Ellison Faith is finally here! Isn't she beautiful? She was born at 1:29 pm weighing 8lbs. 14oz. and 20 1/2 in. long. I love her lots.
 

Me and my precious little niece... 

Check out that hair:) Okay comment away on all three pictures... 

Happy 3rd Birthday to this little man! Today my best friends son turned 3. I can't believe he is already 3. You like that he's wearing cowboy boots with his cowboys uniform? His birthday was fun...and these pictures are what he got. 

This is Caleb all decked out in his Spiderman costume. I don't think Chelsey will be able to get him out of this for awhile... 

This is Caleb as Spiderman on his new Spiderman bike, he loved it!! 

Well here it is 6 days after my nieces due date and I still have no niece. My mom & I went to Tyler this weekend to see my sister. We were hoping that little Ellie would go ahead and come while we were there but nothing. Well I shouldn't say nothing because there are some signs of her being on her way. Like her belly dropped, and possibly a sign of contractions. Nicole calls them twinges, but just maybe they are contractions. Some other things have occured as well but one of the things is something that can occur an hour before she is born or like 2 weeks before she is born. Nicole will be induced Friday morning if little Ellie hasn't come by then. I can't wait to see my little niece, she's going to be beautiful! Anyway, we are waiting as patiently as possible. But we pray that Ellie can be born soon because its better for Nicole to go into labor than to be induced. So be praying for Ellie's safe arrival as well as the families safe travel.

This is little Autumn Grace. She's so beautiful! I love seeing this picture with that big ole' grin-makes your wanna smile huh? I love this little girl so much and can't wait to see my own niece. Aut is practically my niece. I love her very much!! Lauren, thanks for always sending my new pictures of little Aut.  

So for the last month I had the best time hanging out with this here friend Catherine. And I am sad to know that on Tuesday she heads back to Lubbock. God has blessed me so much over the past month having Catherine here and in my life and we have grown very close to one another. But in a few weeks I will make my way to Lubbock and get to see her then. And in August she will be moving to Dallas and just possibly we may be working near one another. We tried to spice things up and do a lot of different things over the past month and I think we did a good job...
1) Listen to Tommy Nelson(not that I dont do that every week)
2) Listen to Matt Chandler and laughed a lot, he's hysterical!
3) Bennigan's where we got free food for waiting for an hour
4) Watched Fever Pitch!
5) Played Nintendo 64 and I kicked her butt!!
6) Taught her to play Mancala and then she beat me
7) Browsed Barnes & Nobles
8) Saw Chronicles of Narnia
9) Read at Starbuck's and then talked about starting a book club
10) Experienced local restraunts: Frilly's, MG's & El Zarape's
11) Went country dancing-haha, good times!
12) Reunion Tower with Nikki & Shawna
13) Lunch with the beautiful Mrs. Ashley Ingram and her little peanut:)
14) Went bowling and laughed hysterically at the misfortunes of others
15) Experienced dorkball!!!!!
16) Lots of great conversations!!!

I am going to miss her greatly!:(

My 2006 Theme Song: I Surrender All

All to Jesus I surrender
All to Him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust Him,
In his presence daily live.

I surrender all, I surrender all;
All to thee, my blessed Savior,
I surrender all.

All to Jesus I surrender,
Humbly at His feet I bow,
Worldly pleasures all forsaken,
Take me Jesus, take me now.

I surrender all, I surrender all;
All to thee, my blessed Savior,
I surrender all.

Okay, so today I decided I would go for a new look. I called Chelsey and said let go get hair color. I picked up a box called "Medium Brown" and then we went home. And now this is what I look like...

So anyone else think it doesnt really look like a Medium Brown? Its practically black. I realize that in a few days it will be a lighter color but for now I will remain dark haired. So let me know what you think even if you hate it...

This is Nicole & her hubby. I think this picture is just precious. I caught them between pictures just loving on each other. Its amazing to see how much they truly love one another.  

So this is me & my sister Christmas day. She's 9 mos. pregnant and somehow manages to look just as skinny if not skinnier than me. Infact, I may even look like the pregnant one in this picture. Pathetic!  

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

I hope that all of you had a very Merry Christmas! I also hope that you didn't forget the bestest gift of all, and that is the birth of Christ. It was nice to wake up this morning and go to church and be reminded of the coming of our King. What a blessed thing we get to celebrate not only at Christmas time, but all year long. This Christmas was a good one, and not as weird as I thought it might be. Somedays I still don't even realize that my Grandma is really gone. Christmas in Tyler was good though.

On Friday we painted the letters for above the crib...ELLIE! They turned out soooo cute! Her room is just adorable. I'll show pictures later once all the decorations are up. The room is almost done, just needs the wall hangings, mobile for the crib, bedskirt for the guest bed and a few throw pillows too. Ellie will be here sometime with in the next 2 weeks probably. Her due date is January 10th, and Nicole's doctor said if she wasn't born by then, then they would set an induction date for the following week. I can't wait to see what my little niece looks like, and to hold her for the first time. I experienced all sorts of excitement when little Autumn Grace was born in August. But this time its my niece, my very own niece...its going to be times 10 what it was when Aut was born, I didnt know that was possible. Anyway, I'm pretty excited as you can probably see. I love looking at my sisters belly knowing that inside her is this little baby who is my niece, its so neat. Its fun to watch her kick and move around. We took a picture this morning and yet again I look pregnant and my sister doesnt just because of the angle.

Last week was great and I hope that this week will be good too. Its fun when out of town college friends come home for the holidays. I spent practically all last week hanging out with Catherine and we had a blast. And Johnny even tagged a long twice. Chronicles of Narnia was amazing! I look forward to more hang out time this week. Hope you are all having an enjoyable Christmas vacation.

