pregnancy.

i hated just about every second of being pregnant. i was sooo sick the first few months (lost 10 lbs off my starting weight) and then was ok for a while until i got huuuuge, during the hot summer months on a college campus. i read all these blog posts about how beautiful pregnancy is, and how stretch marks are like a badge of honor. welp... i don't really love my stretch marks and i didn't really love being fat, but i sure do love my eloise, so there's that!

3 weeks before i had my sweet girl maki took these pictures. i have a love hate relationship with them, because... like i said... HUGE, but whadda ya do?

the pink hat.

this. hat. 

we seriously love it. lulu looks so cute in it it's almost too much to handle. whenever i take her places in it people can't even get enough of it. they are always commenting on it's cuteness! 

as cute as the hat is though? i'm still a little partial to the baby in the hat. 

blessing day : eloise grace edwards

Eloise's blessing day could not have been more perfect. I woke up that morning and fed her & then we all got ready. It was such a peaceful morning, we had church music playing throughout the house and ate breakfast together, and then had a little pre church photo shoot with the bebe.

Her blessing was beautiful as well. She's got the best Dad who has so much love for her. She is one lucky lucky girl. 

After church we had family & friends over for some yummy soup. I'm sooo grateful for such good friends & family that live close. It was a blessed day for a perfect girl. Heaven is surely close when she is around. 

{almost} 3 months.

We love our sweet Eloise. {or as we like to call her ::: lulu, loo, lolo, lo, lil wheezy.. etc. yeah homegirl has got a few too many nicknames} Honestly I think I can speak for the both of us when I say being parents is the BEST. I know, I know, that will probably change when she's a bratty 3 year old or when we have to give "the talk" but right now, yeah, things are pretty hunky dory. 

It's just SO AMAZING - watching her grow and learn. Having her has made me appreciate what a miracle this life is & made me appreciate those around me & all they do for me. Because when I see this helpless 3 month old - I see that that was me once & my parents selflessly took care of me and loved me & gave their all to me & now... I can't help but do the same for her. She's great.

So life right now: is full of a lot of snuggles and kisses and dirty diapers. Me and Tanner can't get over how funny she is when she burps or laughs at the ceiling fan. WOW does this girl love the ceiling fan. She will lay in our bedroom and watch it and just laugh and laugh. Another funny thing she loves? The screensaver on the apple TV. That cracks her up! Endlessly.

some more fun eloise facts: 

\ mornings: they are her absolute favorite... she smiles and laughs and stretches.

\\  she smiles and laughs for everyone. especially herself in the mirror. adorable, i tell ya. 

\\\ sleeps semi through the night. usually 11:30-5:30 or 6. sometimes less, sometimes more. 

\\\\ loves grandmas + aunt aunties + unkies + grandpa's if they can ever get a turn with her.