Ellie

Well, it's been over a month now, and Ellie's 7 weeks old. What a cutie!!! She's such a good baby, only waking up once a night.

She's changed a little since these pictures were taken, but it is basically what she looks like today. Isn't she cute? Her shirt in the above picture says 'Thank heaven for little girls.' So true. We love Ellie!

Becca

Eleanor Melanie Cate

Mom with Ellie

Dad and Ellie- that shirt was her first blanket- Dad's "I Love You Dad" shirt

Rachel and Ellie

Laura and Ellie

Grandma and Ellie and Miri

I just had to post a few pictures, but she was born at 12:58 in the morning on September 9, 2011. She weighed 7 lbs, 9 oz. She was 20" long. And she's adorable.

Becca

Ellie

Well, this'll be mostly be pictures of the little girl herself- by request of Aunt Katie (she asked Mom to post pictures of Ellie...) so here they are!





Pretty baby...








farther off shots...

















Daddy holding his Ellie...







Grandpa Cate...







Grandma Cate (a hard one, since in almost all of the pictures, she was talking to Laura when I got the picture, but it was my bad photography's fault...)







Mommy and Ellie... so cute together...








Me and Ellie...









Laura and Ellie...









Brian, sick but trying not to get Ellie sick- we had to get one
picture of him with Ellie...





Miriam's other picture, which is the same 'pose' as Brian's, shows
a really goofy smile...






That's my hand, I had just readjusted her head when Laura shot the picture







Rachel and Ellie... you can tell how much Rachel loves Ellie...

















And surprisingly enough, these last 5 pictures were taken at 7 this morning, and it's now 4:50, and she's just being changed out of them!!! What a concept!





Well, these are the recent pictures of baby Ellie.

Yep, she was blessed on 9/11 so Grandpa Cate could participate since they were leaving right after sacrament meeting to go to the airport. So she was blessed, Mom took the sacrament, and then they left. But we were lucky that they got to come at all!

Becca

Still no Ellie

Yep, it's true, Ellie is still inside Mommy's tummy, and seems to have no intentions of getting out. On the plus side, Ellie won't ever complain about a birthday on Fast Sunday!!! :)

Grandpa Bristow, you are crazy!!!

As I got on the computer, I saw an email from Grandpa Bristow, and the email was about the earthquakes we got here. (We got a 5.9 earthquake at about 2 that lasted for almost 30 seconds, and then another at like 8 that evening. There were 3 aftershocks for all of them combined.)

So he said...

Of course the real mystery of all this is the relationship between Josh & Amanda moving to Virginia and the strange events that have followed them here: record snow, earthquakes and now Hurricane Irene making a beeline for the DC area. Is it a mere coincidence inquiring readers want to know? :-)

Silly Grandpa!!!

-Becca

King's Domion

We took our annual trip to King's Dominion yesterday. Fun was had by all and we were grateful that no one got lost and it didn't storm on us. Becca, Rachel, Laura, and Derek started out the morning with the huge roller coasters. Unfortunately, Laura got too hot and threw up after one of them and took it easy the rest of the day. My mom and I had fun with Brian, Miriam, and Jeffrey, going on more tame roller coasters, playing in a splash house, and trying to keep cool! It was so humid in the morning that just waiting in the shade for them to go on the rides (there are like 5 rides in the park that a pregnant woman can go on...) I was dripping. I was glad when the water park portion opened at noon. After sitting in the air conditioned car for lunch, we headed to a water ride then to the water park, Laura joining the younger kids at the splash playground and then on the ferris wheel and the carousel. Miriam and Brian were disappointed they couldn't go on all the rides, but there's enough to do that they had a good time anyway. Becca, Rachel, and Laura had read the Book of Mormon, Brian read the BofM stories, and Miriam and Jeffrey listened to stories to qualify for the trip. The kids watched part of a movie on the way home and then we turned on the Book of the Mormon stories as a fitting end to the day and most of the kids slept at one point or another on the ride home. We all had a great time and were completely tired out by the end of the day. I do look forward to doing it again, not pregnant. :) I'd attach pictures, but we didn't take many...we were having too much fun!

--Sarah

Update on Ellie

Mom's 31 1/2 weeks pregnant, so only about 7 weeks til Ellie is probably born. So she'll most likely be born at 38 1/2 weeks.

**Sigh**

-Becca