Sigh. Christmas is over, and the family has gone back to their respective states. It was so nice to have everyone come down to see us this year, but Eleanore is already going through withdrawal. She loves having a full house of relatives to climb on and smile at. She was, however, pretty overwhelmed and cranky on Christmas day. She didn’t want to open any of her gifts if she wasn’t allowed to chew on the wrapping paper and tissue. The fact that she was spoiled with lots of gifts from the family, made opening them a long ordeal that was interrupted by many nursing sessions and a few naps.
We made it through though.
So far, her favorite gifts were these two:
a set of these blocks and the red ball I knit her. She also really liked the rainbow stacker Aunt Becca got her and a music cube from Uncle Jarod. Overall, my family did wonderful getting her natural toys that can be played with, and not overly plasticized toys that do the thinking for you 
We all appreciate that!
I received some wonderful gifts, too. Most notably the beautiful paintings Jason bought me.
He bought them off the wall of our favorite local coffee shop, Three Goats.
I also received some Noro sock yarn that I can’t wait to work with:
Between the cooking and watching Ellie pull up on and get into everything, I didn’t get much knitting done over the holiday, but I’m still working on her longies.
I’ve been splitting my free time between my new book series, the Sookie Stackhouse set, aka the True Blood series
