Ellyanna's First Christmas

1. Checking out her first Christmas present ever

2. Silas loving the lego we gave him, or maybe just loving the box it came in

3. Relaxing after all the gift opening

4. Hanging out with Grace in their Christmas dresses! I love this picture it is too cute!

The focus

At just three months old our little girl has amazing focus, here she is watching TV, I can't remember what it was but it had her completely captivated. So much so that it was hard to draw her attention away from it! I love the picture where is standing, it must have got really intense at that point, and the picture with her soother in her hand, it's like she just pulled it out to comment on what was going on!

Bitter Sweetness

So another year has come and gone and this past year we were lucky enough to meet Kevin and Sarah, or as we often refer to them, the Aussies. They were here for the year on exchange with Sue, a former co-worker from Glendale. Nate and Kevin taught side by side for the first half of '09 before his transfer, and became great friends.

We spent many evenings with them, swapping stories and enjoying the odd beverage (except for Jamie of course, as she literally found out she was pregnant the day they arrived)! Sarah and Kevin are just good people we would love to pop over and visit, perhaps we'll have to apply for an Australian exchange soon.

This is Sue, she has just returned from Australia, and is meeting Ellyanna for the first time. The last time Jamie saw her was just before Christmas last year when Sue informed her that she had a feeling Jamie was pregnant. Obviously she was right! We are delighted to have her back of course but sad that it meant Sarah and Kevin would be on their way.

Ellyanna"s latest photo shoot

So I took Ellyanna for some professional pictures at Superstore last week and it was so funny! Here are a few before and after shots. She was prefectly happy when we got there.

As the shoot went on, she become more and more unhappy, making it difficult to get those classically cute baby photos. However we did get some pretty funny ones! Apparently she would rather just smile for her Dad!

And the sweet little angel shot! She is too funny! This was the last shot of the day. She cried for a few minutes after this, making me think she may be hungry. I asked one of the girls who works there ( a former student of mine) to warm some water in the staff microwave so I could make her a bottle. However by the time she got back Elly was as happy as could be checking out her photos with me, no bottle needed!