Merry Christmas!

(a sign my grandmother, Mema, sent Ella for Christmas!)

Gingerbread Crazyness!

Last week was the week of Gingerbread. On Tuesday, Edward decided to make gingerbread men and women. He did everything by himself and he is soo through when making things, a bit of a perfectionist. Here are some pictures from that:

All week long I was making gingerbread houses for our Gingerbread House Party on Sunday. A few years ago I had bought a Pampered Chef Gingerbread House stone, its really cute. It took FOREVER to make all the pieces we needed, you have to let the pan cool completely before you can make another one. Believe me I tried to put it in there when it was hot to make the process a little quicker, those sides and roofs didn't turn out as pretty. We had a great time making and decorating the houses. Wish the Lairds could have joined us, they would have had a great time!
The beginning:




The end products:




Group shot:

On a side note, Ella loves candycanes.

(wrapper is still on it)

Oh Christmas Tree...

So about a week ago, we went to Green Needles, a tree farm, to cut down our Christmas tree. Edward and I like two completely different Christmas trees. He likes White Pine and I, on the other hand, like Fraser Fir. Last year, we got our Christmas tree from Food Lion (yes, I said Food Lion) and it was a Fraser Fir. I have grown up having those trees so I didn't know any different. Edward has always had White Pine. So, this year we went with Edward's pick. This picture sums up our adventure to the Christmas tree farm. yay!

I will admit the tree looks good in our little corner, fits perfect. I just don't like those type of trees. Every time I put an ornament on the branch, it droops down and the ornament almost falls off. I guess I will have to get use to those trees because I think it will be a lot of fun when Ella gets older. Maybe next year I will get my Fraser fir.

6 months old!

Wow! It's crazy to think that 6 months ago I gave birth to Ella. Time has flown by, everyone always said wait til you have children, time really flies. I truly believe that now. She's a good baby except she doesn't sleep through the night which equals no fun for any of us. I'm hoping it will get better (doubt it) if not I'm going to do the dreaded "crying it out." I'll have to keep you up to date on that one. Well, here are some recent pictures of Ella: