Ellie Kate Caroline Simpson

Miss Ellie Kate came into our lives on January 20th and weighed 5lb 14oz. She is now 2 months old and is our little princess! We are all in love with her! Here are a few pictures of her.

We are so thankful for her.

She looks like Elijah some, but also looks like Noah at other times! But either way, she is definitely different from the boys!!!! She makes her presence known.

Christmas and Thanksgiving all rolled into one!

Okay, it has definitely been a while since I have been able to post, but I'm here now. We are now 36 weeks and getting ready for Baby number 3 supposed to arrive by C section on January 22nd if not before. We had a wonderful thanksgiving celebrating with our families in Casscoe and Jonesboro, but it definitley makes for a LONG weekend or whatever 3 days really is. We had a Christmas Play at Church which turned out Wondefully, but I don't have any pictures to post because I was helping and unable to take them at the same time! Sad, I know. Cody had his Cantata at church which I was suckered into doing the "Mary Solo", yeah, way too high for me, but God was the only audience that I was singing to, so I guess he must have enjoyed it. :)

Noah and Eli have been playing more together lately which is a wonderful blessing since I have still been fighting off contractions and trying not to go back to the hospital till it is definitely time! Noah is getting so big and so sweet. He cannot wait to hold Ellie Kate and give her a bath, and feed her. These are his words, but much cuter when he says it. Eli is pretty much oblivious to Ellie right now unless she decides to kick him when I am trying to get him to sleep (which does happen often), but he doesn't really seem to mind all that much. Speaking of which, I just read a book I got 2 days ago called the Birth Order Book (i know it's been around a while), but it is so good. It really gives you hints on how to parent your children and how to be a better spouse due to the order in which you are born. Trust me, there are some VERY good truths to the book!

Didn't get to post too much, but at least this is done!

Birthday Fun

Well, last week was lots of fun. We came to my parents house for my mom and Carlie's birthday party. It was fun. Here are only a few pictures. I realized after I put these up that I did not even have 1 single picture of the Birthday Girls. You can tell that Hadlee and Eli dominated the camera. They are adorable together!

Eli had tubes put in his ears on Tuesday. He did pretty well. I was certainly glad to see that part get over with. I had been feeling better until Tuesday later in the day and Wednesday. Today I had to take brethine because my contractions were about 9 minutes apart. Not fun. I guess it's just going to be that way until the end of this pregnancy. I sure am ready to meet her, but not like this!


Jill has let us borrow a lot of Hadlee's clothes and every once in a while I'll go back and look in the closet where her clothes are and just look at them. A part of me just cannot believe that it is a girl. The other part of me is VERY excited. I just don't know what to do with a little girl after having 2 boys! I guess we'll see.












Eli loves coming to Nanny's house and riding on the rocket.

Well, this week has been pretty good. It's the best I've had in a while. I have been on bedrest and that is a Pain! Last week we came down to Casscoe to stay with my mom and dad while Cody and Bro. Jeff went to the State Association Meeting. Unfortunately I am not able to lift Elijah (which he wants a lot right now). We really had a good time. Noah enjoyed getting to play with Maxee and Trey. Elijah and Hadlee got to play together although I don't think they really understand that right now. We went to the doctor at the beginning of the week for both Eli and myself. Dr. Selby said I am still on partial bedrest. He did an ultrasound which showed that Ellie Kate had turned her little self around and is now breech. I really think that she moved back though in the past day or so. Anyway, we went to Dr. Shaw for Eli's appointment and he said that Eli's ears are not awful right now, but he had just gotten off of antibiotics and they weren't good enough for him to have just gotten off of that. He is getting tubes in his ears next Tuesday the 17th so hopefully he will be better. Hopefully I'll be able to give an update after all of that! I hope everyone has a terrific week!

Already November

Here are a few pictures from this last month. We didn't take the kids out trick or treating, but we did dress them up and take their pictures. They both were so sweet and adorable.







Elijah did not like that "mane" on but he looked so adorable in it. Noah, however, did love his giraffe costume and wanted to wear it to sleep in it!












Cody gave thedevotional about the pumpkin to our kids. I know they don't look like they were hearing anything he said, but God's word doesn't return void. Just when we don't think they are listening or paying attention they surprise us!















Elijah had on his "i love mom" pajamas and I caught him playing in mine and Cody's room. He was so adorable that I had the hardest time getting on to him.

