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Seventeen Things About Me

Well folks, yesterday I turned 17 weeks old. Mom is a little slow at getting my pictures put on this blog, but please forgive her. I require a lot of her time and attention! Here are 17 fun things about me:

1. My favorite person is my daddy.
2. I like to suck both my thumbs at the same time.
3. In the past few weeks I have started playing with my toys.
4. My new favorite toys are my feet.
5. I like to kick and splash in the bathtub and then laugh.
6. I wear a size 2 shoe (yes, this is a little large for a baby my age).
7. I don't like tummy time very much so I just roll from my tummy to my back.
8. I am working really hard on rolling from my back to my tummy. Although I don't know why,
because I don't like laying on my tummy.
9. I like to watch NCIS.
10. The ceiling fan is my best friend.
11. I only cry when I am hungry.
12. I smile after I spit-up.
13. I wear at least 7 bibs a day.
14. I like to sleep with my hands behind my head.
15. I like to sleep in the car.
16. I am a celebrity at my daddy's work.
17. I love to blow bubbles and drool.

Sweet 16

Eleanor went to the beach for the first time.

We're Back

Here is a slide show of photos from the past two weeks. More to come as our adventure continues.

Technical Difficulties

We are experiencing technical difficulties....be back soon!

Airplane

Eleanor did great on her first airplane ride. She fell asleep before the plane ever took off and woke up after we landed. She has really been so easy to travel with.

Suitcases and Rasberries

Going on vacation

Blowing Rasberries

Welome to the World Sarah!

Sarah Allyson Poe arrived safely today and was welcomed by her mommy and daddy, Meredith and Paul, with loving arms. She is beautiful!

Lucky 13

13 weeks old!

The day we came home from the hospital (2 days old).
My has she grown!

Dedicated

“Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up."

Deuteronomy 6:4-7

Yesterday was a special day for our family. Daniel and I stood before our church body with Eleanor Grace and dedicated Eleanor to the Lord. We committed to raise our daughter in a home where God's name would be spoken of often and His commands repeated again and again. The verses above are the verses we chose for our daughter but also for ourselves. It is our prayer that Eleanor would learn to love the Lord her God with all her heart, soul, and strength because of the example we set for her.

Daniel reading the verses we had chosen for Eleanor

Our family

First Friends

Once a week, Eleanor and I meet up with some other mommies and babies at the mall and go for a stroll. It is a sweet time of fellowship and something I will definitely miss when we move at the end of December. Here are some pictures from this week's playdate.

This is how we roll!

This is Eleanor's very first friend, Liliana. Liliana's mommy and I worked together.

Our new friend Julia.

One sleepy little one!

Better by the Dozen

Happy Reformation Day

Red Rover Let Ella Roll Over!

Then and Now

Eleanor at 4 days old in her bouncy seat

Eleanor at 10 weeks and 6 days in her bouncy seat

11

Pumpkins

Eleanor looks like such a big girl sitting in the glider in her pumpkin pj's.

Thank you NaNa and PaPa for the great Fall pj's!

Double Digits

10 weeks...WOW! The past 10 weeks have been absolutely incredible! Words could not adequately describe all that I have felt and experienced in just a short period of time. On August 12th our lives were forever changed by the arrival of a tiny 6lb 10oz beautiful baby named Eleanor Grace. What a blessing! I am daily humbled by the fact that God chose Daniel and I to be Eleanor's parents. In our own strength and on our own we are so inadequate, but God chose us anyway. I hope I never take that reality for granted. In only a blink of an eye 10 weeks will have turned to 1 year and then to 1o years. It is my prayer that Daniel and I will live in the moment, cherish each day and not wish this time away. I am not saying I won't stop wishing for E to sleep through the night or to successfully nap in her crib during the day, but until that day comes I will enjoy the middle of the night feeding when she sleepily greets me with a huge smile as I change her diaper and nurse her back to sleep or the hours spent rocking her during the day as she coos and smiles in sweet slumber.

Happy Fall Y'all

Lil' Pumpkin

Family Fun

Sweet Little Lady Bug