This was a great week! We had our parents (Elli's GRANDparents!) in town, her aunt, some of her "aunts" and lots of sweet friends bringing meals! What a blessing!
It was also a tiring week! Lots of naps were taken by Elli and me! I think I ate and slept and fed Elli 24/7. I loved having everyone there! It was a joy welcoming our new little one into the world!
She is very well loved!
Pretty much all of these pictures were taken by someone else :) Matt, Mom, Dad, Gladys, Brian, Bethany Kay, Bethany Joy.... But I can't remember who took what so I'm giving credit up front:)
Oh and if you do not want to see a million pictures of a precious baby girl
then this is not the blog post for you. Don't say I didn't warn you:) I really tried to narrow it down from the 670 photos I had to choose from:)
Day 1
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| This was about 12:30am on November 1st... we had just arrived home from the birthing center. Our sweet baby girl was about 8-9 hours old... WOW! |
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| Proud Daddy! |
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| So much love already and not even 24 hours old! | | |
Day 2
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| Elli Faith being held by her Pa Bishop. 2 days old. November 2, 2012 |
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| Little Bundle |
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| Smile |
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| Loving life with her |
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| Nap Time |
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| Kisses from Daddy AKA The Baby Whisper |
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| Sleepin on her Pa |
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| Nana and Pa |
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| Meeting Papa for the first time! |
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| It was love at first sight |
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Papa held her while she slept at night.
I came out to feed her and this is how I found them:) |
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| Our Little Pumpkin or Punkin whichever you prefer :) |
Day 3
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| Meeting Aunt Bethany for the first time! |
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| Elli Meet Aunt Bethany Joy! |
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| Sleeping with Papa again |
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| aww... |
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| Elli meeting Samantha (and Cooper, not in the picture) |
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| He is such a great Daddy! |
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| Happy Family of Three |
Saying goodbye to Nana and Pa wasn't easy....
Day 4
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| Our first family outing. We went to corporate worship at Imago Dei (4 days old) |
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| I thank God for these two! |
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| My precious family |
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| Bethany squared! Love my gingers:) |
BATH TIME
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| Before the bath |
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| Washing her |
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| Drying off! |
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| She loved it.... not :) |
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| After the bath |
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| All Clean |
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| Elli and her Daddy |
DAY 5
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| Snuggling with Grammi |
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| Dr. Appointment in Chapel Hill |
I wish I had taken pictures of all the wonderful friends who brought us dinner those first several days and weeks! But I wasn't always thinking about pictures.... :)
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| Elli
meeting our dear friends Matthew and Ashley Poole! They found out they
have a little one on the way the day after Elli was born! Praise the Lord
for His gifts of life! |
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DAY 6
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| Sleeping Beauty |
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| Her hair :) |
Grateful Parents!
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| Baby girl finally getting some rolls:) |
DAY 7
This was the day our wonderful friend Sara came and took Elli's newborn pictures! Check out her work at
https://www.facebook.com/DesignAndPhotoBySara. She did so awesome with Elli! We love all the pictures she took! All of the following is her work until the I make note otherwise:)
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| 3 Generations |
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| Grammi and Elli |
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| Our greatest prayer |
That is the end of Sara's pictures. Thanks again Sara!!! We love you:)
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| Elli officially 1 week old at 3:57pm! |
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| Elli wearing that hat my sweet friend Allison sent her! |
DAY 8
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| She still sleeps like this if she isn't swaddled |
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| Grammi kisses! |
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First big smile at 8 days old
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| This is our prayer for you Elli |
i thoroughly enjoyed all of these precious phots and i am challenged to take more our next time around!!!! :] God bless you guys!
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Thank you Katlyn! I wouldn't have a lot of these if I didn't "steal" them from our parents:) I'm so excited for you and Jeremy as you guys prepare for little Lueders number 2:)
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