Category: Daddy

Ellie snuggling, playing with and terrorising her daddy

1oz

Last night, while making margaritas for friends, Martina and me, I realised that we didn’t have anything to measure 1 ounce of triple sec etc. until I had a eureka moment and used one of Ellie’s food containers, which is graded at 1 and 2 ounces. #FTW!

Ellie’s first words [VIDEO]

I just spent a few days on business in Kansas City, MO, and I was sure that Sod’s law meant that I was going to miss something, and surely enough, on my final day in KC, I got a very excited text message with a video of Ellie, who said her first word. Martina managed to get Ellie to say “Dada”, which just melted my heart. She keeps repeating it, and it just destroys me. I can’t wait to see her in person when she wakes up in the morning and hear it for myself (hopefully she plays along!). Continue reading “Ellie’s first words [VIDEO]”

Morning snuggles

In the past month or so, Ellie has become more “snuggly”, which I love. She’ll now happily snuggle up to me and just lay with me, especially in the mornings. Works out nicely for me, since I love to cuddle!

It’s been a bit hard to get a nice picture of Ellie this week, since her first tooth is on its way, but she’s been happy this morning, so I jumped at the chance.

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Our Christmas trip to Mount Dora

The past two years, Martina and I have gone to Mount Dora a weekend or two before Christmas, as a little getaway. It also helped us to get a bit more in the Christmas spirit, as that can be hard when it’s 80+ degrees outside: Mt Dora is quite a small little town in central Florida, which goes all out for Christmas and it’s a nice place to kick back and get festive.

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This year, we had no intention of stopping that tradition, so we invited Marti’s mom along and the four of us enjoyed a nice little weekend. We stayed at Maison en Ville, which is an excellent little B and B, downtown, within walking distance of all the town’s offerings.