Christmas Day!!!

This was Tony and I's 3rd Christmas together, and by far the best, because it was our little girl, Elizabeth's first!! We didn't wrap her presents, as she doesn't care whether or not they were, we put her in her new excersaucer and started opening our presents, we didn't get very far into it, before it was time for baby girl to eat, so Tony fed her, then we finished opening each others' gifts. Our budget was samll this year, but it was still great! I got Tony pants and a BYU cooler, a new vile and oil, and the movie 21, and a bedside table organizer, and a few other little things. I got a MP3, music, video and picture player, Mama Mia the 2 disc edition!!! I also got some more games for my Nintendo DS, including Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader, and a couple seasons of Reba, and a few other little things. We got Elizabeth the Laugh and Learn puppy and bear, a Little Einstein tunnel, an animal train, a couple books, and some clothes. All in all it was a great Christmas just because we had our happy family! My parents came down to play with Elizabeth, then we all went to my grandparents house. After that we went to Tony's family Christmas dinner, at his aunts house. We thought the power would be out, as we saw a couple power lines down, and one power pole broken, but luckily it wasn't out, and it only went out once for a couple minutes, so we enjoyed a wonderful dinner with family. It truly was our best Christmas ever, because we had the best gift ever, Linda Elizabeth Johnston!!

Christmas Eve

So for Christmas eve this year we went up to my(anni) parents house in Clearfield and had a small Christmas with my brother as he had to work on Christmas. We had a bit of a mishap as when we finally got to Clearfield we realized I forgot to grab the diaper bag!! So Tony drove back home and back up again, then my dad, brother, tony and I went to the theater and saw 7 Pounds. NOT a good Christmas movie!!! I cried the whole last hour! I couldn't believe the ending!! After, we went back to my parents and my mom(who stayed back and watched Elizabeth) had cooked a wonderful Southern meal! Ham and grits with texas toast, and hush puppies, and Tony's favorite Shrimp Jambalaya! It was sooo yummy!! Then we opened presents, my mom got us the ultimate pj's this year. She found Christmas Story t-shirts for all of us that she put with pajama pants! My dad's said "I triple dog dare ya", my mom's said "Deck the Hars with Bowrs of Hary, Fa Ra Ra Ra Ra Ra Ra Ra Ra", my brother's said "Fra-gee-lay, it must Italian", Tony's said "Major Award", mine said "You'll Shoot Your Eye Out", and Elizabeth's said "Randy Lay There Like a Slug, it Was His Only Defense" IT was amazing!! She even had Christmas Story wrapping paper! My parents got Elizabeth an amazing excersaucer, that Liz absolutely LOVES!!! Tony got a super cool collapsible work bench from Fat Max that is also a dolly, I got T-Fal pots, and a front baby carrier. We all got Canadian chocolate, and turkish delight, and other goodies. After my brother left we played Ticket to Ride that my parents had just bought, it was loads of fun!! While we were playing, Santa came to visit!! It was Tony's dad in his infamous suit, so Elizabeth got to see both her grandparents that night! It was an absolutely wonderful Christmas Eve!!

3...2 days til Christmas!!! It's coming fast!

Yesterday night we had our nieces and nephew over to watch "A Muppets Christmas Carol" and decorate sugar cookies, it was lots of fun(I think they'd agree!!) We also watched Dr. Seuss's "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", Frosty, and Frosty Returns!! It was a very fun night!! Elizabeth was in another part of the Christmas outfit set my mom bought for her. It's a onesie with little poinsettias up front and center, with footed red pants, it does come with a little jacket too, but she didn't need it as it was plenty warm inside!
This morning I had the amazing opportunity to deliver our wards sub for santa stuff with two of the other sisters in the presidency, to 3 very deserving families, it was such a heart warming experience!! It really put me in the holiday spirit, and made me so very grateful for all we have! It's not alot, but it's enough!! My friend Kim was so kind as to come down and watch Elizabeth while I was out, then we had a nice visit, and had fun playing with Liz and the train that goes around our tree!! Tonight we went out and delivered cookies and fudge to our neighbors, we even caught all but two home!! We had really great visits with them, it was really nice! Today Elizabeth fashioned an outfit that she actually has worn before at my(Anni) family Christmas party, but it's the cutest outfit! very girly!!
I can't believe tomorrow is Christmas Eve!!!! :D
I got a picture of Liz staring at herself in the mirror on her baby gym, and pushing up really good on her tummy!! She's getting so big and strong, and cuter than ever!!

5...4 Days til Christmas!!

