I took a few photos of Ella today when I got home from the office before heading to my Monday night Bible Study.

Okay, I took almost 60 photos, but it’s still only a few in comparison to the huge amount that I’ve taken of her in this first month of her life…

Tonight, for the first time we captured Ella smiling – enjoy these:

The entire photoset from today is available here.
Another favorite from today:

And another…

Neat browser trick here. Thanks, Ken.

Enjoy:

This afternoon Mom Garrett and Jess got Ella all dressed up for her Warsaw Wesleyan Baby Shower!

Here’s her closeup:

The baby shower was great (or so I’ve heard). I managed to snap a few photos of the festivities:

Also, during the Baby Shower, two friends stopped by – Ben and Candace – on their way to their Prom!

After the shower, I took the numerous balloons and tied them to an extra notepad I had in my office. I scribbled my dot-com and my e-mail and a short message on the notepad, tied all of the balloons to it and headed outside:

Hopefully someone will contact me after finding my makeshift aircraft!

Ella, of course, found the entire day exhausting.

We are very glad to have Mom Garrett here with us again tonight. She and Jess will recuperate from today’s events tomorrow – and I will be making lunch! Jess is still having moderate pain from the mastitis, so continue to pray for her healing!