Christmas and Such...

Life is good in the Roggia house. We had a wonderful
Christmas and have been enjoying our time together
while Adam isn't so busy with homework and all that
jazz. Ellie is great and keeps us smiling all the time!

Her Nike hats are still a little big for her, but she just
looked so cute in this picture to me!

Unfortunately, Ellie does have a pretty bad cold this weekend.
You can see her glossy and somewhat puffy eyes in this
picture. I got about 2 hours of sleep last night, spending all
my energy rocking her to sleep since it was the only way she
could really breathe... poor girl. I think she's a little better
tonight... she's in bed at least.

This is her new Jumperoo from her G-ma and G-pa Garner!
She is still a little small to reach the ground and truly enjoy it,
but she seems to like looking at all the bright toys on it.

This was her watching the toy get put together.

Christmas isn't Christmas without some nice kitchen gifts from
my momma. She's too good to us!

Adam gave my stocking a baking theme with these cute
little mini-bags of flour and stuff. I loved it!

Nascar is never forgotten at our Holiday events.

Ellie showing some gifts... a book and cute hoodie.

The adorable coat from her Grandma Garner...
we just pray she'll be big enough to wear it a little!

Our stockpile Christmas morning... we were very
blessed by many loved ones.

This picture didn't come out very well. But I had to thank
Adam for my offset spatula that I had been wanting sooooo
bad! (I'm a nerd, I know). I made this yummy Swedish Nut Cake
for Christmas Eve and loved how easy it was to frost with
my new favorite tool!

Ellie's cute sweater.... purple is a good color for her.

Playing with Daddy.

Adam decided to model Ellie's new hat for her.

Then she tried it too. Thanks Aunt Joy!

Sitting calmly with Santa. I wonder what she asked for.

We love how car rides often help her sleep...
especially if we let her listen to Miranda Lambert
who is her clear favorite.

She helped me do some laundry early in the week.

This is us relaxing at home after walking 3 miles
together at the indoor track while Adam was running.
Ellie seems to enjoy the ride.

We've been developing her climbing skills. She also sits pretty
well sometimes. She sat up on her own on my legs for almost
20 seconds this week. She's always been very strong.

Tummy Time.... she doesn't hate it anymore!

Looking cute.

All wrapped up after bath time.

3 Months Old!

Ellie is 3 months old! She has been finding her voice
more and more... as if she needed to develop it any
further. :) She yells and squeaks and squeals and laughs
and keeps us very entertained. She still always sleeps
through the night, thanks to Paula's swaddling tips.
She loves her ducky toy, and so do we, as it gives us little
chunks of time to get things done while she plays.

This was Ellie's first outfit ever... her Grandma Garner
bought it the week I found out I was pregnant... I
guess we're lucky we had a girl to wear it. It's
such a cute dress... and she got many compliments
at church today.

Ellie's favorite toy.

I know there are a lot of these pictures... but I was
just so excited to get good shots of her smiling while
we were in good lighting without the flash to stun the
smile off of her little face. She was laughing and smiling
like crazy that afternoon.

Her cute Bolivian shirt.

Just chillin....

Playing with another toy. She likes to reach for this one
and try to grab it by the little color tabs... a good challenge.

Being silly.

Ditto.

Laughing at Daddy. She's always SUPER excited when he
gets home. She just hears him talk, and immediately smiles
and turns right over to wherever he is.

Ellie will be 3 months old this coming Thursday. Hard to
believe it. She's doing great. She has started grabbing toys
and pulling them to her mouth for a taste. She loves music...
she was always happy in church and choir when the songs were
going. She's always happy and laughing when we sing to
her. That, and also when her Dad holds her over his
head. We think she likes the view from up top.

Maybe it's bad that she's just watching tv with Dad?
Either way, she looked cute with the remote, watching
whatever was on.

Watching and grabbing for toys.

And of course tasting them.

Just laying out on Dad's lap. She just sprawled out and
stayed there for a while, quite content.

Playing around.

This is just one of those that makes me laugh.
Plus, you can see her pretty brown eyes if you
make the picture nice and big.

Laughing and relaxing.