Will's Words

It has been way too long since I did a post about Will and his vocabulary. The truth is every time I started to work on a post I couldn't think of all of his words because he was adding so many each day. This is such a great time in his life. He is cracking us up. It is so nice to be able to communicate better with him.

Some of our favorites:

"What you doing, Mr. Mommy?"
"Hey big girl!" (talking to Ellie)
"You okay Ellie?"
"Wuv you Daddy"
"I Will Swensqueaky"
"I two"
"one, two, tree, one, two, three"
"A, B, C, Wdo, now I know my ABCs"

There are tons more, but that's all for now!

Ellie::7 months

Ellie is 7 months old today! How in the world did that happen?? My baby is growing up so fast.

Ellie is now army crawling! I'm shocked that she's not full on crawling by now, but I'm pretty sure she's getting close. I've seen her practicing in her crib. :) She is sitting up like a pro. She is so happy to sit and play with toys and her big brother. Will is doing great with her. There's the occasional helicopter to the back of the head or running her over with his dump truck, but I think that's just what big brothers do. Right?

Ellie is loving feeding herself. She likes blueberries, apples, peas, green beans, carrots, pizza crust, and crackers. She has slowed down some, but I'm contributing that to her first ear infection. :( Despite being teeny tiny for her age she is sporting some amazing rolls!

Love you Ellie Bellie!

Ellie::6 months

It seems like just yesterday I was posting Ellie's five month post...oh right it was! ;) Slowly but surely we are adjusting.

We have a six month old! What?!? How did that happen? Half way to one. Slow down time...slow down.

Not too much has changed in the last month with Ellie. She is still rolling everywhere, squealing with delight, and adoring her big brother. She has been working hard on sitting up, and she has finally mastered her new skill! We started introducing baby food at four months, but she hasn't really taken to it so I think we're going to hop on the baby led weaning train!

We love our sweet Ellie so much.

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)