Holiday Visitors.

Lucky Ellie and lucky us have been surrounded by great visitors this past week. I must admit, I am a little tired by the end of the day, but appreciate all the extra hands, and all the extra fun. So does Ellie.

Here she is with her Grandpa Charlie and her Grams. And her favorite bracelet. And Petunia, who as you can see, hates her. That is some over the top cat disdain.

Here she is with her Uncle John. Last Christmas, I think the only time he acknowledged her was when she blasted a big nasty fart and he was like, "did that come from the baby?" (Though he did get her some GREAT books for Christmas.) This year? He is all about his little toddler friend - teaching her to do knuckles, balling up paper for her to fetch, working with her on her dexterity skills. He is a great uncle.

Wednesday we went to a fabulous cookie exchange with our mom friends, and then off to hang out with the knitters, at Janet's house this time. Janet has two weiner dogs, and Ellie set about making friends with them, as you do. She was SO cute - she didn't like so much when they jumped on her, but as long as Janet was holding one, Ellie would stand next to her and say "hi! hi! hi!" over and over again, along with lots of woofing.

Oh Rusty, he's so silly and loving.

So as you can see, Santa's little elf is having quite a good time. Except when drank all of the Johnny Walker Red Label. I tried to tell her we'd let her play in the box anyways, but she insisted on drinking all of the contents first before she sat in it.