Cristmas 2009

First Christmas in our new house.

Elia was not into the Santa holding her!
We did have a great Christmas and Elia was so cute. Of course she loved the boxes and paper the most. And after asking for several years, Josh got a remote control helicopter.

Good times

Opry land Hotel and the Aquarium restaurant in Nashville. We had a great time and would love to explore Nashville more.

Tuckered out!

Thanksgiving 2009

The Ladies

Had the most amazing time with family this Thanksgiving!

The Raudenbush clan.

Mama, Dada, Wawa, and a Booga

We can never get Elia to look at the camera. At least she is here! Very tempted to use this as our Christmas picture!

Trick or Treat

Although we don't eat candy yet, we enjoyed Trick or Treating. Elia has discovered all the houses on our block that have dogs and she just wanted to go to those. We didn't have as many tick or treaters as i thought we would but we did have fun with our best buddy Terran and his Mommy.

Halloween playdate

We so enjoy our annual Halloween Playdate. It is so much fun! It was unseasonably warm so Elia didn't really want to wear her dragon costume for long.

Family pic Fail!

I think I have given up on a taking a good family picture. We can never get Elia to stay still or to smile if someone else is taking the picture. My dreams of a great Christmas photo card is pretty much dead.

Fall Fun

A year ago we went to Priddy farms with our playgroup and we had an even better time this year. Getting pictures of Elia has proven to be a challenge lately because she is always on the move. i got a few good ones.

She was in a much better mood after we ate lunch and I took her sweater off!

Such a big girl!!

Words Elia knows:
mama
dada
shoooo (shoes)
sok (socks)
me me (means i want that)
side (for outside and "other side" for nursing)
sta (star-she sounds like she has a Boston accent because the r does not get pronounced.)
noz (nose)
daa (dog) it used to be just woo woo
goo gur (good girl)
si dowww (sit down)
gurcel (circle)
tooooooz (toes)
caaa (car)
twooo
ahhhyah!! (Elia)
hallo (hello)
nigh nigh (night night)
ceeeees (nursies)
and we are pretty sure she can say ay wuv uu (I love you)