.  Great minds think a like.  Diva loves her guys so much.   Good Morning my loves.  Make it a good one!  Know that you are all prayed up for the day.

Your Diva

Happy First Birthday

Dear Sweet Henry.....

Happy First Birthday big boy.  Here is your smash cake.  It is a small cake that you are allowed to eat with your hands and make a big mess.  You have never really had cake so we are not sure if you will like it or not.   You and I practiced blowing out the candle.  I would ask you how old is Henry?  You would hold up one finger and then we would pretend it was a lit candle and we would practice blowing it out.

Your very sweet Mommy is a wonderful party planner and decided your birthday needed a theme.  The theme was "Times Flies"  she dressed you up like an airplane pilot and took your picture in front of the map.  Just look how cute you are.  The jacket you are wearing is the very first thing your Poppa bought your brother Oscar when he first heard that your Mommy was pregnant.  You are the third handsome Bomgardner boy to wear it.  Every time Poppa sees this jacket he reminds me that he bought that for you and your brothers.

Your incredible Mommy took pictures of you every month this year and made a banner of your cute face with a party hat on your head.  We could tell how much you had grown and changed month by month.  Your brothers and I would look at all the pictures and Oscar would say,  I like number 4 best.  Charlie would say,   liked number  8 best.  I would say, " I like them all best."  Oscar would sigh, and say, "Silly Diva you can't like them all best you have to choose one."

One game we played with your friends was pin the propeller on the plane.  Daddy drew the plane and Poppa and Diva colored it.  Poppa's idea was to put pictures of you and your brothers inside the plane.  I think it turned out really cute.  We put a 
blindfold on each person, spun them around and then they put the propeller on the paper .  As you can see some one actually got it in the right place.

Here's a picture of your whole family in a balloon basket.  I think it turned out really cute.  Do you know how hard it is to get every one looking at silly Diva so Poppa could take the picture.

We had a great time at your birthday Henry.  Mommy made all kinds of wonderful food that was airplane related and even had clever names on all of them.

I helped with the food and games.

Thanks for letting us come to 
your very first birthday party.

Your Diva and Poppa