I truly am amazed at how fast this year has gone by. God has been so good this year. Not that he hasn't other years, but truly I have felt and seen the loving hand of My father, friend, and comforter. We found out we are having a little girl on Oct. 12th. The day before my birthday. We decided her name will be Ellie Kate. I have been on bed rest for the last week, but other than that we are just looking forward to seeing her in about 10 more weeks!!

Eli turns 1!

Flowers that Cody sent me for my "bad day". They are so beautiful. I wish they would stay that way forever!

My beautiful Eli. He is so sweet and adorable. He is the most snuggly baby ever!

Noah got his new hat from Bass Pro Shop that Nanny and Pop got him. You can see that his pants are too big and have to be rolled up a little :)

Eli thought it would be lots of fun to smear his birthday cake all over Mimi's table!

Just about to stick his cute chubby little hand into his cake for the first time!

Eli playing with Makena. He has always adored Makena. She is so sweet with him and really with all babies!

Eli wearing his cute little hat anticipating the cake to come....he didn't know anything could taste so good!
ELI IS ONE!

Well, my baby turned one on October 1st! I cannot believe that it has been a year since he was born. It just feels like yesterday. He is no longer crawling and is constantly on the move and into everything! We had his first birthday at Mimi and Paw Paw's house in Jonesboro and had a fish fry. It was nice for some of Cody's family to get to see the boys that usually only gets to see them on Thanksgiving (maybe) and Christmas.
Carlie, Makena and Trey were able to come to the party and we were so glad. I know Noah was so happy to get to play with Trey and Eli adores Makena. We had everything decorated with Elmo and he had a cute cake just for him. When he first stuck his hands in the cake he did not know what to think. I'm pretty sure that it took him a few minutes to realize, "hey, this is food!" He began to eat it and got quite a bit in until we finally decided he had enough. I don't think he would have EVER come to that conclusion.

We had a good weekend. Eli got clothes, a Ming Ming (which was his favorite), trucks, a new car seat, and even diapers (which were very much appreciated!).
Noah got the flu from Uncle Casey the same weekend and so on Monday after Elijah's birthday he had to go to the doctor. Thankfully, he did get Tamiflu. Eli and I also got it as a preventative. I did not know it could be used as that, but it can in certain instances. In our case it was very probable that Eli and I would get it from the close contact that we had with Noah and so the doctor said that he would put us on the medicine just in case we did get it and then the effects would not be as severe. We survived that week and made it through right up to the weekend. Cody had a pre teen retreat to attend at Budd Creek. He came back very refreshed. It was nice to have that kind of refreshing breath of God's goodness in our home.

This past week has been stressful in some ways, but it has also been very nice to see God's unchanging hand magnified even more than before. I read the book "Redeeming Love" by Francine Rivers and it has totally and completly changed my outlook on the Love Christ gives us. My husband new that Monday was a rough day and he had flowers sent to me. They are beautiful and in the gorgeous fall colors.

Finally back in the Swing of Things!

Okay, so it has been all summer since I have written and lots has happened around the Simpson house! First big thing is that we are having another baby. We found out at the end of May and boy, was that a SUPRISE! Ready or not, here comes baby # 3. We are very excited and I am 19 weeks along now. Next week we get to find out what we are having, maybe!!
Anyway, the summer was full of Bible School, Church Camp, Elijah crawling, more camp, and Noah getting potty trained. Eli is now walking and Noah is doing great at the potty. I have bought some "gently used" cloth diapers and they are great to have to help cut down on the cost of buying diapers.
At church this summer we have had 7 new people join in 3 months and things are going great! God is truly working at Bethel and people are growing in their relationships with him.
Eli is about to celebrate his 1st Birthday Party. I cannot believe one year from October 1st he was born. He is so precious and has developed his own personality. Noah is growing up too. He is a jabber box and likes to let you know exactly what he is thinking.
Cody is doing great. He has settled in to the preacher position a little more, but is getting a little more antsy about pastoring. I know that God will show him in his time when he is to pastor, and I know that he will provide! He is learning so much from his job, Bro Mullins here at Bethel, and from the Seminary he goes to in Little Rock.
I don't have any pictures to post right now, but I'll get them done onto a CD and get them put up soon! I'll write more later this week, Lord Willing!