Erin and Josh were the perfect hosts (as usual) and we had a wonderful time.
Dressed up for church on Christmas Eve with Grammy
The 3 of us
In her sweater!
Christmas morning, in her PJs and santa hat with Daddy
Erin's tree and so many gifts!
The world's cutest little elf
Checking out her toy from Santa
Standing up on her new dump truck full of blocks
Pushing it all by herself!
This little frog croaks Jingle Bells. Ella crawled right up to him to investigate.
Hey, who is this guy??
After her morning nap it was time to get in full Santa costume!!
Here is a very serious little Santa with Aunt Erin
With Gramps
Dad and Donna came for Christmas too which was so nice. It was our first holiday with everyone together and really a treat for Ella's first Christmas.
Here is Ella's stocking. My mom made it by hand and it's really beautiful. My stocking is also a snowman that Mom made for me when I was a baby, and a few years ago she got Steve a snowman stocking too...so now all 3 of us have one :).
Ella got everyone ornaments with her photo on them...here is Grandad with his
Climbing on Aunt Erin
Opening presents with Uncle Josh
With Daddy
Climbing up Grandad's leg...trying to get to Chico!!
All this gift opening makes a girl thirsty - time for a water break
With Grandma
After dinner (which was fantastic) Ella got to play with a lot of her new toys. Here she is riding on her lion
Getting a push from Erin
Standing up and pushing it (with a little help from daddy)
As she always is, Ella was completely fascinated by Chico and this time seemed to figure out his leash - here she is with a good grab on it
Following him...but still holding on to his leash
We also took some family photos after dinner
Later on, playing with Grammy and Aunt Erin
After a bath where Ella truly entertained us all, here she is reading books with Erin
It was a wonderful day. Ella was completely spoiled by everyone (we were too!) and the trip was great. It was so nice to have everyone together and I will always have a great memory of her first Christmas. I thought so much about how I felt this time last year, we were so excited to meet her and couldn't wait to find out what she'd be like. She is such a sweet loving baby (almost toddler) and I just want her to know how loved she really is. It makes me so happy that aside from parents that love her more than anything, she has a loving extended family that can't get enough of her as well, we are very blessed.
2 comments:
Wow! Ella's 1st Christmas. Everyone together. A Christmas we'll all remember!
Dad
It really was perfect. We are so very blessed.
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