The Wood Fam Fun Blog

I ordered her stickers a little late, so her 1st month pictures were done closer to 6 weeks! My favorite is first, and then some others! Month 2, we were just a few days late because we were in El Paso on the 23rd! So this is closer to 2 months, 5 days! Maybe month 3 will be on time!  Favorites are at the top of the page but here are all the pictures!        

This was our second year to have our Elf on the Shelf, Mozart (named by LJ), join us during the month of December. Mozart is one of Santa's elves that comes to our house every year to watch over the boys during the days leading up to Christmas. He flies back to the North Pole every night and reports back to Santa (great leverage for parents!).  There is a book that came with Mozart explaining the story behind the elf that we read the night before he showed up, so the boys were all refreshed on the story and 'rules' behind him.  Some rules are that the boys can talk to Mozart, tell him what they want for Christmas, etc, but Mozart will not talk back (he will just report all the things they say to Santa). And also, the boys cannot touch Mozart or he may loose his magic and won't be able to fly back and forth any more!!  I took pictures of most of Mozart's 'hiding' places this year (although I did miss a couple days). ...

We got home on Christmas Eve just in time to change clothes and head to Queenie and Grandad's for our wonderful Christmas Eve dinner!! Queenie and Ellie by the fire... Kids table- equipped with antlers!!  Ellie's seat during our dinner! This bouncy chair has been through ALL the cousins! Ellie is the 7th baby to enjoy this thing!  A picture of all of the 'grown-ups' at Queenie's beautiful table! So blessed to be here! Kate holding Ellie... I will never get over how little our babies look in Barrett's arms! Attempted a selfie with Capi and Ellie, but she was too tired! Such a sad face! One last shot of her precious outfit before bath time!  Got everyone to bed, and then Santa came :) The boys got both their requests from Santa- Legos for LJ and a big lollipop for Evan! Santa also left a baseball and bat for Evan, and small toys for LJ, little stocking stuffers (flash lights, stickers, etc) and he ev...