Is she really old enough for this?...

Ellison had her first day of school this morning! She is in the 2K program at First United Methodist Church Early Learning Center. She was so excited! We took her to eat breakfast at Cracker Barrel and then headed to school. I thought I was doing okay until we started driving toward the ELC. All of the sudden I was hit with images of her as a baby. I can't believe she is old enough for a preschool program! I felt the tears start to come but was able to swallow them before they became unstoppable. She was such a big girl! She walked in all by herself, gave her bag and her lunch to her teachers and started playing with her new friends. Will and I were both so proud! It was hard to be sad when she had such a big smile on her face. Here of a few pics from this morning...
So excited!

Giving Mrs. Laura her bag

Playing with puzzles

Her teachers: Mrs. Erika and Mrs. Laura

Daddy and Ellison before we left our girl for the day

Mommy and Ellison on her first day of preschool

Big Boy Bath...

William has officially outgrown the sink bath. We out him in the big bathtub the other night and he LOVED it. It reminded me a lot of the first time we put Ellison in the big bathtub. Both of my babies love the water!

Did she really just say that to me?...

A couple of weeks ago, I was in our bathroom getting ready for the day. Ellison came into our room and starting rummaging through our desk drawers (my guess is she was trying to find a pen). I told her to close the drawer and stay out of the desk. She then comes to the bathroom door where I am sitting doing my make-up and tries to close it. This is what she does when she wants to do something and doesn't want me to see. I told her No and she tried to do it again. I then got down to level, looked her in the eye and said "Mommy said NO" and do you know what the stinker said back to me?....

" I ELLISON AND I SAID YES!"

True story. She is ONLY 2. Wonder what she will be like at 16?

3 Months Old!

William is now three months old. It seems like I just wrote the entry for his 2 month birthday! A few things have changed during this month. He is really showing us his personality and beginning to interact more with us. Here are few new things:

1. You are no longer nursing :(....My milk just wasn't cutting it for you so you are now on formula. You take four 5 oz bottles a day. I am pretty sure that you will start taking more in the coming days.

2. You weigh 8 lbs 13 oz....yes, only up 2 oz from last month....see, I told you my milk wasn't cutting it.

3. You now sleep soundly through the night! YAY!!

4. You still HATE the car....but you Love when I ride in the back with you!

5. You laughed for the first time on July 30th! So sweet!

6. You have stated "talking" to us...

7. When you are eating and we take the bottle away from your mouth, you "yelp" at us! It is hilarious!

I can't believe my baby boy is changing so much! I love watching you grow and discover new things. I can't wait to see what this month will bring! :)

Happy Birthday America....and DOC!

Every year we celebrate my father-in-law's birthday at the lake house. His birthday happens to fall on July 2nd so we are able to also celebrate America's birthday! Gigi, Doc, Uncle Scott and Aunt Jennifer were all there. Ellison was especially excited to spend the weekend with her Aunt Jennifer and Uncle Scott....oh, and she was REALLY excited about the birthday cake!

Cute Toes!

Ellison had her first "pedicure" with her Gigi. She got to pick the color. She likes them all!

2 Months Old....

I cannot believe William is already 2 months old. It is going by way too fast! Here are some things William is now doing...

1. You are now grinning! You love to grin at me first thing in the morning. I will walk into your room and say "good morning, William" and you light up! It makes my day!

2. You have started to stretch out your feedings from 3 hours to 4. I cannot complain about this. You have even gone longer at night! YAY!

3. You love to sleep and snuggle, but you HATE your bed! You sleep in an incline rocker.

4. You love to be held and love to snuggle on my chest.

5. You search for Ellison when you hear her and when you finally spot her, you just stare. You find her fascinating. We will see is this is still true in a few years!

6. You weigh 8 lbs 11 oz and are 22 in long. People still like to say you are little, but to me you are such a big boy. You only weighed 6 lbs 1 0z when you left the NICU. So, we see how much you've grown!

Birthday Boy 4/22/10

First Day at Home


One Month

Two Months!