Friday, December 12, 2008

Adventures of hat making

So about a week ago I realized that I probably needed to buy a hat for Elizabeth since it is so cold. Then I just decided since I have yarn I should just make one. Well, now I have made 4 of them. I just learned how to make flowers and I have put flowers on the lat 2 that I made. So it has been fun and has filled my days!

Cookie Making

We had play group at our house this week and made sugar cookies for the kids to decorate and eat. Here are pictures of Elizabeth helping me out (if you call it that!).

Gingerbread Houses

Our friends, Daniele and Trent, had us and a few other people over for a night of gingerbread house making. It was at the perfect time because Elizabeth was tired and went to bed at their house so we were able to have a fun night without interruptions from her (maybe next year she can help)! It was a lot of fun as both Ben and I really were doing this for the first time ever (as far as we remember). Here are pictures of everyone's work.

Friday, December 5, 2008

Grandma and Grandpa's visit

Elizabeth loved having my mom and dad here. It was nice to have others around to play with her. She really liked cuddling with them and even took her bottle to Grandpa so he could hold her. I forgot to really take pictures so here are the few I did take.

The kitchen cupboards

Here are a few pictures of Eliabeth's favorite place to play in the kitchen. She loves taking everything out and either climbing into the cupboard or leaving it all over the kitchen for me to clean!

Friday, October 31, 2008

Halloween

Elizabeth was a cute little witch for Halloween (I think Emily passed on the costume...Elizabeth was too big for the princess one Lisa had given us). She was so good about wearing the costume and left the hat on without any problems. We went to the ward trunk or treat last night and tonight we just walked across the street and visited with neighbors. Elizabeth got some M&M's from there and was very happy!

Eating pudding with a spoon


So we went to the doctor on Thursday and we were talking about when to have your child start eating with a spoon. She suggesting starting out with pudding since it sticks to the spoon. So of course I had to try it out that same day. She did exceptionally well and got it in her month most of the time. Here is a little video of it for those who want to see it or you can just look at the slide show.

Elizabeth at bedtime

Everynight after Elizabeth has her bottle she gets a sudden surge of energy. 2 nights ago she so funny that we decided to video it to share with you all. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did and still do!

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Playing with Krew

Elizabeth loves playing with her friend Krew. They are in our ward and live down the street from us and have play dates all the time. We had a play group yesterday at our house with a few others as well. I unfortunately only got pictures of Krew and Elizabeth. They had so much fun.

Blueberry Pancakes


Elizabeth has just discovered her love for pancakes. I made her some with blueberries and I put a few too many in it. She had blueberries all over her!

Thursday, October 23, 2008

1st birthday


Elizabeth had her first birthday yesterday. I was hoping she would dig into her cake a little more but she did okay! The cake is my first attempt at decorating and is supposed to be a monkey (I know it looks a little like a bear!). We always call her a monkey so we thought we should do that as her cake. We had some friends over for pizza, cake and ice cream. She didn't really ever get into opening presents so we had to help a lot. She loves all the new toys and dolls and has played with each gift already this morning!

Pumpkin Patch

Elizabeth had a great time at the pumpkin patch. She loved walking around looking at all of them. Her favorite thing was finding small ones that she could try to eat!

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Camping Trip

So here is my first attempt at blogging! We just went camping this last weekend and had a lot of fun. We went with 3 other families from our ward. Elizabeth did great and only tried to eat a few leaves! She loved being able to be outside so much. We were able to use the cute hat that Lisa sent us a long time ago to keep her nice and warm. There is a nice camping site about 20 to 30 minutes away from our house. There is a great bike trail right by it too. We brought our bikes and went on a ride with Elizabeth and even stopped on the trail for ice cream.