Fun Pics

Playing around with the camera on the new phone and we can do such awesome things with it!! Had to post these because they are so neat. I was taking down the Christmas lights from the deck, and someone started playing with them!!

We will get some Christmas pictures posted soon!

First Haircut!

We took Lauryn in on Monday for her first haircut. No worries, she still has a mullet, therefore still wearing pig tails all the time. We just had her bangs trimmed and the back evened out. We attempted to do it at home, but she ran from the scissors like a crazy toddler. But she did awesome at the salon; she sat great all on her own and didn't even think twice about what was going on. She was more interested at looking at herself in the many mirrors, and imitating all the animals on her cape.

A few pictures from Christmas at Janet's, more cookie decorating, and trying to feed Thor out of the mixer bowl!

We cannot believe it is Christmas in just a few short days! Wishing you all a blessed Christmas and may the Joy of Jesus' birth be in your hearts!

Better pictures soon - decided to by an iPhone4S and use the camera phone instead of fixing our digital camera :-) Maybe I should tell Eric that?!?!? Nah...I'll just let him read it here.

Cookies, Gingerbread Houses, and Lots of Christmas Joy!

We have lots of Christmas Joy in the Gruis household! In addition to preparing to celebrate the Joy of Jesus' birth, we've been partaking in the secular holiday festivities as well. We've enjoyed baking and decorating cookies, building a gingerbread house, making Christmas crafts, enjoying the scenery and concerts at the Arboretum, and of course, decorating and re-decorating the tree and house.

Our conversations have been around Santa vs. St. Nicholas, the true meaning of giving, and how we can keep a year-and-a-half old from eating all the frosting and cookies! Lauryn has been such a joy to entertain these past few weeks, and we can tell she is starting to learning how to focus on a something for more than 90 seconds. She will sit in our lap and read the same book for at least 10min, enjoys feeding, diapering, and entertaining her babies, and most of all, is thrilled to have Thor inside. Sad to say, Odin died the Saturday after Thanksgiving, of what we assume was a stroke. Since then, Thor has become an inside dog again and is incredibly tolerant of Lauryn! Lauryn is his little care taker, and her interactions with him are quite amusing. One of the most hilarious moments was tonight. After asking Lauryn if she needed to go potty, she proceeded to grab her diaper, look at Megan and nod yes, and after Megan confirmed she needed to go potty, she went over and grabbed Thor's "potty parts".... the tears were a result of the laughter on that one.

We can't wait to post pictures of our little entertainer come Christmas Day. We pray for love, peace, and joy to be with you all this Season!

Sorry for the POOR quality of photos; the flash went out on our camera :-(