A Little Late But Worth the Wait

Here are Baby Elise's 7 and 8 month old pictures. I can't believe how much she has grown compared to last month. She is just the cutest dang thing and we love her so much.

8 Tag

My friend Devri tagged me.....

8 FAVORITE TV SHOWS I LOVE TO WATCH
The Amazing Race
The Office
Survivor
The Hills
Ellen
Dr. 90210
Real Housewives of the OC
The Biggest Loser

8 FAVORITE RESTAURANTS
JCW's
Taco Amigo
Pizzeria Seven Twelve
Bailey's Sandwich Shop
Texas Roadhouse
Whataburger
Macaroni Grill
Bombay House

8 THINGS THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY

Listened to Jim speak in church
Taught the 6 year olds in primary
Called to teach the Marriage and Family Relations class
Cooked a pizza
Watched some football
Gave Elise a bath
Ate Muddy Buddies
Watched The Amazing Race

8 THINGS I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO

Spending Thanksgiving with our friends in Texas
Jim being done with this semester
Going home to Utah for 1 month
Meeting my nephew Riley for the first time
Seeing Timpanogos and all its beauty
Running with my Dad while I am home
Shopping with my sister while I am home
Spending 3 weeks of no school or work with Jim and Elise

8 THINGS ON MY WISH LIST

Live closer to family
Go on another cruise to Alaska, this time with Jim
My daughter to grow up a strong and confidant woman
A house
Range Rover-black and pimped out
Be a better person
Rachel Zoe as my personal stylist
Jim to be done with school

People I am tagging
If you read this consider yourself tagged

8 Months old

It is hard to believe that Elise is now 8 months old. She is getting to be such a big girl. She makes us smile everyday. We feel so thankful to be parents to this sweet girl.
Here are some of the things she is doing right now:

• Has her first tooth
• Starting to crawl
• Sits up on her own
• Pulls herself up so she is standing while holding on to something
• She likes her rice cereal and sweet potatoes but doesn't like her multi-vitamins (yuck, I don't blame her)

We are having fun watching her grow and learn. We are so excited to be going to Utah for the holidays and spending time with family and friends.
Here are some videos of Elise playing in her crib. ENJOY!!!

Baby Girl's First Haircut
The Baby girl's hair was just getting a little long on top. It would flop over into her eyes and I couldn't get it to stay out. Tasha was getting her hair cut so we took Elise along. Our friend Devron cut her hair and did a great job. Elise did great and was pretty good while Dev cut it. Having her sit on Tashas lap was a good idea since she could still see me. I love the zebra print smock. I must admit I was a little afraid of what Jim would say since I didn't tell him I was doing it. He loves it!

Team Jesse
I am so sad right now. If you haven't heard DeAnna broke up with Jesse. You can read all about it on their website. The link is under friends on the sidebar. I think he is such a great guy, any girl would be lucky to be with him. I think DeAnna is still in love with Graham!!

Our Trip To Utah
What we did:

We went to Park City

Saw the beautiful mountains we miss so much, especially Timpanogos

Enjoyed the fall weather outside

Slept in everyday!

Played football with Cade and Jake

Got ready for the "big game" which wasn't so big after all

Went rollerskating at Classic Skating for girls night

Went for a beautiful walk up Provo Canyon

Enjoyed Bridal Veil Falls. It was Elise's first time to the falls

Went to Gardner Village (twice)

Hung out with family
Got haircuts. That's right Elise got her first haircut. I will post more about that later. Thanks to Roni for my great cut and color and to Devron for cutting Elise's hair. We love our new do's.

Halloween 1976
Yvonne

Halloween 2008

Elise

My mom made this turtle costume for me in 1976. When I went home to visit we pulled it out and put it on Elise. It has held up pretty well considering it is 32 years old. I know I wasn't the only one to wear it either. I think all of my brothers were put in it at one time or another.

