Ela's Blessing

We were able to have Ela's Blessing while both my parents and Eric's parents were in town. Since Ela is only 2 weeks old we decided to have it at our house and invite some close friends over. Eric did such a great job, I am so blessed to have such a wonderful husband! It was a great day! Ela was a little angel. One of my in-laws good friends made Ela's blessing dress and it looked so pretty on her.

Eric's parents.
My parents.
We couldn't really get Abbey to hold still long enough for a good picture, so she is MIA.

My Little Girls

Abbey got to hold Ela this morning and she loved it! She is so good with her, I love watching Abbey with her. When Eric tried to take Ela back, Abbey started crying and holding on to her, it was really cute. We had to bribe Abbey with milk to get her to let Ela go. I am so blessed to have two beautiful little girls in my life!!!

Our New Little Girl

She is finally here!! This is little Ela Kae weighing in at 7 pounds 5 ounces and 20 inches long. She is absolutely perfect! I was a little nervous for the labor and delivery because I was induced, but everything went great! I came in bright and early at 6 am and by noon I was ready to go, however, my doctor was stuck in surgery so I had to wait about 2 1/2 hours until she could come. By the time she got there, Ela was ready - I only had to push once! I couldn't have asked for a better delivery.

This is exactly how I feel!!!
This is my doctor - she delivered both Abbey and Ela. She is so great! She always takes time to involve Abbey when she sees her. Abbey is doing really well with Ela, we had taught her that my belly was Ela, and now she will point at Ela and say her name, so I think she might understand a little bit. I feel so blessed to have two beautiful little girls!

OK Baby

Abbey's new thing lately is to answer us by saying ok baby. It is so darn cute!!! The other night we were eating dinner and she came up to Eric trying to say something. He kinda gave me a puzzled look and I said I think she wants a bite of your sandwich. Eric said "Abbey, do you want a bite?" Abbey's reply, "OK baby." It took us by surprise and we both burst out laughing. Ever since then, that is her anwser for everything. The next morning when Abbey woke up she was calling for "mommy" and Eric went in and said, "Is it ok if daddy gets you?" Abbey, "OK baby."

Now she even answers her own questions with ok baby. She will come and ask me for something then say ok baby and take off into the kitchen, waiting for me to follow. I love it! It cracks me up everytime. She is growing up so fast and learning things so quickly it amazes me. I can't wait to see how great of a big sister she is going to be - only one more day!!!

Too far behind...

So I let myself get really far behind in blogging, and now I have completely run out of time. I know if I don't post anything today ... it won't get done!! Our new baby girl will be here tomorrow (YEAH!!) so I wanted to post a few things of Abbey. My sister and her two boys were able to come visit us in Ohio for a week, and we had an absolute blast!! They actually flew back with me from Utah, which was awesome because they helped me keep Abbey entertained. This is Abbey's cousins, Kaden and Dallin. She loved playing with them and they were so cute together. She really had a hard week once they left (so did I!)
We were able to go to the splash park one day with Dallin. Eric and Kaden ended up going to the big water park this day to ride all the big rides. Abbey loves this splash park and had alot of fun with Dallin there.
The boys were able to make it to the zoo for a half a day, and had so much fun. Abbey was napping, so we ended up meeting them there to go to Zoombezi Bay.
This is Abbey at Zoombezi Bay. She loves the water and for some reason loves the water even more with the life jacket on. It doesn't really keep her floating because she is still to little to really fit in it, but she would cry everytime I took it off of her. I think maybe it helped keep her warm. We were able to go to Zoombezi Bay several times with the boys, and we all had alot of fun!
Thanks so much for coming and seeing us in Ohio - we miss you!!!