What a week it's been for us! We are enjoying every minute of parenthood... while we have had our ups and downs, our ups far outweigh our downs, so we consider ourselves lucky. What I would give for our daughter to be able to tell us exactly what she needs.
Ellie has had quite the eventful week with lots of visitors, her first pediatrician's visit, a lunch outing, a breakfast outing, 2 KU basketball games, and a stretch of 6 hours of consecutive sleep. Whew, we've been busy!
Here are some pictures to capture our first week with Ellie... As I started to upload pictures, I realized that I'm one of "those" parents with the excessive pictures. I just can't seem to whittle them down to just a few;(
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| Thomas, Family of 3 |
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| Mom and Ellie having a chat... |
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| Dad and Ellie having a chat... |
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| The Hacks came to visit and were nice enough to bring food to the hospital. Auntie Meghan also surprised us with flowers in nearly every room of our house upon our return from the hospital. How lucky we are to have such amazing friends! |
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| Uncle Brian is a natural! |
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| The Greagers also came to visit us and came bearing P Terry's. Meredith and Jason are expecting a baby girl in July - we can hardly wait to meet their bundle of joy. |
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| Ellie's first KU game. Daddy made sure to clear a path for pacing in the hospital room. |
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| Steven and Cameron Johnson came to visit after the KU game. Cameron came decked out in her KU cheerleading gear complete with a pearl necklace. Such classy fans;) |
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| Welcome Home Ellie! |
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| Bama and Grandpa drove all the way from Alabama to meet their 2nd granddaughter. It was love at first sight;) |
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| I think Grandpa will agree that Ellie is the best snuggler... |
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| First pediatrician's visit: We're skeptical that Ellie is ours with her height in the 75th percentile (weight 50th). She was a champ and didn't cry the entire visit. |
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| After comparing baby pictures, the verdict is in - Ellie is identical to me (Sarah) as a newborn. |
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| Snoozing away, cheeks, chins, and all. |
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| Andy & Essie came for a visit. Andy is pretending to look disgusted with me but deep down, he thinks I'm a keeper. |
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| The picture of comfort - letting it all hang out in Essie's lap. I think Ellie enjoyed the extra lap space that Essie offers compared to her parents... |
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| Nana arrived from KC a few hours ago... We had a spa day with Ellie's first sponge bath;) |
Love, love, love. Keep the pictures coming! I'm absolutely one of THOSE parents, too. No judgement here.
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