"Peek..."

"A..."

"Boo!"

"I'm king of the mountain called "daddy"


"Oh this looks like fun!"


"I love that flash thing mama always points my direction"


"We love purple"


"This is what happens when mama gives me total control of my bottle! yum"

First road trip

Nate and I thought driving to Utah would be a fun thing to do in October. Boy was it! Travi went with us too and we got to see Katie in Provo and Grandparents/Aunts in SLC. Overall a good trip, but glad we're not doing another one until Ellie is a year old.


Gpa Meryhew


Tiffanie Player (they're "sisters"!)


relaxing in the love sac


"what?"


These are all from our hike to Stewart Falls in the Provo Canyon. Beautiful Fall colors



Ellie asleep, hiking must have tired her out!














These faces pretty much capture her time in the car seat: happy, to delirious, to crazy, to insane from the sleep deprivation torture we put her through!

catching up

Ellie is 7 months now, holy cow. She is so much fun. She is crawling everywhere, eating everything she shouldn't including computer cords, and she is pulling herself up to a standing position. crazy. we really have to start baby-proofing this place! she loves eating and sometimes we can't get it in her mouth fast enough. she loves to scrunch her nose and breathe heavily through her nose. i think she likes the sound she can make while doing it. she is definitely a mama's girl. she cries whenever i get up to throw away her diaper, sheesh,i'm still in the same room :) she is a good baby, makes us laugh a lot and is so much fun to snuggle, when she holds still long enough to let us!


"I didn't do it!"



Ladies in red


twins Marc and James came over to play for a while, Ellie loved the company


breaking in the new highchair


Four generations of girls


livin' on the edge!

new feats (pun intended!)

look who's sitting all by herself!


a quiet moment with dad




bathtime fun








who needs baby food? i have feet to eat!


sorry Katie, Nate couldn't resist putting it on her head :) she's enthralled!

ouch!

Today was dental day! I had molds taken today to get a new retainer to get my teeth back straight. Four plus years of not wearing your retainers that never fit right to begin with will do that to you. Then I had a filling done. I'm trying to decide if it was the 10 shots needed to get my mouth numb, the drilling, or keeping my mouth open that long that is now killing me. I'm thinking it was all the stabbing. I should take some drugs.

Oregon trip Aug 2010

relaxin' in the outdoors! something we never do in AZ


she loved all the attention!




Kodee, Ellie, Avery


this is why we love the Northwest, we'll be back!


swingin' on my birthday


Yesenia made us both beautiful, I love getting my hair done and Ellie looks pleased with her embellishments too!



Nana and Papa


Ellie trying to eat her cousin Avery


Great Grandma Brown


Great Grandma Lemmon


Uncle Adam


The center of attention


Nana and Ellie


Avery made her giggle and giggle


asleep on the plane, thank you!