Summer Days and Father's Day

Ellison is all smiles now!
Check out that belly! We had to put this outfit
in the too small pile.

The Vickery's - only one of us looks fully rested.

Can you guess who it is?

Happy Father's Day!

Matthew had a wonderful day and enjoyed

every minute of it with his sweet boy.

Ellison and his Pops on Father's Day!

Pops really loves Ellison.

Sweet Feet!
Nap time with Daddy

Thanks for coming to see us! We love you Carolyn, Ragon, and Kendall

Grandma Lila is so good at spoiling Ellison!

Ellison and Mommy enjoy the Baby Bjorn. Ellison

falls asleep in it and Mommy gets a lot of housework done with it!

Our first Sunday back at church.

Ellison after his first church service. shh! We won't tell Pastor Jerry

that he went to sleep during service.

We had a great time when Crystal, Denise, Amber, Hope, Lane,

& Wyatt came last week. Thanks for the wonderful meal girls!

Time is flying by!

Ellison is one month old as of June 7th. We have had a busy week visiting family and friends. Last weekend, we had a cookout at my mom and dad's house with the Pearson clan. It was Ellison's first time to meet several of his cousins and great aunts and uncles. Of course Grandma Lila was there to spoil Ellison a little bit. On Sunday, we visited some of the Vickery clan at Tommy and Gail's 5oth Anniversary party. We had a great time visiting with everyone.

On Monday, we went back to the pediatrician for our one month well visit and also for the 2nd Hepatitis B vaccine. Ellison now weighs 12 lbs. He didn't love the shot but he didn't cry very long. Everything checked out fine with pediatrician and we will go back in one month.

Please continue to pray for Ellison to sleep and eat well at night. The Lord has helped us out with the colostomy issues we were having. We are now only changing it every 2 days instead of 2-3 times a day. Praise the Lord! Pray for us to have renewed strength everyday! We love our sweet boy and thank the Lord for him!

Have a great week and take care!
NV

Aunt Kathy and Ellison at the Pearson
family cookout.

Aunt Sheila loving on Ellison.
Cousin Soph with Ellison. How cute!
Cousin Chase chilling out with Ellison
They seem to be best buds.
Sweet Ellison!
Making good use of those hooded towels.
You gotta love those chins!
Ellison's 1st bath. He really liked it after the
initial shock.
Mommy loves her sweet, sweet boy!

Well, another week has flown by with our little man. He is now 3 weeks old and weighing in at 11lbs and 2 ounces. We went to the pediatrician on Friday for another well visit. So far, Ellison is doing well...especially eating! The nurse practitioner encouraged us to give Ellison some "tummy time" and he is loving it. She also said that we could let him sleep past the 3 hour limit for feedings so he has actually made it 4 hours at a time. Matthew and I are loving the extra hour of sleep:). It's amazing what an extra hour will do for you. We also went for the follow-up visits with the urologist(Dr. Teague) and surgeon(Dr. Abrams) on Tuesday. They both went well. We will see Dr. Abrams in six weeks and Dr. Teague in about 4-6months.
We have had several visitors this week including Great Grandma Eleanor, Great Grandma Barbara, Blake & Ashley, and of course the grandparents. Ellison was also able to meet some of the extended family this week. He was thrilled to meet Aunt Tammy, Uncle Steve, Aunt Carolyn, and Uncle Jerry. He said cousins Scott, Paula, Ragon, and Kendall were pretty cool as well.
Today, we were able to see the Bells and the Bagwells during Grandma Eleanor's 70th birthday party. We had a great time and Ellison of course stole the show.
Matthew and I are still so excited about our sweet boy. Although our lives have changed dramatically, we are enjoying every minute of the journey. If you ever want some good laughs, come to our house between 1am-3am at night...it usually gets pretty comical by then.
Have a great week and enjoy the pics below!
NV