So Yesterday was SUPER crazy!!! We had two family parties one for my side, and the Johnston family party. The first we survived, and had good food at Sizzlers, the second was lots of fun! We got to see our nephews play their new instruments, one on the piano one on the trumpet! They did soooo good!! We had yummy soups, and rolls, then we exchanged gifts, it's was crazy to see all the nieces and nephews go at their presents!! We got some cute ornaments, and Tony's parents got us nice TV trays, and a small closet/cabinet thing from Ikea to put my craft/scrapbooking stuff in, so very needed!! I didn't get any really good pics of Elizabeth in her Christmas outfits, yesterday cause she's so popular, she was always in someone's arms, but she had a very cute onsie that said "Good things come in small packages" and she's a very good thing in a very small package!! Today she was in her CHristmas dress for a short time. She blew out in Relief Society(after I fulfilled my responsibilities thank goodness!!) So I never actually got a picture of her in it, but I'll just sub a picture I took of her in it for the Christmas card ;) We went up to Bountiful after church today, and my brother and parents and us put a wreath on my big sister Linda Kay's grave. The cemetery was all covered in snow, but I went straight to hers(I've spent some time there when I was younger) Then we went to Temple Square and looked at the lights, Elizabeth slept the entire time!! She'll be more fun next year ;) But we really enjoyed it. I love the Nativity!! It really puts me in the Christmas spirit!! We came home, and watched "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", and the new(er) "Miracle on 34th Street". What a great weekend!!!

6 Days and Counting!

So there's six more days til the big day, and this is Elizabeth's 2nd Christmas outfit, my mom bought it for her, it's super cute, and Tony's sister Ketty made the headband, thanks Ket it works great!! Enjoy the cute pics!! She made a lot of good(and one crusty) faces!

An outfit a day til Christmas!!

So between my mom, and us buying super cute Christmas outfits, Elizabeth has enough to do one a day the week til Christmas! Crazy I know, but I thought I'd have some fun with it! I had full intentions to get this posted yesterday but I didn't so, oh well, Here's yesterday's outfit, it's pink so it doesn't look very Chritmasy, but it has a little reindeer decal on it, and underneath it says "dear". I got some super cute pics of her I just thought I'd share with you, so enjoy!







She also held and kinda shook her rattle yesterday!! I put it in her hand of course, but she did the rest! And she can sleep in any position!! It's nuts how she gets comfortable like that!!

3 months and more!

So life's been just crazy lately so I didn't get to post Friday, which was when Elizabeth turned 3 months old, but before I even get to that, in the last post I failed to mention a very fun thing Tony and I did. Last tue(almost a week ago) Tony's company had their Christmas party! We went to Hale Center Theater and saw A Christmas Carol, it was incredible!!! I've never been to Hale Center before, and I was very impressed, they did such a great job! We both really enjoyed it, afterward we were going to go to The Cheesecake Factory, but the wait was too long, so we ended up at Olive Garden(no complaints from me, that's my favorite place!!) and since it was on CECO I treated myself to the Tour of Italy, and pie!! It was really good food of course, and we had a great time visiting! Ok on to Friday: I met up with my mom in Bountiful at noon, and we went to Whimpole Street(about 4 times a year they open to the public and have a sale) I got a very nice holiday table runner and holiday dish towel, thanks mom! Then we went to Village Inn for lunch and chatted, and fed Elizabeth, then we looked in K-mart real fast, then I was on my way home again, I met up the Taunja(the Relief Society Pres.) and we went to visit a sister in the ward that had just had a baby, but they weren't home so we came back to our place, and worked on the circle(the info paper we hand out every week in Relief Society), she had way too much fun playing with Elizabeth(her youngest are 11 year old twins). Sat morning we took Elizabeth to JC Penny and got her pictures taken, she is too cute!! Then we headed up to my parents house to prepare for my family's Christmas party which we were in charge of(we had to have it at my parents house though as our little condo is too small). We had a yummy dinner with ham and cheesy potatoes, salad and rolls, with peppermint ice cream on fresh baked brownies and crushed candy canes on top! Then the little ones opened their presents, that was pure crazyness! Then we played "choose a door" for our gift card. The best is my brother Eric got our Ikea one like we were hoping he would, and we got one to Red Lobster, Tony was thrilled to bits!! The best part was, my grandparents got a purple plush doll for Elizabeth and she loved it! I know what your thinking she's 3 months old she doesn't really care, and for the most part she didn't, but she truly LOVED this doll!! All in all it was a really good weekend. Enjoy the pics!