Christmas in February!

Here are some pictures of Elsa's first Christmas! We had a great time and were able to hang out and spend time with my mom, Colin and Bryan. Bryan flew in on Christmas day and stayed through New Year's so we had lots of family time! 
Elsa loved all her gifts and she especially loved the bows and wrapping paper....and of course, all the ornaments on the tree!

I'm getting good at posing...

Look at all these presents!

Happy Valentine's Day!

And we're back!

We're a bit jet-lagged and trying to adjust to the new schedule. But, we made it back safely to Granada after a little overnight detour in Dallas after our flight from Dallas to Madrid was canceled. Elsa was a trooper during the 2-day trip and had made friends with everyone from our canceled flight by the time we all actually made it to Madrid (via Miami) a day later. We are excited to be home and to see Gonzalo! 

I apologize for the long 2 months without updates - I was busy being a working mom (I don't know how anyone gets anything done except for at work?) and we all got sick a few times (no fun!).

We had a great time over the holidays and during our stay! We were able to spend lots of time with family and friends and I went back to work - which meant that Elsa got to hang out with Gonzalo for the first few weeks and then with her Grandma and Grandpa Colin. She had a great time....and I can't thank all my wonderful babysitters enough! We even took a trip to Kansas to see the Eckart side of the family and got to see the Hoobler side in NM over New Year's weekend.
 
I will post pictures of everything in the coming weeks. Elsa has changed so much in these last two months! She's crawling, pulling herself up on everything and standing for a few seconds at a time. She babbles away, makes lots of fun sounds and has discovered how to stick out her tongue. She has 2 teeth (or 1 1/2) and is trying lots of new foods - she loves sweet potatoes, carrots and lots of different fruits. She's a busy little girl and keeps us smiling!