Pictures of Ella (her 1st 9 months)!

Here are a bunch of pictures of Ella over the first 9 months of her life. Since we are just starting this blog I wanted to have all the pictures of her in one spot. I probably should have started this blog 9 months ago, but I guess this will have to do. Enjoy!

Here is Ella minutes after she was born. I don't think she likes that cold stethoscope on her chest.
Ella Rayne Merritt: 6 lbs. 10 oz., 19 1/2 inches long, born Sept. 3, 2008 @ 4:10 a.m.
Our first family picture!!!

Ella got to meet lots of family and friends in the hospital. Thank you to everyone who came to visit us and meet Ella for the first time.

Taking Ella home. The excitement begins!

Our neighbors decorated the outside of our house for when we came home from the hospital with Ella. It was so nice to come home to that.
Finally home and having a great time hanging out with Ella. Here are some pictures of our first few days at home.

My parents got to spend 2 weeks with us after Ella was born. It was great having them here for awhile to get to know Ella and to help David and I out.
For Ella's 1st Halloween we dressed her as an Elephant. We didn't really go trick-or-treating, but we had fun hanging out with her in her costume.

In November we headed to Alabama for David to attend SOS (Squadron Officer School). We were there for 6 weeks, and actually had a lot of fun. We meet a lot of great people that were in David's class. Ella was great for being in a different place for so long. She actually started sleeping threw the night (9 hours) while we were there.

For Thanksgiving we met up with our friend Ben White and spent Thanksgiving with him and his family. It was great to have a family Thanksgiving even though we were not able to be with our family. Thanks Ben!

Ella's 1st Christmas was great! We spent a week in PA and Ella got to meet her Aunts, Uncles and cousins for the first time. It was so much fun.

Random Pictures of Ella and family!

Ella loves to eat!

BATH TIME!