A Christmas Medley
Salt Lake City like many other parts of the country is getting pummeled by a severe snow storm, and since Leta is home from school for the next couple of weeks our inclination is to remain clothed in our wrinkled pajamas while snuggled between cushions of the couch. This would be much easier if all of my internal organs weren't jockeying for space, my stomach constantly rejecting everything I eat because there's no more room in the inn. I've already reached that uncomfortable point in the pregnancy when the womb starts to push everything around like a lumbering schoolyard bully, and where normally the appropriate systems would digest a meal without me being aware of it, I can now feel every mechanism taking place because the top of my small intestine was evicted and had to relocate to the bottom of my throat.
Glorious, beautiful pregnancy! The time of my life!
Since almost all of our immediate family lives in Utah we've got a staggering number of obligations in the next week including two family gatherings that will include singing. Hymns. With straight faces. While pretending that Grandpa Rob isn't tone deaf. Nothing says Merry Christmas like a version of "Away in a Manger" that sounds like it's being beaten out of a goat.
Posting here will be light for the next week as I take some time to be with the family, but I wanted to wish everyone a happy holiday with much food and rest. May everyone remember to take their medication and be able to get through dinner without arguing about the gays.
Until next time, Leta has a special message. Please disregard the low rumbling noise at 0:28, that's just Coco growling at the mail carrier, AWFUL DOG HAS NO RESPECT FOR BABY JESUS.
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Daddy Scratches said:
Too cute.
Merry Christmas to the Armstrongs. Enjoy the holidays.
:)
12.22.08 - 03:11 PM / 1Kat said:
Merry Christmas to you too Armstrong family!
p.s. I really enjoyed "you'll go down in mystery." :) Made my day.
12.22.08 - 03:14 PM / 2Olivia said:
Adorable!!! Don't feel guilty for light-posting Dooce, have fun and enjoy time with your beautiful family. This is your last Christmas with just you, Leta, and Jon! Next year there'll be an addition :-)
Merry Christmas Heather, Jon and Leta :-)
12.22.08 - 03:14 PM / 3Jocey said:
Happy holidays to you as well! I hope Coco doesn't try to devour any Baby Jesus figurines -- that is my parents' full-size Aussies' favorite holiday activity apart from eating snow and chewing on one another's heads.
12.22.08 - 03:18 PM / 4Rusty said:
The best part of this is her Sleeping Beauty dress.
Happy Holidays! I get to spend Christmas with my Grandfather, his third wife, his son from his second marriage, and my mother who is the product of his original marriage which he ruined when he cheated on my grandmother with the third wife. It's going to be amazing.
12.22.08 - 03:18 PM / 5Elizabeth said:
Leta (and Armstrongs) Merry Christmas to you too!
I am now going to sing "...you'll go down in mystery" - gives Rudolph a little something extra.
12.22.08 - 03:19 PM / 6Red said:
i love that kid. merry christmas, armstrongs!!
12.22.08 - 03:19 PM / 7Nicole said:
You'll go down in mystery! The best flubbed line, really. :)
Merry Christmas, Heather, Jon, Leta and bump!
12.22.08 - 03:19 PM / 8Rose said:
Too cute! Enjoy the time off. I am light-posting this week, too. I'm sure my 14 readers will miss me! :)
12.22.08 - 03:19 PM / 9Yolanda said:
I love how Leta's singing in more like a fast recitation. Very spoken word. I can totally picture her knocking back espressos in a dimly lit coffee shop and complaining about The Establishment 15 years from now.
Merry Christmas, Armstrongs.
12.22.08 - 03:19 PM / 10Jubilee said:
My absolute favorite part: Internet, Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to the hippest family ever!
12.22.08 - 03:21 PM / 11trustypony said:
Happy holidays to all the armstrongs... relax and enjoy.
12.22.08 - 03:21 PM / 12Anonymous said:
I loved the Rex Harrisonesque talk-sing and the shouting out with GLEED! Yippee!
12.22.08 - 03:21 PM / 13Krystal said:
Absolutely adorable!!! Happy Holidays!!!
12.22.08 - 03:22 PM / 14Lydia said:
It doesn't come any sweeter than that.
Merry Christmas to you and yours, Heather.
12.22.08 - 03:22 PM / 15Jessica said:
Merry Christmas to you too Armstrong's.
And tell Leta her carols meant THAT MUCH MORE by wearing her princess dress! Go Aurora!
12.22.08 - 03:22 PM / 16Tiffaney said:
Hope you have a wonderful Holiday!! Nothing like an awful dog's unceasing barking/growling to really set the mood in the house! I also know this lovely doggie vocal, our "puppy" thinks the world is dying to hear her voice..
Anyway Merry Christmas!!
<3
~tiffaney~
12.22.08 - 03:24 PM / 17Jessica said:
Leta FTW!
She is too cute! Merry Christmas Leta (and Heather & Jon & Chuck & Coco & NewBabyArmstrong)! Love, The Internet :-D
(and for the record, my "human confirmation" text is...
... "abolished Altoona."
Very nice. lmao)
12.22.08 - 03:24 PM / 18Evelyn said:
The Internet wishes YOU Merry Christmas, Leta! And to your Mom and Dad and Chuck and Coco, too.
12.22.08 - 03:24 PM / 19Becca said:
OH my that was sweet!
Merry Christmas to you too, Leta! Kiss the doggies for me (HAHAHAHA)
12.22.08 - 03:25 PM / 20Ann L said:
Soooo cute! My grand=daughters love the tiara, earrings, and necklace sets that most drug stores and Albertsons are carrying. It's about $5, I think. I bought one set for Toys for Tots. With Leta's passion for princesses, I think she'd love the set! Merry Christmas!!
12.22.08 - 03:25 PM / 21Kelly said:
LMAO!! ... you'll go down in mystery! Love it. Merry Christmas to you all.
12.22.08 - 03:26 PM / 22Tina B said:
Enjoy the holidays with the family. Next year you'll have your hands really full. Take it from a mother of three. Leta is adorable as usual and the special message is a nice touch that she will hate you for later.
12.22.08 - 03:27 PM / 23Serial said:
What is Christmas without fighting about the gays?! Please, Heather, tell us, your interweb pals, that you WILL be arguing with someone about how those gays may be immoral, but at least they don't wear magic underpants.
12.22.08 - 03:28 PM / 24Camels & Chocolate said:
I love how she has her princess dress on to sing Christmas carols.
But that ending where she addresses the Internet is TOO CUTE.
12.22.08 - 03:29 PM / 25Eliza said:
Best use of a princess dress, ever. It's shocking how much better that makes the caroling, like she's a performance artist challenging us to our assumptions about ritual and tradition. Thanks, Leta.
12.22.08 - 03:29 PM / 26Jessica said:
I love the princess dress to top it all off! Merry Christmas to you and yours! I hope that you have a safe and restful holiday, even if you are puking your guts out.
12.22.08 - 03:29 PM / 27Jen said:
Am I the only one who thinks she sang "chinese nose"? Either way, very cute & Merry Christmas to the Armstrongs!
12.22.08 - 03:29 PM / 28repliderium.com said:
Ahhh! Leta is so damn cute that she makes my uterus hurt. Happy ho ho ho & I feel bad for you that you cannot drown out the merry making with a lot of strong liquor. I will drink your share- it's the giving kinda gal I am.
Ho ho ho
12.22.08 - 03:30 PM / 29Monica said:
The mystery of Christmas is the best part! Leta - you got it right.
Happy Holidays!
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