Natasha and Yvonne Halloween 1976
-she's still a little devil-

This little ladybug says:

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Back in the Swing of Things
Elise and I returned home to find our sweet Jim-Dad waiting for us. When you are the one on vacation time seems to go by a lot faster than those at home. We had such a great time with family and friends and I am so thankful that Jim let us leave him for 2 weeks.
I have a ton of pictures I need to post of our fun trip to Utah. I forgot my cord to my camera at my parents. Hopefully I will get them posted soon.

A Day At The Park

The weather this time of year is gorgeous. Today we went to the park with Jim's sister Ellen and cousin Mackenzie. Elise and I had a great time and we enjoyed being outside in the beautiful fall air.

I love this girl

Elise loved the swing

Elise and Mackenzie

Ellen and Kenz getting ready to go down the slide

Ellen is a good sport, even though she is 5 months pregnant she still went down the slide with Kenz. She is brave.

Kenz climbing to the top of the slide all by herself.

Who Let The Dogs Out

Elise is getting to be around dogs, something she hasn't ever done. She loves them and is cute to watch as she tries to play with them. Thankfully both Grandma Kathie and Aunt Tasha have mellow dogs that love kids. Uncle Brent and Aunt Jen's dog Solo is a little bit more playful which Elise loved.

Playing with Otis at Grandma Kathie's

Elise and Tamone at Aunt Tasha's house

Our Flight to Utah

Elise did so well on the airplane on our flights to Utah. She is such a good little traveler. We had to change planes in Las Vegas and as we were waiting to board our flight we sat next to the slot machines. Elise loved the noise and just sat there so content listening to the slot machines. Note to self in 21 years watch Elise around the slot machines.

New Kids On The Block were playing at Madalay Bay that night. I figured this is as close as I was going to get to the concert.
We are so happy to be at home in Utah for 2 weeks. We woke up to snow on Sunday morning which was so fun. We miss our Daddy who is working hard at school in Texas.

The Rock Star Ride

Our friends Todd and Frances gave us this when Elise was born. She is pretty happy in it, and now thinks she deserves to be "chauffeured" around town (our apartment). Baby girl now has a rock star ride to match the her rock star hair. This afternoon we found her strapping herself in and pointing in the direction she wanted to go. Once you give in to their demands.... Little diva.

My Two Babies

We have had a nice relaxing weekend at home as a family. I love this time of year and watching General Conference for our church. In case you are interested and want to watch it click here.
I feel renewed and am committed to being a better person and serving those around me. I feel thankful to be a woman and a mother. I am so blessed by my Heavenly Father. I was also reminded this weekend that we have many opportunities living in Texas to make new friends and share our beliefs.

We love technology and are grateful that we could watch all the sessions on the internet from the comfort of our own home. Today we have had a huge thunderstorm which made us cozy up even more while at home.

Elise continues to bring us joy. She loves to roll around in her blankets on the floor. I will come up to her and say "where's the baby girl" She just laughs and keeps hiding. It is so cute. These pictures are her coming out of her sausage roll.

I Am Okay With My Husband's Man-Crush

I am excited about the new James Bond movie coming out in November but not as excited as my husband. He really likes Daniel Craig and isn't afraid to admit he has a man-crush on him. Lately, Jim goes around telling me to call him "James" and asking for his protein drinks to be "shaken, not stirred." My opinion? I think he has beautiful blue eyes.....o yeah and he isn't too hard to look at either. Jim thinks he's a great actor and loves his "action" moves. I think Jim is confused about what those "action" moves are....

For the Grandparents

The Shirt Says It All

I am not really sure why Elise has decided that she likes to wake up at 3am to eat. She has always been a great sleeper, sleeping through the night since she was 2 months old. However, lately she has been waking up to eat around 3am. Maybe she is just teething or having a growth spurt. Whatever the reason we hope she goes back to her old schedule.

We are enjoying our new life here in Lubbock. We sure do miss our friends and family in Utah. Elise and I will be going back to Utah for 2 weeks. I am excited to see our families and friends. Jim has a very busy October with school so we figured it was a good time to go. We are going to miss Jim but thanks to Skype we will be able to talk to him each night.