Winter Break and more...

Ella will be nine months tomorrow and it is hard to believe where the time has gone. Ella is so full of life, laid back, and has her dads humor (she laughs at everything). It amazes me daily how much Ernie and I love this little girl. I can't believe we lived so long without her. She fills every part of our lives with joy, wonder, and continuous laughter. Here are some pictures of my time off with Ella. I had so much fun with Ella during my Winter Break and, as always, it goes WAY too fast. The most fun part was having play dates with Jansen boys and with cousin Lia. It is so fun to watch Ella interact with other kiddos. Very much looking forward to Florida in three/four weeks for Spring Break!

Football and Ella

I know that its been a while since we last posted something but with football now on the back burner and who knows when we are going to see football again with the lock out looming but Ella really wanted to share this with the blogging world.

Kim Ella and I tried to get together with some people for the big game but we were too late as everyone else already had plans so we decided to throw our own Super Bowl Party. We went to the grocery store got a bunch of junk food, cleaned the house, and parked ourself down in the basement for about 6 hours.

Over all I'd say it was a good super bowl party (Minus the fact that the broncos stink this year) Here is a video of our fun times

8 months

8 months. Can it already be Eight Months? Where does the time go. Its been an unbelievable ride and while we are so busy with life I am realizing that Ella is 8 months old already.

I mean geesh she has her first 2 teeth already.

1 month


8 Months

Oh the joys of growing up

It's not that I don't like the baby phase but I am really starting to enjoy Ella and all the new things that she is doing. She has such a personality. I love the way she smiles when I come home from work, I love the way she gets excited when she knows when she is going to eat (A true Krauth), I love the way she gets in the bath and just starts kicking, I love the way she starts imitating people with her actions. We have the coolest baby and I just Love the way she is.

Speaking of imitating people Oma taught her how to do this.

Christmas Fun!

This years Christmas was a three day event! After all was said and done it felt more like a three day marathon. Our darling daughter did all three events with such ease and grace like only Ella can. Her laid back personality let her take in all the new and crazy happenings and traditions.

We started our pre-christmas eve celebrations with a Mackenzie Christmas get together.







On Christmas Eve, Ernie, Ella and I went to church. We followed up church with stockings and then we celebrated with the Krauth kids at Ernie's mom's house with our traditional Fondue experience.







Christmas day was kind of a blur as Ernie and I were extremely tired from staying out late the night before and of course Ella was up early on Christmas morning. (and rightly so... it is Christmas after all) A lot to fit into three days, but we managed. Here are the final pictures of Christmas morning and some pictures of Christmas at my parents.








Merry Christmas from the Krauths! We hope you were blessed this Christmas Season by family and friends and the remembrance of Christ Birth.