Ellie's Baptism

January 27th, 2013: Ellie's Baptism into the Catholic Church
Location: Incarnate Word Catholic Church in Chesterfield, MO
Godmother: Sarah Kathyleen Buffa
Godfather: Gregory Vogt
Attendees: Don, Ann, Aimee, Michele, Gregory Vogt
Bill, Debby, Sarah, Brent Buffa
Katie, Tyler, Brayden Olson

We all attended 12:15 mass at IW.  Then dressed Ellie in Sarah and my baptismal gown and headed to the front of the church where we met up with Deacon Larry Stallings.  He performed the Rite in about 30 minutes.  Ellie did well.  She was a little fussy at first, but enjoyed having the water poured onto her head!  She was quite noisy throughout the last 10 minutes of the baptism, which the rest of the family enjoyed!  We headed back to our home afterwards where we enjoyed family, cake, and tried to control Baxie!

So many great gifts!

This girl has the most facial expressions I've ever seen...

Tyler having too much fun with Uncle Greg's gift!

Ellie's 2-3 Months

My last month at home with Ellie, we had many visitors, some fun shopping trips, great snuggles and of course...LOTS of pictures!

Ellie started the year 2013 spoiling us!  She would sleep 8-9 hours the first week, then was up to 10-11 hours by week two.  Amazing! All this great sleep to prep me for heading back to work...until the night before I had to start back.  Ellie decided to wake me up every 3 hours!  Wow...that first day, January 14th, was rough!  I left the house by 6:45.  Ellie's Oma is going to watch her every Monday.  This definitely helped to ensure a smooth transition for us.  I of course called her a couple times throughout the day just to check in.  Ellie did great!

Drop offs at daycare were a bit tough for me, so Chris took ownership on those daily activities!  Ellie did great.  She loves the infant teacher!

                     

Jamie Etling, Aunt Sarah, Madi Carter, Lara Bichsel, and Maria Cain 

One of my all-time favorites: Ellie and her Daddy sleeping in his chair!

Ellie just loves being wrapped up tightly...she'll sleep peacefully for hours!

And now...Ellie's three month pictures!  I love this one showing off her sweet belly!