Happy Birthday Jen!!!!

Today is Jen's birthday and we just wanted to say that we hope you have had a wonderful day and we love you tons!!! You are such a great Aunt and sister, friend, and Mom...we are so blessed to have you in our lives and it's sad that we don't get to spend enough time together like we would like to. This has been quite a year for you and can I just say that you are an incredibly strong woman and you have made your family so proud. Thank you for your friendship, have a happy birthday!!!



"Happy Birthday Auntie Jen"



You even got a smile on your birthday....and did you notice his cute outfit? ;)

11 days later.....

It has been 11 days since our little man has been with us and things are going really good! I got Mastitis last Friday and that was miserable but luckily it only lasted that day before I got antibiotics and by Saturday I was MUCH better. :) My Mom has been here since last Friday and that is wonderful.....I am able to be just spending time with my kids and not having to worry about house duties or meals just yet. Friday she leaves and the reality will set in I am sure but for right now we are taking what we can get and definitely realizing that if we were made of money we would be hiring a maid. ;)







So the weather is getting nicer by the day and last weekend it was beautiful, Justin took the girls to a parade here in town and then they came home to have a little dip in the pool.....Grace slipped and fell face first and I had to get the "oh my gosh that's so cold I can't breath" on camera. ;) These girls are having so much fun with their little brother and Grandma's being here, it will be sad when it's all over.








In other great news Grace had her reading tested today and she is at the highest level for kindergarten. Way to go Gracie!!! I haven't talked with her teacher yet to know what that means exactly but Grace said that was her first time doing that so I was pretty excited for her, I love that she is reading so much now and in the evening she is reading us stories before bed. Grace we are so proud of you and so enjoy watching your accomplishments....keep up the great work kiddo we love you!!!

Back to reality......

Bonnie went home tonight and here I sit with 3 little ones and I can't believe how it's already changed this house so much. For the better of course because we are just loving this little man more than I think we could have imagined. The girls just adore him and are so loving and gentle with him (ok Haylee is a little on the crazy side but has very good intentions). Grace is a natural already and I find her doing things the same way I do and I just love to see this side of her, when Haylee was born she was still my little baby. The down side is she has been sick now for a couple of weeks and still is trying to fight this horrible cold/ear infection so she has not been able to be too "touchy feely" with him yet and it's killing her. :( It is so nice to be able to say "watch him for a minute while I do this or that" and she will just sit there and literally not take her eyes off of him until I get back. That part of baby #3 will be great! ;)


I have to thank Bonnie so much for coming to stay with us, you were such a HUGE help you don't even know. It was so nice to get rest while the girls were occupied and happy having Grandma time and the meals, clean house, clothes, ets.....was SO great! We will miss you and are excited to see you again in a few weeks when we can play and not have it be "cater to Hannah time". So thank you again, I love you.



Gavin has already lost his umbilical cord and is doing great. He is another baby who loves to eat and does it well. I feel a little like a cow at this point, it will be nice in a few weeks when we start to have a little better feeding schedule. Nights have been about what I expected, every few hours he wakes up but is great at going right back to sleep. I love having him sleep with us, this is something that I didn't realize I would miss but when I wake up to him snuggled right in next to me there is just nothing like it. :) He is just so perfect and such a blessing to our family. I posted some new pictures of his first bath and with his big sisters, I will update again soon.

This is Haylee's photography skills, she just took this while I was posting this...pretty good.

More pictures

We are home and all is well, it has been a long few days so I will save the stories for later but here is our boy. ;) He is such a cutie and a perfect addition, the girls are just loving him and it is so fun to watch. Thank you all for your phone calls, prayers and support...we love you all and can't wait for you to meet him.

About a minute or two old.

Proud "family of five".

