Christmas with the Brown's

We arrived at the Brown's on the afternoon of the 29th just in time to celebrate a MU game with the extended family.

Lucy standing on the vent.

We opened gifts on the morning of the 30th.
Lucy is getting better at opening gifts. For the most part she likes to just play with things that are already opened.

A Maggie smile.

Lucy holding Maggie for the first time.

Christmas with the Manley's

Our Christmas travels began during a winter storm on the afternoon of 12/23. We packed the dogs and kids in the car and headed for St. Louis. After 7 plus hours of driving in snow and ice we made it safely to the hotel. We got a good night sleep then got to have breakfast with some friends before hitting the road again to Grandparents Manley's house.

Lucy loved her little bed and all of Grandma's books.
Maggie giving me a high five to celebrate her first Christmas morning.

Lucy taking Daddy's picture with her new Elmo camera.

Maggie opening presents with Grandma Kathy, Grandpa Jim, Uncle Bill, Lucy, Mommy and Daddy.

Relaxing after the festivities.

My Little Angels

Both girls took naps today! In their beds!!! At the same time!!! For more than 30 minutes!!! I got to take one too!!!!

Maggie woke a lot last night, so I am glad we got some rest today.
Lucy played with her toys for about an hour and then conked out.

Oh Christmas Tree

After a great deal of effort, we got our Christmas tree up last week. Jon likes to have a real tree so he picked one up on his way home from work last Wednesday. We got out the decorations only to find that the lights were burt out. We tried to do the whole switch one out at a time, but neither Lucy nor Maggie thought this was a good idea. Lucy grabbed the lights and started running in circles. Maggie just screamed for attention. So we bought new ones and I put the ornanents on the tree from 11pm-1am Friday night. It was all worth it though. Lucy loves the tree. There is also a small fake one in her room that she likes. We are having about the same luck with Christmas cards. Our printer is broken so I need to venture to Kinkos to print the letter. Hopefully I can get that done tonight. And Jon thoughtfully pointed out that some of the address labels I used had his name mispelled. Well crap! That's what I get for being cheap and using the free ones from our insurance agent.

Pics

Follow the link to see some awesome pictures taken by cousin Abbie.

http://www.abbiebrownphoto.com/dropproof/jonrobin/

The password is brown.

Not-a-smile

Right before this picture, Maggie was smiling and mimicking me. As soon as I got the camera she decided she didn't want to play anymore.

Hanging out while I help Lucy go to the potty.

Cheese....good one. Lucy pretends that one of her toys is a camera. She will say, "cheese" then look at the toy and say "good one." It is really funny.

From Thanksgiving

Lucy enjoying some peaches and the Thanksgiving parade on TV.

Maggie in her festive 1st Thanksgiving shirt.

Jon and Linda did all of the cooking. New Mommy didn't have to lift a finger :).

Everything turned out wonderful.

Smile boys.