Meet the Professor

Santa brought Ellie this adorable onesie and Kevin caught a pretty cute moment while we were staying at his parent's house. I think she looks like a little professor.

Provo Beach Resort

eFileCabinet decided to have a family Christmas party this year at the Provo Beach Resort. We had a blast! Eleanor loved all the open space to walk around and the Toddler Playground. Kevin took her on the Carousel, but she didn't like it very much. Kevin tried out the ropes course and looked like he had a good time.

Just Chillin

While we were out shopping before Christmas we saw this cute kids recliner at Costco and had to let Eleanor try it out. It was pretty funny.

First Ferry Trip

While visiting Kevin's family in Bremerton, Washington for Christmas we took a trip on the Ferry over to Seattle so we could go to the LDS Temple. It was Ellie's first time on a ferry and she loved it, of course.

Sugar Plum Fairy

My incredible sister-in-law took these darling pictures of Eleanor on Christmas Eve and Christmas. I love them!

Happy Holidays!

11 Months

I choose not to believe that my baby will be a year old in a month. The time has gone by too quickly. She is so mobile now, making life much more interesting!

At 11 Months Ellie:

- Walks quite a bit, still falls but is getting much better.

- Can go from sitting to standing up in the middle of the room by herself. She doesn't have to pull herself up with something anymore.

- Loves to point at things. If we ask her where the Christmas Tree, Minnie Mouse, Santa Mouse, her bottle, or her books are, she will look around until she seems the object in question and points to it. Still working on finding Mommy and Daddy.

- Still only has two teeth, but we think her top ones are starting to come in.

- Hates wearing shoes, but we are working on it.

- Loves cheese, pretty sure it is her favorite food. And applesauce.

- Is starting to mimic us. I've caught her shaking her head with me when I tell her no.

- Loves to clap and knows the word. Any time she hears the word, even on TV, she claps.

- Is such a smart a smart girl. We can no longer hide things from her. She sees where we put it and goes right for it.

- Still loves other kids and babies and always wants to be part of the group.

- Babbles a lot, but no real word association we think. She may have said "tree" a few times when she points to the Christmas Tree, but we aren't sure.

This girl seriously has so much personality and makes life so much fun. She has learned to be such a tease and it cracks us up every time. We are excited to spend Christmas with her this year!