The Zoo!

So we decided it would be fun to go to the zoo before the weather chilled down too much. It was a blast. I mean, it was exhausting, but it was definitely worth it :) Ellie and I, Stacy and my nephew Aiden, and Liz with the two children she nannies for, Dane and Cali, all headed to the very large zoo about 70 miles away and spent the entire day there. We were probably quite a site with all four children, three strollers, two baby bjorns, and the various baby accessories. The kids loved the animals! Ellie especially adored the flamingos, meer cats, and cougars. The kids did really well, we were so thrilled. We saw so many animals and rode a carousel and the tram, so the boys loved it :) Yay for adventurous field trips in fall!!!

Here we are in the tram. We asked some poor woman to photograph us while the tram was in motion so we could hurry and get the kids off when we stopped. It was quite the process to get on and off, so we mostly walked the five mile zoo. And most of us are looking at the camera, so I call this victory!

I just loved this picture of Aiden. He is such a little cutie pie!




Liz is so cute with Dane and Cali, and I loved this picture of her entertaining Cali while we stopped to look at some animals. She is so great with the kids, and they adore her!

September Pictures

So now that I have posted a million pictures, maybe I have caught up with last month! We went to the carousel at the mall, and Ellie loved it! She laughed and smiled the whole time. She loves the motion! We went with Liz and the two children she nannies for, Dane and Cali. Cali is only one day younger than Ellie. We have so much fun together on our little adventure play dates :)

We took family pictures in our back yard. It is so green here! I can't believe how much Ellie looks like her Daddy!

Ellie's 8 month pictures! Yay! I made this little dress for her, and it is reversible, so we had some fun with it. It is great camoflouge in the last shot! She loves to put everything in her mouth of course, but she seems to finally be interested in touching the books too :) The only interesting side effect has been that since I read her the touch and feel books, she has learned to scratch every book! Now even reading the scriptures or hymn book, Ellie sticks out her little pointer finger and scratches away. Oh well!

Random Pics Cont.

Here are a few more pics of Ellie's new room. It turned out so sweet! It took forever, but I am so glad it is done. It finally feels like we are completely moved in. Ellie not having a room for the past two months has been really rough, and now we can finally get back some semblance of a schedule!

7 months old!

I know it's a little late, but here is Ellie's 7 month picture. It was taken August 15th. I can't believe how fast time is flying! Ellie is now 8 1/2 months old, and she is crawling, says mama and dada, waves bye-bye, and pulls herself up. She is so sweet, I just can't get enough of her! She definitely has a feisty side to her as well. She likes things when she wants them, especially my cell phone. And she keeps us laughing :) The other day we were at the mall, and Adam looked down at her in the stroller, and she was chewing on a plant! Apparently she ripped it out of a pot in the mall without us noticing, and proceeded to suck on it- gross!

September 2008

Here are some random pictures from our first month as official home owners in North Carolina!

This is Liz and me after our first cake decorating class. It was so much fun, and yummy :) We had so much cake we brought it over to share with Josh and Stacy after.

These are some pictures of Ellie's new room. Adam and his dad remodeled it with beadboard and chair rail and painted it a lovely pink :) We were so thrilled to finally be able to paint after years of renting!