We survived...

...our first weekend apart! Last weekend was my first time EVER away from Ellie for more than 4 hours! I had a retreat down in Arkansas, so Ellie stayed with Daddy for the weekend. I cried when I had to leave! It was SO HARD! But Daddy and Ellie had a wonderful weekend together and he did such a good job with her... They definitely bonded. I had a great time at my retreat, too...

Ellie is ALMOST crawling! She is so close. She gets up on all four and rocks back and forth. She may have had some forward progress, but for the most part, she still scoots herself backwards. We're going to have to move her mattress down a notch or two tonight cause she's getting awfully close to be able to pull herself up to a standing position and we don't want her to fall out of her crib!


The night before I left, we had our annual Valentine's Dessert with all of our students. It was a blast, as always! Everyone gets all dressed up, comes out for a fancy dessert, listen to a couple share their love story of how God has worked in their relationship and marriage and then we dance the rest of the night away. So fun! Here are a few pics from that! Ellie even got a new dress for the occasion!

Mommy and Ellie all dressed up!

a little family pic...

with the girls in my Discipleship Group!

With our staff guys...And finally, below is a picture of Ellie with several of the girls in my Monday night freshmen Chi Omega study! She LOVES them and they love her as well. It's such a fun group of girls...