Christmas stuff and other cute Joanna things

Joanna is so cute! Although this week she has been a little rotten. Sometimes it seemed like she was just bored, other times it seemed as though she might not be feeling a hundred percent. Of course, I could just be paranoid because all of Joanna's friends have been getting sick lately! She's also teething like a champ. She had the one on the bottom; now she's cut two on top. The first one she cut on top was the one to the right of the "middle" two teeth. Not the usual second tooth, but Joanna's special. :) She just cut the right middle tooth, so I'm sure getting all these teeth is not the most fun ever for her. I'm certainly more careful about where I put my fingers.

Joanna got her picture made with Santa last week at Christmas in the Park at Town Center. She did fine; she liked playing with Santa's fluffy beard. I think she was curious about all the fuss. Matt and I went to Bed Bath and Beyond yesterday, and Joanna fell asleep on the way there. She actually stayed asleep in her carseat for a bit while we shopped! Since Joanna was dressed in a cute red holiday-ish dress today, we tried to take a few pics by the Christmas tree. It's kind of like trying to get a really fast baby kitten to do what you want. I think a few came out pretty sweet, though. Tonight was "Advent Workshop" at the church. It's really intended for older kiddos. They're crafts and pizza and cookie decorating. We really had fun, though. I'm looking forward to enjoying it as Joanna gets older. I'm really impressed with Joanna's crafting. Here she is playing with part of the Nativity.

Here is she looking at her completed work -- Amazing!

Seriously, though, she's great at supervising. :)