Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Love,
Ben, Jenna, and Elyse
So I am going to be "that person" who doesn't send out a Christmas card this year so please accept my apologies but this lovely blog post as our family update from 2011. And what a year we have had!
Our first year of official parenting has been fun, exciting, and challenging but SO SO SO worth it. Elyse is the joy and love of our lives and brings us so much happiness. At the beginning of the year she started going to daycare, much harder on Mommy than her, but the transition to being full time working parents was easier than we thought. We are lucky to have a VERY good baby! We get to bring her so many places like the ski hill to watch Daddy ski, to Colorado and Pennsylvania to visit family (she's flown a total of 4 times just this year!), on long runs as Mommy and Daddy trained for the half marathon, boating on the bays, swim classes at Great Wolfe Lodge, and overnights to Grandparent's house to allow Mommy and Daddy an adult night out.
Elyse definitely keeps us on our toes! We've finally had to baby proof the house as she started crawling at 9 months and walking at 11 months. Elyse even learned about tools from watching Daddy and his friends build an amazing garage for our house! She continues to chat up a storm now saying "thank you" and "i get." Right now she loves to color, play with her baby, and harass Aspen (poor kitty).
2011 has truly been an amazing year filled with so many wonderful memories and we feel so grateful and fortunate to share those with our family and friends. Be sure to keep up to date with us on our blog as 2012 is already shaping up to be a fun year!
Have a great holiday and wonderful 2012!
Love,
The Belyea's
