Natural Bridge

Well Alison's boyfiend Aaron was in town this past weekend so we all decided to go hiking. We filled the van and went to Natural bridge State Park. It is about an hour and fourty five minutes away from Shelbyville. I think we ended up hiking about 5 miles, mostly on an UNKEPT trail. It is in caps because the lady at the gift shop said it like there probably wasn't even a trail left. But it wasn't that bad and turned out to be a pretty good trail. We packed a lunch so there was food when we got through. It ended up being a lot of fun. The picture of us isn't on the natural bridge though. And of course what do you do on a long car ride. Sleep.

Little Treasures

At the Little Treasures childrens' consignment sale this week we found great deals on clothes for Elle. Along with that, we bought a bouncy seat that she just loves!! I think she likes how high it sits up...so that she can see everything going on. She doesn't want to miss out:-) Our daughter is very social!!
That's about it for now. Enjoy the video Adam took of her enjoying the bouncy seat.

Happy Anniversary!!

Today is our 2nd anniversary!! Adam and I spent most of the day running errands in Shelbyville and Louisville.We did have Elle with us, of course, but it was so much fun to be together all day. She can be a pretty good shopper...we're starting her early!

Tonight Adam's parents invited us over for dinner. Julie made a delicious chicken dish:-) They had also bought us a DQ ice cream cake!!!! Their good friend Lisa Yancey and her daughter Rebekah are in visiting today. Mrs. Yancey just found out that she is going to be a grandmother, so she spent much of our visit practicing holding a baby:-) Baby Elle was quite obliging. She was out cold the whole time! Why is it that she'll sleep like the dead in all the noise but won't stay down for her normal naptime??

Bath Time!!!

First we have a video of our very active little girl. Then we had bath time and there is a great picture of Elle in her bath towel from grandma Shephard.

Baby Shower

Last Saturday Adam's cousin Lainey threw us a "sip and see" baby shower so that the extended family could welcome Eliana to the family. She wore her party dress and was very happy to have her picture taken with everyone. All the ladies brought wonderful gifts for Elle and Lainey did such a great job of hosting and decorating so beautifully. She made a couple of new kinds of drinks-lemonades and punch and teas. We made the most of our trip to Louisville and ran some errands ...even though we forgot to take our stroller. But Elle didn't mind us holding her the whole time, in fact she slept. She missed some really neat paintings of a balcony overlooking the ocean, and a milkshake from Chic-Fil-A. Then we went back to Matt and Lainey's for the evening. Matt and Adam had a wonderful time trying to figure out how to order Pizza Hut online. The page kept deleting the order when they tried to place it. But when we finally got the pizza it was amazing. It's been a long time since we've had Pizza Hut. All in all it made for a great Saturday.

Eliana's First Big Outing

Last Friday Eliana, I, Gramma Wisley and the two aunts ~ Angela and Cheri went for a long ride to Lexington to go shopping. Gramma bought us lunch at KFC where Elle sat in her chair and stared at the hanging plant above her. She was so content the whole time and enjoyed the library where Angela and Cheri had an auction for a reading program that they were involved in this summer. Oh and she took a bottle very well during the auction. Hopefully she will be more and more portable as she gets older. We are enjoying her so much!! I am sure we'll have lots more little stories to post as the days go by.

Welcome to our blog

This is a blog for the friends and family of Adam and Jessica Shephard. We would like to say welcome and thank you for checking to see what is going on in our lives.