Ella's First Haircut

Today Ella's aunt Brittany cut her hair for the first time. My Mom and my cousin Justi went with us. I wasn't sure how she would do, but we sat her on my Mom's lap and she did really well.

Catching up after the Holidays

Well, what a busy and wonderful couple of weeks. We spent time with family, ate lots of great food, and most importantly we celebrated the birth of our Lord. I'm kind of sad to see the season go. We kicked everything off by gathering at my uncle Carl's house with my aunts and cousins and our children the Sunday before Christmas to bake cookies and put up the tree. The girls really got into decorating the cookies. As fast as Polly could bake them, they had them loaded down with icing and sprinkles.

Then on Tuesday Ho Ho came by to see Ella. This went much better than expected, she actually sat on his lap and even shook his hand. The next few days that is all she talked about.

Christmas Eve was the Walker christmas at Ray's (that is what Ella calls my uncle Carl). Everyone ate then my cousin Blake read us the story of the first Christmas. The kids all tore into their new toys and played together until time to go. Ella started getting sick that night with fever and nose bleeds so we didn't stay as long as usual. We went home and sat out our cookies for Santa and went to bed. Poor little Ella was up all night with fever and cold chills.

Christmas morning came and I don't think Ella knew what to think. She was in awe of all the new toys. She still wasn't feeling well and by the time we got to my Mom and Dad's she was throwing up. She slept through presents and breakfast. Then we went to Brandon's Mom and Dad's for lunch and more presents.

Ella opening presents at the Parker family Christmas on Saturday.