Random Baby Time!

Here are some random photos I thought you might enjoy! This is after church on Sunday. The floor is REALLY exciting!



This is a swim suit that Meghan & Kattie Foster gave Ellie. We tried it on...and it fits perfectly! Now I have to take her to the pool! She's such a model.

Random Mommy & Ellie photo. This might have been my birthday dinner night or something.

Ellie and I went to eat with our friends Candice and Kattie at Yesterday's Texas in Decatur. This is Ellie laughing in her carseat. I think she had a good time!

This is Candice and Kattie. Little can you tell...Candice had stepped off the tractor from rake-ing? raking? / bale-ing? baling? hay only an hour before! What a trooper. And lookin good!

Birthday 2007

Now that I've posted all about Ellie's Birth Day...I thought I'd post some pictures from mine! On my actual birthday, July 7th, my friends and I went to a Ranger game and got to hang out in a suite! It was a blast...here are some pictures from that!

The goofy guy in the white visor is Leddy...and the Asian next to him is Mark. And the blonde next to him is Alexis. And I have no idea who the rest of the people were!

This is me, Candice and Ellie. I was forced to wear a crown. The shirts we are all wearing say "Still the Same Ol' Cindy, After All These Years!" And have my beautiful sophomore high school picture on them. Both things are jokes...the Cindy is a joke because a lady at work calls me Cindy. Sometimes she calls me Christie. But mostly Cindy.

Mommy and Ellie!

BLUE EYES! #1 is smiling and #2 is...frowning?

Luke, me and Ellie. It appears Luke is about to put my crown on!

On Sunday, July 8th, we had my family birthday...which was made extra special because Ellie was there! We went to eat at Joe's Crab Shack, and Ellie LOVED looking at the huge shark hanging from the ceiling.

Travis and me. Man he's a cutie!

Ellie sitting at the table...just chillin!

Dad and Travis

Mom and Ellie...apparently deep in thought.

Mom and Travis...her eyes are OPEN! This rarely happens! It was a great birthday present.

All in all it was a great birthday! I had SO much fun with friends and family. Thanks to everyone who celebrated with me! I love you!

The Arrival: Part 2

While Ellie and I were in the hospital...we received lots of well wishes: cards, phone calls, a balloon bouquet, and visitors! Here are a few highlights from the rest of our time in the hospital! And thank you to EACH one of you who sent a text or card or called or came by...it was so special to us!

Did you know they have people who come around and force you to take pictures of your baby? Honestly it wasn't that bad...but as a new mom (and new grandparents)...we were all a little weirded / freaked out. A REALLY peppy lady came into our room with a cart and slapped a bow on Ellie's head:

She handed Ellie to her Papa and made him hold her several different ways for pictures:

Please note that the Picture Lady stuck her finger IN Ellie's mouth (I don't remember why)! She did have on gloves (which made me feel safe until her Papa said he figured she probably used the same glove for all the babies....WHAT!?!?!?!). Here's a picture of me from the "photo shoot" with Picture Lady. I figured this one wasn't too bad.

Two of my good friends from college and work at DBU came to see Ellie and I! For those of you who did not ever work in Apartment Life or hang out with me after I graduated...the following will not make any sense to you. For those of you who did: you're welcome. ("Hull-ew?" "What doing?" "Ahhh yes." "Biggie Smalls!" "YEESH!" "Logan." "HO-kay peace out!" "D mi-NUS!" "The Trustee Show.") Those are just a few good memories. Oh...and let's throw in a "Christmas Bush Lighting" for any DBU'ers out there.

Here's a picture of John (aka: "Sam") Adams holding Ellie:

And here's a picture of Andy Maier holding Ellie:

The Spence's sent us an AMAZING balloon bouquet to welcome Ellie! It was precious to me that they were so thoughtful, not to mention the fact that DeAnn's doctor used to be Dr. McAlpine! God gave me a peace about using Dr. McAlpine the day I came to work and DeAnn and I talked about him. She was a great support during my pregnancy and always seemed to tell me how good I looked...even when I felt like a whale! Here's the balloon bouquet (it's actually much bigger than the picture!) and Nana telling Ellie about it!



This should be it for the Arrival posts unless I find more pictures hidden somewhere else! :)

Sleepin!

This is just a quickie post to tell you Ellie slept through the night last night! I think she really just wore herself out (we went to dinner last night with Candice and Kattie)...but I'm still going to count it! This is the first time ever! I don't expect this to happen every night, or even again for a while, but I was really happy for her. I definitely freaked out a little bit around 2 a.m. when I hadn't been woken up yet, but I think that's normal. I was even a little sad that she went through the WHOLE night last night and didn't really "need" me at all! But it is what is supposed to happen, I know!

Anyway...I had to document the occasion. I'll get another post up this weekend with some pictures!