Boomer Sooner!

Ellie got the cutest OU outfit from her friend Camden! The way our little baby is growing I knew it would be way too small come football season. So what better time to wear it then while watching OU in the college world series. Unfortunately she wasn't a fan of the outfit.....I hope that's not a sign!!! As disappointed as I would be I told Ellie from the beginning in the NICU if she would just get better she could do whatever she wanted....ha i'm sure I might pay for that some day!! I did however find her staring at the UCLA baseball players on tv during tummy time (no we don't let her watch tv regularly)!!!I can't believe my sweet little girl is going to be 4 months old on Friday!!!

Dancin' Shoes

Ellie has more shoes than I do.....ok MAYBE that's a stretch! But for someone who rarely wears shoes she has quite a few. However, none of them are quite as cute as these little gold numbers! My best friend Casey and her mom Shannon....otherwise none as Aunt Casey and Grammy Shannon got Ellie these adorable shoes before she arrived! They also got an adorable shimmery top to match. The minute I saw them I just knew she needed the perfect jeans to match. The Gap didn't fail and we found these adorable dark washed straight legged jeans a few weeks ago. Yes I know it's hot outside and she will probably never wear them again but they were a must have for this photo shoot!

Ellie kicked and played in these shoes for hours!! I think she likes them :)

Dancing Queen

She was over it!!!

Thanks Aunt Casey & Grammy Shannon we LOVE them!!!

Sweetberry Photography

When we booked Ellie's newborn package we also booked a Watch Me Grow package. This got us a session at 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 1 year...as well as a few other perks! As always we couldn't be more pleased with Trish's work! Thought you might enjoy!! The link will be active until Friday!

http://www.sweetberryphotography.com/

Client Proofing
Password: eg3

ENJOY!

3 Months

I can't believe our sweet little girl was three months old on June 16th! She is still such a happy and content baby! We went through a fussy spell that lasted about 2 weeks but after that she was back to her normal happy self! She still LOVES bath time, LOVES to smile and LOVES to 'talk'! We couldn't ask for a better baby!

Ellie Belly we love you!

Changes & Blessings

What a terrible blogger I am!!!

If you've followed my blog for any length of time you know that awhile back I made a career change and I was so blessed to me following a new path and going to work for a non-profit that was doing things and had goals that made me SO excited! I am not going to talk bad about any on, anything, or any organization. I will leave it with some things happened during my time on maternity leave that were very hurtful and made me question lots of things. So much so that I was dreading going back to a place that I had previously loved but sick at the thought of not working with some of my clients should I not return. Well God took care of all of those feelings and 3 days before I was going to return I was laid off.

As much as I love being Ellie's mommy being a full time stay at home mommy just wasn't for me. I knew that God would take care of our family. With the help of a few friends I have found a new PART TIME position with an amazing non profit organization. I will be working Monday through Friday from 9am to 2pm as the Executive Assistant to the Vice President of Operations. I will be starting this coming up Monday and couldn't be more thrilled. He knows that I am a new mommy and made it very clear to me to that family ALWAYS comes first. There is a possibility that later down the road this could turn into a full time position. He said if that happens he never wants to see anyone there after 5 pm. He said I'm not going to lie and say sometimes I don't work from home but at 5 o'clock it is time to leave and be with family for awhile!

This opportunity came at a perfect time and answered all of our prayers. Now that's not to say it won't be a financial change for our family because it definitely will but like always God always provides and we know it's nothing that we can't handle and will be oh so worth it!

Now I have no doubt that it will be hard to leave that sweet smiling face every morning but knowing that I will return in a short 5 hours makes it so much easier!!!

We have a busy weekend plan and are anxious for Monday to get here but our going to enjoy my last weekend of maternity leave!

I'll leave you with this off centered picture from my mom's office of the happiest girl in the world! I could just eat those chubby cheeks....she's come so far!!!

2 months and other ramblings......

Today our sweet little girl is two months old! It is also coincidentally our 1 year anniversary. We've spent the day at home hanging out as a family...we enjoyed sonic for breakfast, a walk in our new BOB Stroller (LOVE it), and are currently watching the storms. Later tonight we have a yummy dinner planned and then we will test out our year old wedding cake! Our original intentions were to have the top layer recreated. Our cake lady does this for an EXTREMELY reasonable price but needless to say we've been rather busy this year....maybe next year. Next weekend Steven's cousin is getting married. Since our pediatrician still recommends keeping Ellie out of large crowds she will not be attending with us :(. However, we will take that opportunity to enjoy a nice dinner out.

Tomorrow we will get the official stats on Miss Ellie but we know she's about 9lbs maybe just over and pushing 24 inches long if not already there. As you can imagine this creates quite the challenge finding clothes to fit our long skinny little girl!! We head to her 2 month well check. We've done some research and will be sticking with the recommended immunizations. We read various reports and couldn't really gather enough decision to have strong feelings either way so we will stick with what our pediatrician recommends.

What a difference a month makes....

Ellie your mommy and daddy love you so much and thank God for you every single day. We know you had a rough start in this little world but we are so thankful for how far you've come. At 2 months old you are holding your head up quite well, LOVE to smile but you are also very selective of who you share these smiles with, enjoying laying in the floor, eating anywhere between 3 and just over 4 ounces at every feeding, sometimes you like to snack during the day too, you still are eating only breast milk through a bottle, LOVE bath time, hate when it's time for your stinky vitamins, a great sleeper, EXTREMELY content and loved to be held but definitely let us know when you've had enough!

We couldn't be more than happy with Ellie's progress up to this point. The doctor continually reminds us that it's ok that she might be 4 to 5 weeks behind on all of her development milestones and that preemies typically catch up by the time they are 2. So far she's been pretty close to right on track with a full term baby! The doctor still has waking up/making sure Ellie eats every 3 hours. Sometimes I think she would be more than content to eat a larger amount at midnight and then not eat again until about 5 am. Where as now she currently eats between 11 and 12 then we wake her up to eat at 3 and then she wakes herself up between 5 and 6. Don't get me wrong there are some nights where she wakes up on her own to eat at 2 or 3!

We exchanged mother's day and anniversary gifts already. We typically try to stay away from doing this but we both got each other combined gifts this year. Since we were engaged I've had my eye on a necklace at the jewelers that designed my engagement ring and Steven and Ellie surprised me with it this year for Mother's Day and our anniversary. Steven has wanted a new blu-ray and surround sound for awhile so Ellie and I surprised him with that for our anniversary and an early father's day gift.

WOW that was a lot for one post...I guess that's what happens when you fall behind on your blogging!

New Friends!

Last Thursday I had the opportunity to meet one of my blogger friends in real life! All though we have SO many acquaintances and were at OU at the same time there is a chance our paths have crossed prior to last Thursday! I don't quite remember how we found each others blogs but everyone should check out Nicole's wonderful blog HERE!

I joined Nicole at Junior Hospitality end of the year and 75th anniversary celebration! If you've never heard about Junior Hospitality you should check out their website and their blog (that of course Nicole blogs on:)). I was so honored to be Nicole's guest and learn about this amazing organization as well as meet a great group of women!!

I would be honored to one day consider myself a member of JH and everyone should definitely check out the amazing things they are doing in our community!!! Also, check out Nicole's blog and the great award she won at the banquet! It was great to finally meet her and I can see Nicole and I becoming great friends.

On another note our sweet little angel was 8 weeks old today and she is growing like crazy!! On Monday she has her 2 month well baby check and will also be getting her 2 month shots :(. Tomorrow our sweet friend Becky is having her baby at Deaconess so Thursday we plan to make a visit to her and the sweet nurses that were so good to us in the NICU!