Saying Goodbye

Our move from Memphis felt very fast and bittersweet. If you would have told me five years ago that I would be sad when we left Memphis I would have laughed in your face. It took awhile, but we slowly made Memphis our home. We bought our first house, fell in love with our church, made a great group of friends, and grew our family by two!

It was so weird to leave our house. I kept feeling like we were just going on vacation. Our house holds so many precious memories. If the walls could talk I know they would talk about parties, karaoke nights, long sleepless nights in the nurseries, and one crazy, sweet little family.

I think the hardest part about leaving Memphis for us was leaving without our sweet Duke.

We are really excited about our new journey and our new city. I'm sure we will grow to love it quickly and find new parks, places to explore, and delicious bake shops (I miss Muddy's soooo much!).

One day I'm sure we'll return to Memphis and show Will and Ellie where they were born. Until then...see ya later Memphis!

Ellie::5 months

Well this post is super late! With our move and being all over the place I have had zero time to blog. Oh, our sweet Ellie Bellie...where to start? Ellie is getting so big and time is passing so quickly. Ellie is a big snuggle bunny. She wants to snuggle all the time...even in the middle of the night when I was planning on sleeping...by myself. It's funny how we have all of these plans and little ones just toss those plans out the window!

Ellie is now very mobile! She started rolling over 3 days after she turned four months. She loves to sleep on her stomach now. She rolls ALL over the place and squeals in delight. Speaking of squeals, man does this little lady have a lot to say! She just chatters and squeals all day long.

Five months seems to be the sweet spot with Will and Ellie. Their little friendship is just so cute. Will has gotten so much better with Ellie. He loves to talk to her and greets her each  morning by saying "hey, pretty girl". It melts me every.single.time.

Ellie::4 months

Ellie has really been growing! Even with all of that growing she's still a little bit! I was shocked at how little she weighed at her 4 month check up, because she eats all the time! I suppose with us as her parents we shouldn't be expecting a big chunker. :)

Ellie started laughing!! What a sweet, sweet sound! Baby laughs are the best.

Will has been asking to hold Ellie more this month. Ellie is just in awe of Will. It is so exciting to see them forming a bond.

4 Month Stats

Height: 24 inches

Weight: 11 lbs 6.5 oz

2015

Happy New Year!! 

Yes, I'm late again (2014). We had a pretty laid back New Year's. We celebrated Noon Year's Eve at the Children's Museum, and we just hung out at the house New Year's Day…oh and we watched a TON of football.

I can't wait to see what 2015 has in store for our family! But before we get to far into 2015, I thought we could relive the highlights of 2014.

JANUARY:

Will's first hair cut (was he really that small??)

FEBRUARY:

We got to reveal that our Party of Three was soon to be a Party of Four

MARCH:

We found out Will was going to have a sister!

APRIL:

Will LOVED Easter…and all things sweet!

MAY:

We celebrated 18 months of Will.

JUNE:

Will's first trip to the beach!

JULY:

We had to say good bye to our sweet Duke.

We celebrate 5 wonderful years of marriage!!

AUGUST:

Welcome to the world sweet Ellie!

SEPTEMBER:

We conquered month one!

OCTOBER:

Buzzzz…Will was a bee for Halloween.

NOVEMBER:

Will turned TWO!! How is that possible??

DECEMBER: 

Will's 3rd Christmas, Ellie's 1st Christmas

This is just a glimpse of 2014. We were so blessed to have so many friends and family visit us to meet Ellie and help out. We truly could not have done it without them. One of these days I'm going to put together a blog post about all of our visitors!!

photo credits to Parker Slaton: July (Duke), August (Ellie's newborn photo)

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone! 

Or as Will would say "Ho, ho, ho! Merry Mismas!" 

Ellie::3 Months

So a little over a month ago Ellie turned three months old! One day I will be caught up…

Ellie is a very happy baby full of smiles and squeals. She is usually pretty easy going, but don't let her fool you she can have quite the temper tantrum! She's been napping in her crib this month more and more. Night time can still be a little rough. She doesn't wake up too much during the night, but getting her back in her crib can be tricky. She definitely prefers to cuddle.

Will::2 Years

I'm late…poor boy has been sick on and off since Ellie was born!

I can't believe we have a TWO year old! Time is flying by way too fast. Will is just soaking up everything. I keep trying to write down a list of all of his words, but he adds words each day. His vocabulary is just exploding. Which can be fun and challenging.

He still loves fruits, but is not too excited about vegetables. He LOVES cookies and all things sweet. He might look nothing like me, but he has his mommy's sweet tooth for sure! He is really into yogurt, applesauce, cheese, and pizza these days. And milk...he begs for milk!

Will is such a sweet boy. He loves Ellie so much, and he has even become a little protective of her. That's what big brothers are for right? He still likes to toughen her up with the occasional toy to the face or high five to the head…baby steps. He loves to give hugs and kisses (right smack dab on the lips). He is so full of life.

We love you so much Will! We can't wait to see what this year brings.