And so we say goodbye to 2008...and what a year it was!!

What a year it was....We laughed and we cried, but it was by far the best year of my life.

I married the love of my life!!! He is the most wonderful person I know, wish I can once let him see my heart, so I can show him how much I love him. And to top it all of, he is the best father in the world!

"William, I will ALWAYS love you, because everything really is better when we are together!"

Our Angel, Jade was born! No words, no paper, no ink, no blogspace is enough to describe the love and appreciation we have for our Grace from God!! We love her so much! Just the thought that we came so close to loosing her, breaks my heart into a million pieces, but makes us all even more grateful that God gave her to us and that HE saved her.

"Jade...Mommy and Daddy loves you with all our heart, and we will be here for you thoughout your life, you must never worry about being alone, because we will always be there right beside you. When you are confused, we might not always have the answers or solutions, but we will be with you trying to figure it all out. When you cry, we will be here to wipe away your tears! When you smile we will be with you smiling and laughing. Wherever you go in life and whatever you do, you must always remember you are in our hearts forever. We love you Angel and you truly are the most precious gift in the world."

We also discovered in this year how blessed we are with the amazing friends and family! We've always known that we have great friends and family, but I dont think we appreciated and really truly knew how lucky we are! You were all there with the happy celebrations, being happy with us and for us. But when the tough times came....you were even closer! There was always an ear for us to go talk to or a shoulder for us to go cry on, we never knew how much support we had, and it heartwarming to know that all of you care so deeply.

"To ALL of our friends and family, THANK YOU, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you for everything, especially during this year! We love you all and you make our life colourful and wonderful by being apart of it! We are truly lucky to have you in our lives."

Then last, but certainly not least....I found God...and what an amazing experience it is! My life has never been this full and I have never been this happy and content with where I am in life, and its all because of our Saviour. I am not scared anymore, because I know HE is with me, I dont feel alone anymore, because I know HE is with me always and loves me! Its sad that it took a tragedy like Jade almost dying for me to find God, but at the end of the day I am just so happy that I have, because my life was meaningless until I gave my life to Him. He gives meaning to everything in life!

"Lord Jesus, THANK YOU for your unconditional love in our lives, even though we dont always deserve it, you give your love to us so effortless, THANK YOU for being there for us always, without us even asking, THANK YOU for Jade, THANK YOU for my wonderful husband, THANK YOU for our amazing friends and family, THANK YOU for just being apart of our lives! Our hearts belong to YOU and only YOU now and forever! Amen."

So its easy to see why this was the best year of my life.

From William, Jade and myself we wish you a blessed 2009 filled with all the love and happiness in the world, and may God's presence be with you everyday...because that is truly the greatest gift of all.

All our love.

The Alexanders

Some Christmas 2008 photos

Christmas 2008 & Jade's 2 months old! :-)

Some Photos of Jade during December 2008

Hi everyone,

First of all MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Hope you all had a great Christmas with friends and family!

Our first Christmas with Jade was so special....she doesnt really understand what its all about, but for us just having her with us was the most special gift we could ask for. We woke up at 7 and we gave Jade her bottle then we opened presents, she was a very lucky girl, got very nice gifts from friends and family and her Daddy bought her the cutest pony (along with some other gifts...Daddy likes to spoil her). After that we went for lunch with Rikus and Tracy at Rikus' parents, which was really nice! :-) Then after that we went to Ouma Caroline and Oupa Brian for the rest of the day and early evening, was so special.

We missed Ouma Nettie, Granny, Grandpa, Oupa Winston, Ouma Jenelle, Ian, Lalie, Melissa and other Ian, Jason and Brian very much, but we really hope they all having a great holiday!

This last two months went by so fast! Jade is the most amazing thing that has ever happened to us, and we really love her everyday more.....and everyday you think I can not possibly love her anymore and then the next morning you wake up and look at her and you love her more!

She also starter smiling the last couple of days....real smiles not cramps or winds that causes smiles. It is just too cute!

We are so blessed with this amazing gift from God, our Angel Jade and for all our wonderful friends and family. Thank you and we love you all very much.

God Bless.

William, Tash and Jade