The Month of May

So I can finally say I am a stay at home mom! I didn't think I would ever be able to say that. Don't get me wrong, I LOVED teaching, but right now I feel that it is my calling in life to be a stay at home mom. I have waited for this day all year long and now I am loving every minute of it (I might not say that in a month or so just kidding). Here are just a bunch of random pics that we took since Jason graduated. Oh yeah, through out the month of May, Jason got to be the stay at home dad and he did such a good job. Elly loves her daddy so much and it was such a good thing for him to spend one on one time with him. I don't think I could ask for a better husband :). Anyways here are some pics....

Elly playing with Aunt Alyssa. Elly tried Honey Nut Cherios for the first time and she REALLY liked them.

Here are two of my favorite people. In the purple we have Tracy and in the red we have Jami. I taught 2nd grade with them for the last two years. We seriously had so much fun together. We took a picture of us with our babies. (The baby that Tracy is holding is actually not hers. This baby belongs to another teacher at the school. Tracy is pregnant with her own and is due in December. We thought it would be fun to "pretend" this is hers.) At our school there have been 16 new additions or expecting mothers. We all got together and took a picture for the newspaper. It was fun to see all of the cute babies. I can't wait to see the rest. :)

Elly being goofy!

Hanging out on the counter in her BYU shirt.

Elly and Uncle Dyllan. Dyllan put a diaper on her head and she left on there. No it wasn't dirty :)

Jason doesn't like me to take pictures of him so I am lucky that I was able to take this one. haha

Apparently this is the face I give Jason when I am mad at him. I don't believe him...

Elly and Big Papa (aka my dad)

When I got home from school, Elly gave me the biggest hug ever. She hugged me long enough for Jason to take two pictures with his phone and get out my camera from my purse and take two more pictures. She is too funny :)

Jason is finally done!

Jason has finally graduated! It seems like it has taken forever for this day to come. He graduated yesterday with a bachelors and masters in Accounting. He already has a job and now we have the fun and exciting life of packing a house and my classroom (my classroom will definitely be first). Life will be less stressful now that Jason is done because now he will get to stay home with Elly all day. I think he is truly looking forward to being home with her (and secretly I think Elly is excited too because she is such a daddy's girl). Here are some pics of our fun day!

Jason, Elly, and me trying to stay out of the rain. This was such an exciting day!

Jason in his cap and gown. Doesn't he look so handsome?

Jason and Elly....she loves her daddy and she is so proud of him!

Congratulations J!

Hooray for Spring!

I am so happy that Spring is finally here! I really hope that it does not snow anymore or I will be kind of ticked! Anyways, Elly and I were outside pulling weeds today and she was obsessed with this blasted flower! Here are the pictures as she was trying to get the flower!

In the end, Elly did reach the flower. I had to move her because she was trying to eat it. I didn't think that would be very good.

April

When Elly goes to sleep, she always sleeps with her mouth open. Someday she will be very embarrassed by this!

Elly is in her Easter dress. She is so fun to dress up!

One More Month Gone

I can't believe how quickly each month has gone by. Elly has learned so many new tricks with many more to come. She pulls her self up to anything and everything. She patty cakes and claps for herself (that is one that I have not been able to get a pic of yet because it has to be on her time), and she follows me around the house and cries when I leave the room. She has become so attached. I also can't believe how quickly she is growing. She is 8 months and before I know it, she will be a year old. I pulled this toy out the other day and the next thing I knew she was standing up to it. I was a little scared because it is not very sturdy. She was so excited to be standing there.

I have a feeling it won't be very long before she starts walking.

My grandma calls Elly her "little ray of sunshine" when she wears this outfit. I thought it was a cute way to describe her.

Elly will do anything to get her daddy's attention. She loves to stand up to him and try to get him to stop working on his homework. She usually does. She definitely has him figured out :)

I had parent teacher conferences and I was working on putting things together. It was more than Elly could handle because she kept climbing up and trying to rip all of the papers out of my binder. I think getting everything done took me twice as long. *Notice her binky is upside down. This absolutely kills me. It doesn't even phase her that it's upside down*

Elly trying to attack the camera.

Elly was playing with her doll. She likes to pull their hair and throw them around a little bit. I have been trying to get her to love the baby but I have not had very much success.

Still playing with her doll.

This was a day where I stayed home from school and she was in the BEST mood (so was I haha). She thought playing in her crib was pretty fun.

The Month of February

So....it has been a while since I updated this. It has been such a crazy month and so much has happened. Elly has learned how to crawl and is now into EVERYTHING! I always thought that we wouldn't have to baby proof that much but boy was I wrong. Here are some of the fun things that she learned how to do.

Taken a nap with daddy.

Elly pulled herself up to the couch and then freaked out because she couldn't get down. I was trying to get ready for school and then I heard her cry. I went into the front room and this was how I found her.
After a long day of playing, she really can sit still and relax. Thank goodness for small favors.

Her super model pose!

Elly is obsessed, and I mean obsessed with the diaper bag. She also loves bags in general. She truly is my daughter :)

More of her playing in the diaper bag.

Elly hanging out in the stroller.

More in the stroller.

Elly and daddy!

A Few New Tricks

Everyday Elly seems to learn something new. For example, I thought that instead of carrying her into the store in her car seat, I would try and see if she would like to sit in the cart. Well that was definitely a dumb question! She loved it! She was able to see everything and try and grab things (which she was successful at a few times). Our trip to the Dollar Tree was very successful and we made it through with out her getting upset. :) While I was driving the other day I looked back in the mirror and I saw Elly's head poking out of the seat cover that goes over her car seat. She figured out that if she sticks her head through the hole, she can look around better. Elly likes to know EVERYTHING that is going on. This was how I found her when I got out of the car to take her inside. She thought it was pretty funny :)