President's Day

So for the long weekend we went to Utah to visit my grandma. She lives past Salt Lake, so it's a long ride with a baby. We visited some of our favorite friends in St. George, Jeremy, Mindy and there cute kids. It was a good break for Ella from her car seat. We had lunch and then they invited us to Jeremy's parents corral to see the animals. I thought Ella would be so excited. Well, she HATED it. She was so scared, it was sad and amusing all at the same time. I think she will hate cows and horses for the rest of her life:) We will just have to visit them more, but we wish they still lived right by us. Mindy was a lifesaver and let us borrow there portable DVD player for the rest of our drive. I am going to have to invest in one of those, although listening to baby Einstein for that long gave Stewart and I a bit of a headache. Thanks again Mindy:) You saved us. We had a great time hanging out with my Grandma, Aunt Kathleen and cousins. We even got to see Aunt Ashlyn, which Ella loved. We visited with my other grandparents, but that was Sunday night after few long days and Ella wasn't in the best of moods. Thanks to our family for a great weekend.

Our little family on the hay bell

Cute Brockster and MacKenzie

You would think we were torturing her. She hated the cows and horses, I think she only likes the pictures.

Great Grandma reading to Ella... one of her happier moments:)

Great Gpa and Gma Laughter.... after a long day. Ella was ready for bed- she took off her sweater and skirt and was asking to go, night night.

This is Ella like two seconds after we put her to bed........ lack of sleep for a one year old is not a good thing!

CHILD ABUSE?

So, first of all before I get into why we are mean parents.... isn't this the cutest coat ever!!! I got it at Gap for a steal. It will fit her next year and I couldn't leave it in the store. I want it in my size..... but I feel like that about most of her clothes:)


So, after almost 16 months of trying to convince Stewart to let me pierce Ella's ears he gave in. I LOVE it. She did great, and it was over really fast. Seriously cried for like a minute and then was so excited about all the jewelry in the store. I did feel bad but I am glad that I did it. I can't believe how good she did. We also bought her some cute necklaces that she loves...... because we felt bad:( And you can tell she didn't care much at all- chillin in her chair, drinking her milk

This is our crazy sleeper. We are going to need to upgrade her soon. She seriously is a nutty sleeper.

Does she look excited or what?!?!

We took Ella to the park and she was not to sure about the whole thing. She was pretty timid when it can to anything. We would put her down and she would just stand still and if she did walk it was very SLOWLY. We will go more when it warms up so she can get used to it. She didn't know what to think of the swings and she just stayed really still and looked scared. It was funny for us. There is never a dull moment with her:) I think Stewart had way more fun than Ella. He is one BIG kid!

Hinckley Challenge

Check out this website: http://www.hinckleychallenge.com/. It challenges us to read the Book of Mormon in 97 days in honor of President Hinckley. We are going to do it and I challenge all of you to do it too.