Greving Christmas

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were spent in Ames with the Greving crew. Eleanor was an angel during the 2 hours she got to spend in church (during dinner time and with no real nap) and didn't start to fuss until the last couple of minutes. The 1.5 hours of mass is far longer than the 50 minute mass Father John does back home. She was especially excited to go up to communion with Grandpa, who I think was just as excited to have her go up with him.

Here are a few pictures from the weekend:

A quick picture of our family after church- you can see how tired Eleanor is!

Ellie posing for Grandma, while waiting for Aunt Megan to tell her it was time to eat again (she may in fact be signing 'more' in an effort to see if Grandma, too, will feed her during non-meal times).

Aunt Megan and Uncle Mike's gift to Grandma and Grandpa was that they were going to be Grandparents again! Ellie is very excited to be a Big Cousin, and even more excited that she got to eat with Aunt Megan every 1.5-2 hours (which Megan was doing in order to make Baby Bunky happy). Ellie had to get in as much quality time with Aunt Megan as she could since next year Aunt Megan will have a different little person to play with.
Eleanor tried out Grandma's rocking chair, and managed to get herself a little stuck. It was quite funny watching her try to get herself out of the chair.

We had a great weekend, although we missed the Iowa City Greving crew as they were unable to make it.

The only problem with the two days: when we got home Ellie thought she needed to eat cookies for her second breakfast (thanks Grandpa) and didn't understand that without Aunt Megan she could not eat every 1.5 hours at home. It only took four days to get her back on a normal eating schedule.