Introducing Gavin Michael Ellersick

Hi my name is Gavin. My grandma is helping me write this to my wonderful family. I just met. I have a very big tall and handsome dad he calls me his little man. My mom loves me too, she did a great job of making sure I got here in one piece. She is beautiful a takes care of everything I ask for. Then I have two of the sweetest sisters Grace and Haylee. They hold me so tight and love and kiss me. I am very happy to FINALLY be here. When any of my family talks to me I turn my head toward them because I recognize their voices. I weight in at a whopping 7 lbs. 13 oz and am already 21 inches long. Mom went to the hospital on Wed. night at 7:30 but I didn't make my grand entrance until Friday morning at 4:14. I like to make people wait. Thats all I'm going to say right now, I'm very tired and mom is looking like she is going to feed me, yahhhh! I am very excited to meet all of my BIG new family. Please come and see.
Love, Gavin

Update

Yesterday was another Dr appointment and my cervix is dilated to about a 1 and 15% effaced, so something is happening that is good. They will get me in to the hospital next Wednesday to give me a cervidel stuff that is supposed to "ripen" my cervix so that on Thursday morning when they put me on pitocin my cervix will be a little more willing to cooperate. If they feel like it's not happening fast enough because my body is not ready then they send me home and try again the next week. At this point I am just praying that my body decides before messing with any of it that it's ready for labor and we go in on our own, wouldn't that just be great????? :) Bonnie gets in next Tuesday night so that is a huge relief, then when she goes home my Mom will be here for a week. Lot's of much needed help and support and we are so grateful for that.

Happy Mothers Day to all the wonderful mothers I know read my blog. :) Hopefully you all get a nice relaxing day. XOXOXOX

Happy Birthday Bonnie!!!!

(So I will do this again, just post the link from last year and add a few new touches. http://bythesea-hane.blogspot.com/2007/05/happy-birthday-bonnie.html)

Bonnie-
I want you to know that I really appreciate all you do for me, you truly are such a giver and have such a huge heart. I love that we have grown so close these last few years and I am anxious for you to come and spend time with us when the baby comes, it is so great to be able to have both Moms to rely on. :) I hope you have a wonderful day and the family and I can't wait to see you very soon!!!!! :)

Grandma and Grace on her first day of school. :)



These girls are so lucky!




HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY....WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!

Happy Birthday Wendy

I posted a list of my favorite things about Wendy last year and thought I would just put the link and maybe add a few new touches from this year. And would it be complete without new pictures???? Wendy you can thank me later. ;)

The domestic goddess.......




Just like Mommy.


Such a sweet aunt.


Go girls!


Uhhhhh....not sure what to say about this one. ;)



Wendy......thank you for being you and being such an important person in my life. I wish you a very happy birthday!!!!!


Click here to read last years post:
http://bythesea-hane.blogspot.com/2007/05/happy-birthday-wendy.html

Latest.....

We had our dr appointment last Friday and they said all is well, he is still head down and if I am feeling up to it they may induce me at 39 weeks. :) So that is great news and we are now just waiting....and waiting.....and waiting.......it's feeling like a long time to me. I am trying not to get too anxious and only be focused on the baby but at this point I am so ready to have him OUT! We have really been just enjoying the girls though and doing some fun things with them, that will all be changing soon so we need to remember to relax and enjoy it. I get a little sad when I think about it being so different but at the same time so excited to see what a boy will be like in this family.

We took the girls to the beach and out to lunch after church today and we had such a nice time. Spring has shown up more and more these last few days and even though it's overcast most of the time, it's still in the 60's so it's nice.

Yesterday my friend Nicole took me out on a wonderful surprise "shower day"and spoiled me rotten. She treated me to lunch, then pedicures, then we went to see Maid of Honor....(very cute by the way)....and then we did some fun shopping. It was so wonderful to be pampered and I have wanted a pedicure for SO long it was great! So because I know she reads my blog....Nicole..."thank you"..."thank you"...."thank you"....I SO owe you one. :) You are such a great friend and I love that we have each other when we both are so far away from our families. I think monthly pedicures should be a must for all women, they are so great!



So that is the latest on us, nothing too exciting. Maybe the next blog will include sweet baby pictures. :)