Christmas was lots of fun, Jono and I hosted this year for my family. Christmas dinner was a big success and Ellie enjoyed having everyone around. She got lots of pressies, mainly clothes or books, but her favourites were her percussion set and her Tinky-Winky!
To the right is our staged "Ellie at Christmas" photo. It's really cute and she did manage to keep the hat on for more than 4 seconds, just enough time to take the photo!
Here's Ellie and Daddy, in their matching dressing gowns. Ellie did spoil the moment rather, by picking her nose, but I love this photo anyway!
We managed to get down to Wiltshire between xmas and new year to see Jono's family and it's good that we did because Jono's Nanny got to see Ellie again. Unfortunately, last weekend, Nanny died from pneumonia, which had come on quite suddenly. It was a very sad start to the new year but we all got to see her one last time and we have nice memories.
Mark, Katie and Alice came up for New Year and we all had a nice quiet celebration - just the one firework! Jaime Oliver lent a hand for our NYE dinner, and very delicious it was too!
In other news, I started back at work on Monday - 2.5 days a week. My sister will be having Ellie all day on Mondays and half a day on Thursday, and then Ellie will go to nursery all day on Wednesdays. Today was Ellie's first day at nursery and she was as good as gold. So much so that the proprietor and baby room leader both said she was the best baby they'd ever had there. Not a tear or a winge all day apparently! I'm sure it won't last - she's probably just overwhelmed with all the new things to look at! It was good that Ellie felt happy at nursery, but all the same, it would have been nice for her to have missed us just a little bit!!
I can't believe that Ellie is going to be 1 this Saturday! It doesn't seem like a year has passed at all. It just goes to show how precious these first few years actually are because they pass in a blink.
