Eloise Meets St. Nick

O Tannenbaum

I love decorating for Christmas!  I started 'decking the halls' the week after Thanksgiving.  Our first priority was getting the Christmas Tree!  Hansen and I decided that one of our family traditions will be to get our tree the first Monday after Thanksgiving, as a Family Home Evening Activity.  Isn't that a great tradition?  I love celebrating the holidays with our new little family! Eloise seemed to enjoy the hunt for the perfect tree!

7 Months

Eloise turned 7 months old on November 26th.  Since it was just a day before the 26th, and since she had such a cute outfit on, we decided to take her 7-month photos on Thanksgiving.

Eloise is such a JOY!  Her 7th month brought us many surprises, including her FIRST WORDS!  I thought it was a little early, but she started saying "Mama," "NumNum" (for food), and "Dada" (in that order) all in this last month.  We think it's hilarious that food took precedence over Daddy.  She clearly takes after her mother-- seriously, don't wait too long to feed me or it gets ugly.

Here are some shots of our sweet girl:

Thanksgiving

We had a lovely Thanksgiving at Rees and KayLynn's home in Santa Clarita.  The fun, relaxation, and delicious food was extended by a 2-night stay.  It was wonderful!  It's so fun celebrating these first holidays with Eloise.

The Founders of the Feast

It was a wonderful 1st Thanksgiving!

San Diego and Playtime Montage

I've neglected the blog for the past several weeks.  I'll try to catch it up over the next couple of days!  We spent a lovely weekend in San Diego a couple of weeks ago.  Cami and I did a session at the San Diego Temple-- what a beautiful building!  Eloise enjoyed hanging out with her uncles.  It was such a relaxing, fun time.  Here are a few shots from that weekend: 

Waking up happy in San Diego!

 

Phil's BBQ- YUM

Hansen took a bunch of pictures of Eloise playing at Uncle Phil's condo.  Sorry for the ridiculous number of photos... she's just so cute!