Another round of photos

So I have to admit I feel a little guilty for not putting much content up on our blog. It is mostly a lot of cute pictures of Elsie. I guess the reason why is because I just don't think I have much of interest to share with you all except for my perfect little girl!! Who am I kidding the only reason I have a blog is so my friends and family can watch Elsie grow. So if you don't like looking at Elsie I am sorry but I am not changing the content of my blog any time soon. For those of you who like looking at Elsie and occasionally us (and I assume that means most of you) enjoy!!

Return and report

It has been a few weeks now but I just wanted to report on our date night...well actually afternoon. We had a great time as you can imagine. We dropped Elsie off at her friends house around 2:00 and then went to a late lunch. We went to an Italian buffet. It was pretty good but the absolute best thing and the reason why I want to go back is the crepes. After our bellies were bulging from "all you can eat" we went to a movie to burn off all the calories we ate. Well we did laugh a little so that might have burned a few calories! It was great fun and we have pledged to try and have a date night or afternoon at least once a month. Wish us luck!

Our fist date in months

Well today is Valentines day and yes we are actually going on a date! It will be the first one since we visited family in Utah in November. We have planed at least one other date but then Elsie got sick and could not go to play at her little friends house and spread her germs. So I hope all of you love birds have a fun and happy Valentines day I know we will!!

Trying to be like daddy

Elsie is trying to be like daddy. To start she follows him around a lot which is not surprising. She tries to put on his cuff links, his pants and would try his shirts on if she knew how. She also likes to drink from his big cup and eat ice with him (yes he gives her small pieces which she proceeds to chew just like daddy). I am sure she will only be increasing her daddy like activities as time goes on.

Here she is trying on the pants.
And here she is drinking for daddy's big cup.

A few cute ones

Well we have not been up to much lately. Just hanging out and playing a lot. Elsie is loving reading books and wants to read more then anything else. We have been able to go to the park a lot lately since the weather has been so nice (in the 60's and 70's). This of course is unseasonably warm and today we were back to seeing our breath in the cold air. She loves the swing and when asked "what do you say when you are on the swing?" she responds "Weeeeee". She also loves the slides and will climb up the steps over and over again to go down the slide. She has started saying "see ya" in addition to "bye bye". I think that is about it for all the new cute things she does...that I can remember. She does cute things all the time so it is hard to commit them to memory or to write them all down.

Gamme's visit

We are so happy to say that my mom just came out to visit us for a week. We went to lots of Church History sites and and just hung out and had fun. She and Elsie really hit it off which was so fun to watch. They read stories together and played. We had a great time with her and wish she could have stayed for longer.


Here we are at Liberty Jail where several Mormons including Joseph Smith were held with out a just cause through a very cold winter.

We also went to Nauvoo IL. We went to several of the historic sites there and also enjoyed the temple. Here we are in the freezing cold by the brick yard.

It has been a while

Well it has been a while since I have posted. Life is going well here. I have lots of photos to post so brace yourself.

Her first masterpiece

Elsie has created her first masterpiece of art work...if you don't count coloring that is. She actually did her first painting about a month ago at the Parents As Teachers play center. I think she did a very nice job don't you?

Here she is creating her next masterpiece. This one is done with her new finger paints which she liked enough to taste.

The aftermath

I am actually pretty happy with the lack of mess we ended up with after Christmas morning. That and the well planed out present buying (lots of books and just a few toys) made for a perfect Chirstmas!! Thanks to all our grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins for all the fun gifts...Elsie loves them all!

Stocking time

So this year we did things a bit backwards and opened our stockings after we did our presents. But it was fun anyway. You might notice below that Elsie was sneaking a bit of butterfingers while we were not looking.



Dad helping her empty her stocking.


Does anyone remember the sock monster?? Well last Christmas Will used four socks to cover each appendage of our little girl. So he had to have his fun this year too. I wonder how many years Elsie will put up with this nonsense.



As you can see she did not really like the stockings on her legs but she is still small so it is hard for her to fight Will off!! Maybe next year she will have a chance.

Christmas morning

We stayed home for Christmas this year. But is was fun just the same. Here we are Christmas eve after getting back from the Evans family Christmas party. Our tradition is to open one gift on Christmas eve. I was reading up on other peoples traditions and saw one I think I might steal. The family drew names and made a homemade gift for one member of the family and then gave it to them on Christmas eve. I think with a little help Elsie could make Will and incredible magnet next year!!




Here is Elsie on Christmas morning checking out the gifts. If anyone was wondering Will dressed her so that is why she has on pink striped pants and a candy cane shirt.

Pattycake Pattycake Backers Man

Decorating the Christmas tree

A week ago we decorated our Christmas tree. Elsie tried really hard to put the ornaments on the tree but still needs a little help. Fortunately Will has mastered it so he stepped in and helped.

Some cute shots

I just wanted to share these cute photos.

One day I was minding my own business when all of the sudden I hear this clunking noise getting closed to me. It was Elsie in one of my high heal shoes. Elsie used to just try on our shoes and stay put but now she has started walking in our shoes.



Another day I realized she had been quiet for quite a while which is not usually a good sign. So I went looking for her and found her in her room with clothes all around her on the floor. And one pair of shorts around her ankles. She has been undressing her self for a while but now she has taken an interest in dressing herself. Mostly she does this by putting on pants with both legs in one leg hole.