WOW!!!! Our first Christmas as a family of three!!! I think there were many, many, many times over the last 8 years when David and I wondered when THIS Christmas would happen. Every year we would say to each other..."we are closer than we were last year" when we really never knew if we were any closer, we just knew that time was passing in order for us to move forward to the next hurdle, obstacle, or milestone.
THIS was the Christmas that we have been waiting for, dreaming of, and wishing and hoping for it to be......
Ella and Savanah (cousin) being silly while waiting for Christmas Eve dinner to finish cooking.
Ella and Savanah with Ne Ne (my Mom) singing Christmas songs.
Ella and Savanah "looting" the presents while they thought we were busy...we were, but we had a spy.
Santa thought that this was going to be the absolute best gift. Ella LOVES "Nemno" (Elmo) so what better gift than a Tickle Me Elmo. This was NOT a Santa success but, a Santa Fail!!!!
Ella has caught on to the fact that when there is something wrapped in pretty paper, with ribbons and bows, that it is obviously meant to be opened. She enjoyed unwrapping her presents, and said "Ooooo... and Wow!!!" after each one, but if you listen close to the end of the video clip you can hear her ask for "more presents!!!" a typical 2.5 year old!!!
Today is also our 7 Month Family-versary!!! There are times David and I just look to each other and say "we have a daughter" or "Ella is really here with us" or "we have the family that we wanted and waited for, for so long" and then there are other times, when it seems as though this is the way it has always been, that Ella has always been with us....in many respects she always has been with us, it is just this year it is real!
Merry Christmas from The 3 Peas in Pod to you and your peapods!!!
~Mommy dee, Daddy David, and our sweet little Ella
