Sure...

I see how it is... he only posts the bad shot of me! Just so you all know... I did it right and it only took 2 tries...

My week as the mom = My week to blog

As many of you know, this week, Abby volunteered to be a counsellor for a regional EFY that 3 local stakes are sponsoring. I figured I had better let her since I was the reason that she couldn't be a counselor before. Usually the EFY counselors are young single adults and I started dating Abby the last month of her freshman year and kinda messed up her plans... So we arranged to stay in Iowa an extra few weeks so she could have this opportunity and I quit my jobs a week early so I could be a dad. And boy! I thought studying for boards was hard. Little did I know!

Ellee however is quite well adjusted to life with dad. I've only dropped her on her head once in 2 days! She's not complaining though with someone always at her beck and call. She just claps and I come running... No... Really, I do... Hasn't made for very productive packing-to-move-next-Wednesday.

But she has adjusted well to my preferred diet of soda and vitamin supplements (though I mix her protein powder in with baby food).



Ellee, at lunch time, still in her PJ's, strapped down in her car seat so she can't move, and sipping on 64oz. of heaven.


And the signal for "no dad, I'm not done yet!"


I've paid the price though in poopies changed. I'm logging 6.5/day in the past 2 days. (up from the .7/month in the fist 11 months of her life...) But it's great! I really would love to be a stay at home Dad! (once I get my endurance up...)

And sorry I don't know how to make my pictures pretty like Abby, but if everyone was as good as Abby it would give the rest of us nothing to shoot for.
I did however figure out I needed to write my name backwards with the sparkler so the picture looks forward.


(Even though obviously I have already come into stride with my doctor's penmanship)
Ha! I am better at something (at least on the first try...)


Okay fine... Hers IS more readable even though it's backwards...

Thanks for reading!
Devo

just visiting...

While my oldest brother and his family were on their way back to WI from their visit to Utah mid-June, they were able to stop by and hang out with us! It was so fun and only reminded me how cool they are!


Here is Caleb rocking out with Guitar Hero


Here are the 3 little girls... Chloe, Maddie & Ellee


Caleb was fascinated with Devn's motorcycle gear and just had to try it all on


Then Maddie followed suit


Caleb pretending to ride the motorcycle with Devn

I started!

So while on this blogging hiatus, I finally finished a few of the scrapbook pages that I started last summer and I finally started Ellee's album! 15 down, only 435 pictures to go! Wow... that is kind of overwhelming! Anyway, here they are as proof that I have been busy...


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5 Senses Swap

I know its been forever since this swap, but I thought you still might be interested in what I received. So fun... thanks for organizing Erica... now if I can only get my butt in gear and actually ship things when I am supposed to... sorry Brittany! I hope you got it finally!

10 months!

Well I never got a chance to post on Ellee's 10 months info, so here it is only 1 month late...

She was 16 lbs 14 oz... still no crawling... but she stands on her own for quite a long time, but cannot pull herself up to a standing position. But is a cute as ever!





I'll be back soon with some 11 month pictures for you!

I'm back!

Well, partly back, our internet is still spotty, and next week I'll be busy with EFY and the next week we are moving! So you will probably only get intermittent blogging from me, but luckily I've already lowered your expectations and cannot disappoint... you are probably just happy to see anything new from me on the blog!

Well, I have lots of adventures to blog about... so they will be coming one by one as I have the energy to write about them.

First...

ZOO TIME!!!

Kyjah took me and Ellee to the zoo with her and Owen... it was our first visit. I was set up for disappointment since most people haven't been too impressed with our little zoo... so after having visited the "zoo", if that is what you can call it, in Logan, I was actually taken back. They had lots of animals and they were all showing off that day. The tiger was pacing in front of us and playing in the water, the monkey was swinging from bar to bar across the whole cage, and the giraffes came right up to us to say hello. The lions weren't active, but at least they were asleep right against the glass for us to see them! The one in front of Ellee was in a rather awkward position! And the one in front of Owen kept putting its paw up on the glass... and cute Owen would give him "five" every time.

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