So Tired

So, we were trying to put Ellie down tonight after a long day at church and no nap after. She was extremely tired. She was crying and saying, "I no go night night!" After realizing that we were serious she got in her bed and started screaming, 'I no go night night! I no go night night!" In the middle of her 'night' she yelled-yawned. It was the weirdest and cutest thing I have ever seen. Michael and I started laughing right in the middle of her good-night song, but we managed to finish it alright. Wish you all were there or that we had a camera going!

Ellie has a Doggie

Ellie has a doggie that keeps eating all her owwies. I don't know where it came from, but she is convinced that her owwies come from a dog. About two minutes after an 'owwie' happens is when the story changes to the dog. She doesn't hate dogs, though. She loves them. Both Ellie and now Jack love to play 'doggie.' Kids really come up with the darnedest things.

Halloween

Just so you know. We were the same thing for Halloween we were last year. Jack was Gollum (grey clothes and a loin-cloth), Ellie was Frodo, Michael was Aragon (new wig) and I was Eowin (or however you say/spell the Elf-princess' name).

Fun at the Babcocks Part 2

So, Halloween video coming up and even more fun moments...

This video is a compilation of all the pictures Ellie has taken. Well, all the ones that aren't too blurry or a close up of our carpet. They get better and better as you get towards the end because she figured out how things worked. I think she may have a talent.

Enjoy

Fun at the Babcocks

We've had lots of little cute moments. Here are a few. There are a lot more to come.

As I was doing the video I realized that Jack's laugh changes. I think he knows he's going to be Gollum for Halloween. :)

Night, Night Jesus!

Just so you all know. I am making another video. I'm just finding it hard to do all the things expected of me (church callings, household chores, mothering...) and finding time for my hobbies. It's on the way though.

In the mean time, I thought I'd share what Ellie did this morning. In my closet I had a 6 inch statue I painted of Christ with two kids and a sheep. I've kept it in my closet since the move because I really don't know where to put it. We don't have that much by way of furniture yet and not a lot of shelf space either. Anyway, Ellie found it this morning as I was getting ready. She decided that Jesus must be tired and wanted to put him 'night-night.' So she took the statue into her room, put it on her pillow, draped a blanket about it and started singing Silent Night. Then she closed the door while saying, "Night night Jesus. Love you! Have fun!"

Crazy Weather!

I think mother nature has things a little messed up. One day it was nice and about 75 degrees. The next day...SNOW ALL DAY! Ugh. It's all melted off now, but I'm sure my nice sunny days are behind us. :(

Monster!

We all were listening to a conference talk this morning while Michael was putting up a gate around our pellet stove. It snowed all day yesterday - so we need the heat :(. There was a picture on his I-pad of President Monson. Michael thought it would be a good learning opportunity for Ellie and told her that it was President Monson, out prophet. Ellie tried repeating the name. "Pres-dent Monster!" Michael tried correcting her but she kept saying, "Pres-dent Monster! Pres-dent Monster!"

How I do the Videos

Someone recently asked about how I do these videos. I've had that question in the past and am not sure if I answered it. So, here it is.

I use a program called iMovie HD on my mac. It's an older version of iMovie. Both programs are great, but I'm just use to the HD version so I use that most often.

I sync the clips/photos from my camera into iPhoto. Then I click and drag them into iMovie. You could skip the syncing step if you want, but I like having the info in iPhoto as a back up.

After the clips/photos are in iMovie I just click and drag them into the order I want. Then I 'clip' them to show what I want. It's not as hard as it sounds. You stop the clip where you want to make a cut, go to the edit menu and select 'clip video at playhead.' Then just select and delete what you don't want.

Next I add text. Click on the media button and click the type you want. Then 'add.'

Last is my music. Sometimes I don't want music (like if the kids are saying something really sweet) but sometimes you can't really hear because of background noise. Like, for instance, this last post.

That is it in a nutshell. I hope that was helpful. You can see a tutorial on uTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zta7qT2lCto

The State Fair

We had so much fun a couple of weeks ago at the Idaho State Fair. Food, rides, toys, animals... the kids had a blast. It was so much fun to be with them, though a little tiring.




P.S. For some reason some of the words are blurry. Hmm. The text during the video:
The Idaho State Fair
Jack LOVED the food.
Ellie wanted 'bumpies'...
...a.k.a. to go jeeping.
So did Jack.
They liked feeding the animals.
Ellie LOVED the rides.
"All ready."
"I'm ready."
They liked their strollers... even more than we thought they would.
But Ellie liked her zebra most.
"We're going to get the zebra."
"OKAY!"
"Hold on tight Ma- Daddy!"
"Ready...set...GO!"
"Hi Daddy!"
Jack just liked everything.
Back home in time for 'night-night.'

