And then there was food!

Miss Ellie is having light bulb moments all the time now.  She's starting to show a greater range of emotions...happy, giggly, frustrated, scared, etc.  She's reaching and holding onto all sorts of things.  She's also catching onto rolling from back to tummy.  She loves to be looking and interacting with the world.  After going through, what I thought was a growth spurt, we realized she was just ready for more solids.  She needed the additional calories now that she's bigger and more active.  It's started with rice cereal and then graduated to carrots.  We're now feeding her solids at both lunch and dinner.  Every feeding starts would with a "what the heck is this!" kind of face and then quickly turns to acceptance, if not enjoyment, of the carrort/rice cereal mixture.  We're moving on to apples and sweet potato this upcoming week.

She's a full blow baby now!

Story-Time

Uncle JD read a story to Maddy and me today.  Don't remember what it was about but I can tell you that I enjoyed the attention.

What a difference 4 weeks makes. . .

. . . It could also have to do with the talent of the photographer.

Thanks for making me look so cute Aunt Amber - Daddy is fired!!

Christmas with Toccos

My great grandpa started a tradition in the family called the money jar.  All the grand-kids get a chance to take as much money from a change jar as possible in one fist full!  It is a lot of fun as everyone cheers us on and hey - who doesn't like money??

My first grab into the money jar

I didn't do that great this year because I have small hands but uncle Tony made sure I didn't go away with empty pockets.

Christmas isn't all about money and gifts, it is about family.  I got a chance to see Celcia again as well as meet a whole lot of Grandma Weitzel's side of the family.  A lot of fun and good reminder of what Christmas is all about.  Good lookin' family don't you think??