Thank You...

I wanted to make sure that we THANKED everyone that came down for the birth of our beautiful baby Wyatt and those of you that helped us adjust to life at home with our little man! At 3AM James made the phone calls, first our moms... they would be coming up from Atlanta and needed to have as much heads up as possible. The nurse said that they probably wouldn't make it for the birth since my labor was moving so fast... luckily, Wyatt held out! Everyone (My mom, Momma Cooki, Aunt Juju, Uncle Mike and Amanda) got to the hospital between 10:30 and 10:45am... Wyatt made his debut at 11:18 am!

My mom was able to stay for the first 10 days, what a relief to have her here to help us with everything. I didn't realize there would be so much to do and that Wyatt would consume so much of my day... leaving me with no time to do ANYTHING! We also received a surprise visit from Y's great Uncle Ronnie, what a pleasant surprise! He came up from Swainsboro, GA just to see his nephew his first night home!

James' Dad and Step mom also came up for a few days and really helped out a lot. While they were here the ladies were able to take a moment and go out shopping (I really needed some new BRAS and nursing clothes!) while we left Wyatt with the men. Its my understanding Wyatt was able to bond with his grandpa during that time! Wow, my first day out of the house since the baby I really couldn't even enjoy myself as I was so worried about what he was doing! With my mom and Bonnie's help we were able to get some great nursing items and make it home in time for a feeding!

Uncle Kissy Poo (aka my brother Chris) came down from TN to see his first nephew! I am pretty sure this is the first baby he has ever held! Our great friends Ty and Courtney were also able to come down for a weekend to meet little Wyatt.

**to see photos click the highlighted underlined words!**

Daddy and Baby Y

From the moment Wyatt was born, his daddy has been right there with him! James became the swaddle king... poopie diper master and everything else I needed him to be in that moment. It is heart melting to watch him and his son bond! I cannot wait for them to start doing guy things together... but for now the long stares into each others eyes will do! Here are some pics of my two favorite boys, I love them both so much and could not imagine my life without either of them!

And the Winner is...

At my baby shower, we took a poll to see who could guess Wyatt's "stats" at birth. The below list shows the winner first... going by date then time.

1. Jaclyn Haynie - MARCH 14th 11:30am 9lbs. 12oz. 18 1/2 in
2. Christy Parker - MARCH 14th 11:42am 8lbs. 14oz.
3. Angie Arredondo - MARCH 14th 2:00am 8lbs. 7oz.

Honorable Mention - While the above three were almost exact on date and time... we did have one other person that was very close to Wyatt's birth size (only off by 4 oz. and an inch!)

• Great Grandma Ellison - MARCH 7th 2:00am 7lbs. 10oz. 19in.

CONGRATS to all the winners... I will be in touch with each of you soon to claim your prize!

Happy St. Patty's Day

I found a lucky four-leaf clover in our front yard about a week ago! At that time, I reconfirmed my guess that Wyatt would be born on St. Patty's day... obviously he had another plan.

We had him home on his first St. Patty's day and he even received his first sponge bath, I was so nervous and had no idea what to do. Especially with the circumcision and umbilical cord...Thank god for grandmothers, My mom took over and did the whole bath!

The Ellison Family

Our first family picture! Yes, this is still in the hospital and Wyatt is barely 1 day old. Give me a break, hopefully for our first really family photo I wont look quite so tired!

Baby Wyatt Has Arrived!

Wyatt James Ellison was born this morning, Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 11:18 AM. He weighed 7 lbs. 14 ozs. and measured 20 inches long. He is an amazing little bundle of joy and we cannot wait to share him with you all! Pictures, videos and updates will all be posted shortly.

Pi Day...

Little Wyatt was born on Pi day... Pi, is the symbol for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Pi = 3.1415926535... Pi Day is celebrated by math enthusiasts around the world on March 14th.

He also shares his birthday with a few legendary people:

• Albert Einstein - mathematician best known for his theories on relativity
• Lucy Hobbs Taylor - first woman dentist
• Eugene Cernan - American astronaut, the last man on the moon

Learn more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_Day

Welcome to the World Baby Wyatt!

March 14th 2009 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

At 11:18am on Saturday March 14th we welcomed the newest memeber to the Ellison family, Wyatt James Ellison. He was 7lbs. 14oz. and 20 inches long. We are so blessed (and excited) to have our little wonder in the world. He is so amazing! I find myself starring at him for hours... typically in the middle of the night when neither of us can get any sleep!

Stay tunned... I promise to try and keep the blog as up to date as possible... perhaps some of my 4 am talks with Wyatt can double as blog update time!

Wyatt is 38 Weeks Today!

38 Weeks Pregnant

I never thought we would make it this far, and now that we have... I'm ready to be done! I can't wait to hold my baby and begin experiencing the joys of motherhood! Wyatt... whenever you are ready, the whole world is ready waiting on you and we love you soooo much!!

All our bags are packed...

We're ready to go! As you all know little Y Y can come at anytime now. I was full-term at 37 weeks and now I am just days shy of 38 weeks! We are so ready to meet our baby boy! I know James tries to talk Wyatt into coming out everyday, so when he does decide to make his grand apperance... we are ready! We each have packed our bags for the hospital and I've packed my new Diaper bag for Baby Wyatt. We can't wait to meet him, check back often hopefully his beautiful face will grace our blog very soon!

Water Broke?!

So Today I thought my water broke... don't judge... It may seem like an obvious thing, but unfortunately it isn't always! We went to the doctor and were very nervous that this was "d-day" and low and behold... its not! I am still having regular contractions (5 minutes apart) but we have to wait for them to get closer and more intense! I will be going to the doctor again on Thursday, perhaps there will be more news?! (cross your fingers)

As far as the supposed water breakage... we still don't know! The US tech said hers started to break and the doctors didn't catch it at first. Luckily my fluid levels are still really high and Wyatt is relaxing, just enjoying the ride!