Picture Time

Just a few of the MANY pictures that we have taken during the last few days.

Daddy and His Little Girl

I often find Ryan in the bathroom with Lizzie peering into the mirror asking, "Doesn't she look like me?" He isn't really asking me to tell him "yes", rather he is telling me that Elizabeth looks like him. I laugh and say, "Yes, she looks just like you." Ryan is such a great Dad!

The other day I was listening to WSCG and overheard one of the hosts saying that he takes his daughter on a monthly date. The purpose of the date is for the dad to show his daughter what "true love" looks and acts like. I told Ryan that he is going to have to start taking Lizzie on daddy daughter dates ...what a great idea. Eventhough she is just shy of being 5 months old, as Christian Parents we are already praying that God is preparing a god fearing man to be her husband (although we have already told her she can't date until she is almost 30 :)).

"Walk a Little slower, Daddy." said a little child so small.I'm following in your footsteps and I don't want to fall.
Sometimes your steps are very fast, sometimes they're hard to see;So walk a little slower Daddy, for you are leading me.
Someday when I'm all grown up, You're what I want to be.Then I will have a little child who'll want to follow me.
And I would want to lead just right, and know that I was true;So, walk a little slower, Daddy, for I must follow you!!
~author unknown

Elizabeth, Lizzie, Liz, EJW...You Choose

I can't believe it. Lizzie is almost 5 months old. Last night after I put Liz down for the night, Ryan and I spent some time reflecting on the changes that have occured during the past few months. One of the things that I asked Ryan was whether he still thought we picked the right name for our precious little girl. Both of us still love her name, which is a good thing, since we don't plan on changing it anytime soon. One thing we did realize is that she really has a lot of different names. My dad loves the name Elizabeth and he can't stand the name Lizzie, so he calls her Elizabeth. My mom calls her Lizzie, but I think that is because she knows that we try to call her Lizzie as much as possible. Our friends often refer to her as Liz. That is what we plan on calling her when she is all grown up! Grandpa W. has refered to her as EJ in the past, but I haven't heard that in a bit. And last but not least, one of our pastors calls her EJW. He says that EJW is the name of a future famous author...I guess we will wait and see.