Welcome

So I've decided to give this blogging thing a try! I'm so excited to have a place to share what's going on in our lives with the people we love! There are so many little day to day stories and things that happen with Elly and I'm hoping this will give me a place to share them and keep a record of them for my own benefit as well.

So a little update on "things" - My little Miss Ellyana is already 15 months old! It seems like it was just yesterday I found out I was pregnant or bringing her home from the hospital. She has been such a blessing...so much more than I ever could've imagined! Having a child truly does change EVERYTHING, but in such a beautiful way! I experience things differently now and see everything in a different light! She has brought me so much joy and inspired me to be a better person...a better wife, a better Christian, a better friend, etc. She is going to learn so much from me, that I feel this immense responsibility to show her the "right" way.

Elly is a walking, talking, happy little girl. Those words really are understatements, who am I kidding?!! She is walking, yes, but also running and climbing on everything she's not supposed to! And talking...oh her vocabulary just continues to grow! Her newest trick is animal sounds! I am proud to say she knows several different animals including a rooster, which she will tell you says, "Doodle Doo!" She can point to and name almost all of her body parts, including her "butt" which her Daddy taught her just tonight! I am oh so proud of that one! She finally sleeps all through the night in her own crib, which after several months of sleeping with us and waking up every 2 hours was a huge accomplishment! Overall, she is a perfectly happy, beautiful child who appears to be developing just as she should be.

Casey and I are doing well too. We both love what we do and are grateful for our jobs! I am so thankful that I was able to cut my hours down to part time after Elly was born. I have no idea how full time working moms do it! Funny how I can go on and on about Elly, but have a hard time coming up with something to say about us! Our lives kinda revolve around her right now, but I wouldn't have it any other way!

I'm still trying to figure out all this blog stuff, so I am yet to figure out how to put pictures in posts and lots of other things I'm sure I'll eventually understand, so bear with me as I learn!