Christmas Day

I know I'm behind since it is now February and I'm just getting Christmas posted, but life, which is always busy, has been even busier these last few weeks. With school starting back up after the holiday, grades were due, sleep was not happening, and sickness hit. Then we had parent/teacher conferences and more sickness. We are glad to have January over with!

Christmas Morning

Coming out to see what Santa brought.

Jenna checking out her presents.

Santa brought Jenna her own rocking chair.
Now she can "rocka, rocka" anytime she wants!

Rocking her new baby in the "rocka chair".

Jenna LOVED opening the presents.
She knew exactly what to do!

Giving love to her new pillow pet that daddy gave her.

Trying to figure out how to maneuver the stroller.
She had a hard time with turns.

Austin must have been a good boy this year!

Jenna is so happy in the bath!

Visiting Great Grandma Summerhays

"Grandma Great" opening her presents.
Mallory was her little helper.

A nice bed jacket to wear and keep her warm.
Lovin' the shades Grandma!

My Dad and sis Shannon

Jenna and Daddy

Jenna with "Grandma Great".
She will turn 94 in 2011!

It was fun to be able to have Austin's parents and his sister Whitney over for Christmas dinner. We made a ham, cheesy potatoes, rolls, and Christmas Jello. It sure was tasty!

Mom and Dad Cowley opening their Christmas gift.

We were able to go in together and get them a Kindle.
They were so surprised!
What a Merry Christmas it was!

Twas' the Night Before Christmas...

We spent Christmas Eve at my parents house this year. The night started off with a dinner of yummy enchiladas and salad. Then into the family room for the reading of the Christmas story from the Bible read by Papa. My family can't get together without bustin' out some Christmas carols and drinking eggnog. It was a fun evening spending time with family.

Mallory treating us to some fabulous Christmas tunes.

Mama and Jenna
You will rarely see her these days without some kind of cracker in her hand.
It is one of her favorite words to say too.

William is such a cutie!
This smile gets me every time!

Two of my beautiful sisters!
Meghan and Eliza

Gettin' into Grandma's lid drawer.

So sweet and innocent!

My mama, sis Alyson, and me

I love family traditions, especially at the holidays.
One of ours is making Christmas cookies and frosting them with
blue, pink, yellow, or green frosting.
LOVE it!

Austin livin' it up with a massage from my sister Shannon.

Roberto

Alyson getting cute little Abby Jane to laugh.

Will and Lisa bundled up and ready to go!

Shannon and Claire Bear
I tried to get a picture of Claire looking at me all night,
but she wouldn't do it!
Little stinker!

Reading has become quite the regular past time at family get togethers.
Austin and my Dad

"Cheese!"
In her cute Christmas jammies!

Notice that Jenna is in a rocking chair in the last two pictures.
She's obsessed.
Hopefully Santa will bring one to her for Christmas! ;)

HOME for the Holidays

Two weeks before Christmas we were able to close on and move into a new home!
We couldn't have asked for a better Christmas present!

Our house

Happy new Homeowners!

We are so excited to have space and not feel like we are cluttered and cramped! Jenna finally has a room of her very own! She was sharing her room with storage before. The basement is unfinished so there is even more room to grow. We look forward to the adventure of owning a home and now being able to have family and friends come and stay!
I'll post pictures of the interior of the house in a later post.

Owwie... Stitches

After work Dec. 17th our Holiday vacation began. This is how Jenna decided to help kick it off...

Jenna fell and hit the coffee table splitting the skin at the top of her ear. We took her to the after hours clinic hoping to get it butterflied.

2 hours and 3 stitches later this is what she looked like!

Don't you love the drool!

The next day:

Jenna's poor little ear bruised pretty badly.

Overall Jenna was a trooper. She was good about leaving the stitches alone and if her ear got bumped she would look at us and say, "Owwie". Too cute!

Merry Christmas!

Wishing you and yours a safe and wonderful Holiday Season!
We love you all!

Welcome Home Sister Summerhays!

My sister Meghan got home from Brazil on Oct. 28th. We are so happy to have her home. Jenna LOVES her and it's like she's known her since she was born.

At Grandma and Papa's house waiting to go to the Airport to see Aunt Meghan!
("Rocka, Rocka" What Jenna says every time she sits down somewhere,
whether she is in a rocking chair or not!)

Robert and Eliza can't hold in their excitement!

Lu and Jenna
Jenna is so excited to meet Aunt Meg

Meghan's home!

Sisters and nieces
Shannon, Claire, Me, Meghan, Eliza, Jenna, Abby, Alyson

Meeting Aunt Meghan for the 1st time!

Mom, Meghan, Dad

Welcome Home from Brazil Meghan!

Bathrobes and Pacifiers

I love Jenna in her bathrobe.
She's not always fond of wearing it, though.
She likes to open it to find her belly button. So funny!

Such an innocent looking face.
I wasn't doing anything, Mama!

Our landlords who live upstairs have often watched Jenna for us so we can run errands or go out on a date. One night after getting home from running errands and she had been upstairs, we found this in her diaper bag...

Jenna had been teething and my first reaction was "Oh my gosh! She bit it off!" I was worried that she'd swallowed the tip. Come to find out, the landlord's dog had taken it from Jenna and bit off the end. I was relieved!