Cheers to 4 Wonderful Years!!

waking up in her crib for the 1st time
YAY for sleeping 6 hours!

me & ellie @ our anniversary dinner

Dinner @ Carrabba's

4 month check-up

16 pounds & 26 3/4 inches

Chad & I have been married four years!! On July 8, 2006 I married my best friend & have only grown more in love with him! We have done a lot together & made a lot of changes during our marriage! We moved from our little apartmant in Memphis to our first home in Johnson City, where we quickly became pregnant with our first child. Now, we are the parents to Miss Ellie Marie!! She is our sweet little girl, we both just love her so much & could not picture our lives without her! She has brought us much joy already in her short four months of being here! Ellie turned 4 months old on our 4 year anniversary!
We had a nice day. Chad was post call but was able to meet us at the Drs office. Ellie had to get two shots :( When we got home they both had lunch & took a nap!! The non-traditional gifts for the fourth year are fruit & flowers. So, guess what?! Chad brought me flowers & I made chocolate covered fruit (since JC doesn't have Edible Arrangements, I had to make it myself!!) We went out to dinner with Ellie & really had a nice night as a family!
Thank you all for the anniversary good wishes!~

3 month photo shoot

Here are a few pictures from Ellie's photo shoot with our friend Brandi Elam! She did such a great job, so if you need a photographer in the area I have her #!!! She came to our house one evening & we took pictures for almost 3 hours~it was so much fun!! She caught all of Ellie's cute facial expressions & even a few smiles!

Enjoy~

July 4th Weekend

Wetlands
daddies & daughters

babies first fourth

swimming on the 4th

Last week Maggie was here with us! We had such a great week together~Marie stopped in for the night on her way home from Charleston & was going to take Maggie on home, but since we were having so much fun she decided to stay the rest of the week. We had plans to go home for the weekend anyway to spend the holiday with family & friends! So, Friday night we drove in & Chad found out he was off Monday so we got to stay an extra day!

Saturday, our good friends Bubba & Brittney had a 4th of July cookout/house warming party! It was a FUN afternoon with them & other friends. We always have a good time catching up. Their little girl Chloe & our Ellie will be such good friends, too! Courtney & Derreck came in town as well. We had dinner together & spent some time with the Moss family.

Sunday, we had a full day as well! We went to church with Chad's mom. We took some cute pictures in the back yard in our red white & blue!! Happy Independence Day~ About lunch time we headed to my Aunt Charlene's house to swim & spend time with my family! We watched the fire works (from the car) at Richland - Ellie was worn out & slept through them!!

Ellie update; she is great, so strong & wants to sit up! We got out the bumbo & she sits in it everyday. She also likes her play mat & can make the toys play music! This week she will be 4 months old & we go back to the Dr. for her check up & shots. She is such a happy baby - smiles all the time & we have even gotten a few laughs from her!! She does great in the car & is sleeping 5-6 hours most nights~YAY!! Chad is back on days & will be home most nights again. We have lots of things going on this month but just have to decide what we can make it into Nashville for ... it is hard being 4 hours away! My little sisiter, Ellen is moving to Knoxville this week. We hope to see her some this month before volleyball pre-season starts!

Well,my little sweet girl is waking up! She slept in her crib last night for the first time & did great!!