The Month of May with Ellie

Ellie has been learning a ton this past month. I was shocked when I went back and looked at it all. As you can imagine, many cute moments not on the video (Simon wouldn't like that). Sorry it was late, I've been sick lately. Feeling better, though.



The end is hard to read. It says: I also learned: Mom, Dad, more milk, yeah, wow, uh-oh, bird, come on, outside, weee and please.

Dressing Up

Lest you think Michael and I don't do anything but watch Ellie and take videos, here are the pictures of us at the BYU Traditions Ball a couple of weeks ago. We just got the pictures.

It was so much fun. There was a live band, stand up comedians and food. It was almost like prom...only TONS better because we were together.

New Video

I tried to upload this yesterday, but there were issues with the Internet. Anyways, we've had fun this month. We hope you enjoy watching it.

Elder and Sister Babcock at the MTC!

We just dropped Elder and Sister Babcock off at the MTC. The people there were nice enough to let us help Jane and Ken bring up their luggage. Then we took some pictures. It was all so fast!

Adam, Dad, and Dinners

So, the two of Adam were taken right before he left with Tim to take back the corvette. The last photo is of a dinner schedule. I went to a Relief Society meeting with Jane (my mother-in-law) and the lady in charge passed around her menu calendar. Notice, there are no dates. This lady makes the menu with her kids, buys the stuff for the month and then picks whatever feels good for that night. Interesting idea; I thought I'd share.

Time Goes By Fast

There's been so much to do, we've all had a ton of fun... especially Ellie!






So, the last part shows Ellie with a sticky sucker. The bishop gave her one when we went to renew our temple recommends. She was so sticky that her eye was stuck shut!

Updates

Well, Michael and I chose an elliptical! We'll pick it up some time today. It'll be so nice to be able to 'run' again. Maybe I'll stop dreaming about it! :)

Ellie has been a blast. She got sick last week and didn't eat much for a couple of days. That was worrisome because she was so small to begin with. She made up for it, though, this week. She's a human vacuum! She gained a pound already, maybe more by now.

Michael is doing great. He's getting A's in his graduate classes.

I'm doing well, too. I'm trying to get outfits situated for Steven (Michael's brother) and Alyssa's wedding. I think I've got part of me and almost all of Ellie done. Besides that...I got the laundry done and put away! Score!!!

Happy Birthday

An overview

So, I was working on Ellie's Birthday slide-show-movie thing and decided to do a recap of this first year. I think it's amazing to see how much she's changed but also how much she's stayed the same. I think you'll get what I mean when you see the video. It was a good thing to do, also, because I found some pictures that I didn't use in the other videos. ...Oh my!... I still can't believe she is a year!!!