Naptime!

Ellie has been sharing her naptime lately.

Apparently Mommy and Ellie both like to sleep with their arms over their heads.

Sleeping next to Magnum is fun too!

Christmas catch-up

Hey everyone!! We had a whirlwind Christmas holiday that started with all of our family arriving for Josh's graduation from Chiropractic college. You may now call him Dr. Josh McMillon!! I am so proud of him. He also passed part four of the national boards and just has a licensing exam to take before he can begin practicing.

It snowed some the week before Josh's graduation and despite all the weather predictions that it would warm up for a rainy Christmas, we had a very white Christmas instead. It continued snowing and Portland was basically shut down for a week. Ellie had her first snow and her first Christmas was a white one. It was also the first white Christmas for me, my parents and my brothers. Notice how the snow is up over the front steps and part of the drift is over the front fence!!

We really enjoyed having everyone here for the holiday and although it was a tight squeeze with 8 adults, 1 baby and 2 dogs in our small house, it was a wonderful holiday. After everyone went home, Josh, Ellie and I drove to California for his cousin's wedding and were there for a week. We completely lost our minds and took Ellie to Disneyland while we were there. Thanks to Aunt Kim and Uncle Bill for getting us in. She was completely cute and surprisingly liked the rides. We could hear ooohhs and eeees as she smiled. The little girl rode the rockets, carousel, teacups and Pirates of the Caribbean with us. We also took her to the beach for the first time.

We've been back for a week and are finally getting back to a normal routine. Ellie is now 2 months old and a sweet, happy baby who smiles and coos at us.