Christmas on Madrona 2011

It's Christmas time and only 7 more days till Christmas is here.  I really do enjoy this time of year but as always, it comes and goes so fast. Here is a little of our festive decor.

Little Santa

What a cute Baby Santa he made.

Talking Boy

Eli talking to Nani last week.  He is getting so vocal, even if there are no words to his sounds, you can tell he is really trying to communicate.

Holiday Photos

In a rush to get Christmas cards out, we had a few impromptu photos shoots today.  I knew I wanted to take Eli's picture in the Santa outfit he got last month and I also wanted to take an annual family photo.  I accomplished the first one earlier in the day by simply propping him up on his Boppy pillow.  He had such a great time being Santa and he looked so cute with his little fists under his chin.  Later in the day when my brother-in-law got home, we rushed outside for the last bit of sunlight and he took our family photo in the back yard.  The funny thing is, I have been wanting a new fence for the backyard for a while now and usually hate looking at the old one, but it ended up being the perfect back drop, yeah for old fences!  After a little Photoshop editing here are the end results.

The first one ended up being turned into a Christmas card and I posted it to all my Facebook friends and family.  The second one will be our family photo and will be framed.  The last one is our Christmas card photo because we just couldn't leave little Maddy out of the yearly photo.  I love how they turned out and I had fun editing them in photoshop, I think I am getting better.  It is so easy using the actions I talked about last month that I bought from Bloom & Grow photography.

Naive Bliss?

I smell like baby barf right now and you know what?...that's totally okay with me :). That probably sounds more like a Facebook status but I thought I would share it hear instead. To me, being Eli's mommy is pure bliss so far. I am fully aware that things will get harder and times will be rough but I hope to always focus on the good things and brush off the bad. I hope that I will always remember to "be ok with the barf" whether that "barf" comes in the form of sickness, tantrums, exhaustion, I hope to stay blissful. Too naive?

Thanksgiving and 2 months old!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving that started with dinner at our house with the Gonzalez fam and then off to my parents house for Thanksgiving with the Preston fam.  It was good to get together with everyone and enjoy all the food.

Little Eli turned 2 months!  Wow already, it is seems like he was just born, so of course we had to document.

And then later in the day he changed into something a little more comfy .

He is all smiles and coos lately, oh and blowing bubbles.

How Cute am I?

I will be 2 months tomorrow!