Ellie Marie

Introducing...

Ellie Marie 7 lbs 3 oz 19in

Born Tuesday, January 20th at 11:54am

It's amazing how quickly we have fallen in love with this little girl! She is so precious and perfect. We went to the hospital early on Tuesday morning for my induction. We got there at 6am and she was born 6 hours later at 11:54am. She came so quickly! I was really surprised, considering that with Jake it took 24 hours! Jake is LOVING his baby sister. He has been such a great little helper and I love seeing the two of them together! We're so happy that Ellie is part of our family!

New Beginnings...

So, this will be my last post as a mother of one! I'm being induced tomorrow! I was hesitant to choose an early induction but Jeremy will be out of town for a few days next week, and we thought it would be best if he were around. I'm so excited to meet her and see what she looks like!

This past week I've been trying to spend a lot of quality time with Jake. I've felt so clingy to him. I know things will be a lot different once the baby comes and I've been a little sad that I won't have as much one on one time with him. We've been playing his favorite games, watching his favorite shows, and eating his favorite foods together. I hope it makes this whole transition a little easier for him. I think he's excited. I can't wait to see how he reacts to her!

I'm excited for the start of a new year. We have so many new things going on in our family right now! Jeremy started school last week. It will be a little crazy doing full time work, school, and a new baby but we both we're excited for him to have the chance to go back. So far he's loving it. Jake started preschool again. It's just a little neighborhood preschool, but he loves it! He has a great time playing with the other kids and learning new things. I'm looking forward to having a wonderful new year! We'll keep everyone posted on little Ellie!

Finally, a prego picture...


We went in to check on Jake the other night and this was how we found him. Sweet little angel! :)




For some reason he keeps making this face when we try to take pictures. Crazy kid!

Puppets and Friends

This morning we made puppets together just for fun.

Here's Jer's basketball puppet...


My puppet (We just woke up, hence the tired look)...


Jake's puppet...


Last week I was able to get together with some friends from high school. We were all in chamber choir together and some of us haven't seen each other since then. We reconnected through our blogs. Kind of funny. It was a lot of fun catching up.