Wow! Four months has flown by, which is exactly how long it has been since we last posted any pictures of our new Tommy, who is now four months and one week old (or 18 weeks)! (Thank you, Auntie Sarah, for the good reminder! ;) ) Ellie loves her little brother and being a big sister -- she is both helpful and "helpful"! Tommy, or Baby Brother, as he is most often called, adores his sister. Ellie still gets excited every time he wakes up ("Mama, he's awake!") and he usually greets her with big smiles. Tommy is a very happy baby -- we often see huge smiles and he has taken to giggling a lot, complete with shoulder shakes! He has been such a tremendous blessing to all of us! Here are a few (well, 29) photos in chronological order to play catch up for the last several months, including Ellie's first ballet recital and many growing Tommy pictures to give the long distance Aunties a good fix. :) We hope you enjoy!
Ellie smiling sweetly!
Ellie in her pink throne (her own armchair with "Ellie" embroidered across the back)
Fancy Ellie
Tommy at 5 weeks.
Morning Time!
Tommy in his bath around 5 1/2 weeks.
Tommy and Grandpa Mark. Tommy has this effect on lots of us!
Tommy at 7 weeks.
Tommy (7 weeks) and Ellie - the diapered duo! Ellie wanted to lay down next to him, so she stripped down to her diaper first to be like him!
Wow! What a difference in size!
Ellie and Tommy (2 months) at Great-Grandpa Collins' house in LA
Great-Grandpa Collins and his four great-grandkids: Ellie Mae (2 1/2), Thomas (2 months), Trent (7 1/2 months), Ezekiel (14 months).
Great-Grandpa Collins and Ellie Mae
Our family with Grandpa Collins
Grandpa Rupert with his four grandkids at Easter: Morgan (8 1/2 months), Reese (8 months), Thomas (2 1/2 months), Ellie Mae.
Morning Time Again
Thomas - 3 months
Our sweet sleeper
First ballet recital! The girls were adorable! Ellie was a bit shy both of her times on stage, but she did dance and looked really sweet the whole time!
Our princess also likes to play in the dirt -- as soon as we arrived at home after the recital, Ellie took off her ballet shoes, donned her snow boots and ran back outside to grab the last bit of daylight!
Tommy learned to talk on the phone a bit early! He's almost 3 1/2 months old here with our Pause guys Tom, Jake & Will (they call themselves Tommy & Ellie's Pause brothers!).
The Cool Ellies - Ellie Ferreira and Ellie Mae!
Tommy - 3 1/2 months
Tommy and sweet big sis, Ellie!
Tommy & Grammy Gayle
Our smiley baby boy!
