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!)

One step closer...

to being back home!
Our offer was accepted on our new house!

Here it is...more to come!

2 month photos...

I love that Chris likes to take photos, especially when I know that in the long run he is saving us a ton of money and everything is very personal. Here are some pictures from Eli's 2 month photo-shoot with daddy...

Spring Break!

Hooray for spring break! It couldn't have come at a better time! We can't believe that this is our last spring break!
We decided that it would be best to begin our house hunt in Amarillo- super exciting!
We found a great house, and we are debating on making an offer on it or waiting it out to see what else will be on the market in May. We can't wait to be back home.

Here is Mr. E in a cute little onezie from his cousin, Brooks! Thanks Jacey and Derek for the clothes!


He really loves that mobile...


Last Friday, before we left to come home, Chris's office threw him and his boss, Nick a surprise baby shower. Here are the two of them with their little men; Chris holding Eli and Nick holding Aaron...


Look at Aaron's cute little mohawk! What a little cutie!

Here is Evie with Aaron and Debbie with Eli... they are the secretaries in the office.

Here we all are- Marianne, Nick and Aaron, Chris, Eli and Tif...

Funny story- Tif and Marianne met before Chris started working with Nick. Marianne was one of Tif's nurses at her OBGYN. It wasn't for months that we figured out that we all knew each other.

We didn't take very many pictures over spring break, but we did get Mr. E with two of his cousins...adorable!