November photo favorites

Last month was filled with times of fun and thanksgiving, and literally ; ). We also joined some family on a Vegas/Disneyland trip! There were lots of busy days, but it was great spending morning - night with family. And this post includes photos from that Vegas/Disneyland trip we took. There aren't a ton of photos...it seemed, but this post is filled with more photos than the typical one. 

We are blessed with great family and some great friends. November was definitely a month of thanksgiving. 

^^ If you can believe it or not, this was her first trip to the library! Working on being quite. Ha

VEGAS...

View from our hotel room in The Excalibur, day-above, night-below

^^ Not a real person in costume (what you would expect in Vegas), but a guy built of legos

^^ Ellie was a trooper and took about 40min-hour long naps in the stroller 

(compared to her 2.5-3 hour long naps 99.9% of time in crib)

^^ Ceiling in the Bellagio hotel lobby, blown glass flowers

^^ Cousins! Ellie would get so excited when she'd see Ava. "AVVVA!"

^^ Another angle of our hotel. Got to say we were staying in a castle!

^^ Super grainy picture of our night at Tournament of Kings in the basement of our hotel, 

but a fun night none the less

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DISNEYLAND...

^^ What happens when your carseat can't be angled anymore and your head keeps falling forward! Improvise head support!

^^ Ellie's FIRST Disneyland ride; Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin. 

She wasn't too sure at first, as you can tell, but it got better.

^^ Right when I took this photo on the Jingle (Jungle) Cruise, 

Ellie was making elephant noises after seeing them

^^ Disneyland was all dolled up for Christmas and it was beautiful, especially at night

^^ After the nights fireworks show, Main St. had (fake) snow!

^^ She was a monkey quite often ; )

^^ Fun and happiness captured in a photo

^^ Minnie is ready to eat! haha. Ellie's really been into buckles lately

^^ Our Friendsgiving with people we are so grateful to have in our lives!

^^ One of our friends taught Ellie the olive on your finger trick and she loves it

^^ The day after Thanksgiving I got the Christmas boxes out and Ellie was begging me to "open it!" (the Christmas tree box). And of course I did! I had been holding out weeks before Thanksgiving!

^^ Ellie loves this little people Nativity of hers that she got last year for Christmas

^^ "Nap time" with daddy. These pretend naps are only about 5 seconds and then 

she sits up and says "awake!!"

^^ Sporting daddy's sunglasses