Blessing day

Yesterday Ellie was blessed. She was such a good girl throughout the day despite the fact that it was so crazy. We had 41 people in our 2 bedroom apartment!!! Last Friday my sister took these awesome pictures of Ellie in her blessing dress. It is the same dress that I was blessed in.

Ellie's smiles

She doesn't love the headbands so she doesn't smile quite as big when their in.

Slobber smiles!!!

Second smile on camera.

This is her first smile caught on camera.

How to know when to cut

I have always been lazy when it comes to cutting my fingernails, but something happened a couple of days ago that made me realize I need to be more diligent about it. Ellie had just spit up all over my shirt. Normally, I just live with the spit up on my shirt, but this one was bad enough to not ignore. So I go to change my shirt, and I scratch myself on my elbow. I think I said 'ow' but didn't really think anything of it. A minute or two later, I noticed that I had something we dripping down my arm. I investigate and sure enough, I am bleeding because of this scratch.

That night I told John about how sharp my fingernails are and how I couldn't believe that I had drawn blood while changing my shirt. The ironic thing is that when I was changing into my pajamas later on, it happened again! Twice on the same arm! I took this as a sign that I needed to cut my fingernails.

The Offending Hand

First Sunday at Church

Two Sundays ago was Ellie's first time at church. I couldn't believe how long it took to just get the two of us and her ready to go. I am so amazed that anyone with kids gets anywhere on time. We had a fun time dressing her up though. However, no one really saw her dressed up because she was asleep in her car seat with a blanket covering her the entire time. John and I were so exhausted by the effort of taking her there, that we came home and took a 2 hour nap!


Ellie' s expression in this picture is pretty cool.

Her tights and shoes were a little on the big side.

Taking her home

She looks so little in her car seat.

Her first day home.

Our first family picture

I feel bad that I covered her face up with my hand. I look pretty sleepy which is a total plug for epidurals. I slept and watched Enchanted while I was dilating from a 5 to a 10. We had to pause the movie to actually have the baby as the characters were trying to figure out that love's true kiss was the most powerful thing in the world to revive Jezelle. :) That movie will never seem the same.

Our precious little girl

Little Ellie was born a couple of weeks ago. She was 6 lbs 13 oz and 19.5 inches long. Her birth went smoothly, which we are all very grateful for. She is doing wonderful. She eats and sleeps well and is gaining weight. John and I both think we are going to have a chubby little baby. It is amazing to me how much we love her already.