Elizabeth's October

As promised, I'm finally posting more of Elizabeth, and for those of you who felt neglected, this post is my explanation. This month was CRAZY! It was so wonderful, but, wow, was it packed full! We had fabulous friends and family visit us every weekend, and we had a blast! Elizabeth had fun, too! In fact, we think that she's bored now that all of the fun people have left! She's become a real people-person. (I know that most of you will not be surprised by that statement at all.) Anyway, October was a great month, and here are some fun pics from all of the festivities! (And I've also included a couple of random fun Elizabeth pics, too.)

Surprise!!

She is SO cute!


Kristen was our first visitor of the month, and we had SO much fun. Elizabeth really had a good time with her "Aunt Kay."


The next weekend, PawPaw came into town, and he got to hold her for the first time. It was adorable because one night, she fell asleep on his lap, and then he fell asleep too.


The next weekend, Stephen's mom and Gramma came to visit us, but sadly, I don't have the pics from that weekend because we took them all on her camera. But, it was a totally great weekend!


The last weekend, Brian came to visit, and Elizabeth could not have been more excited!

She took to him like I've never seen, and they were just two peas in a pod. It was precious, and hilarious.!


It was also Elizabeth's first Halloween, and she got to celebrate at Ben and Stacey's house dressed as a Tinkerbell Fairy. By the end of the party, she preferred eating her costume rather than wearing it.

We had fun dressing up too! I was an evil sorceress, Stephen was a Blues Brother, and Brian was a VERY convincing Uni-Bomber.



Our friends, Stephen and Kelly also came to visit us that weekend, and they got to meet Elizabeth for the first time. She had a blast!


I've decided that Kelly and Stephen need to have kids soon because they will rock as parents!

Well, it was a full month, but a fabulous one! Now, onto the next month. Whew!


Love to you all!

Three Months

Elizabeth recently turned 3 months old, and I can't even believe that it has been that long already. She is so beautiful, and she is growing so much! I'm more excited and more happy to have her in my life every day. Here are some pics from her 3month old photo shoot, and if you want more pics, I'll be posting a whole bunch from the whole month of October soon.

Sorry it has taken so long to post another update, but I'll post again soon to explain why it took me so long.

For now, I love you all!

She likes to eat her clothes now.

She also makes hilarious faces all the time, now.

She's really smiley!

And she is constantly surprised by life. It's so fun!

We're already teaching her to love teddy bears! :)

Picture Time!

SO, I know it's been awhile, but life has been crazy the past week or so. Stephen got sick, and you wouldn't believe how hard life with a baby is when one of you is sick.

Anyway, Elizabeth is growing like crazy, and I realized the other day, that she is out-growing some of her cute outfits quickly. Although it seems silly, I really want pics of Elizabeth in them all, so I've started doing little photo shoots of her in the outfits that I think she will be out of soon.

All that to say, here are some fun new pics of Elizabeth that I took in my quest to make sure that all of her cute outfits get remembered. (I'm such a silly mom.)

Oh, and here's another cute one of her in the bath.

Love to you all!

2 Months

Elizabeth is now officially 2 months old, and we're both hanging out on the couch watching football, so I thought I'd take this short moment of free time to give everyone a quick update on life.

For those of you who want to know, here's what's up:

School Stuff: Stephen has now finished his first quarter of doctoral classes, and has jumped right into the next. He's still not sure what he thinks about the quality of his professors' teaching skills, but he is very excited about all that he is learning. It's really exciting for him to be challenged in a new field, but also get to use the skills he already has.

Visits: After an awesome time in Dallas and, then, a day trip to see Sarah for her birthday, Elizabeth and I will be taking a break from traveling. However, we're really excited because we just found out that our close Baylor friends will be coming to visit us in October! Kristen is coming from New York in a few weeks, and Brian, Stephen, and Kelly will be visiting over Halloween. (I guess you could say that it will be a "scream!" hehe). For those of you in Dallas, we Bushes will all be coming again over Christmas break, and we are PUMPED!

Church Hunt: Elizabeth is finally old enough to give us the chance to start visiting churches again, and this morning we re-visited a church that we tried before Elizabeth showed up. It's a great church, and although we missed some of the service (because of Elizabeth), we had a wonderful morning. We think we will end up there, but just to make sure, we will visit around a couple more, first.

Elizabeth: Wow, talk about progress. Elizabeth is constantly surprising us with all that she is learning to do. She can smile for real now, and for the most part, she's sleeping through the night. She is also beginning to be entertained by her toys. (Her attention span, however, is still lacking.) She has grown out of her newborn sleepers, and she is finally starting to fit all of the cute clothes that we got at the baby showers. It's like having a little doll that I get to dress up every day. It's great, and we're having fun! Oh, and now that I've put up the last picture frame, her room is FINALLY decorated. I'll take pics and post them soon.

Health: I finally bit the bullet and joined a gym to start losing my baby weight. Wish me luck; I have a LOT to lose, but I think I can because I've committed my time AND money.

I guess that's it for now. Keep us in your prayers. We have a lot going on this fall, and we'd still like to make more friends. God is good, though, and we know we're in His hands.

Love to you all!

Great Trip

Well, Elizabeth and I are finally back from our big trip to Dallas, and it was wonderful! Everyone was so great to hang out with. I had been missing everyone so badly. It was good for me to be near wonderful people, and it was good for Stephen to have some time to himself to work on stuff.

Anyway, we took a million pics of Elizabeth, so here are a few. There will be more on my facebook later. By the way, the pics are in no particular order, and I'm sorry I don't have pics of Elizabeth with everyone that I visited. (I didn't have my camera with me)

Love to you all!
Elizabeth with her Grandpa Bush

Elizabeth with Loren

Elizabeth doesn't mind baths now.


Elizabeth with her Great Aunt Suzie


Elizabeth with her Gramma Bush


Elizabeth is starting to smile now!


Elizabeth with her Great Gramma (great face)


Elizabeth with Cousin Sam and her great Uncle Steve


Elizabeth with her Uncle Brian


Here's Elizabeth with Gran, Grandad, and cousin Emilee


Here are a couple of Elizabeth with her DeeDee


Here's Elizabeth with her Pops

Elizabeth with her Great Mema

Home on the Range

This little one and I will be making our way to home sweet home in Texas this Sunday. I can't wait! It will be so fun! Elizabeth just got a clean bill of health from her doctor, and I got a clean bill of health from my doctor, so we are READY!

In other news, I've decided that, now that I'm completely healed from Elizabeth's birth, it is high time to start trying to lose the left over baby weight. Let me tell you, it will NOT be easy or fun, but I am determined. So, I'm treating my trip to Texas as a last hurrah of sorts because when I get back to NC, I'm going to work out, eat better, and try to get myself at least CLOSE to back where I was. Pray for me; I'm not very good at this.

Love to you all, and I can't wait to see you in Texas! :)

Dancin' in September

If life is a dance, I'm right in the middle learning a totally new one. Being a mom and a homemaker is totally awesome, and I am truly excited to be learning all the new "moves" that come with this new dance, but there are a LOT of new moves to learn. Every day, I think I'm learning a new one.

This month I have many new ones to learn. The biggest is to learn how to take Elizabeth on a plane. I won't lie; I'm nervous, but I'm also excited because it means that we're going to be going to Dallas to visit family and friends. I've missed everyone SO much, so this is going to be great.

Speaking of friends, Krysta Edwards and Stephen's sister, Sarah, came to visit us over the weekend, and we had a blast! They are so much fun to hang out with, and Elizabeth was so good for us while they were here. It was a great time.

Here are some pics of Elizabeth with Krysta. Aren't they cute together?