I Love My Lips.

In honor of the fact that Elise has recently discovered her lips, I decided to post this video of the Veggie Tales song "I Love My Lips." It is so cute to see her smack her lips or suck them in and stick them out. She gets drool everywhere, but she's so adorable.

Whew!

Elise has been a handful lately. She's usually so content and calm, but the last two Sundays at church she has been so grumpy! Today she refused to eat or sleep the entire time we were at church even though she was hungry and extremely tired. Maybe she's starting to need to eat and sleep less often? With a combination of her new-found awareness of what's going on around her and her incredible interest in those things, she can find any way possible to stay awake.

So, it has been a pretty long day. We have had a nice evening spending time together, though. She has been herself again, except a little grumpier (probably tired from not sleeping all day).

Needless to say, we're going to bed early tonight!

Note: Elise had an ear infection. We brought her to the doctor the day after I wrote this post, and that's when we found out. No wonder she was a grump!

I Love My Little Family.

I just want to say, I love these two! I'm so glad we have the chance to be together for time and eternity.

Cranky Asay

This picture was not taken today. (Actually, it was taken on November 30.)

This is just what I wish this evening had looked like.

Elise was so tired today, and she slept well during her naps all day. It was so wonderful because I got to sleep too. Tonight, unfortunately, has been a different story.

Yesterday at church Elise was super cranky, and tonight has been round two of that. I'm not sure what's wrong. Her temperature is exactly 98.6° F, she has been eating frequently, and she doesn't seem to need anything. She just doesn't seem to want to sleep. At all. Tylenol didn't seem to help. I would think that she was just not tired because she slept so much during the day today, but she is so obviously tired and grumpy that I can't believe she doesn't want to sleep. Hopefully this is just a phase. A short phase. Keep your fingers crossed for us.

On the bright side, Matt put up the tree tonight. Yeah for Christmas!

A Full, Sunny Sunday

The weather was nice and mild today. It hasn't been so cold lately. And Elise looked so adorable in the tights Holly gave her; she got lots of compliments. Those were nice things about today. It was a busy, full, but fun day.

Elise was a handful at church, especially during sacrament meeting. She wanted to look at everything, but she was so, so tired. If I tried to rock her, though, she would cry. I sat outside with her for almost all of sacrament meeting after the sacrament had been passed. She probably just didn't get that well rested last night because we went to the Christmas party, and her naps were all messed up today too. Hopefully she catches up tonight.

After church we had tithing settlement. Then we brought dinner over to Joy and Alma Madsen's house. We all ate, then watched the First Presidency Christmas devotional, which is always nice. Then we had dessert. Joy had gotten vanilla ice cream and caramel topping for me because she knew I liked it. Their house was all decorated for Christmas. And Elise ate well there (as well as at the Christmas party last night and during church today). I think she's getting better at eating away from home. Yeah! It was a fun night. But I can't wait until tomorrow so Elise and I can just veg all day, doing tummy time and reading and letting her nap in her own crib. It will be a nice break after a busy weekend.

Ward Christmas Party

We went to the ward Christmas party and talent show tonight. Elise looked so cute. I swear, she gets cuter every day. Matt did the sound, of course, in addition to singing a parody of a Veggies Tales song with a group of guys ("Wymount Community" instead of "Gated Community"). Elise and I missed it; she was eating. We had a lot of fun, though! Matt's going to get out the Christmas tree before church in the morning. I'm looking forward to the First Presidency Christmas Devotional tomorrow! Christmastime is so much fun.

The First Presidency Christmas Devotional will always remind me of the night Matt and I got engaged. It was about two years ago, on December 7, 2008, that he proposed.

Tomorrow we're having dinner with our friends, Joy and Alma Madsen. Tomorrow is going to be a really busy day, with church, tithing settlement, making dinner (we volunteered to bring dinner because they made it last time), going to the Madsens', and the devotional. I better get to bed!

The Amazing Pooping Baby

I'm not exactly sure how Elise managed to get poop so many places this morning when she woke up. Again, she didn't cry. She had poop all over her Onsie, on both the shirt and pants of her pajamas, on her blanket, the sheet, and the mattress cover. She has been blowing out of pretty much every diaper lately.

I've decided to rename her The Amazing Pooping Baby. We'll charge admission for the public to see her: $5 or a bottle of Shout per person.