New Years Eve 2008

This is Eli on the way to Delta to celebrate New Years Eve

So I have to tell you the story behind this picture. As you can plainly see, Eli is not lovin life and he was quite upset with us, but it wasn't our fault. He didn't make it very late, he was a tired boy boy who went to bed nicely at around 9:30, but right before midnight (when we got the noise makers and all the celebration toys out) of course there was lots of noise. Well all this noise woke him up. So he was awake (sort of) to celebrate the New Year with us.

All of us standing on the porch welcoming the New Year

Heather, Taylor, Matt, Eli, and Joni welcoming the New Year

This is Austin playing in a pile of confetti. As you can tell we had great fun and made a terrible big mess.



Happy New Year everybody. I know, I am only about a month late, but my philosophy has always been that it is better late then never. So here are a few pictures to show how we celebrated our New Year. It was great to see family and friends and as you can see we had a really fun celebration to welcome in the New Year.

Christmas 2008

Eli on his bouncing Zebra

Grandma reading Eli some of his new stories

Eli playing with his new Gabba guitar

Eli standing by all his new Christmas toys

Eli's new Dragon set and some of his new books

This is Eli's amazing block set that his daddy and I made him

So Christmas was insane this year. It was so busy, we were all over the place. We went to Delta for Christmas Eve and then after my families Christmas Eve party, we headed up to Kearns to spend Christmas morning with Matt's family. It was pretty late when we got there, but honestly, who sleeps on Christmas Eve night anyway. Christmas morning was so much fun with Eli this year. He is big enough that he could crawl down the stairs and he was so excited to see all his new toys. He crawled over to them and knocked over his blocks. Then he tried to get on his bouncing Zebra. This was exciting for Matt and I to see. We were glad that he liked the things that Santa had suprised him with. Christmas was all around great for our family. I have a great husband and he got me everything that I wanted and more. And I'm pretty sure that Eli loved everything that he got. And Matt seemed pretty happy with what he got as well. Grandma Gaye gave Eli a Yo Gabba Gabba guitar and he loved it. He still loves it. It goes everywhere with us. He loves to push the buttons and hear the different gabba songs. I think that Matt's family knows this kid all to well because his Uncle Justin got him a Gabba shirt and a Brobee stuffed monster. If you haven't already figured it out, Eli loves Yo Gabba Gabba and pretty much everything that goes along with it. Eli got some new books and a Dragon figurine set, and lots of fun things. So, I just wanted to share some memories of our fun Christmas 2008.

Eli's First time on a horse

So we went to visit Delta over the holiday season and Eli's Aunt Jessica invited all the kids out to the arena to go horse back riding with her family. Eli was loving it. He liked it so much that he was throwing a stinking fit when I made him get off. Seriously, that horse is like 10 times his size. I thought for sure he would be terrified of it, but no way, he was living it up. Thanks Aunt Jess for letting us come out and ride your horses.

A tag about Eli!

Name and Meaning: Eli - Eli means Uplifted or Ascent, it has a biblical background and the 'El' part stands for god. He got his name from Walt Disney... I know I know, that makes no sense but if you know that his real name is Walter Elias Disney, then it makes a little more since. We didn't like Walter, or Elias, but we did like Eli, so that is were his name came from.

Age: 14 months

Nicknames: Handsome, Monkey, Monker-chu

Favorite Activities: Reading books, Dancing to Yo Gabba Gabba songs and The tiger and Pooh theme song, Pretty much dancing to any music, He loves to tackle his puppy dogs, He loves wrestling with his daddy, He loves water and playing in the tub or going swimming, He loves being outside, and he loves to watch Yo Gabba Gabba and Tiger and Pooh.


Favorite Foods: Anything..... But his favorites are probably pastas, cheese of any kind, mashed potatoes, yogurt, apple juice, chicken noodle soup and spaghettio's, he loves to snack on jerky sticks, scrambled eggs, bananas and just about anything. He is a great eater.

Least Favorite Foods: There are very few, at least of the stuff that we have tried with him. He still only has four teeth so there are a few things we don't try with him yet because he can't quite break it up yet.


Favorite Music: This list would go on forever. He pretty much gets it all between his daddy's music and my music. But his definite favorite would have to be Yo Gabba Gabba songs and the Tiger and Pooh theme. He can be clear down the hall and when he hears them, he come running and the dances and wiggles. It is about the cutest thing ever. I will have to try to catch a video of it.

Favorite Toys: His Dragon set, His Car's Ball, His Gabba and Tiger and Pooh stuffed animals, His Batman Figures, His cars, any new type of technology that he can take from his dad or I, like our cell phones, or Matt's PSP or ipods.... you name it, he wants to play with it. But he pretty much can entertain himself for a little while with almost anything, he is very easy going and plays with lots of different things.


