We can't believe it is over...

Graduation. It is so funny to think that this whole law school "thing" is over. What a roller coaster ride the last 3 years have been. We are so grateful that we had the opportunity for Chris to get his law degree and Tif to get her masters. We know that many people don't have the same opportunities and we are just very grateful.

That being said...these were the best, hardest, most stressful, depressing, joyful three years of our lives. What a ride. Thank God it is over! :)

Commencement Friday night...




Darcy, Karen and Tif...





The crew...ah, what beautiful women...




D. Bo...




Waiting for the fireworks...

Chris's law graduation was in the city on Saturday morning...
Here is half of our cheering section...

Richard and Gloria with Chris...

Mamaw and Chris...

THE. CUTEST. PICTURE. EVER.

We hosted a lunch for everyone who came to see us graduate...thank you all for making the trip. It was a perfect weekend!

Tif's graduation was later Saturday night...

It is all about the hood, baby...

Stef and Kaci!

Ken, Diana, Richard, Gloria, Tif, Chris and Mamaw...

Emmaelynn, Brad, Alison, Teresa, Tif and Nelson...

And of course, we had a little get together at the house after...

Ali and Brad...

Marcy, "E", and Kaci...

Emma and Eli playing...

Gloria, Grandy, Mamaw, Nelson, Stef and Teresa...

Nanny and Ken with the E man...

We were trying to picture what Eli's future sister will look like...

Aunt Stef and Emma...

There are many, many more pictures of our fabulous graduation weekend, we could only show a few. Thank you so much to our family and friends for all of your support through these last 3 years. We know that without your support all of this would not have been possible! We love you all!

Mother's Day

I thank God every day for my beautiful, healthy baby boy. I can't believe how quickly he is growing up. I can't wait to see what the future has in store for him. I am so grateful that I have been given such a precious gift.

Thank you to all of the amazing women in my life- my mom, my mother-in-law, my grandmothers, aunts and friends...I have learned so much from all of you!

Happy Mother's Day!

Here are just a few pictures of the little guy!
Can you believe how much he has changed???

My two favorite boys...

Birthday/Anniversary

Happy birthday to the wonderful man that I am blessed enough to call my husband. I thank God for you every single day. Also, today marks the year anniversary that we found out that we were pregnant with Eli- yes, we found out on Chris’s 30th birthday last year. I don’t know if anything will ever top that gift.


Chris,
There are no words. Your strength and wisdom, your support and love- I know that we were truly made for one another. Eli is so lucky to have you for a daddy. This past year has brought so many small moments that I will treasure always. I am so glad that we are in this journey together. I am so proud of everything that you have accomplished and who you are. I love you.


By the way, just for kicks, I took a pregnancy test and we will not be celebrating another baby anniversary…at least not today. :)

April Craziness!

The countdown is on! Twenty days until graduation! Mark your calendars!

We found out this week that Tif passed her big comprehensive exam that she took at the beginning April; maybe this will subside the bad dreams of her having to call everyone to tell them that she failed and would not be graduating.

Finally! Here are the pictures from our crazy, crazy April!

This is one of our first "real" family pictures...

Kaci teaching Abby the facts of life...

Chris and Brad hunting eggs...

Nanny and Kaci watching...

Madison, Nanny and Tyler...

Eli and Emma...aren't they cuties!?!?

Too much fun at Nanny's...

Mamaw, Eli, Pey and Addy in Canyon...

Grandy, Mamaw and Mr. E...

Pey, Morgan and Addy with our little man...

Me-ma and Papa...

We love Easter! Thank you to everyone for a wonderful holiday. We are so excited that next year we will be in Amarillo and get to spend longer with everyone!

There are just no words for the joy that Eli brings to our lives. So, we will try to convey our joy with pictures. Everyday we all learn something new...he brings so much wonder and excitement to every little moment. Truly, it doesn't get any better than this. It is amazing how much your perspective changes with a child. We are so very grateful for everything that we have; we know that we don't deserve any of these wonderful blessings, we are just grateful.

We know that plenty of people thought that we were crazy for planning to have a child before we both graduated, but for what it is worth, we wouldn't have done it any other way. Has it been hard- you better believe it. For all of the hard times, stress and late nights, these are the moments that make it worth our while.

Eli update!

Hello!

Sorry for the huge delay in postings, but things are pretty crazy around the Pirtle house. As soon as we can get all of our photos re-sized we will put them up...until then, I will leave you with this long (about 6 min), completely unedited video that we shot yesterday. We can't believe how big Eli is getting! He is just such a joy and blessing in our lives...we are so grateful.

(please forgive my annoying voice in the video!)