Haha. That's really all i can say to this... 

List the first 20 people that come to your mind, in no particular order:

1. Chelsey Ellis
2. Lauren Reeves
3. Lexy Sanchez
4. Russell Stone
5. John Reed
6. Mik Stearns
7. Tory Roberts
8. Shawna Flanagen
9. Nikki Drought
10. Zach Vitek
11. Catherine Harvey
12. Katie Hepburn
13. Nicole Bush
14. Heather Johnson
15. Emily Bryant
16. Carrie Brazell
17. Benjamin Zamora
18. Ashley Howard
19. Scott Gray
20. Stephanie Gibbs

How did you meet 13? Well its kind of special how we met. See April 17th, 1983 I was born into this world and later that day I met my older sister and her name is Nicole:)

What would you do if you never met 5? Wow, I can't imagine what my life would be like if I never met Johnny. I probably wouldn't have passed algebra in high school for one:) But more importantly I wouldn't have an incredible friend like him. He has been there for me in ways that most people havent even come close to being there for me. Johnny means the world to me, and this past year has been easier thanks to him. Thanks for everything friend, you mean more than you will ever know.

What do you honestly think of 10? Zach, haha. I think Zach is a pot head in secret. I also think that hes not as angelic as he makes me think he is. Okay, in all honesty I think hes a punk because he hates country music. Love yah Zach!

Would or did 19 and 18 go out? Nope, they wouldn't like each other even if they did meet.

Have you ever liked 3? She's my best friend so of course I like her, but not romantically if thats what you mean.

If 1 died tomorrow, what is one thing that you would need him/her to know? Wow, I don't know what I'd do with myself. Chelsey and I have been best friends for over 10 years now and I can't imagine what it would be like to not have her as a part of my life. While our friendship has had its ups and downs and there has been times we havent been close, I can't imagine losing her in such a way. Chelsey means the world to me, she's just like a sister to me. Me & Chelsey have been through so much in life together and it would be a very difficult thing to experience. I would want her to know that I love her and always will. That I think she is incredible and that I am more than blessed to have her as a friend. But she knows all that, so I don't have to tell her.

Would 2 and 11 make a good couple? well, Lauren is sweet and Catherine is great. But Lauren is married and Catherine likes boys too...so I'll go with NO!

Who is 16 going out with? Chad Larsh

Describe 7 in 3 words: One Crazy Dude!!

Do you think 12 is hot? Yep, KT is one hot mama!!

Would 1 and 8 make a lovely couple? umm, man all these questions would pose that my friends be lesbians...but Chelsey is happily married and Shawna likes boys a lot!

What do you think when you see 17? man, i love that guy.

Tell me something humiliating about 11? hmm, Catherine...I can't say that I have anything humilating on her. I am sure if I thought long and hard I could think of something that would make people laugh, but she'd laugh too.

What's 20's favorite color? PINK! I think...

On a scale of 1-10 how cute is 14? we'll go with a 10!!!

What would you do if 4 just professed their undying love for u? Russell, haha. Since he won't ever see this...umm, Id wet myself. And I'd be more than ecstatic!!

What language does 19 speak? Scott, umm he speaks English well.

Who is 9 going out with? well she recently went on a date with Brian, we'll see how that goes;)

Is 8 a boy or a girl? a girl!

Would 18 and 4 make a cute couple? Ashley & Russell, finally opposite sex...but umm, I wont say yes b/c well its Russell and I dont wanna imagine him with someone else

What grade is 17 in? busted filling out silly junior high/high school surveys! ben's already graduated from college

When was the last time you talked to 12? umm a couple days ago.

What is 6's favorite band? of all time? some Jesus loving group, maybe Switchfoot!

Does 1 have any siblings? yes, a sister named Kristen.

Would you ever date 7? I'd make out with him, not sure we'd date though:)

Is 13 single? nope, she's happily married to my brother-n-law Adam and they are having a little girl in less than a month!!!!

What would the child of 15 and 6 be like? Emily & Mik, I can't even imagine that. They would have dark hair and probably be a goofball. They'd love Jesus a lot...but I dunno what else.

How old will 14 be if they get married? well she's 25 now, so I'm going to go with 27.

What do you really think of 2? Lauren, I think she is an incredible friend, an amazing wife & mother! And I love her dearly!!!

Shawna, Me & Nikki at Main Event. We had a blast. And in our last game I bowled a 108 which is amazing!! I'm pretty sure my first game was like 79...haha, pathetic.  

So after we went bowling we went to Taco Bell/Long John Silvers and this is what we received. We all had balloons, but we were driving to Dustin's with them out the window and Nikkis & Shawna's string couldnt hold on long enough. But mine survived. 

So this is Nikki, me & Shawna over at Dustin's after bowling. We pretended to play Risk and then didn't. We played half a game of Life before I started handing myself & Nikki lot's of money and we started to realize we couldn't play another minute longer. Fun night! 

So this is in honor of mine & Renee's day in! We were going to have a "date night" tonight where I was going to drive to Lewisville and were were going to order pizza and watch a movie like we use to when we were roommies. But turns out the weather is pretty bad, and there is no way either of us are crossing the bridge at Lake Lewisville. So instead we are doing the same thing but at seperate houses and sharing our experience online. Make fun of us if you wish, but we're talking online and everything. Turns out we would have done this when we lived at home too. She would be in her room and me in mine, haha we're dorks. We finally after two months of me living here have gotten around to hanging out and we're trying to make sure we don't let that not hanging out crap happen to us again.