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Ella absolutely LOVES music, especially when her Uncle Mitch plays guitar for her. There's nothing better than watching her dance to the music!

Merry Christmas 2009!

We had a fun and busy Christmas (as usual) this year. We started at Grandma & Grandpa St. Onge's house on Christmas Eve, then headed to church.
Christmas morning we hosted Mimi, Papa, and Grandma & Grandpa St. Onge for breakfast. For lunch we had Grandma & Papa, Nena, Aunt Theresa & Uncle Greg, Eric & Rachel, Brian, Mitch and Uncle Rick & Michele. Then at dinnertime, Grandpa Tom & Amy, Uncle Steve, and Cassie came over to celebrate with us. It was a long day but so much fun.

Daddy & Ella, Christmas Eve

 Mommy & Ella on Christmas Eve

New cell phone from Aunt Theresa

Chatting away

Grandma, Uncle Mitch and Brian

Opening gifts

Nena, Grandma & Papa

Daddy opening a gift

Christmas Tree Day

We decided to try a new Christmas tree farm this year and had great luck! It was a freezing but clear day and we had lots of fun picking out our tree with Grandma & Papa. Ella had her first run in with Santa and was VERY unimpressed to say the least. A nice lunch at the Log Cabin perked her up though and we finished up our day with a walk on our favorite nature trail in the swamps.

Beans bundled up in her wagon

Family pic <3

Beans getting impatient

Mommy, Ella & Grandma

Grandma, Papa & Beans

Thanksgiving 2009

We celebrated Thanksgiving with Grandma & Papa at their new house. Ella had a great time playing with the other grandkids and even got a little jealous when Daddy was holding Matthew. We had a great holiday with our family!

Ella removing the ornaments from the Christmas tree


Jealous Ella Beans


"That's my Daddy!"

Daddy & Matthew

A nice day for a walk

It was a beautiful fall day, so we decided to bundle up and take Miss Ella for a walk in the swamps. We had a great time and saw some nice sights.

Happy 2nd Halloween Ella!

Ella's pal Ava was nice enough to let us borrow her costume from last year. It was so cute and everyone loved Ella as a little chick! First we stopped by Mimi & Papa's house to visit and then we headed over to Grandma & Papa's for dinner. We were going to take her trick or treating for a bit, but the blustery weather kept us inside. Oh well, there's always next year!

Grandma & Beans


Daddy & Nena


Our little chicken








Posing for Mommy


Halloween cupcakes Mommy made

Brown's Berry Patch

Saturday we had a great day at Brown's Berry Patch with Grandma Lisa & Papa. We played, checked out the animals and picked apples. Ella was NOT impressed with the farm animals at all. She screamed in fact. Ella also had her first apple cider, which she absolutely loved!