St. Pete/Tampa Trip

We had a fabulous time on our New Year's trip! We left out on New Year's Eve for Tampa. Our resort was beautiful. It was called the Don Cesar aka "the pink palace on the beach" at St. Petersburg Beach. We enjoyed great Cuban food, lost of fresh seafood and great shopping. The weather was a perfect 80 degrees so we went out on the beach as well. On Saturday we went to Busch Gardens which was tons of fun. I didn't take my camera there because I was afraid to but now I wish I had because I missed so many photo opportunities. On Sunday, we had King Charles Brunch at the resort and it was the best. We were so stuffed for our flight home. Or so we thought! When we arrived at the airport we were told that our flight had been delayed 2 hours. We were bummed but it wasn't a big deal, until we found out that it was actually delayed 4 hours! We were so upset because we missed Ella so much and now she was going to be asleep when we got home. Not to mention the fact that we were now stuck in the airport for 6 hours. When we finally arrived after midnight at home we crashed so that we could start the work week. It was a nice winter vacation but we are so glad to be home!

Outback Bowl

We headed down to Tampa on New Year's to watch the Gamecocks in the Outback Bowl. We had a great time considering it was not such a great game. Maybe next year. I think we said that last year too!

Yummy pancakes!

Ella's favorite breakfast is pancakes so we made some this morning. We made Mickey and Minnie pancakes and they turned out cute!

Sunny days...

We are loving this odd December weather we are having. It was so beautiful yesterday. It was the first time in awhile we have been able to really enjoy being outside in the sunshine. Ella wanted to check out her new tricycle so we went for a ride around the neighborhood. Her favorite thing to do though is just to run around in the grass. We are enjoying our time at home this week!

Christmas

We had such a Merry Christmas this year! Ella was so excited when she saw her gifts from Santa. Her favorites were the teaset, ballpit and Sesame Street number cards. She was so cute hopping from toy to toy. She didn't know what to play with first! We spent Christmas Eve with Scott's family and Christmas day with my family. We loved spending this special time of year with our families. We are so blessed to have such close families. Happy New Year to all of you!

Gingerbread Sleigh

We got up first thing this morning and decorated our gingerbread sleigh. We had gumdrops and peppermints and lots of icing! There was way more candy to decorate with than needed and I'm sure they did that for a reason! Ella was eating more than she was decorating with. We are staying in today because Ella has strep and double ear infections so we are trying to get better before the Christmas festivities. It's no fun being sick on Christmas! (Can you spot Rudolph?)

First Haircut

Ella had her 1st haircut on Saturday. We took her to visit Mrs. Marie and she was so excited. She said "haircut" all the way there. She did really well and did not cry at all. She typically doesn't like for me to mess with her hair but she didn't move one bit. We were very proud! You can hardly tell where it was cut but it was starting to get a little raggedy in the back so we had to get a little trim. Her curls are still there though. She is still talking about it!