Ellie Ann Lusk

Ellie Ann Lusk was born 7-26-12 at 8:37 pm. She weighed 6 lbs, 2 oz and was 20 inches long. This is one of her first pictures and she made this angry face for about 3 hours after she was born! Thought she would always have a wrinkly forehead!

Spending some time with Daddy.

First bath...looking a little red under the warmer.

Her first visitors, Grandma and Grandpa.

Cousins Abby and Miah.

Ready to take her home!

What baby likes the car seat for the first time? Not this one. She looks so tiny in it.

 We are home from the hospital!

 Aunt Kelsy meeting her for the first time.

We didn't think to buy hand mits, so we just used socks. Whatever works.

Look at those long skinny legs!

 Lounging with Grandma. 

 Ellie before her first doctor appointment. She weighed 5 lbs 10 oz at almost 2 days old.

 I just love little feet! 

 She likes to lounge with Dad too.

Another doctor appointment today. She weighed 5 lbs 14 oz at almost 4 days old!

 Gaining a little weight! There will be more pictures to come. With a mom that loves to take pictures and a baby this cute, would you expect anything less?

Holy Cow

Summer Party

More Belly

 31 Weeks! Only 2 more months.

 We went for a walk with the dogs on this beautiful day. The view of our house from the field.

 Such a long way to walk for such an old dog!

Dragonflies

Some Progress

 This is 26 weeks! Only 14 more to go.

This is our first baby purchase! We are lucky enough to have family that have shared so many baby items with us, but I started getting a little anxious about the fact that I hadn't bought one thing for this little girl! Well, I finally decided on colors and found this adorable bedding online. So dragonflies it is! We also ordered a crib. The blanket is hanging on a piece of it, and yes it is still in pieces in the baby's room. As soon as we get a day off, there will be more pictures to post!

Today is such a nice day, we decided to take the dogs for a walk on the trails near our new house. Bogie even got a 20 minute break and he still couldn't make it up the hill! Danny gave him a little help.Brody was pretty tired too. That is the only way I was able to get him to pose next to the fire hydrant!

It's a baby GIRL!

Now we need a name! If it was Miah's decision it would be Annabelle, Abby's choice is Abby. Hmmm, I think we'll keep taking suggestions.
 

Pocatello Penguin

Danny says, "Hurry! Look outside! There is a penguin in the backyard." Turns out it is a chucker, but still pretty funny looking and fat. I've lived in Eastern Idaho for 12 years, and this is the first time I've seen a chucker.

It's a good thing Brody didn't see it, he'd want to play with it. He plays rough.

The view from the backyard. Very pretty sunset tonight.

Christmas at New Years

Getting all the Christmas festivities in gets a lot harder when you get married, especially with everyone in different cities, especially when you work in a hospital and are scheduled all of Christmas week. That is why this year we didn't make it to Boise until New Years Eve. It had been an exciting December and we were waiting to share all our news in person. First of all, we bought a new house, which was a little unexpected even to us. We had planned on looking seriously in the spring, but when you find the right one you have to jump on it.

Dad explaining the many uses for one of his new tools.

The moment the big news came out! Our baby is due August 2nd!

Trying not to cry. I'd say it was a pretty good Christmas, even if it was a little late this year.