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This awesome dollhouse was her big present waiting for her Christmas morning from Santa (Heath's family).
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Ella getting excited after she spent some time waking up.
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Opening up her stocking.
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Sponge Bob Tattoos. Yes, my little dainty girl is CRAZY about Sponge Bob. This was one of her ideas, not mine.
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All of her stocking stuffers. Can you see a theme?
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Ella getting sweet lovings from her Great Granddad.
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Silly time with cousin Jerrod. This is an example of the amazingly fun time we had hanging out with family.
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Some morning loving from my Uncle Jim.
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My cousin Tiffany made this blanket for Ella. Is it not the cutest thing ever? She is still loving it.
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Every year, instead of buying the aunts and grandmas a gift from Ella (because I can't afford that) I make them something Ellaish. This year I decided on journals and wrote a note on the front page just telling them how much they mean to Ella's life.
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This is what one of them looked like.
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This was the much anticipated gift. Ella for months had been asking for "the puppy that swims and walks". She saw it on a commercial and wanted it so badly. So we couldn't wait for her to open it.
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She was very excited and even slept with it that night.
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Getting some loving from Aunt Michelle & Uncle Bradley.
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Can you tell she was excited about her new headband from her Aunt Ashley?
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And of course the Dora nightgown was a huge hit.
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Heath asked for boots for Christmas. I thought these would be perfect for him.
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More family silly time. Wrestling with Uncle Arthur. A few weeks after Christmas, my Uncle Arthur and Aunt Sandy moved to Singapore. It was a very sad goodbye. I think this is one reason I treasured this Christmas so much with family. I was just really trying to soak all the time in.
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Ella and her sweet cousins, Zach & Ethan. Always having fun together.
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I am so thankful for the Christmas we had this year. I just feel like we all were focused on spending time with each other and making some great memories. It has gone down as one of my favorite Christmases.
4 comments:
Janelle, those journals are AMAZING! What a fantastic idea! I hope you don't mind if I steal it. Did you use composition notebooks for the base? I'm in love. Thanks for the great idea. :)
Those journals were a great idea! Ella is stinkin' adorable. I love that she loves to read! Hope you're doing well, Janelle! (I just rhymed!)
We LOVE us some GiGi in this house!!! :)idex
What a perfect Christmas! Love that puppy she got - so cute! I've never seen it before.
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