9 months

Time is flying by too fast! I can't believe this little lady is 9 months old today! She is constantly babbling and she makes the sweetest little faces! It makes us laugh all the time!

She has been eating solid food for a few months now and she eats a variety everyday but her absolute favourite is avocado. Avocado, all the time. It makes her so happy!

Happy 2013!

We are slowly getting back into our regular schedule but it looked like the holidays were still here when we woke up this morning.

I took Eloise out for a walk and played in the snow for the first time, it looks like she was figuring out what this stuff on the ground is.

Happy 2013 everyone! I am really excited for the things that are yet to come!

A present for Eloise

We have been shown so much love ever since Eloise came into our lives and when Christmas came, she received some beautiful and thoughtful gifts. This gift in particular is very special to me.

Rosalyn made this sweet play mat for Eloise with a community of houses appliqued onto it. I love the design and the details she put into it (look at the patterns on the roofs!). I can only imagine how much love and heart went into this, I was in shock when we opened this gift.

Because to me, quilts equal love

handmade equals love, and we love you Roz.

Thank you so much Roz! Eloise is so lucky. We are taking this upstairs, downstairs and to the park with us.

Decorating

Things are finally starting to look like Christmas around here!

Our tree is slightly bigger this year so we got some pretty new ornaments from the Drake General Store to add to our collection, but I wanted something to mark Eloise's first Christmas.

I saw this really fun and easy tutorial on Pinterest from A Beautiful Mess that was perfect! While I had all my cookie cutters out, I made a few extra ornaments as well!

It feels great to get back into making things again, I hope Eloise likes crafting as she grows older, we will have so much fun!