Merry Christmas Eve!

I can't believe it is Christmas Eve. Ella's first Christmas! We have had many first for her today....she attended her first Christmas Eve Service, Keith got to read the Christmas story to her for the first time (I plan on this becoming a tradition) and her first Christmas is a WHITE CHRISTMAS!!! Yes, it is snowing here tonight!!

You would think I was a kid all over again...I can not wait until morning for Ella to see what Santa brought her. I had so much fun playing with her new toys tonight. I am excited for us to have some new things to play with. She does not like spending as much time in her swing as she use to. She does like her exersaucer but only for a limited time each time. We have a few other toys but they do not hold her attention for long either most of the time so hopefully she will like her new things!

Well, I guess I better try and go to bed. Keith thinks I will have Ella up at 6 AM...I will only do that if she wakes up that early...normally she does not wake up until around 7 at the earliest though. I love her sleeping through the night!

I will leave you with a few more pictures of Ella in a pair of her Christmas pajamas! Don't worry, she is not sleeping in the bow and headband!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!

Lunch.....

Yesterday E and I went out to lunch with two of my friends. I can't believe I did not get them to pose for a picture with E. I have got to get better at that. I always think about it when it is too late. I was pretty impressed with myself I have to say because we actually drove to another city about 15 miles away on a major highway....woohoo....something I have not really done with her unless we have been with Hubby.

We had fun having lunch with Asa and Lana. Asa had a cute little angel ornament for E with her name on it. E was really good at lunch. She did start crying so I took her out of her seat and she was a happy little girl. She started getting sleepy before we left and fell asleep on our way home. So, I decided to stop and exchnage a few things of hers and then we came home for her to eat. What a fun day!! I really am thankful that I get to stay home with her. She is so much fun!!!

A Funny Picture....

So while we were all dressed for our pictures with Santa we decided to take a picture of the three of us. As you can see in the picture E was telling us she would rather have her picture made with Santa. I started making this noise with my lips that normally makes her laugh about the time the picture was taken and Hubby is trying to make her laugh....so I thought this picture of Hubby and me was pretty funny!!

Precious Little Feet

(About 5 weeks old)

E's Santa Dress!

Snapshot Saturday

Catching Up!

I have spent a little time this morning catching my blog up. So, if you are interested just keep reading...there are actually three other post today besides this one! I am sure I have forgotten something...but hate getting so far behind! I hope you are all having a great December as you prepare for Christmas. So, we missed the snow we were suppose to get last Friday but did you notice it is snowing on my blog?? Hope you are all staying warm...it is very, very cold here today. Well, I guess I better go get somethings done around the house while E is napping! Oh, speaking of E napping, which as you know she does not nap too much during the day...she slept all night Tuesday night! Hubby put her down around 7:30ish and she slept until 7:00ish Wednesday moring!!! Last night, I put her down around 7:00 and she slept until 4:45 this morning. I did not know if she would sleep as long last night because she did not eat as much before she went to bed. Yesterday, she was really fussy and wanted to be held most of the day. Since she wanted to be held, I held her. I know some would say that I should not do that but she is only going to be small once and I think anyone who has gone through child loss is so grateful to have a baby that we do not mind holding them as much as they want to be held. I will admit, that at times it may keep me from getting things done around my house that I want to do but I am learning those things can wait! Well, E just woke up. I hope you all have a great day today!!!