Hands and feet!

Elsie discovered her feet for the first time the other day. :) She is pretty much in this position most of the time now. Gnawing on her hand and playing with her feet. She hasn't quite figured out how to switch hands though. I think she's gonna be a righty.

Haha! I love the faces she makes!

Halloween!

So I stole these from my friend because I was a bad mommy and forgot the camera when we went to Trunk or Treat at the church. :( In my defense so did Edwin. Ha! So when we were getting ready, I'm a vampire and Edwin an astronaut by the way, I said Edwin you need a helmet. And if you know Edwin you know he's really good at imitating Marvin the Martian and says Where's my helmet?! So of course when I said he needed one he said that and I just about died laughing. 

Yes that is "blood" dripping down my lip. Elsie was so cute in her ladybug costume! There were two other little girls in ladybug costumes and they all got a picture together but I'm still waiting to receive it from my friend... yes Jen that means you ;) 

Daddy moments

Edwin putting Elsie to sleep. I love the spit on his shirt :) That means she was cuddling him :D

Sometimes she fights it. 

Chunky thighs!!! And doing what Edwin does best, scaring mommy half to death...

Haha! I love her face in this one! I feel like I need to make an airplane noise when I see it.

He's so freaking handsome!!! And a good daddy. :) I love them both!

Big flower clips! :D

Auntie Jess gave Elsie a few big bow clips and this awesome flower clip! I used the rubber hair band idea for this and it was so adorable on her! Well, at least I thought so. :) Some people just kinda looked at me like I was crazy for putting such a big clip in her hair. I don't care though. Style is a little different here than up north. I get kind of crazy looks for the way I dress sometimes too. Haha! :D The flower matched this onesie perfectly! It's hard to tell in this picture but it has a couple flowers on it the same color as the clip. I was pretty proud of myself for putting it together :) I have too much fun dressing her up sometimes. Aah I love having a girl! :D

Family Outing

On Saturday Edwin took Elsie and me to Cape Fear River Trails. It was so beautiful and perfect weather! :) Elsie loved it as long as she could see what was going on. She really does love being outside. On the way back to the car she fell asleep in Edwin's arms while he was carrying her. So cute! :D

 Really cool tree

 I swear Elsie is teething already. She was chewing on my finger the whole time and was

 really enjoying it too! She would start whining if I tried to remove it.

The fall colors were so pretty!

This walkway was really cool. They built it over what I might call a marsh and

 it reminded me of "Lump" by The Presidents :)

Ha! Elsie says, "It's too bright!"

He's so cute with her :)

Aren't they cute together?!

They love each other. :) And I love my little family

Baby Hair

My little Elsie is getting to look quite homely lately... Her hair is just getting so long!

It's almost in her eyes when it's down. I HAD to do something and have been trying to figure out how to put clips and barrettes in her hair but it's so soft they fall right out. Then a lady at church gave me the idea to put the tiny rubber bands around them. Well I did one better and got these at Wal-Mart for only a couple bucks!

And put them on the barrettes from Gigi like this...

So now they stay in!!! :D No more homely looking baby!

She's my little doll again :D Thanks Gigi!

Baby Elsie

My darling baby girl!!! She keeps me laughing all day long with her coos and smiles and her crazy crazy hair! :D What a joy she is. She looks like a little porcelain doll. She is perfect to me. Every time I look at her I'm amazed that my body helped create her little teeny tiny body. I love seeing the features she got from me and the ones she got from Edwin. After she was born I would just stare at her in awe that she came out of me. I feel like this is what I was meant to do with my life. I know it's not popular these days to be a stay at home mom, but I can't think of anything better I would want to do with my life. To help this little angel grow and learn and watch her progress day in and day out is so fulfilling! And to think that I help her learn and grow and progress. I love being there for her. When she's sick, or in pain from her gas issues, right down to not eating dairy, although it is one of my main food groups normally, so she doesn't have those gas pains. I would do anything for that little girl. For all the mothers out there, there is nothing more unselfish than to give your lives to your family. Not that we can't also have our own lives. There has to be a happy medium. Right now I am teaching violin and piano and I find that to also be very fulfilling. I also play the piano for all three hours at church, first for sacrament meeting then for primary. I have also started back up with physical therapy now that I'm not pregnant anymore. It is so nice to be able to feel normal again so I can live my life again! I may still not be able to eat what I want to but I try to look at the positive side and tell myself it's helping me lose weight. :D Ok enough rambling and on to pictures of my angel.

Hmm we all look a little dazed in this one...

LOVE the ruffle butt!!

Halloween

Auntie Bet made her laugh so hard!

She did that herself!

Oh my goodness she was so tiny!!! It seems like so long ago already