Christmas in January

Well, I'll be honest, I have no good reason for not posting this sooner. Except that things have been rather stressful around the house, and I just haven't felt much like doing anything. BUT, blog posts must go on!

So here's a post about Jessica's trip to MO to celebrate Christmas in January! Most of you have probably read about it on her blog, so I won't bore you with details. Needless to say, we ate a lot, surfed the web a lot, hung out, watched a chick flick, opened presents, and generally had a great time. And, as usual, there were MANY MANY pictures taken! So, here are just a few of my favs...

Jessica learned during this trip that it was no longer QUITE as easy to hold Elena as it used to be! More like wrestling a wild animal...

Laney's new favorite hobby: emptying the tupperware drawer. Which is funny, because when we moved to the house when I was pregnant, and we were arranging my kitchen stuff, my mom said "Oh, yeah, you have to have the tupperware in the bottom drawer so Elena can empty it out." And she certainly does! Luckily, she likes to put it away almost as much as she likes to empty it.

And, yes, Laney still likes Tigger! :) (Keep in mind this was from several weeks ago: NO, I do not still have my tree up!)

Laney LOVES to read... she will hand a book to you, then turn around and back into your lap. It's pretty hilarious, and hard to resist!

Aunt Jessica taught Laney the joy of purses... and painted toenails!

This is one of the funnier things Laney has done. This is actually a cat "house" that we bought for Truman a long time ago. He NEVER uses it, so it mostly became a storage bin for his toys. When Laney came along, she would dig in there for the toys, so we turned it around so the opening faced the wall (why we didn't just take it to the garage, I don't know). Well, then she sat on it, and turned it into this little chair of sorts. She loves to sit in it and hold her baby. Whatever floats her boat, I guess! :)

Giving her baby a hug. To the untrained eye, it might look like she's talking on her baby as if it was a cell phone. But I assure you, it's a hug.

Modeling the cute little hat that Ellen made for her. And the nice fat lip the dog gave her! It happened the evening that the girls went to a movie, and Josh was taking care of Elena. She went into the kitchen and was laying on the dogs rug. Josh's back was turned, so we don't really know exactly what happened. But, from the look of the scratches, it looks like Isabelle just pawed at her- it's a trick she does for us to get a treat, so it would make sense. Anyway, the scratch started on her forehead and went down her nose and gave her a bit of a bloody lip. Thank God it missed her eye, etc, and she was over it pretty quick. Poor Daddy had a rough time of it, though!

Laney learned pretty quick that Aunt Jess had a really cool cell phone!

After opening presents, Laney found her favorite: another annoying card from Aunt Jess! I don't know who these characters are, but NEVER get me their cartoons! Although, Daddy likes them even less- he has threatened to throw the card away multiple times!

Grandma Price got Laney a box to play in at Grandma's house (it doubles nicely as a block for the stairs!). They even cut a door in it, so Laney spent lots of time going in and out of the box. Aunt Ruthie even climbed in with her!

So there are the best pics from Aunt Jessica's visit! We really loved having her, and we can't wait for the next time we see her: in March when we head to COLORADO!