Around the house

Close-up with the little one.

This is one of her favorite positions...for gas release.

Daddy may or may not be smitten.

We love early mornings together.

The joy-filled (and a little tired) family.

A few random pictures

Mom and Ellia loving on each other.

Uncle Ryan is in love!

Ellia loves Aunt Megan.

The new fam gathered for the first time (with nurse Becky).

GREAT-Grandparents

Here, once again, we feature some of the loving family of Ellia May Gibson. Now, we look at the supportive new great-grandparents. Unfortunately, Granmama and Buck were not able to join us on this trip, and we can't wait to see them. But we love all our amazing grandparents as they get to see a third generation come up under them.

This is Grandma looking at Ellia for the first time. Ellia is just about five minutes old at this point.

Grandpa was very excited to hold Ellia with Grandma looking over his shoulder. So beautiful!

Ellia felt right at home in Papa's arms. He's very good with her.

Granny got a great shot at our baby bird. They bonded immediately.

We just had a great time together at the hospital. How exciting to have four generations all together in one place! We love family!

The Proud Grandparents

Here we present Ellia with her grandparents. Few people in the world love this little girl more than these people. I'll let Ellia introduce each of them to you.This is Noni. She's staying with us now to help out with me for a while. She likes to listen to music with me and dance with me.

This is Grandaddy. He really likes to take my picture and lets me hold his finger while I sleep.

This is GG. She loves to hold me and will do absolutely anything for me. I love it when she baby-talks to me.

This is Papa. He comes and visits me a lot and will never let a nurse stand in his way from seeing me.

This is Nana. She squeals with delight everytime she sees me. I'm her first granddaughter, which is pretty special.

So, as you can see, I'm surrounded with love and support from every direction. I love my grandparents!

Two more for now

Here are a couple more pictures. I'm still uploading them.

Things are going well with us. We're very happy. Chris' mom is staying with us for a little while and is a huge help to us. We've already learned a lot about calming Ellia, feeding her, and playing with her (yes, you have to learn how to play with her). Life is good. Thanks for your many prayers for us. We continue to covet them. Life is different, but good different. We love you!

She's here!

Ellia was born at 12:58 am on Wednesday, June 20. She was 7 lbs. and 20 inches long. We just wanted to post some pictures up here for you to see. We'll try to update with more soon. We're a little busy these days. :)