Well I'm sorry I haven't updated the blog in a while. We've had a busy December getting ready for my return to work, trying to get Ella on a schedule, my birthday, Christmas activities and New Years. Christmas was really great. We celebrated Christmas with Grandma up in El Dorado Hills by volunteering at a local women and children's center in Sacramento. We went to Target and bought a bunch of toys for the kids and then wrapped them at the Shelter. It was a really fun way to kick off Christmas and remind ourselves how blessed we really are. On Christmas Eve we went to our church and then hosted a Christmas Eve dinner at our house with our friends and neighbors the Cody Family. On Christmas morning we opened gifts at home and then embarked on a "sleigh ride" to the bay area to hang out with the MacDiarmid clan. We had a beautiful Christmas Day dinner in Danville and a fun time hanging with the family. On New Year's Eve we went over to our friend's house to play Wii and drink champagne while Ella hung out with their daughter Megan who is 4 weeks younger than her (in the picture above). All in all, it's been a great month. Ella is really starting to grab onto things now and laughing and smiling a lot more. She is practicing a lot more tummy time so we can get her to roll over more consistently and we had to do a little "tough love" with the nighttime routine lately but she's catching on. She'll be 4 months old next week and I start back to work on January 5th. Things will be busy heading into this new year but we're all ready to take it one day at a time and enjoy this beautiful family we've created. Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. Happy 2009!!
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