Ellie's first christmas, take 2.

So... I was in a stupor last night while posting to what I thought was Ellie's blog.  Instead I posted to David and my blog.  Instead of reposting it on here (because it has like 8 videos), here's the link:

http://www.getthelowedown.blogspot.com/

Enjoy :)

Ellie's first day in the snow!

SNOW!

We are enjoying a week full of late starts and snow days here in Seattle :) In fact, it's now really officially christmas break! We got word that Seattle Schools is going to be closed tomorrow as well, hot dog! It snowed last weekend, and we were planning on taking Ellie out but she napped the afternoon away. So even though today technically marked the second snow of her life, today was her first outing in it.

We invite you to see her first encounters with this mysteriously fluffy yet chilly substance.

First, we have touch:

The second sensory experience, (Ellie's fav, unless it's baby food) taste:

And now, sight:

We bought her this big snowsuit for our christmas time in Spokane from the consignment store next to our apt for $9, woohoo! Just in time to give it a try here. We're set to leave with David's parents from Yelm next Monday-- in Spokane, there is currently almost 2 feet of snow.

And one last word from Ellie:

December Videos

Here's a collection of videos from the last few weeks!

This first one is of Ellie munching on a water bottle- there's a great view of her front top teeth that are coming in. They are making her sorta whiney. I'd whine too if I had 2 giant teeth cutting through my gums.

Ellie likes to munch on lots of different things. Including, most recently, David's hair.

She's also trying some new solid foods. But, she's sadly decided to boycott all solids as of the last few days :( We'll try again in a week.

We also tried some fresh green bean puree- she wasn't too keen on those either (as you can see from her expression). The color looks like something out of ghost busters.

Ellie is really working hard to lift her bottom up in the air to get her ready to crawl. Each time she gets higher up!

Here's some things Ellie likes to do for fun these days:

1) Sing along while mom plays piano:

2) Looking in the mirror at herself:

3) Rolling into things.

Ellie has also been doing some fun imitation of sounds and large motor movements:

And here's some photos:

http://picasaweb.google.com/amyelowe/1208

Thanksgiving Part 2

Here are a ton of Thanksgiving photos (thanks, Mom!)

http://picasaweb.google.com/amyelowe/Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Part 1

Ellie did so great on the plane ride (both ways).

On the way down to CA, we were able to bring Ellie on board in her carseat. She slept the whole way! And on the way up, she slept stretched out over our legs and played in our laps.

We spent our time down there with my family mostly eating and hanging out- it was very relaxing! And the weather was really nice too. Ellie basically just rolled the whole time. Ellie has a fascination with shiny objects, much like my older brother Nick. This is Nick (and I bet he really appreciates this photo):

Anyway, Nick has a google phone, and here's Ellie's pursuit of it:

She was so determined!

Her other favorite toy she discovered while on vacation was a plastic waterbottle. She's teething right now (her top 2 teeth are just coming in) and so I think she liked the cold water in it and how hard it was.

We are also able to see our friends -the Cole's who are now living in San Diego came up and visited us, and also my best friend from high school Erin came up. We got to meet her husband Dave, too for the first time!

Here's all the pics I have for now- more to come!

http://picasaweb.google.com/amyelowe/1108