Ellie's 6 Month Photo Shoot

 I feel like we've just posted a bunch about Ellie lately, but - um - here's another post about Ellie.  A week or so ago, I took her to get some 6 month pictures and I wanted to share our favorites.  A big thank you to our friend Olivia who did the shoot and edited all of the pictures!  She is really good and we're so thankful that she could do this for us!

We love this little series in black and white that shows the many faces of Ellie.

 

So professional, Olivia!

Awesome face.

Ellie's first UT football game

Just yesterday, we went to our first UT football home game since before we were married (5 years!) and we got to take Ellie!  Unfortunately, the Longhorns played pretty terribly against a not-so-good team - penalties everywhere and just horrible on offense (bleh!).  But, we still had fun!  Ellie did pretty well, especially since she had her Nini and some crackers to keep her entertained.  Here are some pictures from our day!

The First Concert Since Ellie

This past Wednesday night, I played a concert at KE Cellars in Tyler, Texas.  This was my first concert since I was 7 months pregnant with 6 month old Ellie, which means it was my first concert in 8 months (yay for my math skills and knowledge of the gestational period... and yay for me knowing big words like "gestational").

My last concert pre-Ellie.  Look at that belly!  Gotta love the profile shot.
[Shout out to Sam Stuntz on bass]

KE Cellars is an awesome venue - it's all about wine and wine tasting there, the room is decorated with old wine barrels, and they even have wine on tap (so cool!).  I'm excited to play at this place again. 

This concert was fun for several reasons.  For one, I really loved getting to play again after my Ellie hiatus.  It felt good to be up there.  Second, it was great to have new friends from Tyler, our new home, come out in support.  It's amazing that we've only been here for a few months and yet there were lots of people there.  Third, I got to play a LOT of songs since I had a three hour set (whew!), including some old ones that I've never recorded, and some covers by Patty Griffin, Gillian Welch, Ingrid Michaelson, Bob Dylan, and others!  (By the way, love me some Patty.  Could do all Patty covers, but that would be kind of weird).

Anyway, I had a ton of fun at this concert.  So much fun that I didn't have the presence of mind to ask anyone to take pictures or video.  Luckily, Nick's Aunt Toni snapped one from her iPhone:

The only pic from the night!  Thanks Aunt Toni!