Christmas (and the past month)

Hello again! It has been forever since I have posted. I know posts without pictures are no fun, so we haven't been posting since Ellie's pictures are all the same, we have also been very busy. It has been lots of work getting ready for all these holidays and going many places and being a new mom :) We have been very busy with shopping and preparing for the holidays. Ben's parents came to our house this year for Ellie's first Christmas and Ben and I loved our first year staying in our home and our bed for Christmas! Ellie had a great first Christmas and has been a wonderful addition to our family. She is on the verge of really smiling, she gives us grins now. She doesn't love tummy time, but it does help her neck and she is getting good at holding her head up. She also is stretching some of her crib sleeping out at night and giving us a good 5 hour stretch. She is great at sleeping and loves the car and running errands. She enjoys her bouncer and swing more everyday and is able to entertain herself for little stretches. Her focus is getting better and she loves looking around when she is awake. She has enjoyed having a few babysitters and has been wonderful for all of them. We are getting into a little routine and now with all of the holiday busyness behind us we can get into a routine with our little family of three. We are looking forward to Ben being home this week and hope to have lots of family time! Hope you enjoy the pictures. I went a little crazy with the stocking pictures, but they were so cute and I figured we could take Ellie's picture with it every year to see how she is growing!