Video: Eleanor 3 weeks

I took a short video of little Ellie Bell this morning.  For remembrance sake and for our families who are far away and wishing they could snuggle and hold this little lady.


 


Yeah...she's cute.  I know.


 

Ellie's Firsts

First look at mommy

First look at Daddy

First snuggle

First Bath

First Hair Bow

First outfit

First car ride (poor rashy/swollen baby)

First night home (so so rashy)

First days with Isaac

First days with Gabe and Cael

First sponge bath (I detest sponge baths)

First dress-up

First tongue picture

First show of brotherly love

Just cuz it's cute

First Priesthood Blessing

Cutest Daddy Picture EVER!

 

My Ellie's gonna be a star!

Within hours of Eleanor's birth, we couldn't help but notice her uncanny resemblance to one of Hollywood's greatest stars....two weeks later, it still holds true.

photo of Eleanor taken 11/17/2013

 However, a friends mother (who happens to be an artist with a keen eye) discovered a far more flattering likeness....

I wholeheartedly approve....

Either way, she's a beauty and we love her.  Podling face and all. 

Baby Eleanor's Blessing Day!

It's time I started using my blog again instead of bombarding FB with a bazzilion pictures.  I've got a LOT of catching up to do. 
It wont be in order but now is as good a time as any to start. 

Yesterday (Nov. 17th) we took little lady Eleanor to church to give her a name and a blessing.  It was a beautiful, stress less day, even with a houseful of guests, and she received a beautiful blessing too.  Here's a few pictures from the day.  

Baby heads are so sweet.

Showcasing the beautiful dress Grandma Harding crocheted for Eleanor.

Daddy, Eleanor, Mommy

So in love!

The priesthood--Uncle Brett, Grandpa G.  Daddy and Eleanor, Great Grandpa T., Grandpa H.

Grandpa and Grandma G, Daddy, Eleanor and Mommy, Grandma and Grandpa H.

Three Generations of Awesomeness

Four Generations of Awesomeness

Daddy, Mommy and Eleanor with Aunt Carrie and Uncle Brett

Uncle Andrew holding the precious little Lady.

Cousin "C" and Little Eleanor--two of the four female grandchildren on the Gillespie side

Cael and his cousin "J".  Two peas in a pod.   

Thanks, to everyone who could be there, for making it the great day that it was.

(all other Gillespie brothers and male cousins were left unphotographed in order to preserve the sanity of the adults present)

I promise I didn't teach him (all) those things...

Yesterday the older boys were downstairs playing video games, shocking...I know...and Kian and I were left upstairs to our own devices.  I was on the computer, again, shocking....I know....and Kian was busy playing with toys.  I started listening in on his play "conversation" and couldn't stop chuckling.  I missed some REALLY good stuff but pulled out the camera anyway so I could capture some of it. 

Classic! Hilarious! 

and this one (from a far more advantageous angle)...  

I promise it was NOT me who taught him the "I" word (not familiar with that one...just listen carefully....he says it several times). I blame that on the three that came before him.  

I'd claim that it was not I that taught him to be so cantankerous and angry, as well, but anyone who knows me would see right through that.

We'll have to work on that one.