More Pictures of Gracie!!

Our first family picture from Target! Gracie was 6 days old!


She looks so goofy here but I LOVE it!
This one is our favorite! We were so surprised to see that her eyes were open and so alert!

The shoes that daddy bought!! She looks so cute in them!
Aunt Rachael is playing her harp for her! She loved it and fell asleep!

Our first trip out in public! We ate at Chili's with some family on Sunday night~ She was extremely good! She was four days old!
Daddy and Gracie! Tyler is doing great with her! He can't stop looking at her and holding her! It's killing him to be at work all day long without her!

Baby Grace is here!!

Grace Elizabeth Donnell was born on Feb. 13th, 2008 at 6:02am! She weighted 7lbs 7oz and was 21 3/4 inches long. I started having contractions on Tuesday the 12th at 5:30 and woke Tyler up. We started counting and timing them while I was taking a shower and getting ready to go to the hospital. When we arrived at 8:00am, I was dilated to a 3 almost a 4 and they decided to keep me and start the birthing process... oh yeah! After 24 hours of labor, she finally came into our lives!! The moment she started crying, Tyler and I started crying. We were filled with such joy and we couldn't wait to hold her! Tyler did an amazing job helping me through my contractions and helping me push... he was a great coach! These pictures are from the hospital... enjoy! I will update with new pictures soon. She's already two and a half weeks old... growing up so fast!

New Baby Pictures

Trying to eat her hand!!!

Okay so Tyler and I went for our 4D sonogram today. When we first went into the visit, Grace was not cooperating, so the nurse told me to go eat some sugar. After a Dr. Pepper and a pack of Skittles, this little girl finally started moving around a lot better. She still didn't show us a clear shot of her face like we wanted, but we still got some really really cute pictures!!! So here is our first "true" look at our beautiful daughter, Grace!

Again, she's sucking on her hand!!

Our little girl is laughing at us! This is our favorite! And this is all our family needs... another little giggle box!!

Merry Christmas from Gracie!

Christmas Card 2007

Merry Christmas to all of our friends and family! We pray you have a wonderful holiday and enjoy spending time with your family! Don't forget that Jesus is the reason for the season! We love you all so very much!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

More pictures!

Seven months pregnant

Thanksgiving- Seven months pregnant


Her closet full of clothes!

Her take home outfit!

The bassinet that will stay in our room, once we get our crib in the nursery!

The best chair for late night feedings!

Max listening to Grace move in my tummy!

The nursery is done, besides the crib and some other funiture plus decorations!

Max was pooped after helping Tyler with the room.

Tyler and Max working on stuff for the nursery!

You're almost done Tyler!

Tyler working hard on the nursery~ He did a great job!

Still working...

Five months pregnant!

Halloween 2007

I'm an oven with a bun in it, and Tyler is the bun maker!!!

I hope you enjoyed the pictures! This pregnancy has gone good so far, so keep praying for us and for a smooth and safe delivery!

Baby News!!

Okay so sorry it's been awhile! I just wanted to update everyone on our family! Tyler is working hard at work everyday and is finished with college for this semester. He finished out strong and did a great job in all of his classes! I'm so proud of him. I am done with college classes as we know it! I finished my semester out with a 4.0 and passes a huge test that teachers had to take. It's called the Praxis and I passed with flying colors! I was so happy to get the news. All I have left to do is student teach next fall and I'll graduate! No more school, well until I go back to get my Masters! Anyways, I'm excited for the holidays and seeing family and friends that we don't get to see often. Baby Gracie is doing great! She is moving a lot everyday and likes to wake me in the night to say hello! Doctor visits are going great, but getting old... we go every two week and here in awhile we'll be going once a week. Awe... the joys of being pregnant. No sleep, always going to the bathroom because someone is using my bladder as their first squeeze toy, and seeing the doctor all the time. At least the end is near. I'll be 32 weeks on Christmas Eve and couldn't be happier!

Max is doing great! With sniffing every new baby thing that comes into our house and listening to her move in my tummy he stays pretty busy. He knows something is about to change... I can see in his eyes. He's been so fun to watch in the snow and brings joy to our lives everyday with his puppy eyes, little cries-to let us know he's in the room and needs attention, and of course his smells. Our house will soon be filled with lots of smells-Tyler says so!

