The life of Emma and Gretta: More Christmas celebrations!

We'll, we're back home again- we spent the last several days in Ashland at MiMi and PopPop's house, we got to visit again with all the family, plus Emma got to meet her cousin Adam for the first time, as well as see MiMi's office and meet her coworkers, who were anxious to see her in person! Emma was given the "Your Baby Can Read" program from MiMi and PopPop, and she's enjoyed watching the videos so far- she smiles and actually pays attention to them very closely for anywhere from 5-15 minutes in a sitting! She also got a very special cup that was handmade and glazed by Emma's Auntie Kimberly.

Emma enjoyed all the visiting- some days she hardly took a nap, and others, she shared the joy of napping with others! Two of the nights she slept longer than she ever has- from about 9:30 until 4 or 4:30am! Unfortunately, Mommy ended up coming down with the cold the day before leaving home, so she didn't really get to enjoy the long sleep... it was interrupted with lots of coughs, sneezes, tissues, and restlessness... which means Daddy probably didn't get to enjoy the long sleep either... :) It's not happened again since then- she has reverted back to one span of 3-3 1/2 hours, followed by 2hour stints, but we're hoping it becomes part of her routine before too long!

We're looking forward to our next visit, coming up soon! MiMi and PopPop are coming out to our place late tonight to stay for several days- a visit plus a barn project work-visit! We're having horrendous winds again- last night and all day today, wind gusts of easily up to 60mph are beating at the house... good thing we're not trying to work on the barn today! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that nothing gets blown off or away! Hopefully our power won't go out either... we'll see how we hold up!