Hi Santa, are my presents ready yet?  I visited Santa at the mall, he was so nice. 

It was my nap time, so as soon as I sat in his cuddly lap I just wanted to go to sleep! 

Early Christmas presents!  I stopped over to see my favorite sitter, "Aunt Judy" and she had new books for me!  "Aunt Judy and "Uncle Gary" live two houses down from us and spoil me rotten!  I love when "Aunt Judy" babysits me, we play lots of game, read books and sing songs!  Mom and Dad love it, because I sleep without making a peep all night long!

Playing Pretty!

I decided to get decked out in my super fancy bow from my Aunt Pat. 

Thank you Aunt Pat, I love girly stuff!

Our 1 Year Anniversary!!!

Our First Anniversary!  We can't believe that we are not newlyweds anymore!  It sure has been a whirlwind year, the time has flown by.  Bob planned a surprise weekend getaway for us.  We need to give a special thank you to Aunt Megs and also to Uncle Ben's mom, Kathy for watching Ella for us.  We also need to thank Megan for our beautiful wedding cake.  It survived the entire year in the freezer and was just as delicious as we remembered.  We had a great anniversary and a darn good cake fight to top it off!  

Practicing for Christmas!

A present for me?!?!  Yummy!

Playful Little Peanut!

Ella teaching mommy and daddy the proper way to make "raspberry" sounds. We have nothing on her, she is the master!

Playing with Mommy & Daddy, what a sweet little girl! Ella loves to make you smile!

Working On My Thunder Thighs!

Dinner time! Yummy!

Fashionista!

Glamour Girl! What do you think, rhinestones or polka dots?

Little Stinker!

Bedtime?  No way!  I want to stay up and play!

Poor Baby

Ear infections are no fun.  Snuggling on daddy's chest makes me feel much better.

Happy 2nd Birthday Cousin Carson!

Thanks for sharing your toys!

Happy Halloween!

Klaus's annual Halloween costume party.  Johnny & June Cash (Jacob & Tyse Brosamle), Chick & Chick Magnet (Katie & Greg Dreyer), Fred & Wilma Flinstone.

Uncle Jason carved me an Ella pumpkin - it's awesome!  He also carved a Michigan pumpkin - I suppose we can forgive him!

Happy First Halloween Beautiful Flower!

My Baptism!

All worn out from my big day.  I still sleep with my hands behind my head.

I am such a sweet pretty girl!

I love my Uncle Matt!  Uncle Matt and Aunt Megan were the sponsors for my baptism.

My baptism!  I am the only baby that didn't cry, mommy's necklace proved to be a good distraction.

Costa Rica!!!

 

Who turned out the lights?   Hola...it's Ella!  Ella helped us unpack from Costa Rica and decided that she needed to wear mommy's beach hat.

Our last night in Costa Rica.  Mmmm...sushi!

Ella was never out of our hearts or minds while we where in Costa Rica.  Daddy wrote her name in the sand.

We joined several other "honeymooners" on a sunset cruise. Gorgeous!

COSTA RICA!!! Bob and I went on a 7 day dream honeymoon to Costa Rica in October. It was an amazing trip! We had such incredible experiences there and created memories of a lifetime. Like any vacation, it went way to fast, but we were defiantly anxious to get home to our little princess. Grammie Kayleen stayed with Ella while we were gone for the week so that put our minds at ease - THANKS GRAMMIE!!! We took an ATV beach tour and then up into the canopy to do 11 different zip lines. We also went horesback riding along the beach and up in the mountains where we hiked to the top and once again took in amazing views. Fabulous food, unlimited drinks, our own personal butler, massages on the beach - LIFE IS GREAT!!!

Family Time!

Ahh, I love my Aunt Megan!

My first time at the pool!  Papa & Nana Swanson, Uncle Ben, Aunt Megan, cousin Carson, Mommy, Daddy and I spent the night at Adventureland Inn to celebrate Nana's 60th birthday and Daddy's 28th birthday.  We had tons of fun, I am defiantly a water baby!