Blessed by Baby Z: 7 Months!

Well, I'm behind on the blog, oops! Elizabeth's seventh month was a whirlwind full of the holidays, family time and lots of fun! Our baby girl was shown an overwhelming amount of love from her family and friends this season--- so much so that I think we should have taken out stock in a toy store :) We are so grateful for the new wardrobe and entertainment Elizabeth was showered with but more than anything, are blessed to have spent the holidays with our amazing family.

We shared and began some holiday traditions with Elizabeth for her first Christmas--- watching her mommy's favorites---Rudolph and Elf, helping her daddy put the star on top of the tree, opening a gift on Christmas Eve of holiday pj's and a movie to watch as a family after reading the Christmas story with her (it's never too early to teach her the real meaning of Christmas!). She was more interactive with opening gifts than we expected. She was excited about the boxes and eating the paper mostly but was anxious to look inside boxes and see what her cousins were opening throughout.

We took Ellie to get her picture with Santa this year by herself and with both her cousins. At Christmas, as throughout the rest of the year, we're so happy to see her and her cousins play together and are anxious what future holidays will hold for them.

Elizabeth experienced her first snow this year as well! We got about a foot of snow for her to play in and more than enough for her daddy to make her a snowman! We didn't keep her out long to prevent her from being too cold but she seemed fascinated with the flurry white stuff that was out of her normal scenic view :)

These days, Elizabeth loves sticking out her tongue, helping with the laundry as she wants to play underneath and peek through the holes, Harry the Bunny, her singing Rudolph and smiling!