Christmas 2010

Sooooo.. this is me procrastinating once again :) Seriously lately I have been so tired, all my energy is going to waking up and getting Eldon through the day happy! He and Mark are my buddies and all my energy is to them.. so onto an update:
Christmas was so fun and confusing and and CRAZY!! We got up tp my parents house Christmas Eve, we ate wonderful soup and then we did a Christmas message. Dad read I believe in Santa, one of my favorite books, and then he gave us all one,and we gave our gifts to Jesus. After that we exchanged PJ's and then "hat" gifts.
Christmas mornig Eldon climbed out of his crip at 4am and we were only able to hold him off until 6:30 when he refused to go back to sleep and he woke gran-ma and popa up!
We walked down the stairs to TONS of presents, and needless to say mark spoiled me I spoiled him we both spoiled Eldon and Mom and dad of course spoiled Eldon, me , Mark, Nic, Ella , and Krissy. Christmas was such a wonderful blessing to be with our family and enjoy one another. I know we won't always be able to live so close together so it's really nice to enjoy it while it is here. Here are some pictures that show more of the fun we had!

Thanks!

There are so many things to be thankful for but I just wanted to post a few that i am most grateful for this Christmas season!!

My Partner in crime. My LOVE! Mark!!!

My Perfect and energetic baby boy!!!

And my sweet little Gracie(who I really started to feel this week and last)

What a more perfect time to be thankful for the gift of our families than during the Christmas season! Merry Christmas to everyone! We love you all and are so grateful that you are apart of our lives!


P>S - I wanted to post pictures but it wasn't working so check back maybe later:)

Eldon's Babies

Eldon has a deep love for all of his babies! He loves to get them out of his frog storage unit and love and role and hug and kiss all of them, and when he is all done he will of course throw them across the room. Here is the latest picture of Eldon showing off his new "CHEESE" smile. ( By the way El has learned to smile on command when we say cheeeeeese! Who would guess his mom takes pictures :))))

How can you not give this little guy anything he wants! He is for sure spoiled

 Below are just a few more pictures from the past of Eldon Loving his favorite baby, his Frog Pittle, given to him by his uncle Pat!

April Showers bring May flowers but what do May-flowers bring??

April Showers bring May flowers but what do May-flowers bring..... Well for us it bring a baby girl!!
Me Mark and Eldon will be adding another member to our family come May 18th. We found out yesterday that we are having a little..........GIRL... We are so super excited. I think we both were really hoping for a girl, even though either would be a blessing. Now we get to buy bows, and everything PINK. Not quite sure that having a girl is good for our budget :) Mark is a little scared I will go overboard. But she will be very spoiled from both of us for sure.
We are 16 weeks now and were able to get our first ultrasound yesterday on 11/27. She was so perfect, and it was so amazing watching her. She was so much the opposite of Eldon. Eldon would move and flip and turn and kick every which way. And he was not shy about showing he was a boy. This time our little bug just stayed curled up in t tight ball with her hands by her nose and both femurs tight together and tucked in close by her little tummy.
She had a perfect little button nose and cute little kissable lips just like her daddy. My favorite part was just watching how sweet she looked, she made this soft little movements (very opposite of Eldon). What i mean to say by all this is that, Eldon turned out just like he was in utero- wild and full of energy, and it was so cool to see how different our little girl was in the womb. We are thinking she may be a little calmer that her big brother, more like her dad is: content.
We are so grateful for this little blessing that has come into our lives, in a time when school, and work, and life is so crazy, it is nice to remember and be reminded by our heavenly father what matters most- Our Eternal family, and our family has grown by one!

Enjoy some pictures:

Meet our baby girl

Gracie

life is good

Today is likely to be one of the most disappointing days our family has had in a while, nothing serious really, but a real wake up call. Mark decided we needed to get out of the house and get our minds off things, so we decided to go to the Halloween store and look around. Eldon sure had fun looking at all the scary things there. On a side note when did Halloween get to be this major slutty holiday, half the costumes in there covered like 1 tenth of your body or they were dirty and degrading! Whatever I'm just saying we always dressed up in something we wanted to be, or something fun.. like a pumpkin, or a clown, or my usually favorite: the princess which my dad made for me almost every year.... anyway back to subject.
We didn't find anything there so we went to Chick-fi-la.. .my favorite by the why, and had a perfect lunch and then we headed for home. We of course hit traffic because of u-dot!!!!!! and I laughed so hard Mark was making a funny noise every time we passed an orange cone, and after we had passed a few, Eldon was laughing too, and he started making the funny noises too! What a fun ride home, but none the less that doesn't take my mind away from the fact of earlier today, but it does put things in perspective. I love my family and at the end of the day that is all that matters to me!

