5 months old

I can't believe how big she is already. It goes by too fast. But she is just like her daddy - loves her diet coke. Great!!! Actually she is getting a tooth, seems a bit early to us but she is an overachiever just like her parents ;-) so we let her suck on the cold cans. She seems to really like it.
These should be the new advertisements for drinking diet coke :)
Family swim time
Her totally awesome spf 50 suit - no sunscreen required. Plus she looks like the people who swim with Shamu at Sea World. Works great for our long boat rides on Utah Lake too. She will be surfing in no time.
This is one of my favorite outfits of hers. Of course I had to alter it and take in about 3 inches so that it would fit her narrow shoulders and butt (thanks Amy for your help) along with a bunch of other "3-6 month" clothes that didn't fit.

She is super happy all the time and loves to talk, and be heard. She is really loud when she wants to be, reminds me of Alex :)
This is a common site to me, while Alex and I try to sleep in on the weekends with her between us she attacks our faces. I have little cuts from her sharp nails. But I like the attention. Overall she isn't much of a snuggeler.


She giggles all the time at Alex and me, and she is starting to be ticklish in her legs. I love to squeeze them.

Otherwise, we are all surviving. The dog has fungal ear infections and bacterial skin infections, which require twice a day medicine, rinsing of the ears and ear medicine - which he likes to shake out and it keeps landing on me. Sick.

Oh, did I mention Alex now works in California and lives in LA Monday through Thursday??? Ya one week down, 8 more months to go. Yipee for us! But at least it is a permanent promotion in the making.

Harley Davidson For Sale

Hey everyone,

My dad is selling his 1997 Harley Davidson for $9500. It has 4680 miles and runs great.

Call Alex if you are interested, and for more details...801-201-3013

4th of July Weekend

BBQ and fireworks at my parents Sunday night, the 4th. My entire family was there. We had home-made ice cream and played badminton. Elli even fell asleep on my parent's bed early so we could hang out all night.

Elli playing with her cousin Autumn. They are about 3 months apart.

I forgot the flash, oops.

Love this picture!!!

Elli's cousin, Baby Jones (2.5 months apart) - BRRRRRR

We were freezing on Friday night at Paula's pool

4 months

We had our check up today...

11 lbs - 4th %
22.5 inches - 5th %
Head 40th %

No no that's not a typo after the head size. She gets that from her daddy :-)

Doing good - giggling occasionally and reaching for things.

We love her!

Quick update

Busy busy busy

I went back to work when she was 6 1/2 weeks old. Haven't had much spare time since so no time for blogging. Working full time and having a kid is harder than I thought it would be - I cried a lot those first few weeks. She is now 11 weeks old and in the 7th percentile for weight - 9 pounds and 8 ounces. She is a runt, as my dad likes to call her. I swear I am feeding her - guess I produce skim milk.

She smiles all the time and loves to stand up. She still loves her binkie but not quite as much - she would rather chat with us when she is fed and happy - she is quite the talker, soft and quiet sometimes then loud and assertive other times.

Anywho, here is a slideshow because it is way easier to put onto the blog!

1 Month Old!!!

I can't believe she is already one month old :(
I took these photos in her room at the 1 month mark. I am hoping to take one of her on this chair with her owl each month to see how she grows!

Ok now onto the professionals...

Cynthia, Alex's cute sister, is learning to do photography and took these awesome shots when Elli was 2 weeks old. Pretty good for "learning" if I say so myself!

A friend of mine, Jen Bertoch, does the coolest photos of kids, family and the outdoors. She is learning to do infant photos so we spent a Saturday together and she did some really great work! Most of Elli's pictures are on Jen's website:

http://jenniferbertochphotography.blogspot.com/

CHECK HER OUT!!!

(I just put 2 on here)

Some more of Elli...

Baby Announcement

So we are surviving although the lack of sleep is just about going to kill me. I am going back to work in just 2 weeks and am hoping over that time she learns to keep herself asleep at night. Otherwise she is a great baby. She only cries when something is really bothering her, otherwise she is pretty content. And she is so stinking cute! Can't wait for her to actually smile AT me :)

First day home, stuck in the bili bed all day :(

Sleeping in with dad

5 days old

Sleeping on mom's chest - her favorite past-time.

Check out my sweet bow!

Look how big my binky is!

I LOVE MY BINKY!!

Yikes. She makes the goofiest faces.

Sleeping with her arms sticking out - love it

My cute cousin made these newborn baby legs that are so tiny

Uh oh - binky fell out