Howdy!

We had a irthday party Saturday for Eleanor and Daniel (he lives down the hall). Daniel's Birthday was Nov. 16th and Eleanor's is Dec. 8th so we decided to combine the two. We had a Cowboy/Cowgirl theme complete with a baby ghost town. I made the cake myself. I did have a video made so if you are really interested then I will let you watch it once the DVD gets made. Eleanor had cake for the very first time and she loved it. She shoved the entire piece of cake in her moth in 2 bites. She was fussy so I had to put her down for her nap and she missed the last part of the party.

Video

Hopefully this will work. Its my first time trying to uplode a video. I still haven't been able to fix our camera, it is stuck on video so that is why I am trying to post a video instead. There is no sound, the quality is poor, but it is a cute clip. Eleanor started drinking cows milk this month and this is one of the first times she tried it, and it caught her by suprise.

Christmas Plans

We have purchased our tickets for Christmas and we are flying home before you know it. I wanted to let everyone know our dates. We will fly into Charlotte on December 16th (we have to leave our apartment at 4:00am) and we will stay in Virginia until Christmas Eve. We will probably leave at around 8 or 9 pm and drive to Cleveland. We will not return to Virginia en route to Charlotte. Last Christmas we missed our flight. We will be staying the night in Charlotte on January 2nd and flying back on Jan 3rd.

Our camera is not working at this time so I am posting an old photo. Hopefully we can get our camera fixed or our blog will be a lot less exciting.

Today Eleanor turned 11 months old. She took her first steps this week! We couldn't be more proud. She can now take about 4 steps before diving into your arms. As you can tell from the picture, both Eleanor and Linnea are starting to compete for my attention.
Today Clair Phillips turns 7 months old.

Atlanta

We had so much fun in Atlanta this weekend. Thanks Amberly for such a wonderful time. We even got to visit with Nanna and Papa, and Tammie and Matthew. We are now counting down the days until we get to visit everyone for Christmas.