Week 16

After the craziness of the last couple of weeks, week 16 was a pretty calm week for Miss Elena, and the rest of us... and it was much needed! :) Great-Grandma & Grandpa Price were here for awhile, and we went to Springfield for the last Christmas celebration at Grandma De & Grandpa Don's. It was a flying trip to Springfield, and poor Elena was pretty exhausted, so she was a little cranky. But we had fun visiting, and Elena got to meet all of her second cousins and great aunt and uncles.

With Great-Grandma De...

Helping Grandma Price read her card...

And passed out in Great-Grandpa Don's arms

For New Year's we went roller skating with the youth, then to the Watch Night service at church. We had a blast, and Elena was wonderful! She talked and danced (yes, danced, see video below for her dancing to a little Britney Spears) her way through the roller skating, then slept through the Lord's Supper service.

On New Year's Day, we invited everyone over to watch the MU bowl game against Arkansas. Elena dressed for the day in a lovely tiger suit! Unfortunately, she pooped on it halfway through, and had to have a wardrobe change. But we all had a great time hanging out and watching an AWESOME game!

With Aunt Ruthie, hanging out in the tiger suit!

Watchin' the game with Grandpa Price
Just for fun, we tried on the monkey leash... I mean "safety harness."
After the wardrobe change, Elena tried on Uncle Charlie's stinky hat!

Fun parties, but lots of relaxing were the themes for this week! We did have one really rough night. Wednesday night Elena woke up at about 1:30, and screamed and screamed and screamed the rest of the night. She'd fall asleep for a little while, but if I laid her down, she'd scream again. So she and I dozed for the rest of the night on the couch, and both stayed home Thursday morning. But she's feeling better now, and almost 4 months old! It's hard to believe- she'll be eating cereal before much longer.