The Zoo and One of My Most Favorite Pics

This is one of my favorite pictures that we have taken lately.

It is amazing...Ellison has grown so much and so fast. I cant' believe he

is almost one! I find myself tearing up a lot lately because time has

flown by. I'll really be a mess when he starts kindergarten or something.

The first really warm Saturday that we had...we went to the zoo along with

everyone else in Greenville county. It was sooooo packed. I think the animals were a little nervous. It was still very fun. Ellison really liked all of the big animals that he could see well.

Me and my dad looking at the giraffe.

We stayed here a while...he loves the giraffe.

The elephants were pretty cool too.

Play Date at the Clayton's

Sweet babies!

Group shot! It was difficult but we finally kept them in one place.

Ellison and Madison really liked each other from the start.


Lauren was practicing in case she and Bruce ever had twins. :)

Luke and Ellison decided to dress alike for the play date.

Playing hard!

Madison definitely ran circles around all of the boys!

This is why I can't leave Ellison alone for 1 second!

This was supposed to be a quick diaper change.
I turned around and he's gone.

During our Saturday morning cleaning, I turned around for

a few seconds and this is what I came back to .

Another diaper change...another day in the life of EAV.

I love it!

Ellison's Happenings!

Well, Ellison is now 10 months old. Boy, how time has flown by. I can't believe that in 2 more months our baby boy will be ONE! Here are some of the things that he is doing now...crawling all over the place, chases our cat, pulls up on everything, pushes toys/walkers and tries to walk, attempting new foods(bite size fruits, meats, and some vegetables...this is only when I have time to prepare this stuff), laughs at everything, loves bath time, and developing his own personality(stubborn, persistent, but still very loving).
Ellison weighed 20lbs and 15 oz at his last visit and was 29 in long. We are so proud of him for making it through all of his surgeries like a true champ. He's our little miracle boy. We are so thankful for all of the prayers that were sent up for him during each procedure. It is only by the Lord's help that we were able to make it to this point. I'll try to post more later, but right now y computer is getting attacked by the "miracle boy". Love to all! Nicole

A little of this and that

Riding in his wagon at Grandma and Pops
I caught this face on the camera one afternoon while
we were playing.

Another face! He looks like he's going

to attack!

After surgery, Max and Linda Vaughn had

some balloons delivered to our house. Ellison

loved them as always. Thanks Max and Linda!

MaMa gave Ellison this new toy after his surgery.

Another new favorite! Thanks MaMa

Snow a few weeks ago!

Ellison really liked looking out the window at all of the white stuff.
We weren't prepared with all of the snow gear that we needed, but
we made do.

Matthew and the "handsome" boy

Mommy and a tired little Ellison

Crazy Matthew forgot what season we are in!

Catching Up!

This was a couple of months ago, but Ellison not stands

up in his crib. He thinks it is so funny when we come to get him

out.

We use this little hair dryer to dry Ellison off after his bath.

He would really like it to be his toy, but I don't know if that is safe???
Hmm, I have found a new toy! He really likes our
cat now, too bad the cat doesn't love him.

Attack!

One of the best Christmas presents! So much to do

on the farm.