Ellianna meets Santa!

 Our area Bass Pro store had free pictures with Santa so we took advantage of the free offer!  Elli did great, didn't cry but also didn't smile.  Unfortunately, we left our SD card out of our camera, so these images will have to do. I apologize for having to twist your neck, I can't get the pictures to be horizontal.

Christmas Cookies

What are 2 girls to do when a cold front comes through south TX?

 Bake Christmas cookies and listen to Christmas music of course!

Weekend Birthday Party

We had a surprise 30th birthday party for a friend this weekend.  Theme was poker and cocktail dress attire.  Perfect opportunity for family pictures!

 Elli wasn't too sure what to think of her parents kissing her...

Blanky

Because Ellianna has no interest in pacifiers and can't seem to find her thumb when she needs to soothe herself to sleep, I talked to Ryan about introducing a security blanket.  I was hoping she would begin to associate the blanket with sleep, safety, comfort, etc. which will hopefully also help with long car rides.  Elli loves the blanket!  However, this isn't quite how I intended for her to sleep with it... Gosh, she makes me nervous because she loves to have stuff against her face when she sleeps.

Afternoon stroll

Two happy girls enjoying their afternoon walk in the TX sun!

GO PACK GO!

We've got a little Packers fan in the house...

4-month photoshoot

Miss Ellianna,

We had to re-do your original 4 month pictures because you were moving so much that they were all blurry!  Here is our 2nd attempt and we got some good ones :)

There's that left leg kicking again...

Cracking yourself up :)