Christmas Time!

I probably should have written this post a long time ago.  Unfortunately life gets busy, and it's hard to keep up with everything -- and I don't even seem to be all that busy compared to other people.

Ella was surprised by all the extra things in the room on Christmas morning, but she was most intrigued by the raisins she found in her stocking.  First, she just thought they were fun to shake.  She the realized that it could be opened, and she spent what seemed like an hour up on her activity tower playing with her raisins (note that she didn't seem at all interested in eating them, even though we showed her that's what they were for).  After she got tired of the raisins, we finally started opening our presents.

We got lots of presents from people (thank you everyone!) and a few generous people even gave us lots of what we gave Ella this year.  She got a set of stacking blocks, a Mega Blocks set, a bunch of books, a set of tea cups, a Winnie the Pooh bear, and even a set of musical instruments.  While everything was a hit (even the Ritz crackers), I think that Pooh bear was more like infatuation.  She clung to Pooh even more than she does with mommy.  Luckily, she got a little less attached and still likes to play with him.