6 weeks!

My little girl is already 6 weeks old!! It is hard to believe ~ I guess time really flies when you're having FUN!

She is such a sweet, cutie pie! She is still sleeping pretty good, 3-4 hours during the night! She is staying awake more during the day & tries to fight falling asleep for her naps in between feeding s during the day! We take a stroll around the neighborhood everyday (we try) & do our errands in the afternoons. Ellie loves to ride in the car ~ yay for our trips home!

She also loves to take a bath! Sometimes if she is fussy & I don't know why we just take a bath! She relaxes in her little sponge tub & is happy when she gets out!

We have caught her smiling several times! The first few weeks I figured it was just gas, but now I think she smiles at us! When she first wakes up in the morning & on her changing table are the best times to catch one! She is so happy~ but it is hard to get her smiling on camera still!

The funniest thing about our sweet precious little girl is that she poots & it is so loud!!! haha! I am sure she will hate this when she gets older, but she can rip'em! It is so funny to hear this big 'ol poot coming from this cute little girl! I swear, you wouldn't believe it was her & not her daddy or Pops! lol

We are excited to see Aunt Annie this weekend! Hopefully it is pretty so we can be outside! Then the weekend after we are heading back to Nashville~yay! May 1 - 9th! With lots planned throughout ... Ellie's Baptism, Memphis (daddy to Vegas), SISTA night, hair cut, lots of lunch dates, graduation&party for Ann & the list goe son! I can't wait!!! Hope to see some of you friends then~love

Road Trip

Our first trip to Nashville went well! It was BUSY to say the least with lots of visitors, but we enjoyed the beautiful weekend!

Ellie did great in the car. We stopped once each way to have a diaper change & feeding. She enjoyed stretching out once we got to my parents. And by Saturday night she was worn out! She was so happy to just lay down by her self with comfy clothes! She slept 4 hours that night!! yay~

Sunday dad & Chad played golf while us 'good girls' went to church! Then friends & family came over to my parents house. Ellie was a trooper! She ate one last time before we loaded up & slept through Knoxville!! Then another 4 hour stretch that night, twice!! yay again~ hope this becomes a habit =)

Friday before we left & sent in my resignation! I am going to be a stay @ home mom! It is still kind of hard to believe that I am not going back to work, but I am Really excited!!

Our next trip to Nashville will be for a whole week (with a day trip to Memphis planned!) thank goodness! May 1st ... we can't wait! CHad has the whole week off & going to Vegas for a couple days!

Miss Ellie is still doing great ~ 5 weeks old!

1 month already!?

Well, one month has just FLOWN by!

Our precious little Ellie was born exactly one month ago today! Our world has changed...only for the better! We are enjoying every minute with her. Yes, even when she wakes up in the middle of the night to nurse, I look into the craddle & can't help but to smile ~ she is ours, I LOVE her so much!

I am enjoying her SO much that we have decided that I am going to be a stay at home mom. Our families are wonderful & offered to come to JC any weekend that Chad & I were both scheduled to work! But it was stressing me out just thinking about leaving her, about working every weekend & always juggling whose weekend it was to come help. So it is official - I am not going back to work! I am very excited & looking forward to mommy & Ellie time 24/7!

We have had lots of visitors, actually Elllie has had lots of visitors! My mom stayed here for a whole week & ran this house for me! She was so wonderful, I wasn't sure if I could do it by my self! The day she left I just cried and cried, my most emotional day yet. It was hard to say bye especially not knowing when I would see her again! ok, enough talking about that ... tears!

The other hard days are when Chad is on call. He leaves @ 5am & doesn't get hme til the next day around lunch ... ugh!! We miss him so much during the day period but all day, night & into the next day is rough! He is such a good daddy & the best husband in the world!

The in laws came to visit for a weekend as well. My mother in law, Monica, stayed a few extra days to help me out a little.

Then my sister Marie came back & stayed a long weekend! She was so sweet - she cooked & cooked! It was that weekend that mom & maggie came up from a volleyball tournament in Chattanooga to surprise us for a over night visit! YAY~

Stacey & her kiddos came up for the day & we went out to dinner! It was a great day, so nice to catch up with her! Then Aunt Neen came up for two nights. We did a little shopping! She brought Easter goodies. Of course my friends from work came by one day ~ they both have daughters ( Avery & Kate) that will be in the play group here in JC!

And last weekend my dad came! It was our Easter surprise! He brougth Marie & Maggie with him! It was a great 24 hours ~ we even made it to church in one piece!!

Then this past Tuesday, Aunt kaka came by! it was so nice seeing ger & uncle Marty.

Lots of sweet friendshave stopped by or brought dinner!! Thank you to you girls!!

This weekend we are taking a road trip for the first time to Nashville! Lots more friends & family will be meeting babyEllie! We can't wait!