Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Here are a few Christmas pictures (finally) for you.
Jackson got a cool wooden castle with several knights and horses.
It's a Christmas Miracle... Staci actually fell asleep somewhere other than her bed. Since she has outgrown the newborn stage, she has fallen asleep in the CAR a total of 3 times, and this is the first for someones arms. She just crawled up on her uncle Steve's lap and said, "I want to snuggle Steven" and then she fell asleep. Sorry to all the other uncles, but Steve is her favorite!I have to tell the little story of the Baby Alive (on the left). (I just found this picture on my camera, along with a hundred more that Natalie took, so I thought I would use it! Thanks Natalie!) Santa told me that he bought it on clearance back in May sometime and it worked perfectly. But he wrapped it right then, and once Natalie opened it, the batteries were low. So, I went to get new batteries the day after Christmas and when I put them in, the thing was crazy! The doll would just open and close it's mouth and make this weird humming noise. It was possessed, I swear. So, I called Santa and told him how bad I felt about the doll being defective, so he brought the new $40 Baby alive the night AFTER Christmas to Natalie. Well, Natalie didn't know that this was going to happen, and was asleep when I had tried batteries in the old one, and was so thrilled to see another dolly the next day. I went to show the kids what the doll was doing when I put batteries in it, and the STUPID THING WORKED! OH MY! But how can you return a gift from Santa? Yeah, so now we have 2 dolls that pee and poop and cry and need diaper changes. Boy, my lesson learned is never just get something on Clearance way before Christmas, because, first, you won't be able to return it if it doesn't work, and second, it probably won't save you money in the long run!! Not to mention, that by Christmas you may have forgotten you bought it in the first place, or at least where you hid it.
Love the shoes, Staci!

3 comments:

Morgan Family said...

SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gosh! I have ADORABLE neices and nephew!!!!!!!!!!! Love you guys!

Kent and Jan said...

Cute pics,Em! Jackson looks so happy with what Santa brought him and maybe Natalie will grow up to be a professional photographer since she loves to take pictures so much. We love Staci's shoes too. What a crack up!

Anna said...

What cute cute kids, Emily! I miss you! I am glad you had a great Christmas. I think Staci has Broadway in her future. :)

Hugs,
Anna