Avery and Ella bonding

This video is about a month old, it's not the best quality but you get the point. Ella likes to tickle her nose with Avery's tail. Avery seems to not care, she's getting calmer in her old age.

Christmas 2009

Sorry all the picture are not in order and my message is at the bottom of this blog, I was to tired to change it all.

Ella loves her new Play and Learn puppy that Grandma and Grandpa Menard got her.

Ella thought my new loofah sponges were pretty neat too.

Christmas morning

Jake putting Ella to bed Christmas Eve night

Ella having some serious bedhead on Christmas morning

Christmas Eve dinner
me, my uncle Rob and Grandpa- who forgot to smile =)

me and Ella entering into Church

We had another wonderful Christmas spent in Spokane the only sad part was it was without a drop of snow! Ella did great at Nana and Papa's however she was mostly interested in their cat Cooper. Let's just say her favorite word of the week was, MEOW. Since we had an extra set of hands thanks to my mom me, Jake and my dad had time to go see Avatar in 3-D IMAX. I wasn't sure if I wanted to see it especially at the IMAX screen ( I was worried I would get motion sick) but it was well worth it. I would highly recommend it!

The night we got home Ella was so excited to see her crib that she asked to get into it before bedtime. She rolled from side to side and then stood up and ran back and forth giggling along the way. That night and every night since she has gone to bed without a peep. It's so nice! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone.

Lazy Monday

Sadly the snow has all melted away so we didn't go outside today to play. Ella is very into reading books so we read piles of books, played with her Nativity set, scribbled with crayons, wrapped some presents and did some laundry. One thing that amazed me today was that Ella got into this box of flashcards sorted through them, found the card with the grapes on them, brought it to me, and pointed to the fridge. She is one smart cookie.

Feeling more like Christmas

It came as a surprise but the snow has finally arrived this afternoon. Luckily, I have most of my Christmas shopping done. So I say bring on the SNOW. It was very exciting for Ella. Jake took her outside to check out the snowflakes and after that she didn't want to come back in. I can't wait to see what she does with inches on the ground.

Ella is checking out the snow.

Catching snowflakes with Daddy.

Last weekend we put up our tree and all the trimmings. Our house looks so festive. Ella was a big help. So far she is really good around the tree and only gently touches the ornaments.

This is just a goofy picture of Ella, I think she was practicing her "meows"