Ellie's Baptism....

This past weekend we celebrating Ellie's Baptism. We were lucky to beat the big snow storm! Ellie was a perfect angel and was excited to welcome Marc and Bethany as her Godparents! She is a lucky girl to have such great role models in her life. Isabelle's Godparents (Dave and Jen) were present and George Godparent's were present (Toe-knee and Ed)...

A special thanks for everyone who cooked food and helped make this day so special.

All the kids had a great time eating sweets....sweets and more sweets!!!

Isabelle enjoying some time with her favorite Toe-knee!!

Juliana and Amelia (future baby-sitters?) loved holding Ellie and were very loving toward our little special bundle of joy. We were lucky enough to have some time to catch up with our favorite friends from Arizona! Isabelle and Bethany relationship started a bit rocky but over time they have become very close (as shown in the picture!)

Oh ya - it snowed!!

Oh Chrsitmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

This weekend we decorated our Christmas tree. After moving it to 3 different spots in the family room we found the perfect home for our short and fat tree. George, Isabelle, and I had fun decorating the tree while Ellie sat very patiently and watched us. It looks great !!

Isabelle hanging up her Curious George ornament.



The girls all dressed up for Andrea's holiday party in front of the tree.


A close up of the fancy dresses.

e Our little cougar !!

Isabelle, Julianna, and Tyler devouring cupcakes at the holiday party.

Daddy and the girls.

As you can see, Daddy was the only one happy about taking this picture :)

Christmas Tree and Flair

The Christmas spirit has officially hit the Spencer house. We got our Christmas tree, put up the village and flair around the house, and we put up the lights outside. And with the fresh coating of snow it is looking a lot like Christmas at our house!

We went on the "Jingle Bell Walk" and walked up to the beach with Santa. It was fun, but very very cold .

This is what happens when Isabelle does not take a nap and is surrounded by Christmas flair. Pure silliness !!

You can't read Ellie's shirt, but it says Little Sister. This was going to be our Christmas card. Obviously, this did not make the cut. But is is still a cute picture.

Ellie missed her first Christmas tree cutting experience. But she stayed warm and dry while the rest of us were freezing and running around in the rain.

Daddy and Isabelle cutting down the tree. Stay tuned for pictures of the tree all decorated in next week's post.

Favorite Pictures

Since we are so far behind with updating the blog, I have created 3 posts. This is the first post and it is all of my favorite pictures from the last 3 weeks. The 2 previous posts are out of order (I will blame it on sleep deprivation). So you will see the after thanksgiving pictures before the thanksgiving pictures. But I hope you enjoy all 3 posts even if they are out of order :):)


Below are my favorite pictures from the last few weeks.

Ellie stretching.

Daddy and Ellie in their favorite relaxing position.

An angry little duck.

Isabelle and Felix.

Ellie sleeping on Nana.

Happy Thanksgiving !!

Daddy and his girl's watching Tinkerbell :)

Sisters !!

Can you find Isabelle?!

We ventured out last weekend to go to a local tasting of Beauport Vodka and Knockabout Gin from RW Wood. I had been waiting almost 10 months to taste the product. Well, it was worth the wait ! And it was great to see Uncle Bob and Aunt Kathy.

Emma and Wylie.

They were so great with Ellie and Isabelle had so much fun playing with them.

My little helper.

A special thank you to Andrea and Keri for the great apron. It says, "I am the Big Sister."

Andrea and Keri with Ellie.

My beautiful little baby.

Post Thansgiving fun

After we recovered from Grammy and Grampy's thanksgiving feast we headed up to Nana and Papa's for some more fun. Isabelle and Ellie had a great time playing with their cousins and eating leftovers.

Frankie and Danny being silly.

Everyone took a turn on the swings at the park. Ellie is actually hidden under my coat.

Isabelle and Felix. Can you say trouble !!

Even Papa took a turn on the swings. Imagine how high he will be able to go after he gets his new knee !!

Papa and Ellie.

Nana, Felix, and Ellie.

All of the kids had a great time playing dress up at Nana and Papa's house. This is just one outfit of many that Isabelle modeled for us.

Thanksgiving

We had a very busy Thanksgiving week. We ate too much and visited with family and friends from near and far. It was a great holiday and Ellie really enjoyed her first Thanksgiving. We are very thankful for our wonderful family and friends and for all of our loyal blog readers !!

Grampy and the girl's getting ready for Thanksgiving.

Aunt Eileen and the girl's relaxing after dinner.

Isabelle was not amused by the turkey leg. But she did eat quite a bit of Grammy's turkey dinner.

Everyone at Grammy and Grampy's house before we sat down for dinner.

Grammy and Ellie.

Aunt Eileen came to visit and to celebrate Thanksgiving with us. She was a natural with Isabelle and Ellie. We all had a great time catching up with her.

Ellie's First Month

It is hard to believe that Ellie is one month old today! Time flies when the days are full of feeding, poopy diapers, and looking at a super cute baby girl :)
Below are a few picures of Ellie's first month.

Daddy and Ellie relaxing. Ellie is patiently waiting for Daddy to feed her :)

Ellie relaxing on the couch.

Andy came all the way from LA to meet Ellie. We had a great visit and who knows, maybe someday we will see parts of our visit in a movie. Who says the suburbs are boring :):)

Mommy and Ellie.

Danielle also came for a visit last weekend. She is a natural !

Yes, she does open her eyes !

We went for our first family hike. Isabelle loved being in Daddy's "backpack."

And Ellie loved being in the Bjorn.

Isabelle is really enjoying being a big sister. Ellie is starting to get used to being smothered with kisses from her big sister.

Ellie made her first trip to Nana and Papa's house for "family hour" and she got to meet one of her namesakes !! Older Ellie is also know as the baby whisperer and you can see why :)

Ellie and Grace. I see our future baby-sitter !

Isabelle and Grace. The 2 big girls of the family.

Daddy and his girls.

Sisters.