McClain family Christmas

Christmas morning with new scooters from Santa

filled stockings!

Ellia's gold Santa gift

Ellia's frankincense and myrhh gifts

Christmas eve in new PJs

opening new PJs

meeting cousin Jakob for the first time

opening a present with Katie Kalany, and wearing a new scarf she made

Union Terminal

We are in Kentucky visiting Noni and Lito so we decided to go to the train display at Union Terminal in Cincinnati. Ellia enjoyed the day in the children's museum and looking at trains. She was very good as always!

We packed foodboxes at church

We packed foodboxes Sunday night at church for the community, and Ellia had to hold her pizza while she was eating it. It was a BIG mess, but it was so funny to watch her eat it that I had to post a few pictures.

We went to Noccolula Falls in Alabama on Saturday to look at Christmas lights. They have a train to ride to look at lights, and they also had a nice petting zoo. The kids enjoyed it, and Ellia was a great baby!

You will see below that Ellia was not a fan of sitting on Santa's lap. She is a fan however of crawling all over things. She can take 1-2 steps but is not walking. However, she climbs in kitchen drawers, up stairs, on top of stools, etc. Some pictures from the doctor's office of all places, but you might as well take pictures when you are just waiting!

Some Thanksgiving weekend pictures, thanks to our photographers Noni and Lito.

Ellia is 1! Mommy is sad because her baby is one, but we enjoyed the day anyway. Her party was simple with a pumpkin tasting and looking cake and Dee and Pop came over. Ellia enjoyed her cards and cake and gifts. On the day of her first birthday, she started standing up from the floor but still no steps.

Three blind mice! Halloween costumes this year were coordinating with all three dressing alike. Ellia had her first sucker (thanks Lisa Claytor) at New Armuchee's truck or treat. She enjoyed the candy, and she also enjoyed playing with a balloon. Even though she spent a lot of time in the stroller at trunk or treat and trick-or-treating on Halloween night, she was happy as usual!