January 26, 2011

8 Month Pics

We decided to get one more use out of Ella's lovely Christmas dress (thanks Grandma!).  Check out our cutie's photo shoot below.















And unto us...

Merry Christmas!
What?  It's over a month since Christmas?  Let's just pretend that it's December 26th instead of January and that I'm super quick at getting things up on this blog.  We spent two glorious, surprisingly cold weeks in Kentuckiana for Ella's first Christmas.  We had a great time and it was so fun to be around our family so much.  Ella really enjoyed the wrapping paper, more so than the gifts.  Matt got a sweet new lens from his sweet little wife, as you can see in the Christmas Day pics below.
One day I'll get some fun videos on here.  It just takes a bit of time to load them.

Ella, Samuel, and Rachel









Ella and cousin Samantha


Cousin Sara


Mommy and Uncle Dustin (do they look alike?)


Grammy and Ella's sweet thighs



Grammy, Alan, and Ella

January 10, 2011

Boy are we behind (end of 2010 recap)!!!

Well hello there!  When I jumped on here the other day, I was shocked to see that my last blog was Ella's Halloween pics!  Yikes!  Hoping to do better in 2011, especially since I'm a full-time SAHM now (that's Stay At Home Mom, just learned it recently, nothing like an acronym to make me feel cool).

Since I last blogged, we went to Iowa for a Fejfar Thanksgiving.  We had a great time.  We drove through the night for fear of this equation: 10 hour drive + screaming baby + multiple nursing stops = road trip from hell.  Thankfully, Ella did great and slept just about the whole way.  We both survived missing a couple nights sleep too.  It was wonderful seeing all the extended family.  Plus, Mom, Dustin, Tonya, Samuel, and Rachel came from Indiana, which was an added bonus.  It was the first time that everyone, except Mom, met Ella.  She loved being around her cousins and second cousin Henlee, loved getting hugged on by her great-aunts and great-grandma, but I think she was most excited about Aunt Cathy's dog.  How is this my child?