Almost School Time!

It's hard to believe that summer will be over in the next few weeks. This has been the best summer of our lives! Ellie is the reason for that! I have enjoyed being a stay at home Mommy these last few months. We go for walks, visit grandmas, visit our cousins, aunts and uncles!

Here are some of my favorite pictures from our first summer together....








It's hard to believe that Ellie will be 6 MONTHS OLD this August! I can't believe how fast it goes. She is trying her darndest (if that's a word) to crawl! I bet she'll be crawling by the time she is six months old!

She still gets up once in the night. She usually wakes up at 3:30 and wants a "quick" bottle before falling back to sleep. She has started to do this new thing when she sleeps. I lay her down in her crib, and she rolls right to her stomach. She sleeps that way then the rest of the night!! The first night I think Chad and I got up about 20 times to check on her... and that is no lie!!

I've been doing a workout class in the mornings three days a week. I have enjoyed this alot! It has been nice seeing my old body come back! The other weekend we went shopping and Chad walked me into the Buckle. Now, when I was in high school... this was nothing new for me. I LIVED at that store! Now that I pay for my own clothes... haven't stepped foot in there!! Thanks Mom and Dad for the nice clothes growing up! Anyways, Chad told me that I deserved a really nice pair of jeans because I had worked so hard getting back into shape!! About made me cry... (especially when I saw the price tag!!) It was nice to know that he is proud of me for all the hard work I've been putting in.

Here is a few more pictures from the summer...







Well, I will TRY and be better about updating. It's going to be hard right now because I am doing 40 home visits for school, Chad's got football practice every night starting soon, starting a new teaching job, Chad's getting the houses ready to sell, and we are trying to squeeze in a few family moments too! So, Sarah, I PROMISE to try and update more often!! hahaha

--Sarah

Our Exciting Summer So Far!

Wow! Where has the time gone? Our baby is now almost five months old! YIKES!! It seems like she was just a baby a few days ago! I remember this...



... like it was just yesterday!

No this is what we see everyday when we wake up...



... our sweet little girl!

Ellie now has two bottom toofers! It is soo stinkin' adorable. My mom said that I didn't teeth until I was older. Chad's mom said that he did teeth around four months. It was funny how we discovered she was teething. I was in the kitchen and Chad was playing with Ellie. He said, "Sarah, I think L (Ellie) has a tooth in her mouth!" I go running in the living room to discover not one but TWO teeth. She never even fussed with her teeth! We are very lucky!!

Ellie also has been rolling since about 2 and a half months! She likes to roll over but gets frustrated when she isn't by her toys anymore. It's pretty cute.

We had family pictures scheduled during her three month pictures. We ended up having to go two times because someone was not in a smiley mood! Here are a few of my favorites!!





I'm going to keep it short. I have stopped pumping milk for my beautiful baby. It's been very emotional for me. I feel bad because I won't have that "good" milk for her. I do have a pretty good supply built up. Should make it till she's about 7 months old. I also am VERY sore! And I mean BAD!! Pray for the pain to stop here soon. It's been almost two days and I am still in HORRIBLE pain. If you know any realivers... please let me know!

Thanks for checking in with us!
Sarah