Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

I hope that you all have had a wonderful time celebrating the birth of Our Lord, and remembering the best Christmas Gift of all. I wish you a blessed 2010!

Here are a few pictures from some of our family time this past week...


We set up all her gifts for Christmas morning... I think she was impressed. :o)







Ethan's gift from me... an official Indiana Jones hat, guaranteed crushable and reshapable!



With my stocking that Ethan's mom made me to have at their house



All I got for Christmas is my two front teeth (on the bottom)

Make a Smilebox greeting

Ellasyn is 4 months old!

Ellasyn is four months old! It has been such a wonderful four months. She is growing so fast... right before our eyes! Her personality is really developing and she has become so much more interactive. She adds new "words" to our conversations each day. She is so observant, it is hard to get her to smile for the camera because she is distracted by the red light that comes on before it takes the picture! Four months old means another picture in her rocking chair, more shots, and rice cereal. She was not so sure about the cereal at first, but she chowed down once she figured it out. It is messy, but so much fun! Thanksgiving was great. I enjoyed getting to see family and spend some time at my parent's home. Ethan and I took Ellasyn to Texas A&M's campus for the first time and took some great pictures. (which are on his phone, and will be added later) Our house is decorated for Christmas, and we even had a little bit of snow the other day! I am so excited to share our Christmas traditions with Ellasyn. She will not remember her first Christmas, but she will definately have lots of pictures to look back on. I am so thankful for digital cameras... I just click away and hope that at least one or two turn out with everyone smiling and all eyes open. Here are some pictures of Ellasyn's fourth month, so far... Four months old... in her rocking chair After her shots at the doctor's office. You would never know that she screamed bloody murder for what seemed like hours afterward. ;o) Not so sure about this stuff. Yum! The Jackson 5 (Plus 5) Back Row: Jude, Chris, Merinda, Ethan, Courtney, Ellasyn Front Row: Cassidy, Sharon w/ Penny, Gary The McDaniel Family Ellasyn was not so happy that we woke her up for a million family pictures! She is giving us 'the look' 4 generations: Sharon Rodgers Jackson, Ella Norman Rodgers, Courtney Jackson McDaniel, Ellasyn Hannah McDaniel Cassidy, Sharon, Courtney Cereal, Day 2 Straight to the bath! Helping Momma decorate the tree, she is already amused by my love for seasonal decorations. Looking back at the tree, it is very tall!