Surgery Updates

Yes, we did have a fantastic Christmas with our little man. He was adorable when he finally figured out the whole present thing. We tried reading the Christmas story on Christmas morning to start a tradition...it was great until Ellison started to put his Bible in his mouth. We'll try again next year. We enjoyed time at all of the grandparents and great grandparents.

After Christmas and New Year's, we had an appointment with Dr. Teague, the urologist. He said we could plan Ellison's next surgery as soon as we were ready so it will be on Feb 8th. It will be at Greenville Memorial again, but hopefully we will get to go home the next day. Ellison will have a catheter for a week or so which will be interesting, but we will manage. We are thankful that Ellison won't have to take hormone shots prior to the surgery...they thought he might earlier on. Now, we are just praying for this next step in our process. We pray he won't experience a lot of pain and that he won't have any complications following the procedure...most common problem is the development of a fistula (hole) in the urethra...would require another surgery. Ellison has done well so far and he is a miracle already. Thank you Lord for our little boy...mommy's little pumpkin and daddy's little bud!

A Night Out

Bruce Lee turned 30 this month so Matthew and I went

to his Decades surprise party. It was loads of fun...laughing at

everyone and their attire. We were Sandy and Danny from

the 50's...Grease. Notice Matthew's white socks...they are mine.:)

The girls

Magnus...supposed to be our dog...
lives with my mom and dad because we don't
have a fence. It was really cold so he got this cute
Clemson sweater. It last for a couple of days...maybe.

More Christmas Updates...a little late:)

He really likes this toy and will even more when he starts walking.

Yes, that is a sippee cup in the corner of this pic...I can't believe he is big enough for a cup now.

Trying out his new toys a couple of days later.

Great Grandma "B", Ellison, and Great Grandma Lila

Christmas Night...He was completely worn out at this point.

Ellison playing with his new horse. He loves to feel the soft fur.

Christmas morning at Matthew's mom's house (MaMa).

Mama gave him this new car. He really likes it especially

when Grace Ann pushes

him really fast.
Opening presents on Christmas Eve at Great Grandma Lila's

My Uncle David and Melissa gave Ellison this Santa suit.

He looked adorable in it so we had to wash it and wear again on

Christmas day.

Our First Christmas Party!

We are still alive...even though we never blog anymore...I tried to catch up for the last few months so check all of the posts below this one.

Ellison got this new outfit last night at the Lister Family Christmas Dinner.
Every year, we get together with the Lister side of the family on the Friday before Christmas.

Ellison enjoyed all of the excitement, but was soon very, very tired.

We put his Christmas pajamas on so we could enjoy the occasion
even more...his hat was a little small.

He loves spoons for some reason.

Uncle Jerry and Aunt Carolyn giving him his gift. It was a

toy cell phone...thanks so much for all of the wonderful gifts.

We love them all.

Special Times

Last weekend, Ellison and I went to a baby shower for my sweet friend Julie and her precious daughter Hannah. Julie and Michael are missionaries and are home for a few months. The FNA reunited to give Julie a shower before she and Michael return to Southeast Asia. We had a great time with everyone. It is funny because the FNA has definitely grown...or at least our families have. We all have children now...nine total...I think...it was hard to keep up with them all.

Olivia and Gibson having a big time!
Ellison played his little heart out and then the crying began.
He was so tired because he had missed his morning nap.

Julie and Hannah.

Uncle Chad turned 40 this year so we had a surprise party for him.

He was totally surprised...can you tell? Sheila did a great job keeping the secret.

Thanksgiving!

For Thanksgiving, we went to the lake on Wednesday night and stayed until Thursday around lunch time. We had a great time with MaMa, Aunt Dana, Uncle Michael, Grace Ann, Uncle Chad, Aunt Sheila, Chase, and Sophie. Ellison did pretty good considering the boys stayed up late playing video games. Chase and Matthew tried to fish in the freezing cold, but they had no luck.
We took some family pics with Aunt Dana being the very "professional" photographer. On Thursday, we also went to my grandmother's house to visit with my side of the family. We ate another Thanksgiving meal on Saturday night with my other grandmother. We were turkied out by the end of the weekend.

Days go By!

Ellison loving is Mommy!
Supper Club at Cracker Barrell. Fun Times.

Ellison liked this basket for a little while:).

Ellison striking a pose with dad.