BABY!

It's true!

We are having a baby! Another one!

We are very excited to welcome our newest family member in December. :)

Elliot is as excited as a 9 month old can be about the big news! Ha ha she just claps and smiles because mom and dad make it sound so exciting!

So just to do the math for you... I am now 14 weeks along and this will put Elliot and the new babe 15 to 16 months apart.

I felt pretty yucky this time around for the first 12 weeks, but the last two weeks have been wonderfully better.

Jake is convinced it's a boy because I've felt so different this time. But we shall see.

We find out if Elliot is getting a brother or sister in 4 weeks on July 8th! Eeek! So anxious!!

In other great news....



We are now residents of Riverton, Ut in a nice 2 bed one bath basement apt. and boy do we ever love this city! It's just a great location and feels like home to us. We love the combination of old and new here. Our ward has been very welcoming, and all in all we are just really enjoying it here!

Jake is really liking his new job as a customer/technical support specialist for Provo Craft. They have recently relocated to South Jordan,so he is minutes from work now. So nice!!!

I am still designing from home and have started coaching again a couple nights a week at Black Diamond Gymnastics in South Jordan. I LOVE being back in the gym!

Life is good.

Sleep & Thrush Update!

Cutest purple face ever!

Yay! Turns out the reason for her yucky sleep schedule was a result of Thrush! I was telling Jill (Elliot's Grandma Webster), that you could see two little teeth pressing against her lower gums, so she decided to take a look and that's when we saw it. White stuff on her tongue, then we looked some more and sure enough it was all over the inside of her cheeks and roof of her mouth. Jill knew right away it was Thrush. Poor baby! Ugh it looked SO sore! So, I took everyones advice and we ordered some Gention Violet. 24 hours later and it was gone! What a miracle that little medicine is! She's slept so much better since this little incident. Just in time for her to start cutting her first teeth. Awesome. :)

HELP! We need some advice!

K, here's the deal! This baby won't sleep!!! She doesn't sleep well for naps or at night, it's like she doesn't need it! What's the deal? I'm interested to hear what's worked for any of you???

5 months OLD!!!

She made us laugh pretty good when she did this and because we thought it was so funny she kept it in her mouth forever! Oh I just love her!!!

I can't believe our little baby is already 5 months!!!

Here are a few of her latest achievements...

* She thinks if someone is laughing, and I mean ANYone, that they are laughing at her because she's so funny and cute (she thinks) (I mean we think so too, it's just funny that she already thinks that!!!). She smiles and blinks and leans toward that person. She is just absolutely confident that she is the reason for all of the joy and laughter at any given time. :)

* When she does something funny, and we laugh oh does she ham it right up!

* She loves bath time! Splashes like crazy! Doesn't care if it gets on her face, or in her eyes or ALL over me!

* She has figured out how to fake laugh and cough in order to get attention from her family members.

* She loves the bouncer. She can bounce for ever and now she is standing on her own (in the bouncer of course)!

* She is speaking jibberish fluently and frequently now.

* She's a little night owl like her parents.

* One of my favorite things is that to fall asleep she has to play with my face.

* She's laughing and giggling more and more. She finds her parents quite hilarious and that's one of the best feelings ever!

* Other than an ear infection and a cold she has been one healthy girl!

We feel so blessed that she was sent to our family. She brings us so much joy. Words can't say enough how much we love this little girl. Parenthood is quite the experience! :)

We hope all is well with you---our family and friends!




Multi Tasking...

WHAT A BLESSING! ...and anniversary! :)

Today marked one year of marriage for Jake and I!!! I can't believe how much we've experienced in this past year...

Married

Move to Idaho

Pregnancy

Move back to Utah

Have baby

Just to name a few...

In between those events- SO many adventures...

I'm so blessed to have experienced them all along side my best friend and EC/hubby. Jake is a loving husband and father and, well, words can't say how lucky Elliot and I are to have him.

Also, today Jake was able to give Elliot her name and blessing. He administered such a sweet, and touching blessing. She has great things in store, our special little girl.

We had a GREAT weekend! Nana (my mom), Papa (my dad), Hannah (my "baby" sis), and Bailey (my niece) all drove out from Cali and Abby (my lil' sis) came out from Idaho. We had such a great time with them, and are so greatful that they were able to come out to spend this special weekend with us. On Saturday we decided to head out to the SLC and visit temple square. When we left Springville, it was cold but sunny. The closer we got to Salt Lake, the snowier it got! So we parked at the conference center, bundled up the babe, and braved the weather as we all ran around like mice in a maze trying to figure out how the heck to get out of the parking lot that faces temple square! It was pretty hilarious, and the family really loved seeing and playing in all that snow. What's with there not being handycap/stroller ramps on the outside of the conference center!? Oh well, after a lovely tour of the parking lot we figured it out. :) After our tour of the visitors center we headed over to Trolley square for brinner. It was just so great to see my fam!

Sunday, Elliot was blessed by her daddy and was surrounded by uncles and grandpa's. She did so good. She just stared at her dad and was so calm and awake. With lots of help from Jill (my mother in law) we made her blessing dress from my wedding dress. She also wore pink and white chrocheted (sp?) slippers that her great grandma Ebert made for her, and beautiful beaded bracelet from her aunt Lyndsie, and a gorgeous head piece by her aunt Kaylee. She looked adorable. Her great grandma Ebert also made the blanket that you'll see in the slide show that I'll be posting.

It has been a great weekend/day/year!