A year goes by so fast...

This past month has taken us for a whirlwind. We were home for a week for Justin's funeral, which was extremely exhausting, physically and emotionally. We got back to Holly Springs on Friday June 13, just in time for Ellie's doctor appointment and my own doctor's appointment. Ellie weighed in at 11.5 lbs (70 percentile), measured 23 inches long (70 percentile as well), and a head that measured in the 50 percentile (not too big, but not too small :) just right!). Everything looked great! She also got a few vaccines which she had a mild fever from, but otherwise did great! Here's a shot of Ellie with her band-aids from the doctor:

We left that Sunday for Zach's IBM graduation in Washington, D.C.. Zach had classes and such during the day, so Ellie and I just hung out in the hotel or went walking around the city. It was on this trip where she actually slept 8 hours one night and started sleeping 7 hours every night after that. She had her first visit to the White House, on the metro, and to the Capital (well maybe her second visit since she was in my belly in February when we went... I guess this was her first time seeing it). Of course she went many other places, we actually went on a tour Saturday where she got to see all of the monuments and important buildings. Here's a few pictures from the trip:

Oh and I can't forget that Ellie got her first sunburn (just on the top of her cheeks)! Yes, we are terrible parents... I didn't bring sunscreen and I forgot her hat for the tour! So here's the result, terrible but very cute :)We got back from D.C. on Sunday and headed to Winston on Monday for our 1 year anniversary! Zach and I stayed at Graylyn (where we got married) and had a romantic dinner at Fourth Street Filling Station (where the rehearsal dinner took place and many memories while we were dating). My mom took care of Ellie for the whole night! Ellie didn't even cry while we were gone, I guess she didn't miss us :( It wasn't very hard for me to leave her, Zach had a little bit harder time but after she was out of his sight, he barely thought of her! I on the other hand missed her extremely by the morning! It's so fabulous to have some time for just the two of us, especially on our anniversary. I will have to say that I am not surprised it has been a year... it's been one heck of a year. Let me just recap what has happened this past year: first we graduated on May 12, got married on June 23, got pregnant sometime in the beginning of July, started our jobs in July and August, bought a car in November, had Ellie on April 11, moved on May 31, and lastly had a brother pass away on June 8. I hope we won't have this much going on for a very long time all in one year. The Lord has given us strength and sanity and we are praising Him for all that he has given us. We are ready for this next year as a married couple and hoping for many more!
Here's Graylyn a year after we tied the knot... looks empty...
We also were sad because we couldn't get the room we stayed in our wedding night...

Now we are finally back at home, got back June 25... gone for 17 days! It is so good to finally be back into our new house (which we have only been in 1 out of the past 3 weeks)! We did buy new couches in IKEA on the way home from Washington. We are excited to have something to sit on finally. I'll try to take some pictures of the house and post them now that we finally are home. Look for them soon :)