Merry Christmas!

Here we Come Huntsville!

So, this weekend we headed off to Huntsville (Huntsvegas...as we like to call it) for a road trip.

Our mission: 1) To visit our friends and Ellie's Godfather Sam and his wife Leslie 2) to go the Christmas Village I kept hearing such great things about.

After eating lunch and hanging out for a bit Sam and Leslie gave Ellie her first Christmas Ornament (so special!). Then after visiting the Christmas Village with Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus, reindeer, elves, a snowman, a ginger bread man....and on and on....we made the journey home. Thanks for a wonderful visit to Huntsvegas Sam and Leslie!

mmm....paper

wow...there is actually something to this present thing...besides paper

*limited pictures due to windy weather :)

Breakfast with Santa

Ellie enjoyed meeting Santa on Saturday. Here are some pics with her and Santa and from our annual Christmas Tree Cutting adventure.

6 months = Crawling

We are now officially Crawling. Look out world here I come!

In addition Santa is bringing Ellie teeth for Christmas. Oh Joy!

Eating Oatmeal and Trying to Crawl

Two Things:

1) we are experimenting with solids. Oatmeal is ok, but we are not to sure about applesauce. However, when the two are mixed we like much it better.



2) trying to crawl...Ellie is getting up on all fours and rocking back and forth. Sometimes, she rocks back and forth so fast that she ends up launching herself into the nearest toy that's in her way.

Fall

Halloween is almost here and that can only mean one thing...Pumpkins!!! and cooler weather.

Ellie wanted so badly to visit a real pumpkin patch, so we packed up and headed to Hayden, AL. To our surprise it was way more than a pumpkin patch. There was an entire Fall Festival thing happening. But, there were hardly any pumpkins! I guess we will need to go earlier next year.

As for the cooler weather...we definitely took advantage of that as well and made our first trip to the Botanical Gardens. All this in just one weekend wore everyone out!

Trying to eat my first pumpkin...

Check out my Spider Costume...courtesy of Grandpa!

Hayride to Pumpkin Patch in Hayden, AL

Not really excited about Mom making Dad do this to me...

Enjoying the Botanical Gardens...

Hanging Out with Aunt Coonie!

Ellie finally got to meet her Aunt Coonie this past weekend...all the way from Jacksonville! Thanks for coming to visit us Aunt Coonie. Next time we will head to J'ville to see you, Lance and the BEACH.