Ellasyn Hannah is 6 months old!

Ellasyn is 6 months old! Can you believe it!? She is cooing and laughing, and dadadada-ing. It is so much fun to watch her recognize our voices and look for us around a room. This month she has started eating baby food! So far, we have tried green beans (which she hated), peas, carrots and sweet potatos (which she loved). She also started cheerios, Gerber puffs, and water in a sippy cup. What a big girl she is! She really likes to eat cheerios and the Gerber veggie puffs (sweet potato flavor, of course). At first, she would not pick them up out of my hand, she would just bring my hand to her mouth. It was so funny. Just this morning she actually picked them up and put them in her mouth. She was so proud!

Here are some new pictures from her 6th month, so far...



The rocking chair picture with her 'Ella'phant



Home from the doctor's office after 5 vaccinations... she cried more when he looked in her ears than when she got the shots!




Do I have something in my hair?




Helping me feed her a cheerio




Green beans??




Uh, I think that is a "No!"









Happy Valentines!!
Love,
The McDaniel Family

5 1/2 months... where has the time gone?

I feel like Ellasyn has changed so much this month. Her personality blooms more and more. She still looks just like her Daddy, but I am beginning to see a little more of me in her. We are still working on a consistent sleeping pattern. It seems that just when I think we have got it figured out, it all changes again. We have been so very blessed. I thank God for our new 'jobs' and for our sweet baby girl.

I can't help but share some more pictures...

Enjoying her snuggly bunny jammies and soft bunny slippers!



She has outgrown her bathtub, and upgraded to the real deal.



So Berry Sweet :)





Just one word... Adorable.



Love to all!
Courtney

Thanks, Grama!

Look at what we got Ellasyn with her Christmas money! She can't quite reach the bouncy platform, but she already loves it. When she does reach the platform, she will be able to push off of it and bounce to her little hearts content. The seat rotates 360 degrees so that she can play with all of the toys and gadgets that surround her. What will they come up with next?

Love you bunches!

Ellasyn is 5 months!

Ellasyn turned 5 months old on Christmas Day. Just one more reason to celebrate! She is becoming more alert, interactive and adorable each day. She recognizes her name, leans toward us when she wants us to hold her, loves to watch Hollie-dog and Dixie and Bonnie (our cats), cannot get enough of her feet and toes, loves to stand up and bounce in our laps and enjoys chewing on anything that we give her.

Here are some pictures of the month so far!

She is growing so fast!



She likes to stand up (with our assistance) and chew on the top of her activity gym.





Yummy feet!




Being silly



She loves her Hollie :)


We hope that you all are having a wonderful 2010, so far!
Love,
The McDaniel Family

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!