A great day

what a long time it seems it has been. I need to keep up with this so I don't forget all the wonderful memories our family has together.I have too say that having a husband who is going into firefighting is so amazing, yeah he will be working 24 hour shifts but only a few times a week, and the rest of the time will be spent with us! Me and Eldon love him so much, and I hate to admit it but Eldon gets most of the attention from him. They are really best buddies! El lights up every time dad comes back, and he cries every time he leaves. Right now Mark is doing tub time with Eldon, and I can't help but stand back and laugh at all the good times they have together. Eldon sure does know how to have fun with his daddy.
We were able to go to a play place for lunch, which is El's new favorite thing to do. we ordered a thing of fries to share and Eldon ate them all up. He also enjoyed sticking his hand in the fry saucee and licking it up, but he always made a gross face after he licked it. We played and trust me those play places were not meant for adults the little tubes just are too small for me and mark. It was funny watching mark go through the tubs, and I bet he had just as much fun watching me fit through the piping.
Eldon is our perfect little guy, and he is getting so much fun. He loves to say balloon, baba, mama, uh-oh, and I think he calls mark duhdo. but we will just wait and see if that sticks. He is out little ball of energy. He runs around ALL day from when he wakes up till he go to bed, and when he goes to bed at night he crashed from 6:30 til 8 or 9 usually. Mark has been the lucky one to be home when he doesn't wake till 11am!!! He sleeps so good, and I couldn't ask for a better baby, and we definitely didn't do any of this night time routine ourselves, Eldon is the one who drags us into the bathroom to start tub time, and ever since he could he has insisted his bed time be earlier, and he was right. Sorry if this post seems to be bragging I just wanted to write about how much I love the little things my son does!

Time is Flying

Me and Mark were talking today about how the past 2 weeks seems to have flown by. On one hand it's a good thing, but when it comes to studying for anatomy it is a very very very bad thing. Last week in anatomy has been hard, but this week is a good break.
Me and Mark, and Eldon have been busy running here and there. This week we went to "This is the Place" with mom, Kristen, and Ella. We had a picnic, and then took a train ride around the park. It was okay, although nothing in that park is really original, everything has been restored and moved to this park, or it is a replica, but it is a good view into what life was like during those times.
Me and Mom canned peaches.... this is no easy task. It took us almost half the day and after peeling and processing 2 bushels of peaches, we ended up with about 30 or so Quart size jars of peaches: 15 a piece. So now we have salsa and peaches canned. We are thinking about making apple pie filling sometime next week, but we are taking a little break: The Peaches wore us out.
Eldon is still weighing in at a sturdy 25lbs, and he grows more and more every day. It's weird how he has been the same weight for months not but he keeps getting taller. Me and mark comment everyday> "do you think he looks taller than yesterday?" But other than that we are still teething, Tooth # 10 is making his way down, Eldon sure lets us know when they hurt. He will rub his gums or point to his toothbrush and he just rubs away. He is great at brushing his teeth if I forget to brush them at night he will point to the sink, very demanding for a 15 month old!
Eldon also is on the verge of talking every day! although most of the words he wants to say all start with a "B". He loves to point and say ba, or baaaall, or buuuu, and baba. I then have to interpret that to mean Baba-bottle, balloon(he is obsessed- we cant pass a car lot without him freaking out), and book. i would even go as far as to say that bottles, balloons, and books are his favorite things in the world! I have been trying to get him to drink from a sippy cup, but he just is very insistent, he will keep saying baba and increasing volumes until I switch, but I am determined to win :) I wonder where he gets his stubbornness from???
El is a big ball of energy and is so happy to be playing at the time, from 7:30 til 11 and then from 1/2ish pm till 6pm he is all  business and all about playing. He is not one to sit still and play with a toy he has to drag, or run around the house with said toy.
We love out little man and we are really so blessed. Eldon is such a sweet little guy and you can't help but be in a good mood when your around him.
Oh and speaking of time flying... Mark is 25!!!! This is a little late, he turned 25 on September 16th. 25.... that is just crazy to me to think how much has changed in the past years: he was 16 when we met, 17 when we first kissed, and he took me to my sophomore homecoming, 19  when he came back to GA from Utah before his mission and took me to my junior homecoming, and I feel for him for the first time. 21 when we were reunited in Utah after his mission to CT and RI, and became fast friends, 22 when we started dating seriously and when we got married In April of 2008( I was only 19!!! Wow I was young!)  23 when we were married for one year and when he became a dad in July of 2009. 24 for year 2 of marriage and the graduation from UFRA- fire academy, and now here we are after all that has gone on in the last almost 10 years (9 but close enough) He is still that fun loving perfect boy I fell in love with at 19, except for now he is the man I love and the one I am going to spend the rest of eternity with! I love you Marky!! Happy birthday!