Mullins Family Christmas

It was another fun year at my parents house for Christmas. It is so exciting now with Ella to watch her open presents and interact with her cousins. It was a lot different than the year before when she was only about 6 weeks old. This time, Ella was able to run around with her cousins, open her own presents from Santa, grandma and her cousins and could eat all the yummy food! We are so lucky to have such a wonderful and big family. It makes the holidays fun and very special. We hope everyone enjoyed their holidays with family and friends too!

Santa knows that Ella loves to crush cans with her daddy.

Our little jazz musician on her Woody harmonica.

Her cousins got her a Minnie bag filled with Minnie goodies like this awesome car. Ella is amazed!

Showing dad her pretty tutu Aunt Jaime got her.

Taking a much needed break.

I can't tell if Hunter likes his presents...

The boys put on a rock concert with their new guitars. We had to have tickets for admission to see the show and Briley was their manager who introduced them and collected the tickets.

A Christmas guitar medley in the horse corral.

The encore presentation inside.

Too cool.

As usual at my moms, there were games in which I did not win. But we were still happy for the lucky winners..I guess. Bah-hum-bug! Ha ha

I don't remember what Aunt E was up to in this picture but she looks guilty!

Bossing great grandma around.

Showing off her spitting abilities.

Awww...the Messner stockings at mom's house.

Christmas with Jimmy's Family

Jimmy's mom moved to Colorado this year so it was a wonderful treat for Ella when her and Grandpa Mark came out to Arizona for a Christmas visit. She loves her Grandma and Grandpa so much! It was a very nice visit and we are so glad they came.

Wore out



I had to add this one...we are never in any pics!



Ella loves her new vest from Grandma!



Bubbles with her cousins. They are so sweet to her!



Little Reindeer

Last year, a few of my friends with children a little older than Ella and I got together around the holidays and took some very cute Christmas pictures of all of our little reindeer kids. We decided then that it would be a tradition to get the kiddos together for a picture each year. It is always a blast getting them together. Even though Ella is younger than them all, she still enjoys chasing them around acting like she is a big girl. I can't wait to do it again next year!

LAST YEAR

Christmas 2009
Carson, Noah, Ella and Charli

Christmas 2009
Ella and Charli

THIS YEAR

Christmas 2010
Carson, Charli, Ella and Noah

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Pictures

The holidays were coming up so that meant it was time for another photo shoot! We had Stephanie take our pictures this year for our Christmas card. We went to a park at Marley Park here in Surprise. We brought a ball and bubbles to keep Ella entertained. She didn't cooperate all that great with looking at the camera but she did good for a one year old. Here is a sneak peak at some of the pics. Enjoy!

 

Ella looks like a sweet little Christmas angel in this picture. It reminded me of when my mom found out I was pregnant. We were kind of doing math in our head and at first thought I would be due in December and my mom said, "Oh we will get a Christmas angel." Then I broke the news that it would be November and she said, "Well then, we'll just get a turkey!" I think we got a mix. She is a funny little turkey but also a sweet angel at the same time. Love her!

November 2010 - One Year Old

Ella's new obsession is rocks. She loves to throw them, pick them up, stack them, anything!

Our TALL girl can reach in the drawers now. Uh oh!

Ella's snack of choice is cheese and crackers.

She is also quite the fan of the sink. She loves to play and bathe in there when she can.

The left-over ball pit from her birthday party. Wow, what a mess.

Her One Year Dr. Visit. She was healthy, developing right on track and still tall.