Ellie Under The Table

Last night ellie was not being good...whining, crying (fakely), and really just throwing a fit! so i stood her next to this chair and suddenly she was as happy as could be. This whining phase however is getting old quick! i dont know if she is teething or just testing me but it is not fun. she has gotten another dreaded cold again so today we snuggled up on the couch and watched days of our lives (dont judge me), and "jon and kate plus 8", which is my new favorite show!

Like any true CDA girl, Ellie loves the rain. We finally had warm enough weather for rain! Ellie and I were both very happy about this and esp loved watching the snow melt away...hopefully for good. She does this thing where she sucks her bottom lip. I hope that stops if/when the teeth come cause it is giving her a chapped little chin and it looks goofy!



So the exersaucer has now become a jungle gym. She crawls all over this thing!

This dress is pretty much too small but is too cute to only wear once! So she wore it today for the last time. It still looks good!







Ellie used to be so good at spitting at people. One day she quit... and now its back!

This kid is now into everything. dog food, toothpaste tubes, remotes, cell phones, air vents that are stuck to the floor, tv and cable cords, paper... the list goes on. the worst part is when i tell her no she laughs at me! little stinker. what is the point of baby toys and food if they would rather play with dangerous electrical cords and eat dog food? i am on watch 24/7 with this kid! oh and my new hobby is trying to learn to take good pictures. today i became a little frustrated that i cant even focus regular photographs! i have a lot of work to do if i am going to get better at this...

Red Lobster

On Saturday we went to eat at Red Lobster...mmmmm. It is my favorite place to eat in Pocatello. (there are not a lot of options here). Ellie tried her first celery stick and loved it. i highly recommend celery for babies to chew on! it was great cause i didnt worry about her choking or chewing big chunks off and choking and she liked how cold it was. needless to say i went out and bought a whole bunch today for her to munch away on.

Ellie's new thing is to be in everything. this is her toy basket that usually gets more play time than the actual toys. today she puller herself to standing with this little basket. i like to think she's brilliant!

Ellie and her Friend Ansley




Valentines Day







Ellie and Oakley

A Good Lesson Learned

Today we cleaned out Ellie's closet in search of her "valentines day shirt". These hangers all had clothes that were too small on them so we weeded through the "ugly and will never wear" and "has been cute for overworn" and boxed them up and found a whole new stack of clothes that might fit. I have some good advice for any new mother. save your money... dont buy a ton of baby clothes! yes they are cute and at first you may think they are worth it but when they only get the chance to wear them once it makes you feel like an idiot and it also makes the credit card companies glad that you are such a sucker. I swear to myself everytime i put away a very cute item of clothing that has been worn only once or twice that i will not buy more stuff until she is like two and can actually walk around and doesn't throw up on everything! (hopefully!). The outfit she has on in this pic only lasted about twenty minutes until peaches and rice cereal didn't agree with Miss Ellie. they were a cute twenty minutes though!

this computer never uploads the cutest pics. well this is the first time i actually tried to put ellie's hair in a piggy tail. she did not like it. that is why it is off centered and the rubberband i used is way too big. all in all it was a good learning experience. we are still sick and ellie has a bad case of the "trots", allowing us to leave church a little early today. it was a good effort in our part to go. i was the lady with the sick kid that probably should have stayed home. it was a singles ward though, so since there were no other babies i figured it would be ok.

well this is what we did for the superbowl...sleep. Ellie has now given me her sickness and we are both miserable. She has discovered my eyelashes due to all the sleeping and laying around we are doing, and my face is now all scratched up. for some reason she thinks its funny to grab at them with her little claws. i had another picture but it isnt working...sorry!

A Video!

I have been trying to put videos on here for months. apparently it was just the computer cause i didnt' do anything different than before. anyways, not much to see in this one but at least Grandma Annie we know it works and you will now get to see Ellie in motion!

Sick Day

Ellie is sick for the first real time. It stinks cause she is so crabby and she looks awful. Her eyes are runny and so is her nose. She is really just one big watery mess. My bed and her bed both have bugers all over the sheets...sick...and the poor kid even has crusty eyes. Luckily there was a blizzard here yesterday so i do not have to work today!!! So we are having a sick day.

The New Chair

So i decided i needed a chair for my living room. l've looked and looked and then the thought came to me to go to Goodwill. There it was! It looked like it was in pretty good shape so i loaded in in the 4runner and headed home. The only problem was that it reaked of smoke. i even found a cigarette burned to the inside of the fabric when i was removing it. I did not know of the smoke problem in the store cause everything there smells weird. So i recovered it using staples and elastic. I am very proud that i did not sew one stitch on this chair. It turned out pretty good i think!