Happy February!!!

I love the month of February for several reasons!! Darrin and I have birthdays this month and it is the month we got engaged! I also have always loved decorating for Valentine's Day. I remember being up at Utah State and decorating my apartment. It just gave new life to our place and it always made me feel like spring was coming soon and we had survived winter (although I am worried that winter is still coming this year in Ohio.)
So, HAPPY FEBRUARY!! I hope you all have a wonderful month!

Ella and Lily

 While we were home for the holidays, Ella got to meet her cousin Lily who is 6 months older. I think they will be BEST friends when they get older. These pictures are priceless!  We just wish we were closer to cousin Lily so they could grow up together. We are looking forward to the next time we are home so that they can play more!

Ella's Blessing

Ella Cyrene Burnham was given her name and a blessing by her dad on January 8, 2012. The blessing was great and the spirit was so strong! I am grateful to Darrin for being worthy to give our daughter a blessing!
We are so grateful to all the family and friends who supported us. We are glad that we were able to do it in Utah with so many people around.

More Pictures of Ella!

Ella LOVES her bath if dad is holding her hands while mom washes her so that she can suck on his thumb!

Ella at 4 weeks old!! LOVE HER DIMPLES!!! :) 

Ella

Ella Meeting
Family!

Great Grandpa and Grandma Despain 

Ella and her Grandpas!

Uncle Pat and (soon to be) Aunt Kirstie!

Great Grandpa Harward

Great Grandma Welch

Great Aunt Holly!

Ella Cyrene Burnham

Our baby girl is here! What a joy she has been this last week.
We went into the hospital at 4:00 am on Wednesday November 23. When we arrived, I was dilated to 2 cm. They started me on pitocin about 5:00 and my doctor came in about 9:00 to break my water. I tried to get some sleep while Darrin emailed his professors telling them he would not be in school and my mom worked on a christmas stocking for Ella.

About 12:00 I couldn't handle the pain any more so they gave me an IV with pain medicine until they could get someone to come over and give me the epidural. My first epidural did not work. It made my right leg numb and that was it. The second time was a charm and I was ready to go! :)
Our wonderful nurse Nancy came in a little before 3:00 to check me. She said that I was at a "big" 9 cm and she was headed to call my doctor. I started pushing as my doctor was on her way to the hospital. She arrived and I pushed a few more times. Our precious angel Ella was born at 3:42 pm.

We were fortunate to be able to have my doctor deliver her. I was prepared to have the doctor on call deliver my baby because my doctor was heading out of town for Thanksgiving (she left right after she delivered Ella!)
We had a wonderful nurse Nancy who helped us through the entire process and was wonderful at making me comfortable and making sure my mom and Darrin were doing okay!
Ella weighed in at 7 Ibs. 7 oz. and was 19 1/2 inches long. She has lots of curly dark hair! She had her dad wrapped around her finger the second he laid eyes on her.

We were able to bring Ella home the next evening and enjoyed a mini Thanksgiving dinner that my wonderful mom made!
It has been such a blessing to have this little girl join our family.


                We sure love her!

Hair Bow Holder

Our little girl already has TONS of hair bows and clips and she is not even here yet!! I decided I needed to do something with them instead of having them sit in a pile. I found a hair bow holder here and thought it was pretty cute and looked easy to make. I added hooks to mine for all the headbands to hang on!
I think it turned out pretty cute and I probably will have to make another one soon...this one is already pretty full!!