6 Months and.....

Hello Again,

Ok so I’m very proud of this blog. I am actually getting it done before Elna’s 7 month birthday! Go me!!!
So where did we leave off? Well Since we last blogged Ellie celebrated her first Christmas, her 6 month Birthday, two teeth, first ear infection, and the Pack going to the super bowl! So lots of great things!
I can’t believe that Ellie is almost 7 months old! She has moved into solids and into sleeping like a champ! We got one night of her sleeping from 6:30 pm to 6:30 am. But like I thought that was a total fluke. However she is down to only waking up once a night. Which I will take!

Ellie had a great first Christmas! She was so fun to watch as she opened presents the only down side is that she had more fun eating the paper then seeing the present. But still cute as can be!

G&G Koch and Grandkids

Koch Cousins

G&G Wepner and Grandkids

Cousin Alana and Ellie

Grandpa Burt and Grandkids

To let you know how great of a kid we have Ellie got two teeth and we didn’t even know she was getting them until they were already here. She wasn’t cranky or fussy at all. We were a little perplexed since all we ever heard about babies getting teeth was that it would be miserable because your baby is going to be horrible. However Ellie surpasses any stereotype for an infant and breezed through it like a champ. So high fives to Ellie! Wahoo!
Leading off of the teeth conversation with the teeth Ellie got a mild ear infection. I don’t care what anyone says but I totally believe that the ear infection came from her getting her teeth. But with some mild antibiotics she got over it quickly and was once again a champ.
So now on to the big news THE PACK IS GOING TO THE SHOW!!! Let me tell you Ellie was so excited that she passed right out during the game! LOL. Uncle Chris and soon to be Aunt Kari came down for the game and hung out. Ellie is still trying to figure her Uncle Chris. She had a tendency to get a little teary eyed when he would talk to her, hold her, or pretty much even look at her. However I’m sure over time that will get better.

So not much has really happened in our home to that sums it up for this blog. But there are always things going on so stay tuned! Next we will be talking about the Packers and their new accessory!

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

4 & 5 and soon to be 6

Hello Again,

O my once again I am totally slacking on the bog updates. At least I have a good reason.
To start out since our last blog Eric’s sister welcomed her baby boy into the world on 10-10-10. He’s such a cutie! Contrary to what his father John says he has red hair like his mom and is just a ball of love. When you put Ellie next to him she looks like a massive giant. I can’t believe how much they grow in such a short period of time. Every time I hold Weston I say “I don’t remember Ellie being this small”.

Ellie celebrated her first Halloween. This was somewhat of a success. She dressed up all cute got candy and I got to eat it. In my world total success, in diet world a total failure. Ellie was supposed to be a cow for Halloween but that kind of was a flop. Before she was ever born I found a cute Dalmatian bunting costume for $0.50 (yes that’s right 50 cents folks). My intention was to turn the dog costume into a cow; this was a big failure on my part. All of a sudden it was Halloween and time totally flew by. So my poor attempt to make her a cow was not at all succeeding when we went to Spooktacular at Player Choice of Appleton. Everyone kept calling her a dog so Ellie had a costume that went form a dog to a cow and back to a dog. But whatever my kid still looked cuter then bunny!

Mom and Ellie at Spooktacular

Sugar coma

Since the last time we blogged Ellie had her four month birthday and he five month birthday. With her four month birthday came her four month checkup which means... yup you got it SHOTS! But no worry for my kid she’s awesome! She cries a little when they go in and that’s it! By the time the needle is out she’s done crying. I don’t know where she gets that from but I can tell you it’s not from me. At 26 I still cry when I see the needle. To give you all a mental image of how big Ellie is she is in the 100th percentile for Height and head circumference and 75th percentile for weight. For those of you who have no idea what that means, it means she is very tall for her age but at skinny as a bean. So I’m sure when she gets older she will get the same nickname that Eric and I had of being called string bean.
Ellie is growing so much that we have had a lot of milestones lately. The popasan swing that she has been using since birth and most of the pictures that you have seen her sleeping in have been in that swing has now been put away. She already outgrew it. I’m not going to lie there was a little bit of tears that I had to fight back as I put it away. Some tears that she is growing so fast and some tears at the thought of how in the heck are we going to get her to take naps now? However with putting away the big swing we now have brought out an exersaucer and a jumperoo. Both of which Ellie loves!

Playing like a big girl

We also had Eric’s niece Kelsey’s 8 birthday! Now that one I can’t believe! She was 4 when I met her and now she’s only a few years away from being a pre-teen! It’s crazy to think about how much she’s grown and how wonderful of a young lady she is becoming. I don’t know if I’m ready for her to grow up just yet.

Ooooookkkkkkaaaaayyyyy I know you all have been reading this and are wondering what the big top secret news is….. And sorry to disappoint some of you but no I am not pregnant. There will be no baby two for a while we hope. The news is that I got a new job. I had accepted the offer but was not able to say anything until my notice was given at Convergys. So after 5 years at Convergys Corp. I resigned and am now working at Heartland Business Systems. I really really am enjoying it. The people are great and I love the freedom. It so far has been a great move for not only me but our family. So once again sorry to those of you who wanted baby 2 but not today.
I love being naked!

Stay tuned for our next blog that I hope I stay on top of. We get to celebrate Christmas!!!!


Hugs to all and happy holidays!
-Eric, Monica, Elna, & Kit

3 Months and Growing!

Hello Again,

Wow can you believe that Ellie is now 3 months old, Eric and I have been married a year, Eric is now 30 and I will be turning 26 on Monday! I think I can say for where did the time go?

