Happy 1 Month Birthday Ellie!

Happy Birthday to Ellie, Happy Birthday to Ellie, Happy Birthday dear Ellie, Happy Birthday to you!
Holy cow! Can you believe that Ellie is already a month old! I think it’s crazy how fast the time has already gone.

At times today I have looked at the clock and thought at this time a month ago I was having contractions, this time a month ago I started to push and ect…

Ellie is such a good baby. We all are still trying to figure each other out. I have officially learned that looking at a clock and trying to figure out her schedule for the day is completely pointless.

Ellie has definitely taught me already that she does things on her own schedule.

As of today Eric and I both noticed while playing with her this morning that she know notices her face in a mirror and is totally in love with looking at her self. She also has found out that if she smiles really big at daddy she can get whatever she wants and almost make him cry.

Ellie also is now weighing in at 10.3 lbs. and is still growing like a weed! I have already had to put away some of her 3 month old clothes because she is to long for them and they don’t fit. And yes I cried when I put away the first batch of clothes that she out grew. Hormones? maybe.

Tomorrow we leave for Ellie’s first road trip. I’m not freaking out yet, but I think I have officially over packed. We are going to Minnesota to visit my sister Dar and her family for Louis’s (her son) third birthday party. I can’t believe that he is already three! He’s such a big boy now.

Well I will be sure to post more after this weekend I’m hoping to get some good pictures of Ellie and her two favorite cousins on her mothers side.

Thanks for checking in.

Lots of hugs!
Eric, Monica, Kit, & the birthday girl Ellie

Three week update...

Hello Again!

So tomorrow Elna will be three weeks old. Can you believe it? I can’t it seems like just yesterday we brought her home.

When we brought Elna home she weighed 7 lbs. 11 oz. in just three short weeks she weighs over 9lbs and has grown over an inch.

I can officially say that I absolutely love being a mom and wouldn’t trade it for the world. It is so amazing! I love every minute of it. Every time I look at her I wonder how in the world God chose Eric and me to be so blessed.

She is such a good baby. Eric and I thought that we would be way more tired but so far (knock on wood) Ellie has been sleeping very, very well through the night. She wake up around 3 am we eat a little snack and then we go back to sleep. We usually roll out of bed around 9:30 am. It’s going to be so hard going back to work and actually having to get up.

We went to go see out photographer and friend Kelly again to get our first family photos done and Ellie's first pictures. They turned out AMAZING!!!

Eric keeps asking how we got such a beautiful kid and of course me being me always says “she takes after her mother that’s how.” However we all know that Ellie is a great mix of the both of us.

So far we don’t have much else to report but I thought I would update you all on how we are doing and include some pictures so you all can see how much she has grown. I hope you enjoy.

Lots of love to all,
Eric, Monica, Kit & Elna

***Please note that all professional pictures are photographed by Kelly Jean Photography http://www.photographybykellyjean.blogspot.com/

God broke the mold!

HELLO HELLO!!!!!!

SHE’S HERE!!!! Our beautiful baby girl is here!

Elna Ann Burt

Born on June 29, 2010 at 2:29 p.m. 20 1/2 inches 8 lbs. 1 oz.

Everything went awesome! Started contractions at 4:00 am, woke Eric up at 6:30, went to the hospital at 9:00 started pushing at 1:30 ish and she was born at 2:29. She really did all the work I was just the oven she came out of.

I never thought I would love someone I just met so fast. When she came out it really hit me that I was now a mom. I know people told me that I would, but I still had the first time mom jitters and was terrified that I wouldn't like her right away. She is my lil rockstar!

You all may wonder where we got her name. Elna was my grandmother’s name on the Wepner side and Ann was my grandmother on the Yachinich side. These two women taught me so much and were two of the strongest women I know. I hope that Elna grows up to understand what amazing people she is named after.

I want to thank all of you who have supported us through the pregnancy and now who through our first few days as new parents.

I hope you all keep watching our little one grow through our blog as I hope to have more to report throughout the weeks instead of just once a month.

Hugs and kisses to all!
Eric, Monica, Kit, & Ellie