Favorite Books: His Tigger and Pooh ones are the ones he carry's around the most, but honestly I haven't realIy noticed him having a favorite yet, or one that he brings to me more often then others. He just brings me a different one each time and once we are done with that one, he will go get me a new one.

Favorite Item of clothing: Well, since he is a boy, I don't really know if he has one. Honestly, I think he would run around in his diaper all day if I would let him, but if I had to choose something I would have to say his Yo Gabba Gabba hoody, shirt and Pajamas. When he see's his favorite characters on the shirts he is much more willing to put it on.

What makes him happy: Yo Gabba Gabba anything, His daddy coming home from work, Going outside to do anything, Music of any kind, Lilly (his puppy) but only when she is in a friendly playful mood, which is actually quite frequently... she is so protective and cute with him, it is very fun to watch. Playing in the bathtub or going swimming, he loves the water. All in all he is generally always a happy boy. It takes a lot to set him off.

What makes him unhappy: When mommy or daddy leave is the biggest one, Not nursing... I know it sounds crazy, but he hates it.


Funny Words or Phrases: He is still not a really big talker, he is working on it, but ones that he says a lot (not necessarily funny) are Hat, Ball, Momma and Dadda, Gabba, Grandma, Lara and Please. So there really isn't one that is all that funny, but he is young, we are working on it.

Eli Tags: Brynlee and Haven (Janis), and Brigam (Cassie)

Christmas Card Photo Shoot

We had family pictures taken for our Christmas cards and I think they turned out rather cute, if I do say so myself. I know there are lots of pictures, but I just thought I would post them all instead of trying to decide my favorites.

Temple Square

One of the traditions that my husband and I have is going to Temple Square to see the lights each year. Of course we have this incredibly warm winter and then of course the one day that the weather decides to turn super super cold and snow 12 inches.... this is the day we decide to go see the lights. What were we thinking? So we get to temple square and the boys are all bundled up, looking cuter then ever. And we had such a blast. We went with Grandma Gaye, Grandpa Randy, Heather and our really good friends Drew, Sarah and John. Here are just a few pictures to show just how cold it really was that night.

Lara Lue all decked out in her winter wardrobe

Eli and his daddy trying to warm up in the visitor center

Eli and John all bundled up.... trying to stay warm. Don't they look so cute?

John Parsons (Eli's Best Friend)

Eli Boy Boy

Santa's Lap

Eli wasn't so sure about sitting on Santa's lap, but he didn't cry, which was good. He just looked at him like he was crazy. It was very funny. Last year he was so young that he didn't really much care and this year, I thought for sure he was going to start screaming, but he just sat there and stared at him.

Black Friday

So I know I am only about a month late on this post, but I really just had to tell the story and post this oh so adorable picture of Eli. I hate black Friday, and if you know me, you know that I absolutely hate shopping. But, my mother in law loves to shop and with the economy the way that it is, I was more then okay trying to hit some of the amazing deals that they have for Christmas items. Well when we first discussed it, Matt was going to stay home with Eli and I was going to go shopping with the girls, but then when it came right down to it, Matt wanted to go hit Best Buy and a few other electronic stores, So I decided to take Eli with me.....yeah, I know, how rude is that.... But look how cute he is? So at 4:30 in the morning, we take off to go shopping and I have about the most amazing son ever. He was so good.We put two big fluffy pillows in the bottom of the cart and then laid him down on his blanket. He looks pretty comfortable huh? I may enjoy shopping more if I could shop the way that Eli does. So, here is the story. I just had to share this cute picture and exciting morning that Eli and I had.

Sorry Sorry Sorry

So, I know I have not posted for the longest of time, but seriously.... the holidays are crazy. I love this time of year, I really do. But it seems that I never really even have to minutes to sit down. So my promise is that over the next week there will be many many many new posts to read. All about our fun adventures and holiday endeavors. Check back soon, check back often and I hope you all enjoy.

Eli's First Haircut!!!

I apologize to all my bloggin buddies. Things have been a little bit crazy lately and I have not had much time to blog. Hopefully in the next night or two I will be able to catch up on a few posts.

Eli had his first haircut.... (Not quite sure why I decided to do it, you can't even tell a difference), but his hair was starting to hang down over his ears and it was bugging me, so we had my sister cut it. As you can plainly see from the pictures, he hated it.... ALOT. I will probably hold off cutting it again for awhile. Like I said before, you can't even tell. But here are a few precious pictures to document his mother torturing him.

Eli saying Hi to everyone!!!