January 18th 2007

One year ago today I had one of my prenatal doctor appointments. I was one week away from my due date with Elley and ready to pop. While I was there, my doctor did an ultrasound and found out that my fluid was a little low. Next thing you know I was being admitted and labor was induced. That was the beginning of a long labor. 25 hours later My Little Elley was born. So, obviously today is not her birthday but just wanted to post some pictures of one year ago!!!

Playing in the leaves

The weather in Arizona was a little "cold" during our visit. It actually rained while we were there, which was kind of fun. There were huge puddles everywhere and even a "lake" in front of David and Whitney's apartment. The last day we were there it was beautiful....that's the day we went out on the boat. When we got back we were all helping unload the boat and Elley was playing around in the front yard. As soon as she found the leaves she sat right down and started to play. These are some of the pictures I took before she got up to find bigger and better things. What a cute baby....if I do say so myself.

Our trip to Arizona

Four days after we came home from Leavenworth Adam, Elley and I went on a trip to Arizona to see our good friend David and his wife Whitney. We had such a fun time being on vacation and seeing the sights, but we were most excited about seeing our old friend David and meeting his new wife. Thanks guys for such a fun trip. We love you and miss you already.

Elley and Mommy at the Arizona temple

Elley, Mommy and Daddy

David teaching Elley how to drive a boat

I love my Daddy

We also had a chance to see our good friends the Kents. This is Elley with their oldest daughter. Jason took some good pictures of all the girls.....my camera's batteries went dead. You'll just have to check out Becca's blog to see those.

Our family at the Arizona temple visitors center

David, Whitney, and Elley

David took us on a hike to Superstitious Mountain (I hope I got that name right)

This is David......he is a very good sleeper. I have never laughed so hard in my life. David had fallen asleep and Adam and I couldn't resist the opportunity to play a little joke.

Elley loves her cousin Jordan

While in Leavenworth we got to see family that we haven't seen since Elley was about 3 months old. Elley really took to her cousin Jordan. Here are some pictures of them playing peek a boo.

Elley's new thing is giving loves. This is Elley loving Jordan

Our trip to Leavenworth

Here I am actually going off
a jump that Adam and Andrew built
outside Grandma and Grandpa's house. I think
this is right before I fell.
This is what our dogs look like after we let them go outside

Just a cute picture

Sledding

Just another cute picture

Jay just about to go off the jump

Elley ridding on her new toy from Grandpa and Grandma

Adam and Elley in Leavenworth

Adam getting like 3 feet of air

Andrew showing off his sweet skills

Taking the dogs for a walk

Christmas

I can not believe it's January 11th 2008. A year ago I was about ready to POP!! That's right....I can't believe that Elley is almost one.......but before I get to that, here is what happened in December.

Obviously Christmas was in December. We had a nice quite Christmas....just Adam, Elley, Andrew (Adam's brother) and I. In fact Adam had to work on Christmas eve and Christmas night, which was okay because we had him home for the morning. I think Elley had a fun time opening her gifts but really was only interested in the Snickers bar and Scope mouth wash that was in my stocking. She carried those two things around all morning and I still use the Scope to distract her sometimes. Here are some pictures of Christmas morning. Notice the bottle of Scope in Elley's hand.

What is wrong with our computer???

For about a month now our computer has been acting really strange. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't......and sometimes it runs really really slow. That's the worst....when it runs really really slow. I just get so frustrated that I end up turning it off and then coming back to it later. When the internet is working I try and get the most important stuff done......mainly bills, and keep putting off blogging. Well, here I am.....I'm not putting it off any longer. Besides I have to blog about our holidays and the places we have been.