Catching up

We're still trying to catch up for the time we've missed. Ellia's just growing incredibly. Thanks for continuing to check back here.

Home Sweet Dorm

Just some fun Ellia pictures. Enjoy!




In this last picture here, she actually said to me, "One more picture, and I'll sock you!" She's got a bit of a 'tude if you ask me.

Found it

It's been quite some time since we last posted anything. We made a move at the beginning of this month into our new residence hall and in the process lost our cord that connects from our camera to the computer. But we found it. So here we present some very recent pictures of our growing girl, who is now over two months old.

More pics from Conroe

Sorry it's been so long since we've updated here. It's been not just a little bit crazy for us. We just moved into our new dorm apartment in Alexander Residence Hall this weekend. It's tough moving with a baby, but we've made some good headway. We had some good help from friends (Collin, Meredith, Anna Beth, and Keith) and family (my mom, Ryan, and Megan). In the midst of all this, I'm finishing up my summer course, and I started training for the resident chaplain position yesterday (Monday) which will not end until students get here. We're doing well, but just trying to get settled into our new place. We haven't had much opportunity to take pictures, so here are a few more from our trip last weekend to Conroe to visit family. Soon enough, we should have some pictures of Ellia in her new bedroom. :)

Hamming it up for the camera (never mind the dirty diaper next to her head)

With her Noni

With Grandaddy

Over my shoulder, laughing

Intently watching something on Mom's lap

First Photo Shoot (part 2)

First Photo Shoot

Because (1) I work in the Honors College Living and Learning Center at Baylor and (2) the HC-LLC is updating their webpage, we were asked to go in for a photo shoot with Baylor photography. They gave me access to the photos, so we figured, hey, free high-quality family pictures. Great! So we'll post a few up here (today and tomorrow). If you happen to want me to email a higher-quality version of any of these pictures to you so you can print them off (and that goes for any pictures on this blog), just comment at the bottom of the post and tell me which picture you want. Oh, and be sure to identify yourself in the comment. Thanks so much. Enjoy!

(Great) Aunts and Uncles

We have a few old ones here and some more recent ones. These are some of Ellia's great aunts and uncles.

One-day-old Ellia and her first babysitter, Uncle Max.

Aunt Debbie, when Ellia almost never opened her eyes.

Aunt Carolyn with Ellia in the hospital, with Granny looking on.

Aunt Pat with a more alert (and almost six-week-old) Ellia.

Ellia loved Uncle Larry, who was recently voted "sweetest in the family."

Galveston and cousins

First, you should know that Ellia, in the middle of the night last night, turned 6 weeks old! Can you believe it? She's ancient.

The three of us got the opportunity to go to Galveston, to stay in the luxurious Tremont House, and to see the sights of Galveston because of the generosity of a friend of ours in Galveston and her mom (we love Coley and Celia!). It was a wonderful break. We didn't get to take a whole lot of pictures, but here are a couple that we did take.

Ellia's first view of the ocean: she slept straight through it.

The three of us on a paddlewheel boat at Moody Gardens. I know, you can't really see the boat, but I promise that's where we are.

And here are Ellia and Mom just hanging out at Granmama's and Buck's.

Ellia here with her cousin Jenny who dropped by to see her while we were in Conroe.

Here's cousin Kandice who made a special trip to Waco just to see Ellia right before we went on our vacation. So fun!

Stay tuned tomorrow for a group of aunts/uncles who love Ellia. And then, a special photo shoot featuring you-know-who.