Our First Giggle

I will post updates and pictures of all of our October adventures soon. But I wanted to note a few personal "baby book" things before I forget the date on them:

1. Today was Elly's first intentional "giggle." We were in Bible class and my friend Stephanie was holding her, talking to her and she just busted out with a precious sweet giggle. It was fabulous!

2. Elly HATES riding in the truck at night. She starts screaming when we get away from street lights and only stops if we get to a stop light where she can see something OR if we turn on the dome light so that she can see. This started on Friday night (Nov. 7.)

3. We moved Elly into her room for the first time last Sunday night (November 2)--she did beautifully and slept all night.

4. Elly's first day of school was on Tuesday, November 4. She did wonderfully and Honey took great care of her. I had a fabulous, if not exhausting first day back. I have the sweetest group of kids--thank you, Lord!

5. She went to bed at 9:00 last night and slept until I woke her up at 7:15a.m. WAHOO!!

6. She wore her first pair of tights to church today! So cute!

7. She went to her first baby shower today for Madison Rea. She again loved it and was able to see her friends Kate and Mia.

Prayer Request

My youngest sister, Emily has been having some issues with her eye swelling and her vision being blurry over the past few days. Several years ago, both of her retina's detached and she had surgeries on both eyes. Today, she saw a specialist and he informed her that the buckle in her right eye that is attaching her retina is hemorrhaging. They are pretty sure that they will need to remove the buckle and they are hopeful that there is enough scar tissue to keep the retina attached. If there is not, there is a risk of blindness in this eye. She will go back to the specialist on November 12. Forgive me for not knowing a whole lot about the details on this--there are a lot of intricacies with the eyes that I just don't understand. Our prayers are for the hemorrhaging to stop and that if surgery is necessary that the retina will stay attached.

Two Months Old

Our sweet baby girl is two months old today. We are blessed beyond measure--Ellyse brings so much joy and happiness to our family--so much that we didn't even realize that we were missing. Here are some highlights from the past two months in no particular order:
1. Her coos and giggles
2. The precious smile that we get to wake up to--she LOVES the mornings
3. Watching her discover the world around her
4. The way she looks for Logan when she hears his voice
5. Watching her reaction when she's startled--arms and feet immediately out and in the air
6. She reaches and grabs until she finally gets ahold of a little piece of her hair
7. She grabs my hair and will not letting go
8. She grabs my hand with her long toes
9. She cannot sleep without some sort of noise--a fan, the radio, us being in the room talking and playing
10. The way being outside immediately soothes her--its like her whole body relaxes the minute she feels the fresh air.
11. We especially love that she is sleeping 7 hours at night most nights now!!!

Pumpkin Patch

This weekend we met the McClure's and the Klein's at the Big Orange Pumpkin Patch. The kids had a wonderful time feeding the animals, going on a hayride and playing. It was the perfect fall day!

Elly 7 Weeks

Elly at Church

Elly's been to church all but twice since she was born...the day after we came home and one week when I was just too worn out to take her...most of our picture attempts are right when we get home and she's hungry and tired...so I had to put in the crying ones...I couldn't resist! Babies are just too cute when they cry (for a minute...and then you can't hardly stand to see it!) Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of her this last Sunday!

Elly Weekly

Here are Elly's Weekly Pictures with the football...she's already growing way too fast!

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5 (no her clothes don't match...she was cold in her shorts, so they got booted)

Week 6