Tyler and I are getting the nursery ready. It's pretty much done but we're waiting for our crib and some other furniture to add to the room. Once we get the furniture in, we'll decorate and put the last few touches. We'll need to hurry though... it's getting close! My due date is Feb. 17th. My grandmothers birthday is the 5th, and mine is the 15th so we'll see who gets lucky! Our family members are very excited to meet Grace, especially my little nieces and nephew. Ethan is 7 and in first grade and every time I call his mom he thinks I'm having the baby or he'll just ask periodically when I see him. He makes me smile. Kaylee who is 11 can't wait to babysit, and I'm also excited for that as well!!! I'll be using her more than she knows! Alexis who is 4 told me the other day, "I will be holding that baby when she comes out! And when she cries, I'll tell her not to worry, I got you baby!" Again, a smile from ear to ear! Then Shayla who is 3 enjoys walking around her house pretending to have a baby in her tummy like Aunt Elizabeth. Then when she sees me, she'll say, "Grace in your tummy?" Oh, Gracie... you have a lot of cousins waiting for you so you better make me proud! Then of course we have Kylie who is still too young to understand, but her and Grace will be a year apart so this will be fun! And then you have sisters who need to hold a baby to take their baby cravings away and grandparents who can't wait to hold and watch their grand babies grow up! Plus, one very excited and lucky great aunt Lora who has never been home when one of her nieces has been pregnant. She is also excited... I think she's more excited to babysit her than meeting her... right Lora???? Just kidding! Then of course, Tyler and I have extremely excited great grandparents who can't wait. I've heard many times from all of them, "Oh I can't wait to hold this little one!" I hope she brings everyone as much joy as she has Tyler and I (that is being in the womb... although I could use a break from her kicking).

Well, the time is getting closer for her to come. I'll keep you posted and please if you live in town come visit us at the hospital or at our house! We would love to introduce you to Grace! Here are some pictures for you enjoyment!

We love you all,

Tyler and Elizabeth

We're Havin a BABY!

Okay, so here is the first look at baby Donnell. Inside the black circle there is a smaller circle-which would be the baby at 7 weeks. When Tyler and I saw this for the first time, we cried and before the nurse took the picture-I told our baby to smile big for the camera! (That's why it says "smile!")

Although, I am almost 16 weeks-I thought I would post this picture for everyone to see. Our next doctor's appointment is on Monday. This visit is just a blood work and OBGYN stuff visit. I don't think they will do a sonogram that day-but we might get lucky! We should be able to find out what we're having at the beginning of October, which will be extremely exciting! I am over my morning sickness battle-THANK GOD! I've just been tired but other than that, everything is going great! I haven't even gained a pound yet! I hope to keep it this way for a while! :) I want to say Thank You to everyone who has called to check up on me and ask how I'm doing... it's been good to hear your encouraging voices.

So, here is some other information on Tyler and I. Tyler is working and going to school full time. I am working part time and going to school full time, so we are both extremely busy and tired! It's been a little stressful having to adjust to the different schedule now, with both of us having to share the computer and read our textbooks-we hardly have time to eat together! Although, it seems tough now, it will be very rewarding in the end. I have this semester left of classes, then I'm taking off a semester and staying home with the baby-which I'm very excited about! After, the spring and summer, I will student teach in the fall and then I graduate!!!!!!! Tyler still has maybe three years left of school, but he is going to take it slow because of the baby! I'm just proud of him for going back to school to get his BA in Business. He's makes me a proud wife to call him my husband!

Max is doing great! He definitely knows that there is something in my belly. He lays his head on my tummy and raises his ears (like he hears something inside of me). He has also enjoyed sniffing all the fun baby stuff that comes home with us. He is still getting spoiled, which will probably last a lifetime! :)

Well, I better go! I just thought I would update everyone to what is going on in our busy but exciting life! We are all excited for this baby to get here, so we'll keep you updated..... I promise you Aunt Lora (and everyone else)!

We love you guys, Tyler, Elizabeth, Max and Baby Donnell