Since I last blogged we have had a couple of milestones in our house. I went back to work in September and didn’t think it would be too hard because I currently work from home. But it was still a huge adjustment. I still miss playing with her and enjoying time with her. Whoever thought that I would actually miss changing the first morning poopy diaper? LOL! Ellie is enrolled at YMCA Child Learning Center and its great! Her teachers are awesome! I know that she is being taken care of the same way I would take care of her.

On my brothers 29th birthday (September 23) Ellie laughed for the first time. I was on the phone with my fantastic friend Lisa W. when Ellie started to laugh. I was so excited I cried with pure joy and I think I may have freaked Lisa out a little because I was screaming with excitement. After I got off the phone with her I immediately called Eric to have him listen to it and then since I’m such a proud mamma I called everyone else I could think of. The only person that was able to hear it beside Eric and I was my brother Chris. Which was fitting since it was his birthday. I think it brightened his day a little.

After that exciting day we have really started to see Ellie grow. She can put her hands together, switch toys from one hand to another, roll on her side and show us true love with her smile. I can’t believe how much of a personality she is getting already.

Ellie is now three months old and I do not feel like it’s been three months. I was looking at a picture from the beginning of September and thought there is now way that she was that small only 4 weeks ago. She looks so different already!
One year and still going strong

Flowers from Eric. These are the same flowers that I had in my boquet on my wedding day.

Eric and I celebrate 365 days of wedded bliss on Sunday. Talk about where did the time go. We were looking back at the past year and we can’t believe all that has happened. We remodeled the house, went to Vegas, said goodbye to my best furry friend Gini, and o yeah had a baby. We still are as happy as we were on the day we got married. We truly know now that we can get through anything and will always be there for each other.

Ellies First Pumpkin

Grandma & Grandpa with Ellie and all the pumpkins

We spent the weekend in Door County. On Saturday Grandma and Grandpa Bucky were nice enough to watch Ellie while Eric and I drove up to the island. We wanted to take the fairy across, but the boat was rocking side to side so much that it made me sick just looking at it. It was really cold, rainy, and windy up there so we didn’t get out of the car much. We also were able to take Ellie to get her first pumpkin on Sunday. Grandma and Grandpa had a good time picking one out for Ellie.

Eric turned 30 on Monday. He says it’s no big deal, but I think he secretly is in denial that he’s getting older. He no longer can say I’m in my roaring 20’s. I know that when I turn thirty I will have a little bit of a meltdown I’m sure. I already am freaking out that as of next Monday (10-11-10) I will only have 4 more years left of my 20’s. Freaky!

Well I think that pretty much closes up our month since our last post. In the next month we have exciting things to look forward to. Ellie celebrates 4 months, Eric’s sister Ashley will be having her baby, Ellie celebrates Halloween, and I will have news to share that is top secret!

Lots of hugs to all,
Eric, Monica, Kit & Ellie

Go Packers Go!

Duke and Bear tickled with excitment for pumkins

Who knew...

Hello Again,

Holy cow people! Can you believe that it has been almost 2 months since my last post! Who ever thought that having a baby would consume all of my time. LOL!

We have had so much happen in the past 2 months. Let me start from where I left off.

My sister’s son Louis turned three and we went to Minnesota to celebrate his third birthday in August. Yes we decided to do the normally four hour and fifteen minuet drive to Minnesota in 5 hours and 30 minuets. We quickly learned that when you do a trip with a 1 month old you leave on their schedule not yours. We made it to Seymour (about 18 miles from our house) and Ellie decided that riding in the car was not going to be her bag of tea that day. So it was a very long trip to Minnesota. Once we got there we had so much fun. My sister and her husband had just moved into a new house so we tried the best we could to help them get ready for Louis’s big birthday party. It was so much fun! I can’t believe that he is three.

Louis at 3

Next we celebrated Ellie’s Baptism and two month birthday. I was so excited to have Ellie baptized and become a member of God’s wonderful kingdom. The day of her baptism was the first day that Ellie smiled in response. It was as if she new that, that day was her special day. She did amazing! Eric, Pastor Walt, Ellie, and Monica

Ellie at 2 months

Labor Day weekend we also were blessed to celebrate the marriage of our good friends Josh and Julie Burmeister. They had such a wonderful day. The sun was shinning and everything went off perfectly. Julie looked so beautiful in her dress! It was our first wedding since Eric and I got married and it really brought back some wonderful memories. Eric while in his tux definitely made it known that he was a new daddy and loved showing off his little girl. Uncle Dennis (Ellie's Godfather) also loved showing Ellie off. The minuet he saw her he was kissing her up. Eric and Ellie all dressed for the wedding

After the wedding we went to Madison to watch the Badgers play San Jose with my parents. Ellie was lucky to spend the whole day with her Aunt Ashley and Uncle John. We are so lucky to have relatives that live close to Madison that we are able to take Ellie with us while we hang out in Bucky territory.
Eric and I at the game

Ellie Also got to go to a couple of her first football games to see my very great friend Lisa’s son Joey play on the Kimberly JV football team. It is crazy to see Joey so grown up and playing football. He’s really good too. Ellie loves the games. There is always so much for her to see.

Ellie and Joey

As you can see we have had a very busy two months! In the next month we are plenty busy again. Eric and I celebrate our first anniversary. I go back to work after a nice 11 weeks off. Ellie starts daycare. Eric turns 30 I turn 26 and so much more. I will post again soon so stay tuned!

Lots of love,
The Burts

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