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Saturday, January 1, 2011

Christmas has come and gone...

Apparently, I have a knack for only blogging on/about holidays. I really need to change that! I guess it's because I figure that nobody reads this anyway, so why waste time writing? So Christmas has come and gone...it was pretty awesome, even though Courtney was a little overwhelmed by everything and was a bit fussy here and there. We had a blast at my Aunt Pat's Christmas Eve party (which we go to every year...I've never missed one since I was born!). Everyone thought Courtney was just the cutest thing (which she is!). Christmas morning, she was more interested in the bows on the presents than anything else...they went straight to her mouth!

My little Courtney girl is growing up. She now can pull up to standing on her own, and crawls. She's starting to 'babble' a LOT, and says (what sounds like) 'la la la la' a lot. I'm sure she'll be talking before we know it! Still no teeth yet, but I'm sure that will also change soon. I think she's teething, she's getting cranky pretty often (and she's normally a very, very happy girl!).

She's still not sleeping through the night. She wakes up at least twice, typically up to six times a night. She refuses to sleep in her crib, but she's too big for her little sleeper bed that she's been in since she was two weeks old (seriously, she can climb out of that thing! And she's not very comfortable in it anymore). She has been sleeping the best when sleeping in bed with us...which I don't mind at all, but Clint isn't too fond of (he likes to hog the bed to himself). This mama is very tired...I get very little sleep, and she doesn't like naps, either! I hope this all changes very soon, I hate the fact that sleep - or lack thereof - is controlling my life.

Clint's medical insurance through his job starts in a few weeks, and I plan on taking her to the doctor to see if the doctor has any suggestions on how to get her to sleep better at night.

Anyway, here are a few pictures from Christmas! These are from my parents' house on Christmas morning:

  ^me with my little princess!


Clint on Christmas (the big present was a toolbox!)



My mom held Courtney and helped her open presents.


 me, opening a present!