Sunshine

Parenting is hard work, but it sure has been fun with these little bits of sunshine!

Vacations

Stationary to stairs in less than a week! Holy Cow!




We weren't exactly planning on taking a vacation since we viewed going down to Utah for the 4th our family vacation, but we had the opportunity to go to Yellowstone and Teton National Parks a few weeks ago. It was so beautiful and so much fun. The kids liked it a lot more than I thought they would. Overall, a very fun and cute vacation!

We went to Grand Teton National Park on the way back from a business thing Michael had to do, and we went to Yellowstone National Park with David/Julie Babcock and family. Some of the photos are taken by Steven Beckman, Julie's brother. Steven also took our family photos this summer (see previous video).

More Videos!

I really hope you enjoy these. We've had fun.



A friend was kind enough to take our portraits this summer. Blessings!



This next video is just a little bonus. Didn't really fit in with the other footage I'm working with but too cute not to share. Ellie's favorite game that day was to be doggies. Roll playing is big with her.



P.S. Two more videos to come. One of our latest vacation (cute) and the other of Jack crawling!!!

These little piggies

So cute.

Happy Dad's Day!

We love you, daddy!

Quick Update

So many cute moments, so little time. Here are two of my favorites. More to come.

Updates

We're moved in!... Well. Sort of. We still have boxes we are unpacking and of course, we would always like more furniture... I kind of feel like the mom in 'The Incredibles.' There is a part in the movie that she tells her husband it's official. They've finally moved in because she just unpacked the last box. ... It was 3 years later. I wonder if I'll ever feel 'official.'

Pictures sometime in the future. Hopefully not too far away.

Jack Tells a Story

Jack was being so cute we just had to video him. It's been fun to see his personality come through.

Eggs, Cousins, and Candy...

We had a lot of fun this Easter. We were able to celebrate with Dave (my brother) and his family. Jack was with his awesome Aunt Becca while Ellie was hunting.

Growing Boy

Jack is 3 months tomorrow! Time goes by so quickly.

Our Future Home

Our offer was accepted! We close on May 18th if all goes well. The video is done with pictures that are open to the public. I just added music and words. We are so excited!

Talking

Ellie has been talking up a storm lately. I got some on video to share. I hope you like it!

Ellie's New Shoes

We had dinner last night with our old bishop from Provo. They gave Ellie and Jack new shoes! How sweet! Ellie wasn't able to be there so we let her open them this morning. Here's the video.

Welcome Jack

Jack is 6 weeks. It's hard to believe he's been here this long; then again, it seems like he's always been here. Funny how that is.

Jack has been a wonderful newborn. I don't know if I can really use that term, though, because he's wearing 3-6 month cloths already. (He's 13.5 lbs) We went to a pediatrician this past weekend and he called him a 3 month old. He was pretty embarrassed when we corrected him.

Ellie has been wonderful to Jack. Sometimes a little too loving, but almost always giving kisses and saying, "Hi Dack!"

No final news on where we'll be in the future, but we know we'll love our little family wherever we are.

Birthday Videos

Here are the two videos I shared with people at Ellie's party. I did two because it seemed right to make one of just videos and one of just photos.

Ellie and I had fun going through past blog videos. She really has grown.

Say Hello to the New Kid in Town

John "Jack" Edwin Babcock

Introducing Jack Babcock, 21 inches long, 10 lbs, 0.2 oz. He was born Thursday 1/13 at 1:11 p.m. His full name will be John Edwin Babcock, named after Grandpa Babcock (John/Jack), the Johns of the Bible, Sarah's grandpa (middle name of Edwin), and Sarah's great grandpa (first name of Edwin). We love him so much.

We are super grateful that we were able to come home from the hospital Fri evening. Jack and Sarah are doing remarkably well. Ellie seems to be both thrilled and curious. We are all very tired.

Ellie's Bed

We put Ellie down for her nap the other day and went upstairs to mingle with the fam. We were surprised to see Ellie a few minutes later going into the upstairs kitchen. She was bare from the waist down! Somehow, she'd managed to get out of her crib, open the circular door nob , took off her pants and diaper and went upstairs. All of which (besides going up the stairs) she could never do before. So... we got a toddler bed and an extra tall gate. She was so excited to have an actual bed, but she still isn't too excited about the gate.






As an update on me. I am 38 weeks. We went to the doctor on Tuesday and he said I was 2.5 cm dilated and 60% effaced and that I'd most likely go this coming week. All looks good.